Design (and design blogs) that hold up well

The bloggers at the design firm Pentagram know how to write a lede:

During the financially dismal 2008 holiday shopping season, one product held up nicely: bras.

Some great design worth exploring there, from the outfit that did the signage for the front of the Times building and the Atlantic redesign.

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