September 29, 2022
Teenage Engineering Record Factory
Compact and portable record cutter that allows you to create your own 5” vinyl records and playback in lo-fi sound. WHOA + NEATO! / via Tom
September 27, 2022
Scenes From Imagined Films
Jordan Bolton wrote a screenplay but couldn't get the resources to produce it. Now he makes comics with grounded emotion. Oodles more on his Instagram.
September 25, 2022
The angle and rotation speed of the planets
Someone remixed Dr James O'Donoghue's animation with faces. This makes science concepts easy to grok.
Relight
Change lighting of photos with AI. It's free, so there's all that comes with that. But it's also pretty dang good.
September 21, 2022
Record grooves
Had I never seen these before? I have no idea, but they're neato.
September 17, 2022
Small Seasons
A more fine-grained way of thinking about the year in two week sekki. We're at “Drops of dew on grass” at the moment. More insight from Ross Zurowski / via Rachel
Adleradel Boden
My friend Dan posted a photo from this hotel’s restaurant at dinner and I’m adding it to my bucket list
September 14, 2022
Macaulay’s fit checks
Using the new background removal feature in iOS
The new Verge
I quite like how the new Verge logo overlaps and intersects featured images. Their refreshed design and intent is described in this post. Not sure about the commingling Tweets and articles, but I applaud experimenting.
September 12, 2022
The Secret to Making Friends as an Adult
Queuing up this podcast based on Chris Coyier's post, “3 Kinds of Loneliness”
Take care of your blog
"Your own private domain is the most valuable thing you can own." It's certainly up there! / via Belong
Meow Wolf Denver
150 artists to created a series of immersive installations made from mostly salvaged material wedged between 3 highways. #bucketlist
September 7, 2022
Paul Rand’s Logo Presentation Books
A trove of logo concept books from Rand. Many of these identity studies weren't approved. Still great to peruse.
September 6, 2022
Linotype & Machinery
Doug Wilson toured the British Linotype factory to see what remains. He brought together history and oodles of photos in his post.
Big Blanket
I too find that most blankets never have enough coverage. Filing away for gifts. / via @dansinker
September 2, 2022
Guided Breathing for Beginners (11 minutes)
My friend Tom just sent this link and raved saying, "Don't worry if you can't hold your breath the whole time." I just did it and it lowered my heart rate considerably. Can I start every day doing this?
August 31, 2022
The beautiful signage of Comédie-Française
Theater wayfinding inspired by pulleys and ropes which are used to change sets on stage. More photos on CL Design's site
August 30, 2022
Visions Not Previously Seen
Barbara “Bobbie” Stauffacher Solomon mixed Swiss graphic design principles with West Coast Pop art stylings, essentially creating supergraphics, and in doing so shaped the history of design. / Revisiting this link for inspiration
August 26, 2022
Feltright
I've linked to these felt wall tiles before, but I really like the simplicity that Jeff Sheldon employed.
Animated Tour Inside a Fire Engine Truck
It's like a Dorling Kindersley book come to life. Lots more 'Animigraffs' by Jake O'Neal.
Endless Robot Story
By Vaskange using the Endless Paper App. It's not really endless, but it's got dystopian robot melancholy down pat. / via MeFi
August 23, 2022
Buttons are better than screens, in vehicles
I am a broken record, but every time I see this link pop up across my surfing I'm like, heck yes buttons are better.
TikTok monitoring all keyboard inputs and taps
If you use their in-app browser that is. Which is kind of a huge deal. (Other apps do this too and that's what this post details. TMKY
August 19, 2022
The Aesop Queer Library
Aesop removed products from Melbourne and Sydney stores and stocked the shelves with books with 60 LGBTQIA+ authors and allies to celebrate Australia’s 2022 Pride festivities. / via OMGLORD
August 18, 2022
Wild Things are Happening
150 sketches, original illustrations, storyboards, and paintings from Maurice Sendak's projects and collaborations coming Oct 2022 to the Columbus Museum of Art.
August 15, 2022
Thinking of You. I Mean Me. I Mean You.
Barbara Kruger's latest installation at MoMA NYC makes me want to travel / via John Maeda
August 9, 2022
The Price is Right Cars
Instagram account with classic cars featured on The Price is Right from the 70’s and 80’s. / via Autoblog
August 8, 2022
Search dog or cat on Google
And then click on the paw icon, repeatedly. / via my friend Zana's retweet
August 5, 2022
The Cheese & Pickle
David Swanson writes about this British sandwich and I'm determined to make one. The (Branston) pickle is unique, with 23 ingredients and a taste "closer to an Indian chutney" / via @dansinker
3 approaches to solving problems
Appreciate these reminders gleaned from Steve Jobs - 1.) Zoom Out 2.) Focus In 3.) Disconnect
Emma Bers
Dig the life and humanity of Emma’s graphic design. Bonus interview on It’s Nice That: If I’m Not Having Fun I Scrap It.
The Other Forty-Eight States
This joke about Marvel's universe of movies mixed with Sufjan Stevens made me laugh. I doubt it's funny to many.
Pick & Cheese
The world’s first cheese conveyor belt restaurant in the heart of London’s West End. You know, if I ever get to London and see that ABBA show. / via Matt Haughey
Ace Hotel Toronto
Swiped through photos on Uncrate and added this place to the bucket list. More snapshots and insight on dezeen
Customize a Hawaiian shirt with your pet
A convergence of things I appreciate very much
Akinterest
A digital moodboard organized in chapters, and publish a new one whenever the mood strikes by Joshua Blankenship. For when you need some visual vibes in your #moodscrolling #ffffound
August 4, 2022
Right On! A Documentary on Student Protest
AIGA has a solid deep dive (and video thumbing through pages) of this distilling reports of campus protests. David L. Burke's design keeps the vibe of a zine in a paperback format. It's gorgeous.
August 3, 2022
Practice any art…
music, singing, dancing, acting, drawing, painting, sculpting, poetry, fiction, essays, reportage, no matter how well or badly, not to get money and fame, but to experience becoming, to find out what’s inside you, to make your soul grow.
August 2, 2022
Todd Oldham’s Place in the Poconos
As my friend Thor mentioned when sharing this link, "More is more."
July 29, 2022
An interview with Mike Mills about C’mon C’mon
Just watched this movie (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️) and it was soul filling with lovely, quiet performances and emotion. Been trying to devour more about it and this interview helped expand the concepts.
The Future Belongs To What Was As Much As What Is
Colorful typo/graphic gatehouse installation by Morag Myerscough and poet Ellen Moran in northern England
July 18, 2022
Hyundai N Vision 74
I don't think about sports cars too much because I generally couldn't fit in them if I tried, but dang Hyundai's design team is on fire.
July 15, 2022
Italy’s Digital Nomad Visas
Work a year remotely in Italy? That sounds lovely! / via Bernie Michalik
July 14, 2022
Hasbro Selfie Series
It's pricey ($60), but just the fact that it's possible to get a good 3D scan from a phone and get an action figure made is really neato. It'll get cheaper.
July 11, 2022
Cluster SMACS 0723
Looking into space for a moment. More insights at Colossal
Love Every Body
A touching thread and moving last words / via SwissMiss
July 8, 2022
Murf.ai
Text to speech with a AI voice generator. (The pro versions sound particularly good.) / via John Maeda
Cevallos Bros
Hand painted posters. Serving Queens, NY & beyond for 50 years. Their Instagram is a good start but follow it up with this profile in the New Yorker. / thanks Thor!
July 1, 2022
McDonald’s POV: 5 Minutes of Lunch Rush
I thought it was just the algorithm taunting me, but I guess these first hand videos by Stephen Patula are getting around. I find these mesmerizing. Also, living wages should be the thing.
Mndsgn “Truth Interlude”
A bit more of Ardhira Putra's illustration paired with some smooth sounds to close out the week.
Ardhira Putra
It’s Nice That profiles this Jakarta-based illustrator and motion designer and I’m super digging the vibes.
June 30, 2022
Fire from Elements lll movement
Composed by Katerina Gimon. Performed by the 2022 TMEA Texas All-State Treble Choir under the direction of Dr Lynda Hasseler. This is powerful. / thanks Henry
June 29, 2022
Rio Carnaval logo generator
It's fun even if you don't speak Portuguese (microphone access is optional) / via Under Consideration’s review
The photography and words of Ronny Salerno
Used to follow his former blog and delighted to find he activity maintains an expansive personal site. Every section is filled with near endless awesomeness.
Golden Gate Bridge in type
Lovely letterpress print by Cameron Moll coming soon. Pre-orders of the limited edition open now.
June 28, 2022
Perfect Stranger
Mellow, quiet, yearning duet by John Mark Nelson and Sofia Mills (Thanks TikTok)
June 27, 2022
How to Temporarily Disable Face ID or Touch ID
It's very simple on iOS to bypass biometric authentication and require the passcode.
Craigstarter
A free to use, edit, extend crowdfunding tool for Shopify with multiple goals and variants as campaign tiers by Craig Mod. (Excellent video tutorial to boot!) / via Kevin Kelley's post about The Proprietary Path
The Necessity of Hope
Mariame Kaba reminds us that “hope is a discipline.” It is also a political strategy and a survival mechanism.
June 24, 2022
Joan Shelley’s New Songs Soothe Old Wounds
“These actions are small, she said, like writing new songs to process old wounds. But maybe they prove more meaningful than submitting to darkness.” Listening now. Thanks Zan