Tag Archives: design

It’s 2012! Time for my yearly blog post

Posted on January 10, 2012 by mugwump

Last fall I finally finished revamping my professional design portfolio site, which you should definitely check out. You can also head over to my make something awful every day tumblr to see far too many wrap-up posts for what 2011 … Continue reading →

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make something awful every day: year one

Posted on January 31, 2011 by mugwump

make something awful every day: year one from Topher McCulloch on Vimeo. Here’s the video wrap-up of year one of #msaed. If anyone out there is great with a synthesizer and would like to compose an original score, I would … Continue reading →

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Design Thinking II with Armin Vit

Posted on October 11, 2010 by mugwump

Design Thinking II with Armin Vit, originally uploaded by AIGA Chicago. Portrait of the designer as a young ghost

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Why can’t design be beautiful?

Posted on July 29, 2010 by mugwump

Before Steve Jobs was a glint in his father’s eye, Olivetti was elevating the design aesthetics of the business machine world through product design and advertising rooted in the Bauhaus and vetted in Italy. Olivetti placed great importance on its … Continue reading →

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Surrealism in advertising

Posted on September 6, 2008 by mugwump

Surrealism in advertising, originally uploaded by tofu mugwump. There’s something very Magritte about the illustration in this. What are these types of ads even called? It’s not a billboard, and it’s almost a mural.

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