Opening today with a reception on 15 Sep, this exhibition promises “a 50-year retrospective of nearly 100 works created by [Glaser] for the College, where he has been on the faculty since 1960 and currently serves as acting chairman. The exhibition will include the original artwork for the iconic posters seen by generations of New Yorkers as part of SVA’s ongoing subway campaign, preparatory sketches that will be on public view for the first time, and rare printed pieces like the 1963 announcement for the course Glaser taught at SVA with the late art director Henry Wolf.”

Riffing on this blog post about service design by Jeff Howard, Chris Fahey posits that adding “delightful details” to a design at unexpected junctures can yield an emotional upside for users, and counter-act what Howard describes as human beings’ tendency to be “capricious” with regard to services where a high bar for quality has already been established.

This astonishing example of retail architecture in Sao Paolo, Brazil — designed by local architect Isay Weinfeld — is probably the most visually stunning commercial space I’ve ever seen, and certainly the most impressive book selling environment. If it’s real, that is. The pictures make it seem ingenious, futuristic and ideal, which makes me wonder how (and whether) it really works in practice as a bookstore. Still, there’s no denying: the pictures are beautiful.

The author, radio host and cultural curator turns in an ambitious essay on the evolution of pop culture and how it made Barack Obama’s presidency possible.

A short film collaboration between animator Run Wrake and type vendor and stock art house Veer, made entirely of imagery from the CSA Images stock library. Recently awarded Best Short Film at the Fantasia Film Festival.

“This slide deck is our current best thinking about maximizing our likelihood of continued success.” A massive, ambitious and remarkably thoughtful corporate manifesto on the culture and business that Netflix is building. At one-hundred and twenty-eight slides, its main fault is perhaps that it’s too long to consume easily, but every slide seems worthwhile. This, to me, is further evidence that Netflix is quietly building one of the best brands of the next decade, and that it will soon become as readily referenced as Apple on lists of most admired businesses. Raise your hand if you wish your company would adopt these same principles. Via TechCrunch

A timeline comparing Pepsi-Cola versus Coca-Cola logotypes. The contrast speaks volumes about the wisdom — or lack thereof — of change for change’s sake, and reflects my general position on branding. Via Swiss Miss.

Transcript of Merlin Mann’s excellent talk about the barriers to getting started on adventurous projects, and learning to turn away from fears and distractions.

A startlingly rich array of visualizations of baseball data from Craig Robinson. “A love of baseball plus a love of infographics…Essentially, this site is what I’d have been doing when I was twelve years old had the Internet and Photoshop been available to me.” Via Capn Design.