AIGA wants more money, LogoWorks gets more money, and, you? You get no money in this edition of Quipsologies.

~ M. KINGSLEY ~

Next week, July 7-9: Icon 4, the Illustration Conference in San Francisco.

Perhaps I’ll see you there…

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I’ve been known to go on about how I think Martha Stewart is one of the greatest designers around. And I’m happy to find out that I’m not alone. (Michael Blowhard’s following comments are a worthwhile reminder on the aesthetics of the immediate.)

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“I want to write about writing systems as concrete realities with a physical organization, something that can be seen, felt, and perceived in the most tangible way…”

Suzanne E. McCarthy’s impressive new blog Abecedaria, covers a variety of writing systems. Recent topics include the Cree and Potawatomi ‘alphabets’, the letter J, and our beloved Robert Bringhurst.

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Eddie Kohler has adapted John Cage’s Indeterminacy for the web. The word spacing visually suggests how Cage performed (read) the piece.

~ JASON A. TSELENTIS ~

iTunes on your cell phone? It may ring true sooner or later.

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Latest issue of GQ has whatif license plate designs courtesy of Kidd, Scher, Duffy, Isley, Segura, Jay, Stout, Fili, and Silverstein.

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Microsoft’s Acrylic gives Adobe a challenge—like Corel and Fractal tried to.

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Etch-A-Sketch Coming to a Cell Phone Near You.

~ BRYONY ~

A strictly fact based comparison between Italians and other members of the European Union.

~ KEVIN LO ~

On Secession — the results of a small workshop led by Marlene McCarty at this year’s DesignInquiry symposium.

~ PETER SCHERRER ~

First increase in AIGA membership dues since 2001 — communique_jun05.

~ ARMIN ~

Jon Coltz: Excited and misunderstood in the face of an exquisite fi ligature.

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The Doodle Archive, documenting the art of the doodle. Get your Doodle card now!

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“LogoWorks, the leader in custom graphic design services for small businesses, today announced it has received a $9.3 million round of equity funding.” [Thanks to Von Glitschka for the news]

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