A healthy dose of linkage in this edition of Quipsologies.

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Introducing the first forum by Eye magazine: Mark Thomson, Nick Bell, Lucienne Roberts and Daniel Eatockwill debate and discuss four ‘burning issues’ that affect graphic design now. Chaired by Ken Garland.
Eye forum No.1 ‘Burning issues’ , Thursday, November 23, London

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AIGA Seattle’s Brand Experience Community presents Moving Icons with Scott Lerman of Lucid Brands. “In this presentation and discussion, Scott will share some of the successes and setbacks he’s experienced in moving brand icons like Caterpillar, 3M, Bayer, National Semiconductor, Harley-Davidson, DuPont, American Express and others.”

AIGA SEA: Moving Icons, Wednesday, September 27, Seattle

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Brian Collins, Jane Hope, Neil Powell and, just added, Gary Koepke discuss the point where advertising and design meet, moderated by Randall Rothenberg.
AIGA NY: Your AD Here: Is Design Reshaping Advertising (Again)?, Wednesday, September 27, New York

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Events at FIT this Fall:

Poster Works of Rocco Piscatello for FIT.
Opening Reception 11 October, 5-6:30pm on display through November 16, Katie Murphy Amphitheater, New York

Visiting Artist Program: Michael Bierut.
October 11, 2006 at 6:30pm, Katie Murphy Amphitheater, New York

Visiting Artist Program: Massimo Vignelli.
November 16, 2006 at 6:30pm, Katie Murphy Amphitheater, New York

~ ARMIN VIT ~

Some facts about Baby Boomers. [Thanks to Lisa for the link]

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“Apple is a cult, and Apple’s design team is an even more intense version of a cult.” A comprehensive article about Apple’s Jonathan Ive.

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This year’s Cooper-Hewitt National Design Awards feature their first-ever People’s Design Award. Go vote now… people.

~ M. KINGSLEY ~

If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then how does one explain the similarities between the Hezbollah flag and Saul Bass’ poster for the film Exodus.

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Claude Lelouch’s 8-minute film, C’était un Rendezvous. was severely clusterlinked a few months ago. The favor is returned with a short documentary on its creation. [en français, malheureusement]

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Flickr images, like the ones above, which are tagged “why they hate us” are randomly displayed on this similarly-named site. Guaranteed to waste at least an hour.

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On the media assault on the male body image.

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Sex sells, but not to women.

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The interior dialogue of your typical designer.

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Here are [nsfw] scans of Mert & Marcus’ striking “Hell’s Angels” series currently in the Autumn issue of Pop. And here is a New Yorker profile on the duo.

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The Executive Director of Hollywood Arts has a bone to pick with Banksy about his recent LA installation.

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The origins of last week’s New Yorker cover.

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Probably not a good diagram to show to your direct superiors: “Success” should not mean “management”.

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Another attempt to give visual form to music.

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Conrad Roth’s History of the Nod: Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3.

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Douchebags: there’s at least one in every creative department.

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NASA can’t find the original tape of man’s first moon landing.

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Finally, a case study worth reading. XM Radio’s Lee Abrams (the father of the Album Rock format) diary of how Bob Dylan came to have his own radio show: Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3. But Lee, where’s Part 4?

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The blog Eikongraphia has many interesting thoughts on architectural iconography, including What does a projective building look like?

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Fujitsu Laboratories recently announced the ability to embed a “FPcode” in a printed image.

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Just opened: Joseph Kosuth’s a labyrinth into which I can venture (a play of works by guests and foreigners) at Sean Kelly Gallery in New York. The installation is an amazing (sic) labyrinth of floor-to-ceiling text, embedded with many rare works from all phases of his career.

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