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A group of computer scientists from the University of Washington’s Graphics and Imaging Laboratory have created an algorithm that improves the technology behind Microsoft’s Photosynth to render massive environments in 3D.

The legendary California type foundry Emigre Graphics, founded by Rudy VanderLans and Zuzana Licko, is releasing a “best of” book. This will be the first from the influential design magazine Emigre since it stopped publishing in 2005.
512 page Emigre No. 70: The Look Back Issues – Celebrating 25 Years in Graphic Design will cover the best from a quarter century of the magazine’s content.
They explain the story:
During the late 1980s and throughout the 1990s, graphic design was experiencing one of its most exciting and transformative periods. The Apple Macintosh computer had been introduced, design schools were exploring French linguistic theory, [...]

Opening last week at the Design Museum in London was their annual review of the most innovative, interesting and forward-looking new work in design of all kinds, from around the world. The exhibition, called the ‘Brit Insurance Designs of the Year’, presents around 100 projects divided into seven categories – architecture, fashion, furniture, graphics, interactive, product and transport.
We’re happy to see the Westminster School (which we covered previously) included in the architecture category. This batch of projects was selected by a group of internationally respected design experts, curators, critics, practitioners, and enthusiasts. Awards will be announced next week. The [...]