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Handwritten timelines by Jim Darlington on various, random subjects. Shown: timeline of Notable Monkeys.
05.16.2011
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The 2011 James Beard Award for Outstanding Restaurant Graphics went to New York-based Love & War for their identity for The National.
05.16.2011
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Apple takes over the top spot from Google in BrandZ Top 100 Most Valuable Global Brands study for 2011 (link to PDF)
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…Whether the flaws in a given typeface are fatal or can be worked around depends not only on the typeface but on the typographer.
Paul Shaw on the virtues of “flawed” fonts.
05.15.2011
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An animated look at the growth of Walmart and Sam’s Club. Outbreak!
05.13.2011
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The Silver Screen Society — curated and organized by Adam Hanson, Brandon Schaefer, and Trevor Basset — selects one movie each month and contributors provide their interpretation. Shown: O’ Borther, Where Art Thou? by Chris Delorenzo.
05.13.2011
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by armin
Even more useful things today: The Museum of Useful Things’ canvas bag. “Printed with a vintage tool catalog decimal equivalents chart.”
05.13.2011
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by niki blaker
The band Danger Mouse collaborated with Google’s Chris Milk for an experimental browser experience. The interactive film demonstrates what can be done with WebGL, a new technology for the browser that lets websites use your computers graphics card — currently the site can only be viewed in Google’s Chrome browser.
More about the project in Wired.
05.13.2011
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by doug bartow
Beautiful time-lapse images from a sculptural LEGO installation by Danish Lene Wille Studio. (click on “Horizons - brick by brick” in the bottom right)
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