Deger Design LLC

02/01/2020

A great podcast and article about the creation of new pigments. Learn about how a material, ”one that trapped 99.965% of light,” was created by accident and started a feud between artists. Spurred from ”Up yours .” and other getting involved with “ ”, new pigments were created and publicly shared all due to what was briefly the darkest material on the planet. .0

Vantablack is a pigment that reaches a level of darkness that’s so intense, it’s kind of upsetting. It’s so black it’s like looking at a hole cut out of the universe. “Vantablack is striking when you look at it… because it [doesn’t look] like something is colored black. It looks like a...

02/10/2019

One of my favorite topics on one of my favorite podcasts. Currently, enjoying the Seattle snow days with this beautifully printed and written book.

Here at 99% Invisible, we think about color a lot, so it was really exciting when we came across a beautiful book called The Secret Lives of Color by Kassia St. Claire. It’s this amazing collection of stories about different colors, the way they’ve been made through history, and the lengths to w...

03/15/2017

This is a game changer.

04/25/2016

Making plastic waste work for us instead of against us.

The professor has been receiving many queries from various countries in Europe and the Americas for this technology. But Swachh Bharat is his first priority.

02/03/2016

Tour de Packaging today! Looking to step up a client's current packaging design.

11/09/2015

Color origin stories!

Did you know that the “White Lead” color originated from Japan? It was created by exposing lead sheets to vinegar and fermented horse...

09/21/2015

“The whole point with type is for you not to be aware it is there...”

From the Paris Métro to Kennedy Airport, signs over the years have borne Mr. Frutiger’s imprint.

08/21/2015

It's not just making things pretty.

"I use colours, letters and pictures to help people understand things."

50 minutes to explain graphic design to a reception class at a primary school. How do I do that?

08/16/2015

Amazing and gorgeous. I'm really liking this trend of scanning older work to be shared publicly; allowing the work to reach more people. I'm willing to bet that Ten Bamboo Studio never dreamed their work would be view by this many people.

The earliest example of multicolor printing is now available for the public eye, digitally available through Cambridge University Library's Digital Library site. The 17th century book, Manual of Calligraphy and Painting (Shi zhu zhai shu hua pu), is so fragile that it was previously forbidd

05/19/2015

What a great way to teach kids about trees and sustainability!

Kids in Argentina can literally recycle this book directly back into the ground, where it will once again grow into a tree.

04/29/2015

Minion Yellow is Pantone Official

In light of the upcoming 'Minions' movie, PANTONE has created a hue based on the the lovable yellow characters from Despicable...