http://www.crisisofcredit.com/
This is an amazingly well done digital visualization of the current economic credit crisis we are in. The design elements are simple and to the point creating a clear understanding of the topic. This was created as a part of a Johnathan Jarvis's thesis to use new media in explaining complex topics.

http://www.graphicdesignblog.org/famous-logo-game/
This is a fun test to show the power of branding and logo design in a mass market. I was able to guess all but three in a matter of 4 seconds per logo! Go to the site and try it out yourself!

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/15/business/media/15illo.html?_r=2&scp=1&sq=google%20illustrators&st=cse

Google is joining the cheap wagon by extending an offer to artists asking them to submit Google designs in exchange for glory of being a Google Skin designer. Seems a bit presumptuous to ask established designers to do this but in these economic times many did so anyways. Google refused to release the names of artists that did agree to participate and would not specify when the launch of this campaign will be.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/18/movies/18props.html?_r=1&hp
This was a particularly sad article about how the economy is effecting all areas including the set and prop studios in Hollywood. I never really stopped to think about where the props that make a movie so magical come from and it made me sad to see a major one, 20th Century Props, be forced to close.

http://niemann.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/02/i-lego-ny/
This is a very entertaining way Christoph Niemann designined a semiotic infographic of NY scenes with Legos. Charming!

http://www.creativefluff.com/motion-graphics/commercial/typography-humor-get-with-the-times-new-roman/
This is a funny spoof on typefaces. I found it clever and especially appropriate for design humor.

http://www.businessweek.com/innovate/NussbaumOnDesign/archives/2009/06/twitters_role_i.html
Nussbaum blogs about the underlying importance that can be extracted from the excitement of Twitter in Iran. The younger generation used Twitter to communicate and organize mass protests against the fraudulent elections in Iran this past week.
This is particularly interesting because the government did try to contain the efforts by cutting off cellular capabilities and Twitter could not be shut down.
The interesting point that Nussbaum makes is that Twitter is not unique in this situation. Yes Gen Yers feel comfortable in a digital realm but this form of mass communication has been going on for years in the Bizarre, in the mosques and so forth.