ABOVE AND BEYOND

Fredrik Mattson’s splashy little PXL pendant light, made of strips of lacquered aluminum, looks something like a colorful, spinning top.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

The poster and identity for a 2009 survey of Italian graphic design at La Triennale di Milano Design Museum.

COLOR CODE

An intriguingly-titled, limited edition Risograph book by Dutch artist, Erik van der Weijde.

POST MODERN

A series of Dutch postage stamps featuring stylized forget-me-not flowers, designed as a homage to grandparents by Studio Dumbar.

NO LIE

Alexander Kosolapov speaking the truth, with Pravda.

BLACK SPACE

The starkly eloquent hard cover of Helvetica and the New York City Subway System by Paul Shaw, exposing white foil on black linen–and Helvetica.

BOTH SIDES NOW

An AIGA/NY graphic symbol for a series of talks exploring the line between Classic and Contemporary design.

FASHION FORWARD

Plainly gorgeous editorial design for the Ukranian fashion newspaper, The Sanahunt Times, by the Norwegian design studio, Non-Format.

HISTORY BOOK

The catalogue for a 2010 exhibition of the same name held at Haunch of Venison.

BOXED ART

If more things came in tins like this one (by Swatek Romanoff Design), I’d probably have more things.