I never tell enough about Le Plan B — a design company owned by my friend Damien Gires from Paris. During the Designer’s Days 2009, he made an installation called “urban seats”, made to question the use of urban elements such as those ugly metal posts that sprout all around Paris. Urban seat is a neon-yellow seat that can be stacked, moved around, and used to redefine the idea of a urban bench.


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Today, Ilovegraphics turns 4 months. In order to celebrate properly the birthday of my anti-procrastinating device (which makes me procrastinating even more in the end), I’ve decided to inaugurate a new weekly post. “Designer of the week” will showcase works that made me  smile, made me look, made me shiver, in no particular order.
Let me introduce you to Ludovic Prigent, aka Ilk. My first designer-of-choice is a nice french guy, working with his cat Pitou, exploring the vast fields of illustration, photography web, print and identity design. He has worked for Artoyz, Nike or Virgin, and is now described as the frenchy “creme de la creme” (aka, the trendy guy) by Trendsnow, who’ve just released an interview as I write this. (Damn, wasn’t quick enough on this one, should have posted it yesterday! What was I thinking, doing something else?) Even if his portfolio features a wide range of professional works, I have a special crush on his photoblog: everyday life bits are my favourite.  
 With no further talk… (Because you know, they all say you don’t read post, you SCAN them, tsskkk.) Pictures! 

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And long live the republic.

 After 23 years of great design, TDR closed its doors on Tuesday. Economical crisis or simply every business fate, I can’t tell. But let’s remember the old days, the great books, and especially the dramatic impact they had on our visual culture. But most of all, let’s not speak as if they’re dead. That wouldn’t be fair. Wikipédia here for those who don’t know them, and for the sake of Helvetica overuse.
Via FormFiftyFive.
Via Creative Review. 

And completely off topic, I asked for my organ donor card today. You should too…

‘Their is a major disconnect between the life of a design student and the transition to being a design professional.”

Oh yes there is. I look forward to read this book, written by Andre Andreev and G. Dan Covert: sharing the failures and successes of the transition between the paradise of student life and the harsh professional world. There are already a good bunch of essays online,  that I highly recommend  you to read. I love “jobquitting”, “the list” and “how will you know when you are successful.” Everyday, I feel less alone about wondering about my graphic design career questionning. Thank you the internet!