A B&O tonemeister is blogging about sound
Should be an interesting read (weird that commenters are identified using the overly-formal sounding full title Mr).
Mar 6, 2008
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Idea: A new typography term
This appeals to my inner typography nerd.
Feb 21, 2008
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Celebrating the Semicolon in a Most Unlikely Location
Brilliant.
Feb 19, 2008
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The sound of colour
It would seem that Gap have way too much money. At least they fund good things with it.
Feb 17, 2008
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Inside Guardian: Placing an ad
The Guardian's behind-the-scenes blog explains how an ad ends up in the printed paper. In my experience, ads online are a whole different ballgame, but still the same at heart.
Feb 17, 2008
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BrandNew on The Roaring Mouse
Clever branding, and a massive improvement on the earlier identity.
Feb 17, 2008
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Book cover designer Peter Mendelsund interviewed
Sometimes I get the same: "There’s one project I’m working on now where the [work] process seems to be: stare at the ceiling, cruise the web till I get carpal tunnel syndrome, bother every coworker I can find, bang my forehead on my monitor, then walk home dejectedly."
Feb 17, 2008
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Clever ad for the Madrid Metro underground
It's also visually beautiful.
Feb 17, 2008
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Vanity Fair's Hitchcock tribute
Beautiful photos from the cover shoot. See also behind the scenes video and article.
Feb 11, 2008
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Plenty of typographic goodies here
I'm loving the woodcut prints and the giant letters. And I'm always a sucker for old London Underground paraphernalia.
Feb 11, 2008
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Macro lenses are amazing
An ultra-closeup photo of an insect covered in dew.
Feb 11, 2008
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Improv Everywhere freezes Grand Central Station
The follow up to their earlier slow-mo Home Depot.
Feb 2, 2008
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Microsoft and Yahoo's shotgun marriage
"If Yahoo agrees to the deal with Microsoft [...] it will be Google holding the shotgun."
Feb 2, 2008
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Dip Once or Dip Twice?
A food microbiologist digs into double-dipping for the New York Times.
Jan 31, 2008
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Facebook's Beacon and the collision of “fronts”
Why is this not obvious to everyone else?
Jan 31, 2008
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Trailer for Persepolis
Looks like an amazing animated film.
Jan 31, 2008
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Archer, the colorful slab serif
Stunning new typeface from Hoefler & Frere-Jones.
Jan 29, 2008
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Regional NY pizza styles
An exhaustive list of pizza styles from the brilliant Slice blog at Serious Eats.
Jan 26, 2008
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Library of Congress photos on flickr
A pilot project at taking public photos and making them searchable, taggable, and open to comment.
Jan 20, 2008
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Thousands of balls on the Spanish Steps
Like the original Sony Bravia ad, but in the name of art not commerce.
Jan 20, 2008
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Pentagram redesigns Dairy Today
I'm loving the video of the photoshoot.
Jan 20, 2008
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Bookshelves in the rafters
Neat idea if you happen to have rafters at hand.
Jan 20, 2008
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Giant typography as wallpaper
Speaking of wallpaper (which we were) I want to do something with giant vinyl stick-on type.
Jan 19, 2008
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Wallpaper with a dictionary
Which makes me wonder what else would make good/entertaining/ironic wallpaper.
Jan 19, 2008
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The News Corp. Constellation
Wired's 2006 article on Murdoch's social networking ambitions includes a diagram of where their 2005 revenue came from.
Jan 19, 2008
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The Assassination of Benazir Bhutto
Getty photographer John Moore writes about his experience as a photojournalist witnessing and documenting the assassination.
Jan 19, 2008
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NYTimes on 'Cloverfield'
A painfully blunt review of the virally marketed film from J.J. Abrams (of Lost fame).
Jan 19, 2008
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The Death of High Fidelity
Rolling Stone on the way technology is actually making music sound worse.
Jan 13, 2008
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Pluviae shower head
Clever idea - combined shower head and shower curtain rail.
Jan 13, 2008
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Ring House, Japan
A weekend house built in the Karuizawa forest near Tokyo.
Jan 13, 2008
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Mt Range coat hook
Also from SupermarketHQ - this funky wine carafe.
Jan 13, 2008
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Norwegian bridge
Another in the series including the highway lookout mentioned earlier this year.
Dec 30, 2007
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Make your own wood veneer lamp
One day when I'm bored I might give this a go.
Dec 30, 2007
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5 drinking stories that put yours to shame
Featuring canoes, fountains, a beer tsunami and elephants.
Dec 30, 2007
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Creative Review visits the London Transport Museum
The museum was closed while I was in London (guess I'll just have to go back again).
Dec 29, 2007
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Widows of Dujail
The story behind some powerful Iraqi portraits from 2005.
Dec 28, 2007
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My second pair of eyes
Reuters photojournalist Jerry Lampen on the contacts and aids that help organise good photos.
Dec 28, 2007
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NYTimes Slideshow: Assassination of Benazir Bhutto
With commentary by Getty photographer John Moore
Dec 28, 2007
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T-shirt: Design Will Save the World
Want very badly!
Dec 17, 2007
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Eames coasters
Sort of want, sort of don't.
Dec 17, 2007
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Newsroom design
A current pet topic of mine, first last year by The Telegraph's UK office move, and now with talk of our own eventual relocation at work.
Dec 17, 2007
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More type-nerd gifts
This time from the great I Love Typography.
Dec 17, 2007
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New York Times' Year in Ideas 2007
One for reading over the Christmas break.
Dec 17, 2007
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Undercover restorers fix Paris landmark's clock
That's one very weird story.
Dec 17, 2007
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The year in media corrections and errors
Regret The Error's year-end wrap of unfortunate correction notices in the papers.
Dec 13, 2007
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Primer to Pixar's in-jokes
A quick run-down of the Pixar recurring characters.
Dec 11, 2007
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Beware secret santa
We ran this story the day someone organised our own secret santa at work... suspicious?
Dec 10, 2007
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Wis Tavern Building
Beautiful warehouse-to-home conversion in Illinois, and it's LEED certified so it's super-green too. More at Chicago Tribune.
Dec 9, 2007
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Sydney Design Guide
Looks interesting - it's new from the team behind the Melbourne equivalent.
Dec 8, 2007
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Rupert Murdoch looks over Fairfax newsroom
Some quality sniping between media camps. Daily Tele's closing line: "As a reciprocal gesture, The Daily Telegraph is considering installing a small etching of Warwick Fairfax in its tea-room."
Dec 6, 2007
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Typographic gifts for designers
The guys at Hoefler & Frere-Jones are digging up some typophile gifts.
Dec 5, 2007
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First Futurama feature-length ep released
No word on Australian release dates yet.
Nov 29, 2007
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And Travel makes three
The team at work have kicked out another beautiful redesign with Travel launching tonight. Congratulations to the gang for taking this epic project all the way home.
Nov 22, 2007
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2007's best magazine covers
I'm digging the Esquire cover.
Nov 19, 2007
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Clarkson on the VW Phaeton
...and, indirectly, on Danish design. (link by way of my parents)
Nov 19, 2007
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Behind the scenes of msnbc's redesign
The team from msnbc have a great blog detailing how they redesigned their site.
Nov 18, 2007
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News.com.au Technology
I forgot to mention this one when it launched... it's the second of my projects at work.
Nov 18, 2007
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Kottke's roundup on Malcolmn Gladwell's new book
A great list of links for background reading on Gladwell's upcoming third book. I really enjoyed Tipping Point and Blink.
Nov 11, 2007
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A chat with Anton Cobijn
Dan Boud scores the best perk yet (in my opinion) in his gig over at Time Out and sits in on an interview with one of my favourite photographers. Colour me jealous (in black and white).
Nov 5, 2007
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My favourite editorial photo so far
Kate, editor of the Money section of News.com.au has made some great photo selections since we launched, but this one beats them all.
Nov 1, 2007
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MySpace founder is 4yrs older than he said. Big deal.
Quoth user: "I've always taken MySpace with a grain of salt, but Tom was my first friend. It's kind of messed up that he lied to me."
Oct 30, 2007
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Money is live!
The first of my major projects at work, our new Money section, is now live (I had a lot of fun with the Guide illustrations).
Oct 26, 2007
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I want this s-shirt!
Frustratingly it’s only available in girls sizes.
Oct 25, 2007
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Study puts bums on seats
"If you spend an extra A$10 per year per student [making a total of $14] you can have probably the world's best school chair."
Oct 20, 2007
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How Do You Find Your Way in the Big City?
The sidewalk compass is a clever approach, and the comments are an interesting read.
Oct 20, 2007
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2007 Election mapped out
Also from work: we're following Howard and Rudd on a map. Watch the well-worn paths of campaigning form over the next 6 weeks.
Oct 15, 2007
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Our Vote-a-matic is live!
Who you should vote for in the Australian election? Make sure you get right to the end to see the final video message.
Oct 9, 2007
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New Bravia ad: bunnies invade NYC
The third in the series for Sony, this time with play-doh bunnies (some behind the scenes photos).
Oct 7, 2007
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Drop House: prefab housing
A clean prefab housing concept. I'd love a compact, light-filled and sustainable house - could definitely live in one of these.
Oct 6, 2007
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I'm also partial to these wallets
Trawling Elsewares is dangerous.
Sep 25, 2007
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Clever cutting board designs
One-off cutting boards use the wood grain as part of the design.
Sep 25, 2007
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Inaugural Sydney Architecture Festival
Plenty of free guided walks around Sydney on the October 1st public holiday.
Sep 22, 2007
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Gems from the archive of the New York Times
NY Times have removed the paid subscription model, throwing open their 150+ year archives. Kottke digs up some great content.
Sep 22, 2007
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Slide Show: Above Town
Some beautiful photos showing the building of New York’s bridges.
Sep 22, 2007
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Design Observer: May I Show You My Portfolio?
Speaking of Michael Bierut, he's just put his 1979 design school portfolio online.
Sep 22, 2007
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Best Sydney bar is in Melbourne
The SMH says Melbourne bars are cooler than "bogan-style venues" in Sydney. I wholeheartedly agree.
Sep 20, 2007
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Photoshop gets a new logo
I'm unconvinced, and not sure it's possible to apply a new logo to a pro product with such a long history and new consumer-level apps.
Sep 20, 2007
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New app simulates film grain
I really miss the tangible grain of black and white... but not enough to spend $300 USD to get it.
Sep 20, 2007
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Video covering Arne Jacobsen's work in Copenhagen
I still kick myself for not visiting Room 606. I also stumbled across a tv commercial for the AJ door handle.
Sep 19, 2007
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Saks Fifth Avenue artwork
More intricate artwork for Saks by Marian Bantjes, who worked with Michael Bierut at Pentagram on their recent rebrand.
Sep 19, 2007
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Toblerone
I'd never noticed the bear in the Toblerone logo before either.
Sep 19, 2007
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BBC Radio rebrand
For the most part, it's a very successful and deceptively simple refresh of the BBC Radio identities.
Sep 19, 2007
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Busted: The first Fray book
I always had a soft spot for the fray, one of the pioneering sites for online storytelling in lovingly art-directed form.
Sep 19, 2007
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Charles and Ray Eames introduce the Lounge Chair
(and part two) Archive footage from 1956 - it's amazing to see my two most admired designers talk about their work.
Sep 11, 2007
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Japanese packaging is beautiful
The always excellent Pingmag looks at some more stunning packaging and wrapping from Japan.
Sep 10, 2007
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Making the key
Slideshow showing how John Maeda came to design the cover of NY Times' Key magazine's latest issue.
Sep 10, 2007
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You're So Beautiful
Michael Bierut nails the insecurities of designers perfectly.
Sep 9, 2007
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A Typographic Walking Tour
Tobias from H&FJ is leading a typographic tour of NYC. Wish I could be there.
Sep 9, 2007
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The scourge of that damn frog song
Apple, iPhones and musical ringtones.
Sep 6, 2007
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Coffee Illustrated
Infographic fun: side-by-side diagrams of a few common espresso drinks.
Sep 4, 2007
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The original Macintosh user manual
Beautifully designed given its age, and it's interesting to see the entire concept of modern computing explained.
Sep 1, 2007
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To Woo Europeans, McDonald’s Goes Upscale
The NY Times on McDonald's new look in Europe. Footnote: actual, real, genuine Danish chairs.
Aug 26, 2007
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Paint chip business card holder
A craft project for when I get around to organising business cards.
Aug 23, 2007
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Biologists helping bookstores
Mission: "To correctly shelve pseudo-scientific junk to the appropriate parts of bookstores."
Aug 12, 2007
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Little people of London
Great photos from an art project.
Jul 31, 2007
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Self-defence with a walking-stick
Should you find yourself transported to 1901, this will help deal with ruffians.
Jul 30, 2007
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Quote-unquote bookends
If I had more than four books and a shelf, I could maybe justify these.
Jul 29, 2007
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New Coke "Classic" can design
Refreshingly simple, especially compared to the current over-designed can.
Jul 23, 2007
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Walt Mossberg talks to Steve Jobs by email
Steve: We don’t talk about future products.
Jul 23, 2007
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Choice survey rates VB, Tooheys ahead of imports
"Australian beers are the best in the world because drinking beer is part of our culture" - unlike, say, the Belgians or Germans? Sigh...
Jul 23, 2007
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NYTimes: I Love It, It's Perfect, Now It Changes
I'm concerned that a senior general manager used the phrase "wicked hot in watches right now" – does that worry anyone else?
Jul 16, 2007
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Megan Jaegerman's news graphics
Edward Tufte posts a long thread of news/infographics from a former NYTimes staffer.
Jul 4, 2007
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WA politicians 'terrified' of daylight saving issue
Sigh... the time difference used to drive me crazy trying to run a business.
Jun 27, 2007
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Lachlan went away for two days. He came back to this.
We're a creative team at work, both by name and by nature.
Jun 27, 2007
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BBC News experiments with the social web
A Beeb reporter in Turkey is using YouTube, Flickr, Twitter, Facebook, Dopplr and Delicious.
Jun 26, 2007
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The BBC's Director-General on BBC2.0
To read once I have internet at home. Related: the BBC's 15 web principles.
Jun 21, 2007
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CNN: The man who owns the Internet
Interesting story of a guy who made an empire from registering domain names.
May 29, 2007
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Surreal photos of breakdancing
From the World Press Photo 2007 winners gallery.
May 19, 2007
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Last shot
If I still shot film, I'd give this a go.
May 19, 2007
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Charles Eames' 100th Birthday
A brief article from Wallpaper mag with a gallery of the best work from my favourite design partnership.
May 18, 2007
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Stunning highway lookout in Aurland, Norway
The views from Norway's roads are truly breathtaking. We would've just missed this lookout on our jaunt through Norway.
May 12, 2007
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BBC: Spamalot cast sets coconut record
Why do I always find out about these things the week after? (Also: classic photo)
May 7, 2007
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The Guardian's ad campaign
These ads are everywhere around London, but they're beautiful so that's a good thing.
May 6, 2007
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Stunning music/portait photos from LA
Beautiful colour and composition in this portfolio (via Boudist).
May 1, 2007
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Dancing robot
It can find the beat in music and bop along. NewScientist calls it "uncannily cute." The way it reacts to voice and movement is remarkably human (and undeniably cute).
Apr 30, 2007
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Anzac Day, London
Beautiful photo from the dawn service at the Australian War Memorial, London.
Apr 25, 2007
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Chicago's The Boring Store
Unsurprisingly good writing at the spy-gear selling shopfront supporting Dave Egger's mentoring and tutoring program.
Apr 21, 2007
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If Architects Had To Work Like Web Designers...
So eerily accurate.
Apr 18, 2007
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Wikipedia live news coverage of Virginia shootings
Interesting to see live collation of news on Wikipedia.
Apr 18, 2007
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Powderfinger, Reigniting the Flame
I do miss sitting down and reading Review and the Weekend Australian Magazine. Sadly their articles aren't grouped that way online.
Apr 14, 2007
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iPod flash mob at Victoria Station, London
I'm apparently not in the cool club that hears about these things beforehand.
Apr 14, 2007
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Wild at Heart
Beautiful branding and illustrations for Wellington Airport by Cato Partners.
Apr 14, 2007
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New AppleTV ad
Tragically, my first reaction was along the lines of "Eames chair! Eames chair! Jacobsen chair!"
Apr 13, 2007
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The Alameda-Weehawken Burrito Tunnel
Possibly the finest and most lovingly-crafted spoof article I've seen for a long time.
Apr 13, 2007
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Tarantino/Rodriguez's Grindhouse to be split in two
Weinstein: "The audience didn't get the idea that it was two movies for the price of one. I don't understand the math, but I do want to accommodate the audience."
Apr 12, 2007
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A year in bread
A blog all about bread.
Apr 10, 2007
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Can green tea save your soul?
Slate article on the rise of green tea themed products in the US, and their often misleading health claims.
Apr 9, 2007
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Designers Work to Rescue a Dying Art Form
Wired article on the present and future life of album cover art.
Apr 8, 2007
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Inside The Telegraph's newsroom
An audio slideshow tour of the Telegraph's new and pretty swish newsroom.
Apr 8, 2007
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Bagel to go
Mental note should I ever take a bagel to work.
Apr 6, 2007
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Oregonian newspaper on Flickr
Interesting idea for smaller papers: post photos on flickr and get more online readers plus community feedback.
Apr 6, 2007
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DIY Lens hoods
Might give this a go for my 50mm lens this weekend.
Mar 29, 2007
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Happy Birthday, Helvetica
The designer's work horse turns 50, and every birthday deserves a cake. The video is also cool (hat tip to Mot).
Mar 27, 2007
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Boud lives it up at SXSW Music
As always, they're great photos.
Mar 25, 2007
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London has monthly web industry drinks too
It's pub-crawl-meets-Port80! There's also London 2.0.
Mar 23, 2007
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Design workflows at work
Interviews with a stack of people about how they work... plenty of interesting reading.
Mar 23, 2007
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Adobe to offer hosted Photoshop over the web
It'll be ad-supported. Photoshop over the web... Now I've heard everything.
Mar 8, 2007
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Greatest album covers of the 70's
Lots of retro-cool.
Feb 28, 2007
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Camera tossing
Cool idea, but I'm not about to throw my dSLR in the air.
Feb 28, 2007
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Typeface t-shirts
Not sold on the coloured-block-on-white look but apart from that looks great.
Feb 28, 2007
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The Cat in the Hat turns Fifty
Bravo.
Feb 28, 2007
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Superstition is alive and well
Belgian airline adds 14th dot to logo in response to complaints... we live in a mad world.
Feb 22, 2007
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Steve Jobs' thoughts on selling music
"Apple would embrace [non-rights-managed MP3s through the iTunes store] in a heartbeat." Common sense may yet prevail.
Feb 7, 2007
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David Attenborough to retire
Nature documentaries will never be the same without Attenborough's voice.
Feb 5, 2007
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Film studios and directors look to new sources for opening title design
Not a new change, just a return to the old, and hiring a designed based on your target market should be painfully obvious.
Feb 5, 2007
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Best Front Design
A (slightly biased?) daily review of newspaper front pages, from a company who redesign newspapers.
Feb 5, 2007
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Michael Pollan's nine key points (to eating)
Meg Hourihan summarises a NYT article on nutritionism.
Feb 5, 2007
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A formula for reviews
This link was information but lacked chutzpah.
Jan 31, 2007
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13 photos that changed the world
Stunning. (via JPG blog)
Jan 30, 2007
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Disney campaign by Annie Leibovitz
Stunning photography.
Jan 28, 2007
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Type swatch book
Really quite tempting, in a nerdy-designery way.
Jan 28, 2007
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Crowded House confirm reunion album, tour
Hopefully touring their back catalogue too.
Jan 25, 2007
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Custom Kings cover "Boys of Summer"
The song has possibly never sounded cooler. Bonus points for the ukulele.
Jan 22, 2007
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Pantone Colour of 2007
And the colour of the year is: Chili Pepper 19-1557.
Jan 20, 2007
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Vignelli's 1972 NYC Subway map
It had a short life. Truth be told I still prefer Beck's 1933 London Underground map for it's to hell with geography boldness.
Jan 19, 2007
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Beatles on iTunes?
It'd be huge... but I won't believe it till I see it. And I still like CDs and vinyl too much to buy digital albums.
Jan 19, 2007
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Slightly redesigned Doomsday Clock
I had a feeling it'd changed since last time... Another redesign from Pentagram.
Jan 19, 2007
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Photographer's rights in the UK
A handy print-and-keep PDF explaining laws relating to photography (from the innocent days before the 7/7 attacks).
Jan 18, 2007
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Public transport patterns
Kind of mesmerising.
Jan 16, 2007
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Pepsi change packaging graphics every 3-4 weeks
Chasing ADHD consumers by throwing all the rules of brand familiarity out the window... Silly marketing stunt?
Jan 16, 2007
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Grass roof tiles
Toyota (yes, the car company) also makes great grass-covered roofing tiles.
Jan 13, 2007
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How Apple kept the iPhone secret for 2 years
It's amazing that despite rumours for 2+ years, not a scrap of evidence leaked.
Jan 12, 2007
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Cisco, Apple: Lawyers, ready!
"There is no doubt that Apple’s new phone is very exciting, but they should not be using our trademark without our permission." — Zing!
Jan 11, 2007
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IKEA potplant holder = pinhole camera
From the fascinating IkeaHacker blog, which featues Ikea products used in unusual ways.
Jan 7, 2007
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Trippiest bar imaginable
A bar that can sense objects on or above it and lights up (the most mesmerising part is the way it draws connects between things).
Jan 7, 2007
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Cool Hunter are looking for creative work spaces
The examples look amazing... I'm hanging out to see the responses they get.
Jan 7, 2007
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Shell Wildlife Photographer of the Year
At the London Natural History Museum. It'd warrant a full post if the site's approach to viewing the gallery wasn't so mind-bendingly frustrating to use.
Jan 6, 2007
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Quotes on design
Eames, Ruskin, Jobs, Norman... nice long list of quotes about design.
Jan 3, 2007
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French marchers say 'non' to 2007
Brilliantly deadpan coverage from the BBC: "The marchers called on governments and the UN to stop time's 'mad race'"
Jan 1, 2007
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Irn Bru's take on "The Snowman"
Scottish soft-drink's take on the Christmas classic The Snowman. That song's been stuck in my head since Christmas.
Dec 30, 2006
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Fast Company on B&O: "Design always wins"
A couple of years old, but any story about my favourite Danish electronics company is worth a read.
Dec 28, 2006
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Architecture and Design reading list
Dwell magazine asks a few prominent designers and architects what books have inspired them.
Dec 28, 2006
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