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Lighting it up in Chicago.

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Lana Rigsby and Dr. David Eagleman davideagleman about to speak at How Design Live on the Neuroscience of Touch. 

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The jury for Society for Experiential Graphic Design, in Washington DC a few weeks ago.

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There is just so much that is beautiful about this

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The Life Cycle of Ideas is a data-analysis and visualization we published for the May Issue of Popular Science. As Katie Peek wrote in the introductory text: “Every scientific idea has its day. Theories are born and experiments are designed; results are put to the test, then disproved or accepted as canon. As scientists discuss an idea, they cite the paper that proposed it in their own work. Then, as the conversation moves on, references to the paper drop off. The rise and fall of citations serves to measure the lifespan of a paper’s underlying ideas. Popular Science visualized that pattern across disciplines. Generally, citations peak more quickly today than they did 50 years ago. According to Jevin West, an information scientist at the University of Washington, that trend could be because there are more scientists tackling problems, or because technology has connected them better, accelerating the conversation.”

—from the work of giorgia lupi

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Something that appeals to both my sense of typography and desire to make things. I have craft envy.

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—via Design

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Famous Novels' First Sentences, Mapped [Infographic]

Sentence diagrams never looked this good

By Colin Lecher 

Maybe you spent a week in school making these, but the ones in your class almost definitely didn't look as good. The folks at Pop Chart Lab, which now has an oeuvre of infographics depicting everything from classic games to beer, took a literary turn with their latest chart. A Diagrammatical Dissertation on Opening Lines of Notable Novels (itself one hell of a tongue-twister) is a series of simple Reed-Kellogg sentence diagrams, but there's something special about placing them all next to each other. The start of Don Quixote looks especially circuitous next to the deceivingly simple "124 was spiteful" of Toni Morrison's Beloved. Plus, "A screaming comes across the sky," from Gravity's Rainbow, is appropriately askew in this format. (More information here)

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Blind Date with a Book

Delightful marketing by an indie bookshop: hand-picked, red-wrapped Valentine’s Day picks offered for sale sight-unseen. You can do this when you’re the best bookstore in town, your staff is intimately familiar with the books you sell, and your customers have come to trust you implicitly. Bravo, Brazos Bookstore! We ❤ you! 

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A Wedding Under the Great Oak

My beloved niece will soon be married on the family ranch, under an ancient oak that we love. I shared the job of creating a beautiful, meaningful invitation with designer Carmen Garza, whose selection of an engraving from Emblems of Immortality (published 1795) was perfect. She used classical iconography—acorn to oak, caterpillar to butterfly—to represent perpetual renewal, and wrapped the invitation in lace as delicate and intricate as the couple’s shared memories. A deep-red wax seal is the finishing touch on this very special memento.

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Learning to Think Outside the Box Creativity Becomes an Academic Discipline

In 2010 “creativity” was the factor most crucial for success found in an I.B.M. survey of 1,500 chief executives in 33 industries. These days “creative” is the most used buzzword in LinkedIn profiles two years running.

—via The New York Times

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Bring a gift, cheer a child.

We warmly invite you to join Rigsby Hull in supporting Operation Jingle Jeeps, benefitting children at the Child Life department of Children’s Herman Memorial. These young cancer survivors will spend the holidays engaged in the fight of their lives. Help us cheer them on with a parade of hundreds of festively lit jeeps bearing Santa and his gifts to their bedsides. 

Please bring new, unwrapped gifts of $10-20 between the hours of 9-5 through December 20.  Rigsby Hull: 2309 University Boulevard.

In loving memory of Janie Wright.

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American Institute of Graphic Arts today announced the results of its “JUSTIFIED” Competition, which features Rigsby Hull’s work for LIVESTRONG among 14 projects selected by an expert jury from more than 300 entries. Check it out: http://www.aiga.org/case-study-livestrong-branding/

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NASA proving that even something as simple as a manual, guidebook and press kit can have thoughtful typography. 

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—via io9

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Collaborating with Pulitzer prize-winning novelist Larry McMurtry, we created this homage to his heroines—women like Jacy Farrow (The Last Picture Show), Clara Allen (Lonesome Dove), Emma Horton (Terms of Endearment). The limited-edition poster was auctioned to benefit Adult Literacy in Texas.

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Weingarten Art Group reviewed:

“There is a subtlety and a demure energy to this identity system that supports the artists’ work but lets it stand out on its own ... a level of sophistication is communicated through the light type weight and deluxe printing...”

— Duncan A. Robertson, For Print Only

(via FPO: Weingarten Art Group Identity and Communications)

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The Lure of Sail

I love my collection of Nautical Quarterlies, the ethereally beautiful boaters' bibles designed by B. Martin Pedersen. The now-classic publication is Pedersen's homage to yachting technology and design, and a testament to the god of details.

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This Saturday at the Stefan Sagmeister and Marian Bantjes event, AIGA Houston T-shirts, designed by Rigsby Hull's own Laura Tait will be available. If you are anywhere within 200 miles of Houston, go and register now.