I Wonder by Marian Bantjes
“I just received my wish list gift, Marian Bantjes new book. ”— Sean Adams, Co-President at AIGA and Partner at AdamsMorioka
Alexander Girard Dolls from Vitra
“For a long time now I've been wanting to become adept at using a drawing tablet instead of a mouse, but I've been putting it off because it requires research and an implementation learning curve. The best possible present would be for someone to interview me about how I was going to use it; pick the exact right tablet for me; set it up; then show me the basics so I can start using it immediately. Oh, wait—I just realized I could have our IT folks do that. But still. That was the first present for design and typography that came to mind. The second is I want a full set of Alexander Girard dolls from Vitra, just because they'd inspire me.”— Jen Bilik, Owner and Founder at Knock Knock
Information Graphics by Sandra Rendgen
“Information Graphics is a gigantic book full of incredible work that illuminates the world. I think as I get older and my career path shifts away from design towards storytelling and analysis, a book of gorgeous show posters or clever packaging doesn’t suffice anymore. I was lucky enough to come across it in a museum gift shop and kicked myself later for not buying it on the spot. To whomever eventually took it home: sorry for the drool marks.” — Mike Joosse, Director of Communications at VSA Partners
Live Surface
“I’m stoked for HF&J’s Cloud Typography. It’s a beautifully designed product and the typefaces are, obviously, top-notch. I’m planning on trying it out with my portfolio re-launch in the new year. SpecKing is pretty great for working with developers and engineers. It’ll take a photoshop doc and automatically red-line it for you. Time saver! Speaking of time-saver, we just got a group license for Live Surface’s Context at the office. I imagine this will save us countless hours of mocking-up time. ” — Jeremy Perez-Cruz, Designer at Etsy
Fifty Three Pencil and Paper
“I plan on investing in a new iPad Air for meetings and presentations. [Fifty Three] Pencil and Paper should expand the use of my iPad during a live brainstorm and drawing sessions, then afterwards for capturing and archiving notes. Oh yes, and I’ll be going for the Graphite!” — Leah Faust, Creative Director at LF & Co.
Adobe Edge Inspect
“Adobe Edge Inspect CC (digital design is one of the many but important things I work on at my day job). This program will synchronize all of your devices to view the same page at once. Definite must have if you create lots of responsive sites for different platforms.”— Norio Ichikawa, Design Director/ACD, RPA
Hoefler-Frere & Jones Cloud.Typography
“We're early shoppers this year at Eleven19. Our wish list item was to start a subscription to Cloud Typography (webfonts by H&FJ), but we did that last month. And since we just moved to the Adobe Creative Cloud last week, we have no items left on our list… but I’m sure something will pop up in 2014 that we can’t live without.” — Donovan Beery, Co-Founder of 36 Point and Owner at Eleven19
