It’s been a very busy week and I haven’t had a ton of time to devote to my usual twitter searches. I have however learned about a few new things and hope you’ll enjoy what I’m sharing today. A few great Tweets covered companies and designers that were so much fun I decided they deserved their own posts. Those will be out next week.

There are many well informed, creative, and active people using Twitter, and sharing their new discoveries and passions. Thank you all for your insights and updates. Here are a few interesting Tweets that I read, learned from, and loved this week:

@museummodernart “The Ordinary as Object of Desire” – Robert Smith’s review of our “What was Good Design?” exhibition. http://tr.im/nyKN
This is a great article on industrial design in review of “What Was Good Design? MoMA’s Message 1944-56” runs through Nov. 30 at the Museum of Modern Art.

“What is good design?” may not be one of life’s great existential questions, but it ranks high among those that plague modern times. It is at least as old as the Industrial Revolution and the accompanying rise of factories, cheap manufactured goods and urban crowding. These developments created problems and opportunities that city planners, architects and designers have been triumphing or tripping over ever since. The results have ranged from brilliant to tragic, as a casual look at any American city will tell you.

@Stirwin My son Sam just got a first class honours degree in graphic design. Now all he needs is a job! http://bit.ly/crraB
There are so many graphic designers out there, I’ve worked with many over the past several years (don’t ask how many…). It’s always exciting when you find a designer that you work with particularly well. I can count two that, for me, fall into that category. Herve, whom I worked with in Cameroon and Wayne, whom I worked with briefly in Philadelphia.  It takes great communication, an open mind and of course talent. Anybody hiring? @Stirwn’s son, Sam, is on the market! I scanned through his site and liked a series of photos that he inserted lettering into, this one is a fav.

@commGURU Found a great site for industrial & packaging designers: http://www.materialconnexion.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx = design and materials
Watch for a post about this coming next week. We are going to dig into what this company is creating and talk about what we love the most.

@buffdesign Yanko Design – Modern Industrial Design News: http://digg.com/d1MiIj?t
Great site on industrial design, tons of information covering everything from interiors and architecture to product design and technology.

@Talsiach Computer Keyboard Bike Handlebar Grips Design – http://bit.ly/eNH15
I just bought a vintage Schwinn Cruiser so found this Tweet interesting. I wont be replacing my grips, but know people that would LOVE these.

@TheSurfaceStore Fun: “I’m Tweeting This.” decal for your laptop.  See it at: http://ow.ly/aIgc
OK, yes, shameless plug for one of our own tweets, but relevant. And I think that those that Tweet will like this decal. Also, bloggers can get this for free when they write about us on their blogs (find info on the website).

I generally search Interior Decor, Decoration, Industrial Design, Architecture, Decals, Wall Decals, Wall Stickers, etc when looking through Twitter to learn more about hot trends and industry happenings. The truth is, when I look into wall decals I only find advertisements, not from The Surface Store of course, we work to give you interesting content. And if one day you decide you’d like a wall decal, well we hope you’ll head over to our website and consider us! Until then…