Archive for August, 2008

The Nexus of Everything Awesome

Tuesday, August 12th, 2008

Fat Boy Slim + David Byrne + Dizzie Rascal = “Toe Jam”. Video directed by Keith Schofield. Woweewow.

Interesting back story here.

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Noriko Ambe

Tuesday, August 12th, 2008

I stumbed across the work of Norike Ambe today. She does amazing work carving up books and blocks of paper. The above piece was a collaborative effort with Ed Rushca. Reminds me of those beautiful topo studies that architects do. Yum.

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Mad Still

Monday, August 11th, 2008

Mad Men continues to blow my mind with it’s attention to detail. We’ve all seen the sweet title sequence, but look at this frame from the latest episode…

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Reclaiming the Letter W.

Sunday, August 10th, 2008

As a W., myself,  I find it unfortunate that the letter has come to mean one thing. So here’s my own w. Its got nothing to do with that other one.

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Design Observed

Sunday, August 10th, 2008

I snap off pictures of with my [touch-screen phone] when I’m walking around and I never do anything with them. So here’s a few recent things that caught my eye. What do you have in your phone?

Kate and I were walking through Potrero the other day and saw this on the underside of a condo. They must use some cool instrument that can see into the concrete and the diagram is awesome (even if coincidentally so).

DIY design, 8 year-old style. Seems effective from my limited observation.

This page just called out to me. How did it end up in a puddle at [large brick-and-mortar electronics retailer]? What the hell is it about?

Why it’s sometimes better to give people less options

Not exactly design-related in any way, but I wasn’t the only one who was stopping to take a picture of this sunset.

What’s in your phone? Make a post if you’re a contributor or send it to me.

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W.

Sunday, August 10th, 2008

If you’re going to make a movie called W., you’d better use a crossed-V type of W.

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Whooly Ballpoint

Sunday, August 10th, 2008

Andrea Joseph makes ballpoint pen soft and warm. Mmmm. Check out her blog and flickr site. Don’t you wish your sketchbooks looked this good?

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Procrastination

Thursday, August 7th, 2008

Story, animation and direction by Johnny Kelly. Voice Over by Bryan Quinn.

Went to the SF Shorts last night, and saw this film, twice. It certainly was memorable. The general consensus among the small group of designers was “AWESOME” with the exception of the ending…

See whatcha think!

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Yehrin Tong

Wednesday, August 6th, 2008


Check out the beautiful illustration and type from Yehrin Tong.

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Technology is the Future

Friday, August 1st, 2008

I’ve had a browser window open on this page for a couple of weeks now.

Welcome to the future.

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