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The votes are in for Archinect's latest contest of architecture school event posters featured in our ongoing Get Lectured series throughout the 2021 Spring and Fall terms. The Boston community came out in full force to vote for their local team, the Boston Architectural College, taking first... View full entry
With the old year wrapped up, it's time to select the best architecture school lecture poster of 2021! Archinect's ongoing Get Lectured series featured 28 poster designs last year from the Spring and Fall terms at leading architecture schools throughout the United States and Canada. ... View full entry
So far, Philly’s proposed wayfinding makeover has won praise from transit advocates around the country. The proposal draws from international best practices for transit navigability, and reflects similar changes in Seattle and San Francisco as big cities grapple with how to lure riders back to mass transportation. — Bloomberg CityLab
Philadelphia's transit system is the country’s seventh-largest and is often the subject of criticism over its wayfinding and disorienting layout. The $40 million redesign is going to be rolled out gradually and will be fully unveiled sometime in 2022. A planned four-mile addition to the... View full entry
A strong visual identity is essential to propelling a company's product, service, and overall brand. However, when it comes to logo designs in architecture, for example, the design's overall look on top of its size, type, and color choice can spark polarizing responses from the community. While... View full entry
With the field of architecture comprising an ever-growing spectrum of disciplines, qualifications, and job titles, the opportunity to work at some of the most exciting firms with a non-architectural background has never been better. From the huge list of career opportunities on Archinect Jobs, we... View full entry
A tiny new addition to Rem Koolhaas and OMA’s famed catalog will be launching in the USA in September after a successful European launch earlier this year. The new Centurion Card design is a collaboration between the Dutch studio and American Express aimed at updating the bulletproof old... View full entry
A design world arms race to make the blackest black has intensified this week after an artist revealed his latest creation called Blink. Stuart Semple created the ink over a period of two years after launching a precursor called Black 3.0 in 2019. The artist had been reacting to the... View full entry
The wait is over, and the votes are in! 2020 was a strange year but it encouraged many schools to get creative and explore graphic design possibilities for their virtual lecture series. Our 2020 Get Lectured poster competition generated a total of 693 votes from the Archinect community and... View full entry
2020 was an unforgettable year. While schools adjusted to hosting online events and lectures, people worldwide could tune in and listen to thought-provoking discussions and presentations from leaders in architecture, design, and other complementary disciplines. As we look back at last year's... View full entry
Michael Hertz, whose design firm produced one of the most consulted maps in human history, the curvy-lined chart that New York City subway riders peer at over one another’s shoulders to figure out which stop they want, died on Feb. 18 in East Meadow, N.Y. He was 87. — The New York Times
In an effort to boost ridership, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, North America's largest public transportation network, formed a committee under the leadership of John Tauranac in the mid-1970s to create a new, more appealing map for the New York City subway system and replace the... View full entry
The votes are in for your favorite Fall '19 architecture school lecture poster that were featured in Archinect's Get Lectured series. Which four posters racked up the most votes? Out of 734 responses, first place went to the University of Toronto's lenticular poster. Second place went to Texas... View full entry
It's time to vote for your favorite architecture school lecture poster! Let's look back at the posters we featured in Archinect's ongoing Get Lectured series for Fall '19. Which one will win the top spot this time? In our last poll, the Abedian School of Architecture won first place... View full entry
Serious Play: Design in Midcentury America, an exhibition currently on view at the Denver Art Museum (DAM), delves into some of the more joyful aspects of 20th Century design. Highlighting works by Charles and Ray Eames, Isamu Noguchi, Henry P. Glass, Herbert Bayer, Eva Zeisel, and Alexander... View full entry
Ikea has released a free font called Soffa Sans, inspired by all the memes born from its online “Design your own sofa” planner. The tool allows for customers to design the layouts and configurations of Ikea’s couches, from the Vimle sectionals to the Vallentuna modular sofa series. Once it was discovered that the planner allowed for basically any configuration with no limit to the cost, it inspired some Sims-like creativity from users. — The Verge
The SOFFA SANS font was developed in partnership with UK agency Proximity London and is available for download here. Some of the examples people used the sofa planner as a block-y drawing tool (which inspired the font) below. pic.twitter.com/o75DdhB3D5— forever (@perspectivator) June... View full entry
The final results are in for your favorite Spring '19 architecture school lecture poster that were previously featured in Archinect's Get Lectured series. Which four posters racked up the most votes? Out of 1,121 responses, first place went to the Bond University Abedian School of... View full entry