Why some countries drive on the right and others on the left. The countries that drive on the left are largely made up of former British colonies, but they do account for 34% of the world’s population.
About to get on a…
About to get on a bus which gets on a train that goes under the sea.
Art that sells itself
A Tool to Deceive and Slaughter is a piece of artwork by Caleb Larson that perpetually tries to sells itself.
Every ten minutes the black box pings a server on the internet via the ethernet connection to check if it is for sale on the eBay. If its auction has ended or it has sold, it automatically creates a new auction of itself.
Gore’s choice
For his new book, Al Gore wanted some tweaks to the typeface.
“You see, Al is really involved with the project and we spend a lot of time working together in the publisher’s office. When he was reviewing the proofs, he had a comment about the typeface.”
As a result, there is an updated version of Brioni now available.
Time Tube
Oskar Karlin reworked the infamous London Underground map using the time it takes to travel between stations rather than the distance.
The worst part about going…
The worst part about going from a typography/InDesign education back to teaching? The sheer ubiquity of Microsoft Word and Comic Sans.
Electric photography
Wired has posted a gallery of beautiful electricity photographs by Hiroshi Sugimoto.
For his latest project, called Lightning Fields, the award-winning photographer traded optics for electricity. He wields a Van de Graaff generator to send up to 400,000 volts through film to a metal table. The resulting fractal branching, subtle feathering, and furry whorls call to mind vascular systems, geologic features, and trees.
@typofi nah, was just lazy…
@typofi nah, was just lazy and didn’t bother putting it in 😉 °°°°
@typofi assuming you meant -19C……
@typofi assuming you meant -19C… snow seems about right 😀
@zachinglis For sure, you mentioned…
@zachinglis For sure, you mentioned some Mexican places on Tumblr awhile back that I want to check out.
@zachinglis I’ll be down there…
@zachinglis I’ll be down there on some weekends, about 40min by commuter train.
@rnkeller The sweeping is so…
@rnkeller The sweeping is so funny, it just seems so ineffective when you’re used to a shovel.