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Brangelina (Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt) branch out, yet again, to design a line of jewelry with some help from British jewelry designer Asprey.

The game of chess is one that requires extreme concentration, an innately logical disposition, and devotion to "practice makes perfect."

Bob Dylan had a talent, one that has thus far never been replicated, to viscerally paint images in your head with his lyrics - which is why the graphic novel Bob Dylan Revisited is a natural homage to this incredible artist.

Thirteen artists collaborated to turn selections of Dylan's songs/lyrics into physical design - some are more dark than others, but all are fantatsic.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art is currently showing an exhibit called Art of The Samurai.

Mirko Humbert from Designer Daily answers a few questions about design and design blogging:

Grotesque cartoons are as much a part of my childhood as cute little care bears and fluffy stuffed animals. 

What is design, anyway?

Without further delay, an interview with fellow design blogger Armin Vit from Quipsologies!

In a perfect world, everyone would have ideas like this one by Christopher Fennell:

This blog was contributed by Design Channel Assistant Lydia Slavutin

Some people think of graffiti as vandalism, I am not one of those people. The pioneering era of graffiti took place between 1969-1974. It began on the streets of Philadelphia as message-latent artistic expression by political activists and, notoriously, as territorial markings for gang members. What was once, and still sometimes is, considered defamation of property, is challenged by this:

When the Berlin Wall came down on November 9, 1989, ninety-some artists from around the world turned the wall into a symbol of artistic expression.

Over the past twenty years, the elements have eroded the wall. Recently, Berliners have made an effort to restore the East Side Gallery, a major tourist attraction, with 106 different paintings and graffiti. On November 4, the original artists returned to repaint their emotional renderings.

It's a well known fact that most kids hate to eat their vegetables, but what if they looked like this?

Another remarkable design innovation from the RCA's graduate show is the collapsable water bottle, by Amy Smith.

From this to that - full to flat!

The design community is packed with opportunities for self-promotion and brand expansion. The first annual Faces of Design Awards commence in 2010, as an opportunity for designers to have their work judged by a slew of talented professionals and gain some street cred (or fashion ave. cred?)

Once you've decided to redecorate your home, you need to choose a color palette on which you base your decisions. Sometimes you find the perfect color in an unusual place, and it's hard to find the correlating shade of paint, and other colors that compliment it.

A big thanks to David Hyde of DavidTheDesigner for fighting his cold to answer some questions for a big fan!

Lydia Slavutin: Why did you decide to start davidthedesigner.com?

This past Friday, I ventured to Williamsburg, Brooklyn to The Glass Door for a concert featuring Caspian, Beware of Safety, Down to a Sunless Sea, The American $, and Hadoken.

This week's interview is with Emily Johnston from Material Girls. Johnston is the founder, executive editor and Dallas contributor.

Lydia Slavutin:  Why did you decide to start/become involved with Material Girls?