Archive for July, 2009

Thumbtack Press

Friday, July 31st, 2009

Hadn’t seen this site before. Offers print-on-demand (giclee) works from a bunch of illustrators. Some faves: ></a

Heeeeee haw!

Thursday, July 30th, 2009

Photographer Matthew Porter has done a few of these “mash-ups”, but this is my favorite, because of the car, and the reference to “Bullitt”…

Having trouble finding some weird type character?

Monday, July 27th, 2009

Konst & Teknik and Martin Ström had the great idea to just plop ‘em all in one place. It even copies ‘em for you. copypastecharacter.com. Via Coudal.

What if Commodore had survived?

Monday, July 27th, 2009

Benjamin Heckendorn hacks and mods old computers and new video games and does generally crazy things to them. Many cool and funny things at benheck.com but this is my fave: “a piece of 1982’s finest technology, assuming you had lived in an alternate universe where Commodore had invented the laptop, SD Cards, and Ethernet!!!”

On a mission to start producing Polaroid film

Friday, July 24th, 2009

A noble endeavor in the eyes of this artsy fartsy type. Support the cause here.

Motel 6 Gets an Update

Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009

Yeah, seriously, this is Motel 6. Wonder if the one way outside town will still be $29.99… Via Dwell.

Hilariously Bad Infographic

Monday, July 20th, 2009

The Republicans’ attempt to show how the Democrats’ health care policy won’t work by creating an impenetrable piece of information design. Can you decipher it? No? Then I guess the health care plan is a mess… Via Allison Arieff at NYT.

Lousy Livin'

Sunday, July 19th, 2009

Assorted items from the German illustrator under the “Lousy Livin’ Company” name.

Slanted Magazine

Friday, July 17th, 2009

Digging the latest issue. It’s the quarterly print companion to a German type and design blog. Just ordered the real thing for myself to check it out in person.

Aerial Compositions

Thursday, July 16th, 2009

Striking abstract shots from way up. By Stephan Zirwes. (via SpaceTM)