Saul Bass says it all in 2 minutes.

The high-profile line-up for issue #3 includes seven interviews of Milton Glaser, Sir Paul Smith, Tom Dixon, Keith Schofield, Tom Gauld and Maisie Broadhead. Further articles include Geoff McFetridge, Ken Garland, Johan Lofgren, Keetra Dean Dixon, Dan Germain and Michael Marriott.

The publication also acts as an archive for the most interesting work posted on itsnicethat.com from the last six months. All pre-orders received before midnight on March 31st will receive an exclusive, large-scale screen print from illustrator Parra.

You can pre-oder now at the It’s Nice That Shop for £10.

Milton Glaser was recently honoured with the 2009 National Medal of Arts from President Barack Obama. As one of twelve recipients of the award for outstanding achievements and support of the arts in the US, he is the first graphic designer ever recieving this award.

“There are four essential parts in making abstract information experiencable: information itself, relevant senses, fitting emotion and a direct reference of the presentation to the information. With our method you can not only design fitting media, but also check existing media for its potential.” Jochen Winker and Stefan Kuzaj.

A collection from various expositions held in Japan in the 1920s to 1940s. Via

I need those Enhance-PlugIns for all my programs so I will have an answer for a future client’s “Oh but I saw that on TV, they could do it”. Via

A homage to the great comic book artist Jean Giraud.

If you are into nice classic and contemporary seating furniture, then Chair Whore is your thing. Via

Berlin based illustrator and graphic designer Lily Lin just relaunched her website.

Following the success of the first sold-out printed publication, It’s Nice That are pleased to announce that Issue #2 will be released on Thursday October 1st. Inside the publication you’ll find 128 pages documenting the best of the work featured on the site in the past six months in more depth, alongside a series of interviews and features. If you didn’t get the chance to see Issue #1, take a look here.

Really nice idea!

The portfolio of Chritiana Couceiro. Via

Died Young Stayed Pretty is a documentary giving you an inside look at the screenprinting culture of rock posters. Via

SuperBlast will be presenting his newest Icon paintings in the rear gallery with a vernissage on Saturday evening, the 22 August from 7:00 – 10:00 pm at the Merry Karnowsky Gallery/Berlin.

OFFSET 2009 is week long creative festival culminating in a 3 day conference taking place in Dublin’s Liberty Hall Theatre from Friday 6th-Sunday 8th November, bringing together the world’s leading creatives to showcase the best work being done today.