They are turning the 1975 design manual into a book and crowdfunding it on Kickstarter.

Graphic designers: Back away from the computer and head to the Ballyhoo! Posters as Portraiture exhibit at the National Portrait Gallery. In the sixty displayed postered portraits, one can see an evolution of graphic design and advertising, with each era screaming its identity through fonts, colors and graphic techniques, as well as the obvious context of the featured face. Keeping true to the NPG’s mission, all 60 posters are about Americans or American films, however…

Every third Saturday, a group of underground artists, dancers and other creative types gather at BeBar for X in D.C.. We previewed the event last year, a night that includes a live graphic design competition, with the artists competing for prizes and having their design used for the next month’s flyer, multiple musical guests, dancers, painters, fashion design, and visuals. Every month features almost all new artists, making every X event a completely different…