July 7, 2023
Kona Village
Just swiping through Uncrate’s mini slideshow of this joint in Hawaii and adding it to the travel bucket list.

A Brief History of the Salon Wall
Atlanta’s High Museum of Art lends insight to the history plus also tips on hanging your own dense wall of art. Sidenote: when I’ve a huge space I shall enlist the help of FrameShop to frame and hang it all. They have such good instincts there.

July 6, 2023
RSS Feeds from Apple
Mostly music charts, but there‘s Apple News, dev info and movie trailers too. / via Luke Dorny

Chorzów Activity Zone
I was enamored by the drone shot of this park, but the more I see the more I want to go to there.

Framed, a visual collection
I see these shapes all over design these days and I think it’s fun. But definitely a pattern. Elizabeth Goodspeed has other nice collections of the moment, like Squishy Type, Picture in Picture and Stack.

July 5, 2023
Fried Chicken Joints in Cincinnati
Cincinnati Magazine collects a list of sixteen places that serve fried chicken in the Queen City. Saving to explore later!

The Sphere lights up
The largest LED screen in the world is also a sphere. Fittingly in Vegas. It looks bonkers.

1997 Daihatsu Hijet Campervan
First thing that brightened my morning was seeing this little van. / via Seth

July 3, 2023
Ellen Voorheis
Enjoyed wandering through Ellen’s work (and this collaboration with Saft Rodeo). Brightened up a lovely rainy morning. / via New Commute

June 27, 2023
Letterform Archive shares gems, like these numbers
Verdun Cook, U&lc, vol. 2, no. 1, The International Typeface Corporation, New York, 1975

Backstage Disneyland
Cabel Sasser collected oodles of “Backstage Disneyland” newsletters distributed to Disney park employees (cast members), scanned them in (really well) and uploaded to the Internet Archive. Worth it for the covers but when you dig into each issue it is a gargantuan trove of inspiration, visually and content-wise.

June 26, 2023
There’s always new ways to expand the scope of our care
Robin Rendle on updating and maintaining a personal website and considering the details, like type, but also just all the things.

June 21, 2023
Byrne’s Euclid
Nicholas Rougeux’s (glorious) reproduction of Oliver Byrne’s celebrated work from 1847 with interactive diagrams, posters and more. / relink via (in a roundabout way) Jim Nielsen on spacial Safari and good ol’ semantic, accessible HTML

June 20, 2023
Hair
An amusing use for artificial intelligence

Loose Ends
Volunteers complete craft projects that loved ones have left behind. Heard about this on NPR and immediately thought of the pile of quilts my mom left pieced together but not finished.

June 19, 2023
You have no obligation to your former self
Hank Green on investing in connection to others and yourself. / via Andy Baio

Panic Away
French illustrator and designer Justine Jossart created products featuring anxiety and phobias to sell and get rid of them for good. / via FontsInUse

June 13, 2023
Magic must always triumph
The problem facing modern man now (the reconciliation of intellect and feelings/brain and heart/rational and irrational/mind and spirit/etc. etc.) is compounded by the increasing power of technology and its misuse by those in power who wish only to control.

June 12, 2023
FotoAutomat
There are less than fifty working analog photo booths remaining in the world and FotoAutomat is working to restore and maintain more (and they're each restored to their delightful original design). How fun would it be to visit all of them? / via Present & Correct

June 7, 2023
Principles of spatial design
There are so many neato things about visionOS. One I’m most excited about is removing the boundaries of interfaces to be more transparent and a part of the environment with less cruft. May it trickle down across all the OSes and computing experiences!

A bicycle for the senses
Stephan Ango’s optimistic thoughts on sensory computing paired with the just announced Apple Vision Pro.

June 6, 2023
Graphic Design Reading List
Dig the breadth, diversity and cross-section of websites, articles and books covering a bevy of design topics. / via DJ

June 5, 2023
The Restaurant of Mistaken Orders
Stumbled on this video by Neal Foard and immediately dug his vibe and what he’s sharing. This story and parable will inspire deeper exploration of his online footprint.

Miss Ada’s Whipped Ricotta recipe
Thanks to Tina I’m adding Miss Ada Restaurant to the list next time in Brooklyn, and filing away this recipe for the future, and by future I mean as soon as possible

June 2, 2023
The story and process behind Shantell Sans
Shantell Martin and and Arrow Type teamed up to transform her handwriting into a 5-axis variable weight font where you can adjust weight, italic, spacing, informality and bounce.

Linotype Book Project
Doug Wilson is expanding his interest and knowledge of Linotype into a book. If it is anything like the film he was a part of it’ll be excellent.

Cultivating a creative community
Tina Roth-Eisenberg of CreativeMornings chats with Guy Raz on the How I Built This podcast and it is a delightful listen. I always catch new angles when Tina shares her story.

ID. Buzz from Volkswagen
I'll truly believe it when I see one on the road, but the vehicle of my dreams as a youth is almost to these shores. I'm glad to read the third row can be removed entirely. It’s still a year away from US dealerships. (2024)

May 30, 2023
Web Roulette
Swipe through favorite websites or shake for random fun. This looks like an extra fun way to browser the web. / via Daring Fireball

Rachel Spellings swatch book paintings
These tiny paintings are delightful.

May 26, 2023
Invisible Things
Andy J Pizza & Sophie Miller have a book coming out that puts visuals and words to some of the invisible things that make up the human experience. At first blush, it’s a kids book, but there’s a kid in most of us. (Unfortunately, some are still bullies, but whatever!)

Arc Boost
Arc just leapfrogged every browser with Boost, a way to customize how websites look and ”zap” features you don't like.

May 25, 2023
Make an annoying RoboCall in order to get rid of annoying RoboCalls
MSCHF exploits a dumb government loophole that allows for robocalls as long as a human initiates them. Now you can help raise money and awareness to lobby against them by firing up a ton of spam calls.

May 24, 2023
Busy Beaver Button Museum
I’ve had oodles of buttons produced by Busy Beaver (they do fantastic work). I didn't realize they’ve also made a book and started a button museum. Fun. / via Grace

May 23, 2023
David Friedman gets no mail and you can too
Another lovely Ironic Sans newsletter filled with a bevy of steps to remove yourself from all those annoying piece of mail no one wants. I've spent the last 15 minutes or so going through the list and opting out all over!

May 22, 2023
97X Modern Rock 500
Streaming now! 500 indie songs with original DJs from 97X. Been enjoying it all morning and will dip my toes in the looping broadcast throughout the week.

May 21, 2023
Ghost Golf Belts
I don't golf, but I love the notch-less belt I got here. I count it among my better investments in life. (Got the “Bubba” but they have oodles of variants.)

Woodswimmer
Music video made entirely from wood for the band Bedtimes by bfophoto / via Jacob Tender

May 19, 2023
Remi Wolf Prescription
A little funky yearning medley to close out the week. Just stumbled on this tune and now need to dig back into her back catalog (which is not deep, she’s 27!) Oh, I know Photo ID.

May 17, 2023
Rooms.xyz
Create, remix, add interactivity and share isometric voxel room things/games. Neato. / via waxy

May 9, 2023
CSS Zen Garden is 20 today
Admission, I never was good at CSS. I made things with tables and visual editors. But the CSS Zen Garden taught me how to see, understand and articulate CSS. Dave Shea reflects a bit on how important it was (and still is). I'm linking to Andrew Lohman’s contribution, but really the joy is in clicking around the archives at how others re-interpret the page!

May 6, 2023
Because perfect is boring
I superdig Danielle MacInnes’ take on documentary style family photography, which I didn’t know was a thing until I got lost in the stack of links on this MetaFilter post: Don’t Say Cheese.

Why so many people need glasses now
Watched two great Vox explainers this morning. One about inflation and this video about why nearsightedness is on the rise, and how it can be addressed.

May 5, 2023
Squaring the Circle (The Story of Hipgnosis)
Hipgnosis made extremely iconic album covers. This is the trailer for a film about this art design studio. / thanks Tom!

Notes at 45
Naz Hamid gathers some perspectives on his birthday. Resonating this morning is “opt for joy, delight, or energy.”

May 4, 2023
Samples on the Beastie Boys’ ‘Ill Communication’
Matched with the original songs. Fun to get more insight to this Beasties album, a favorite among many.

Fridge-worthy moments
Loved the bit on Jacobi’s home page that lists fridge-worthy moments (some with links to fill in the gaps). Filing this as inspiration to consider in reflection and also looking forward!

Visual Technique Library
Jacobi Mehringer has created a massive library of film techniques for art directors. It’s amazing. / via Yewknee

May 3, 2023
Blue Monday on Song Exploder
New Order shares the story of how the song came to be.

4 hours of lofi music and visuals
That also happens to be a commercial for the Nissan ARIYA. / via Tim Murtaugh

A good bird app
Merlin Bird ID is free app by Cornell Lab that can identify birds by sound. Noah Kalina said (on a non-bird app that doesn’t allow deep links) “It will change your life and how you experience the natural world.”

May 1, 2023
Rewilding the lawn
Ground cover, wildflower meadows, and gravel gardens require little to no effort to thrive and are beneficial to our ecosystem. I'd love to convert our lawn. / via Kathryn

I Take Full Responsibility Book (Second Edition)
Scott Boms collects fourteen communications from technology company CEOs who have reduced their employee bases in a 100 edition hand assembled, Risograph’d book

April 28, 2023
The Federal Design Improvement Program
Phil Edwards shares history of the initiative that brought identity standards to government institutions.

April 26, 2023
Peakto Photo Organizer Software
Unite Apple Photos and Lightroom? I’m intrigued... This Mac app also supports most every major photo platform. (They also have a tool to port libraries around.) / via Phil Gyford

W. Frank Steely Library
Surprised no movie has been filmed in this mid-70’s library at Northern Kentucky University. As Ronnie Salerno shares, it really would fit right into the Starfleet Academy.

April 25, 2023
Pet Shop Boys Lost
Thanks to this post on MetaFilter I learned of this new PSB music.

April 14, 2023
Howard Lee paints invisible tree
Well, the midsection at least. A well done illusion en plein air in New York City. A delightful distraction at the end of this week.

The 100 best things to do in NYC for locals and tourists
I can't tell if TimeOut perpetually updates this (extensive) list, but it seems that way. / tipping my hat to Thor (who I consider a Thorguide all on his own.)

Natural Soundscapes of Rocky Mountain National Park
Choose from dawn, morning, evening, environmental or weather. Good backdrop for zoning out or in. / via MetaFilter
