A novel way of seeing the Portuguese capital Lisboa, by lodging with local designers and illustrators.
Back in the centre of town we met up with our first new friend, comic book artist Filipe Abranches. After showing us around his studio, he invited us to join him and his friends for their weekly knees-up in [...]

Warren Berger spent two years studying designers in an attempt to understand what exactly it is that they do:
Designers question: to be more specific, they ask what Bruce Mau calls “the stupid questions” – the kind that are actually profound, but can make you look stupid because they address fundamental issues. When designers ask [...]

Turn down “complicated” work, and keep the stuff you actually do simple. And if anyone knows such ideas can succeed, surely Michael Bierut does.
Keep it simple. Avoid ideas that require the same level of craftsmanship as those of, say, Canadian graphic designer Marian Bantjes. “Her work is extraordinary,” says Bierut. “I never have ideas [...]

Jim Coudal the brains behind ventures such as private ad networkThe Deck, Field Notes, Layer Tennis, and Jewelboxing , talks about his successes and also the impending “greatest failure”:
I don’t know what’s next! It’s kind of a joke, but we’re proudly “without business plan” in our 13th year. We’ve had a lot of things not [...]

An impressive collection of design savvy moggies!

100 credit card designs by 100 designers.
Awesome.

LoveLiza will solve all your design problems, whether professional or personal. But first things first, why do designers wear black?
The advantage of designers wearing black at conferences or at any other occasion is that you can easily distinguish between designers and clients. Which can give you a head start if you are looking for new [...]

Michael Schrage on the (uphill) task of reaching consensus while sitting on a design jury. Majority verdicts, let alone unanimous conclusions, are far and few between apparently.
By far the most striking revelation for me was the collective designer obsession with detail. You’ve no doubt heard the phrase “God is in the details” [...]

Or wheel of misfortune as the case may be. :)

Great poster by Harmonie Intérieure:
Designers are meant to be loved. Not to be understood.
More posters here.