Blast from Our Past...Emigre Magazine

We received an email on January 5th from Rudy VanderLans, the man behind Emigre, the legendary font foundry and magazine. He is working on "Emigre #70: The Look Back Issue.", a 500 page "Best Of" book. He is reprinting [in it's entirety] the interview he did at the Cranbrook Academy of Art with Kathy McCoy and the students [including Lisa and Mark] in 1991. He had to recreate the layouts from scratch because they were originally produced in ReadySetGo! which he can no longer open...

He needed a high-resolution image of Mark's PetLamp poster, which was featured in Emigre No. 19: Starting From Zero.

The imaging was done with video camera and image capture card in a Mac IIfx, and edited using Adobe Photoshop 1.a and Aldus FreeHand. The lamp was designed by fellow Cranbrook classmate John Davison.

Interrobang completes identity for General Sentiment

Interrobang has completed the identity for General Sentiment, a NY-based online firm that offers real-time research and search reporting on an unlimited number of topics from an unlimited number of online sources. They provide metrics which report the up and down, hot and cold, 'general sentiment' of the day, directly to your desktop.

Interrobang partnered with SoleKitchen Design of Lincoln, RI on this project.

When Work Is Play: Collaboration at It's Best article released

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Interrobang completes catalogs for Nova Natural Toys & Crafts

Interrobang has completed Nova Natural Toys + Crafts' 2009 Main and Mini catalogs. The Mini is inserted into Mothering magazine's November-December issue which features the Best Natural Toy's 2008. Parallel with the catalog designs, Interrobang worked with Nova to redesign the company's identity.

Nova Natural Toys + Crafts, LLC is a family owned business and retailer of finely crafted natural products geared to supporting creative and wholesome living. Nova strives to provide sustainable and organically produced products to families who are actively “going green”; taking an all-natural approach to their environment and the products they purchase.

Mark Sylvester invited to 2009 National Design Awards Nominating Committee

Mark Sylvester has been invited by the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum to become a member of the nominating committee for the 2009 National Design Awards. The nominating committee is composed of leading designers, educators, journalists, patrons, and curators from all 50 states. The National Design Awards are comprised of six design categories, Architecture, Communications, Fashion, Interiors, Landscape and Product Design. Additionally there are two Achievement Awards, Corporate, Lifetime and the Design Mind Award. Sylvester was on the 2008 NDA Nominating Committee.