So I was in not a particularly good mood this evening when I returned home, firing up my laptop on the strength of my “today or gin” claim to Whit (more on this later?). In the midst of glorious self-pity, I recalled a personally and professionally relevant story that asked, “How will this software get [...]
Ken Knight produces beautiful, typographically-oriented wall and desk calendars. The classic Stendig calendar—it’s all Helvetica, baby—is interesting (and also available from Unica) but not quite as beautiful as the Pentagram design. I have no idea if Ken Knight is a person or company. Nice work.
I was rightly impressed by the creativity and innovation in [...]
I wanted to serve up a few choice links today to celebrate Halloween and my return to normal blogging.
First, I have been a longtime admirer of Jason Santa Maria, designer extraordinaire and member of Happy Cog. He switches to a new, scary blog theme every October. He recently defeated Brian Taylor in a horror-themed match [...]
Wait for the “animation” at the end. Want to eat Seesmic Om Nom Nom Nom.
Check out this series of photographs of people and their breakfasts by John Huck. The photographs are beautifully taken, sure, but the subject matter is just so compelling. One photo presents only cigarettes and coffee as a woman’s repast. I feel sad that she doesn’t eat more but the emotion is quickly followed by self-reproach [...]