HuffPost Arts' Design Thursday

From hilariously snarky typographic-obsessed posters to 5-year-olds who know more about major logos than we do, this week's edition of HuffPost Arts' Design Thursdays is back with a few stories to tell.

We have a soft spot for graphic design, and that is certainly evident in the videos and slideshow we've chosen for this week, but we're hoping that you will too after viewing the video below. In a post over on Parents, we spotted 5-year-old Faith Ladd interpretation of corporate logos, which is almost too cute for words:

Her father, who is a graphic designer, said: "Faith, you're getting famous in the design community." We agree.

We were also impressed by Constantin Burke's take on architect David Chipperfield. You can see the video below:

We were intrigued by John Paul Caponigro's iPhone photos of animal skulls, which he snapped during a recent visit to South Africa:

And who could forget Bureau Spectacular's crazy furniture project, "White Elephant (Privately Soft)":

We also couldn't get enough of Anneke Short's biting commentary on typography and graphic design:

Comments

[curlycoles]

05:24 PM on 02/06/2012

As a designer I do have my snobby opinions, however general population have no clue why. That is okay. Getting in dumb arguments about it is pointless. Comic Sans is a juvenile, silly, non professional font that is idiotically used in totally inappropriate situations. Trained typographers know this. It really isn't "cool" .. and never will be. its disgusting.

[Leper]

06:50 PM on 02/02/2012

While I would not use Comic Sans for most situations, I have used it successfully on items not having to do with unicorns or eight year old girls and I find that people who limit the tools they might use because of their prejudices to be inferior craftspeople.

[mskittykat1326]

03:35 PM on 02/02/2012

I agree with EVERYTHING in the sideshow: Using Comic Sans IS a cardinal sin UNLESS your creating a children's book, No Pantone, CMYK, and RGB are absolutely NOT the same thing, nothing is EVER "real quick", so what if I have a slight obsession....but I do kind of sit around and draw all day. As a graphic artist, it's kind of my thing. ;)

I need to print these and post them on my wall!

[ViktorN]

02:21 PM on 02/02/2012

The funny thing about how "cool" works is that the more snobs hate on comic sans the cooler it becomes.

[Jamie Kowalski]

02:47 PM on 02/02/2012

Sometimes things work out that way. But in the case of comic sans, that will never even pull off "cool via irony."

[mskittykat1326]

03:36 PM on 02/02/2012

Exactly, in the end, it's still Comic Sans.

[ViktorN]

06:15 PM on 02/03/2012

That's what the snobs always say.

(Not saying you're a snob, but it's true!).