Clement & Co. is proud to present We Are The New Standard, a series of short documentaries featuring visionaries who bring new ideas to well established mediums. In this installment, we kick off our second season with Los Angeles-based graphic designer Nick Toga of Design Is Blank and Bold Collective.

At this point, it almost seems that we only write about mixtapes. Over the past couple of years, it seems like the way our staff consumes most of their music is through mixtapes, which is no surprise as it allows us to concentrate on other tasks — like writing about mixtapes.

Hey Angelinos! Our buddies over at Design Is Blank will be having an exhibition/networking event/opportunity for free booze this Friday at Fresh Pressed in Los Feliz. The event will be held in conjunction with the Los Feliz Artwalk, so if you don’t like free drinks or good times, you can always bail and be bummed out somewhere else. We’re gonna stay the whole time, though, and we’ll definitely be trying to cop some swag.

The Geometry of Pasta is a cookbook by Jacob Kennedy.  You boil water, put the noodles in for 10 minutes, strain and you’re done.  The book is a photocopy of one post-it and the rest are blank pages for you to take notes on and have chef friends write you notes of endearment.  Pretty revolutionary.
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Starting today, the web is going to be a lot more visually interesting. As reported by the LA Times, Monotype Imaging is releasing over 2,000 fonts to web designers, exponentially increasing the amount of typefaces for use in websites. We’re pretty psyched about this, as we’re pretty sure that the next few months will see [...]

You know, it’s hard out here for creative types. Deadlines are as brutal as ever, clients never seem to know what they want, connections can be fleeting and if you’re a freelancer, paychecks rarely come on time — if they ever come in at all. And through all of this, you have to keep yourself inspired and motivated. Luckily for graphic designers, Design Is Blank, was launched recently and is already well on its way in becoming a must-see resource for anyone working or trying to break through in that field. Launched by two Art Center College of Design alumni, Design Is Blank is intended to fill in a gaping hole in the design field and provides resources, advice and inspiration in a no-nonsense way, setting it apart from most online design destinations that have become increasingly focused on visuals above all else.

We instantly fell in love with Buildhappy the moment we stumbled upon in one of our late-night interweb seshes.