NYTimes.com: In a City Fighting Blight, 'Ghost Signs' as Portals to a Bygone Era

January 23, 2012

This Land: In a City Fighting Blight, 'Ghost Signs' as Portals to a Bygone Era
By DAN BARRY

A demolition reveals two well-preserved ads on the side of a building that allude to a prosperity that is incongruous in today's Highland Park, Mich.

On Jet Exteriors, a Parade of Vanilla

As domestic airlines have taken a more sober approach to the business of flying, fancy fuselages and lively paint jobs have faded away. The color of choice these days is white.

NYT: BUSINESS DAY, by JAD MOUAWAD

The colorful paint jobs on airplanes have gone the way of free meals and pillows.

After decades of frenzied competition and staggering losses, domestic airlines have taken a more sober approach to the business of flying, with their first priority making money. And so the fancy fuselages and lively paint jobs — remember TWA’s bold red lines? — have gone the way of free meals, pillows and checked bags.

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Selling Books by Their Gilded Covers

Jay-Z signing a copy of “Decoded,” his intricately jacketed memoir.

[NYT December 3, 2011]

By JULIE BOSMAN

Even as more readers switch to the convenience of e-books, publishers are giving old-fashioned print books a makeover.

Many new releases have design elements usually reserved for special occasions — deckle edges, colored endpapers, high-quality paper and exquisite jackets that push the creative boundaries of bookmaking. If e-books are about ease and expedience, the publishers reason, then print books need to be about physical beauty and the pleasures of owning, not just reading.

Abercrombie & Fitch Offers to Pay Jersey Shore‘s “The Situation” Not to Wear Its Clothes - UnBeige

"We are deeply concerned that Mr. Sorrentino’s association with our brand could cause significant damage to our image."

Abercrombie & Fitch Offers to Pay Jersey Shore‘s “The Situation” Not to Wear Its Clothes - UnBeige

Fwd: NYTimes.com: The Words We Live By

 The Art of Summer:  The Words We Live By
By DWIGHT GARNER
A day of wandering the semantic landscape of Manhattan with an eye out for everyday words: the language of street signs and menus, MetroCards and T-shirts.

Bird on it

Found at home! - referencing the now famous:

Cats Playing Patty-cake, what they were saying...

City Chic: ReVamped—A Fashion Event

A not to be missed Fashion Event hosted by the Fashion Network Association celebrates the creative talents of SF State students in the City Chic: Revamped fashion show. Located in Jack Adams Hall Doors open at 6:30 and the show begins at 7:00. Tickets are $5 with a donation for the SF Food Bank, and $10 with out. Join the Fashion Network Association for a fashionable night of fun celebrating SF State's creative talents.

Date: Monday, December 6, 2010

Time: 06:30 PM - 09:30 PM

Location: Jack Adams Hall

Cost: $5 with food donation; $10 without

Web: http://userwww.sfsu.edu/~fna/

Sponsor: Fashion Network Association

We Are Still Here: Exhibition

The Art Gallery is proud to present WE ARE STILL HERE: 

a multi-media exhibit on the historic American Indian occupation of Alcatraz Island.

photography  •  video collage  • audioscape • original art

Exhibit Opening and Reception: Friday, November 19^th at the Cesar Chavez Student Center Art Gallery and Jack Adams Hall

Running Dates: November 19^th – December 19^th, 2010

Curated by Vince Skelly and Phil Klasky

Cost: Free

Opening Reception: November 19, 2010 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Where: The Art Gallery, Cesar Chavez Student Center

               

Gallery Hours: M-F 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.; or by appointment

Website: www.sfsustudentcenter.com/artgallery

Who designed “the most famous restaurant in North Korea"?

Kim Jong-Il Gets Into Restaurant Design - UnBeige

…the next time you’re vacationing in North Korea, perhaps enjoying a stay in the never-going-to-be-finished Ryugyong Hotel, you might want to think about swinging over to the Jade Stream Pavilion, “the most famous restaurant in North Korea.” TheTelegraph reports that the restaurant has just finished construction on a new 60,000 ft. addition, with its design overseen by Kim Jong-Il himself.

Fwd: Campus Interaction at San Francisco State University - INDIA Future of Change

Dear Administration: San Francisco State University,

Please allow me to introduce you to INDIA Future of Change. An opportunity for your students to be part of a global movement to harness the power of the youth, their ideas, aspirations, creative zest and entrepreneurial spirit.

INDIA Future of Change is a three-year initiative aimed at engaging students from across the world with contemporary India, and Compete, Collaborate and Co-Create a future for India with a vision for the world.

In its first year, INDIA Future of Change is organizing four contests:
Business Plan, Design, Essay Writing and Poster Design. The contests will be conducted online, and the participants stand to win cash prizes worth USD 250,000, 4/6/8 week internships at top Indian and international companies, 15 day all-expenses-paid vacations in India and 6 week experiential programmes in rural India.

Already, INDIA Future of Change has gained momentum through prestigious alliances with CIIE (IIM-A), IDC (IIT-B) and Financial Times as knowledge partners. In addition, the Indian Ministries of External Affairs and Tourism are also lending their support. We have also partnered with the international youth organisation, AIESEC, for our Friends of INDIA Future of Change brand ambassador program.

We started our communication campaign on Monday, September 13 in Financial Times worldwide and the response has been enthusiastic.

We look forward to the bright, young minds of San Francisco State University adding fuel to the movement.

We request you to encourage them to participate in the contests and make themselves heard in a global dialogue on shaping the future of change.
Best Regards,
Mahid Aisha
INDIA Future of Change
www.indiafutureofchange.com

Fwd: SFSU University Museum Needs Volunteers for Etruscan Exhibit!

Greetings!
Our upcoming museum exhibition is:

EAT, DRINK & BE BURIED: Life & Death Among the Etruscans
Dates/Time: Nov. 3-Dec. 3, 11 am-4 pm [closed Thanksgiving week]
Location: Humanities bldg, 510

We need volunteers (students, staff or faculty) who can spare 1 or 2 hours to help us keep the museum open for the general public. Training provided.

Please email Christine Fogarty: cfog@sfsu.edu

SIGNS 2010: How they tell us where to go.

from slate.com

"She Does a Better Job Than Map Quest!" Wonderful hand-drawn maps from firefighters, club-hoppers, Boy Scout dads, grandmothers, and Alexander Calder. Julia Turner April 28, 2010

A World Without Signs Does the advent of GPS mean we'll no longer need them? Julia Turner March 12, 2010

The Big Red Word vs. the Little Green Man The international war over exit signs. Julia Turner March 8, 2010

Do You Draw Good Maps? A professor has been examining hand-drawn maps for three decades. Send him yours. Julia Turner March 4, 2010

Legible London Can better signs help people understand an extremely disorienting city? Julia Turner March 4, 2010

The Secret Language of Signs They're the most useful thing you pay no attention to. Start paying attention. Julia Turner March 1, 2010

Lost in Penn Station Why are the signs at the nation's busiest train hub so confusing?Julia Turner March 1, 2010

The Paper War on AIDS

The Paper War on AIDS

by Steven Heller

"Twenty-five years ago, the HIV/AIDS virus began killing thousands and infecting hundreds of thousands more. Although the western world was hit unaware, the disease had been coursing through the third world’s bloodstream for years before. When Europe and the Americas were directly impacted, however, curative and preventative measures were gradually instituted and awareness began—much of it through posters."

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