Hasta La Ideas

We learned back at the start of June that Architectural Digest‘s longtime editor-in-chief, Paige Rense Noland, had decided to retire after 35 years with the magazine. But who would replace her? Rumors began last week that the front-runner was Margaret Russell, the editor-in-chief at Elle Decor. Now it’s been confirmed that it will indeed be Russell taking over Noland’s spot, as early as September (Noland’s original plans were to leave by August, but we’ll see if she sticks around until her replacement comes aboard). What’s more, the NY Times reports that Architectural Digest will be moving their offices from Los Angles to New York, into “one of Conde Nast‘s buildings” in the city. To get to know the new boss, here’s a “So What Do You Do” interview we here at mediabistro conducted with Russel a couple of years back.

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OMG! We just had to tell you about this opening. Twist magazine, home to all things teen and tween, is searching for an art director/senior designer (the title depends on your experience). If you can handle looking at photos of Justin Bieber all day long, this job’s for you.

If hired, you’ll be responsible for the visual direction, layout, design and production of the magazine. You’ll need to tap into your grown-up leadership skills to oversee the art department, but also be able to harness your inner teen and design eye candy pages for all sections of the magazine, including the cover.

If you have print design experience with a major consumer magazine, are proficient in InDesign, Photoshop, and Illustrator, can handle deadlines and be a team player, you just may be Twist‘s ideal candidate. Sound good? Apply here.

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A dark-witted book explores the feelings of loss and loneliness with ironic levity

A children’s book for adults, “All My Friends Are Dead” cleverly illustrates the inevitable sadness we all will face—whether you’re a tree, sock, pirate, cassette tape or other—when our friends cease to exist.

From the snowman whose friends all melt away to the house plant whose friends are slowly killed by humans, the book uses dark humor to shed light on the ubiquitous feeling of loneliness.

Written by actor Avery Monsen and journalist Jory John, “All My Friends Are Dead” sells online from Chronicle Books (where you can check out the lighthearted video short) or at Urban Outfitters stores for $10.

pChances are slim you’ll be able to, but see if you can guess what this is:/p

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pThat’s a patent-pending design called the A HREF=”http://nadeemhaidary.com/msa.html#” MSA Bypass Shuttle/A, designed by Nadeem Haidary, that would allow construction workers rigged to safety cables to pass each other. Construction workers high up on beams will often need to string a lifeline between two I-beams and clip themselves to it, but despite this precaution, falls are still the leading cause of death in that industry; a building being erected right next to Core77’s offices had just such an accident a few years ago./p

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pPresumably the fact that workers rigged to the lifelines cannot pass each other leads some to avoid clipping into the lines altogether, as the importance of mobility and deadlines is given precedence over safety. Haidary’s design uses clever geometry to enable one worker passing another to flip his shuttle 180 degrees, allowing it to pass “through” the other worker’s shuttle without detaching from the line./p

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pThe project was named for and done in conjunction with a manufacturer called Mine Safety Appliances, and though Haidary often says “We” in his project description, he does not specifically mention whether he worked as part of a design team or designed the device on his own./p

pWrites Haidary of his general design philosophy,/p

blockquoteI think of design as applied experimentation. To prototype ideas, build things, visit a foreign land, to be curious about everything is to set yourself up for the possibility of discovering new solutions to the world’s problems. In fact, I want to be what Buckminster Fuller called a ‘comprehensivist’./blockquote

pCheck out the rest of Naidary’s stuff A HREF=”http://nadeemhaidary.com/” here./Abr /
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