May 2009
251 posts
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Calligraphy Lessons →
I know I should probably learn to write in the first place before looking at something like this, but regular writing is boring, and this is so cool!
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Harry Beck: The Paris Connection →
The story of Harry Beck’s less successful project, a map of Paris’ subway system.
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Global Quality of Living City Rankings →
The 2009 results are up. Vienna took the #1 Spot from Zurich. San Francisco slipped to 30 from 29.
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Russian Army Parade →
The Russians don’t mess around when it comes to parades…
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Virtual Tour of Rio →
Well that’s gorgeous.
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Vinyl Art →
Daniel Edlen paints musicians on their vinyl. Sweet.
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Solid Wood Stapler →
I’m not sure why, but I support this 100%
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April 2009
360 posts
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doihaveswineflu.org →
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The Kindle 2 and iPod Shuffle perform Wrath of... →
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Cybele →
Modular Typeface from Wallzo
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Sebastian Lester →
Typographic Illustration from Sebastian Lester
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Eames Elephant →
:D
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The Peasant Mentality Lives on in America →
Matt Tiabbi:
After all, the reason the winger crowd can’t find a way to be coherently angry right now is because this country has no healthy avenues for genuine populist outrage. It never has. The setup always goes the other way: when the excesses of business interests and their political proteges in Washington leave the regular guy broke and screwed, the response is always for the lower and...
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Lyuba the mammoth →
Photos of a near-perfectly preserved baby mammoth discovered by reindeer herders in Siberia
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Related to the last →
I’ve tested thoroughly, and this definitely gets funnier every time I watch it.
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New Trailer for "The Hangover" →
Have I mentioned recently that I love Zach Galifianakis?
Cause I do.
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Trailer for "My Sister’s Keeper" →
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Coat of Many Kermits →
Well then… OK.
Q: How does the designer attach all the little frogs?
A: With ribbits.
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Motel Living →
A Photoessay by Magnum Photos
I spent what seems like a lot of time in motels as a kid, traveling up and down I-5.
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"Framed By Clouds"
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Green Box →
A Pizza box that breaks up into plates and a leftover container. Doesn’t solve the issue, but it does demonstrate an attentiveness to it. And, I suppose, any step is a step
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A Cryptozoological Play Set →
Exactly what it sounds like:
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Taking the A Train →
The Duke Ellington Orchestra did just that to celebrate his 110th Birthday. Some great pics of what was surely a great party.
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Miro Adoption Center →
A clever way of subsidizing the development of free software.
Miro is offering those who are interested the opportunity to adopt a line of code. Once you do, you can watch it grow over future versions.
I can’t decide whether adorable or brilliant better describes Miro’s scheme.
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LEGO Candles! →
I love LEGOs. So much.
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mentalgassi →
Cool public art projects, wrapping various structures out in the world with faces.
I’ve always liked anthropomorphizing objects that people interact with, it seems to make them more inviting, and ultimately, more usable.
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Redundant Clock →
This Ji Lee character is sure something.
“This is a redundant clock. And this is a redundant description.”
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Tour of a Russian Nuclear Power Plant →
Definitely worth checking out. Some great photos.
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Montanara →
Now that is a sweet couch.
Designed by Gaetano Pesce for Meritalia.
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Nestlé Application Group Querétaro →
Laboratory for Nestlé designed by Rojkind Arquitectos I’m a big fan of the spheroid cutouts, and it looks like it’d be a very nice place to work.
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Review of Crank 2: High Voltage →
Probably the best movie review I’ve ever read:
It’s like if Michael Bay and John Waters had breakup sex and made a little ADD baby who hated humanity.
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Song Around The World "Stand By Me" →
From Playing For Change comes a geographically and culturally diverse jam.
I’ll be smiling all day :D
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Hangerpak →
Brilliant packaging design from Steve Haslip. A shipping box for shirts and the like that folds into a hanger.
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Visualizing The U.S. Electric Grid →
NPR breaks down the confusing network of systems that make up the U.S. Electric Grid. One of the few essential infrastructure systems that has seen little significant improvement over the last 50 years.
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Trailer for "Soul Power" →
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Firekites - "Autumn Story" →
Animated music video for Autumn Story by Firekites. Directed by Lucinda Schreiber and Yanni Kronenberg.
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Chase Jarvis →
It matters more who’s behind the lens, than what lens it is.
Chase Jarvis takes some damn fine photos with his iPhone.
“The best camera is the one that’s with you”
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Capitalism and the Flu
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Prime Quality (See what I did there?) article on the advent of a pandemic.
One of the few pieces of writing I’ve seen in the last few weeks that even mentions that this flu is not a new phenomenon. The medical establishment has been aware of the dangers of this strain since the late `90s, when it developed in factory farms in North Carolina.
Now, by the way, is the perfect time for me to...
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House of Inclusion →
Beautiful Modern house from Form-Kimura in Japan. Click through for more gorgeous photos.
Once again, I hate flash - It’s under WORKS>21
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H1N1 Swine Flu - Google Maps →
Tracking the Outbreak…
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Scott Campbell →
Pretty awesome gallery exhibition from tattoo artist Scott Campbell. Of particular interest are the works he created by laser-cutting stacks of dollar bills.
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Trailer for "Adam" →
I instantly identified with Adam. He says and does things that, despite thinking them, years of social conditioning have managed to teach me I shouldn’t. I’m definitely looking forward to this one :)
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Rubens LP →
Truly excellent Illustration from Rubens LP I want to put every one here, but you’ll just have to click through :)
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Some words on Progress by Frank Druffel →
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The red, yellow and blue planet →
The story of Albert Kahn’s quest to create, through the nascent technology of autochrome, “a photographic inventory of the planet as it is inhabited and managed by humanity at the beginning of the 20th century”
It’s a real treat to see color pictures of the turn of the century.
There is a slideshow with some of the images here, and a documentary (some of which has...
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Tarot of Dürer →
Beautiful. Things like this simply reinforce my opinion that those who have come to the realization (by whatever means - be it through religion, science, mythology or nature) that they are not the pinnacle of existence, have the propensity to create incredible things.
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Liquid Story →
Really, really cool dynamic installation from Felice Limosani for Adidas Original.
liquid story consists of two futurist-inspired cones positioned one over the other to create
a deaf short circuit that can reproduce and reveal the shape of a magnetic field generated
when the iron (lower cone) and magnet (upper cone) interact.
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Baby Panda Dish →
AWWWWWWWWWWWWW.