YES

From the Shoreditch Department of Advertising Correction. I really despise most advertising, so naturally I think this is great. Found here, via here.

YEP

MATH

From my MA work, Distillates Wallpapers on display at the Rochelle School. Photo by Siyu Chen.

DISTILLATES

My Distillates Wallpaper series is up right now at the Rochelle School in London, until Thursday. 

POV

Vivienne Westwood here again with more awesome commentary. 
See also: In Conversation With. 

SMALL TIME

Love this product packaging found at Old Faithful Shop. Top: D.S. & Durga; bottom: Bonnie's Jams. When I checked out Bonnie's site, I found this great quote on her blog: "Like most people in business, I think about branding. So I was struck by Osama’s cave and hills branding strategy. In fact he lived in a villa with all the usual comforts." Tying into this, earlier this morning I happened to read an article from last year about Andy Spade: "'The bigger you get, the smaller you act.' [ie] The more personal a brand, the more stuff it can sell." Great news, but frankly I think I prefer the idea of business growing while keeping true to themselves rather than becoming big and then 'down branding'. Bonne Maman is a great example of this, have they ever changed their packaging? I don't think so.

PAULA

Fellow designer Anna Craemer has been interviewing people in the field for her thesis project Critical Graphic Design. Last year Anna and I attended Paula's lecture and both of us found her attitude and approach very refreshing. Nice to have more views from the woman herself in this great interview.

REQUIRED VIEWING

Ways of Seeing came out in the 70s, and the series was so popular it was then turned into a book. In this episode, John Berger takes us from the beginning of the European nude -- depictions of Adam and Eve -- to the modern day, relating exactly what kind of cultural baggage we're dealing with. 

MULTIPLICITY

 Radical face illustrations from Design as Art -- Bruno Munari, 1971.

IT IS

WEDNESDAY

Thanks, Mr. Wittgenstein