Apple profiles Joshua Davis. “I’m always trying to find colors that are a little different. I want a blue you can’t buy in a store.”
Royksopp infographic video
A video for Royksopp’s Remind Me, featuring infographic goodness
Multiple Stab Wounds May Be Harmful to Monkeys
Multiple Stab Wounds May Be Harmful to Monkeys, the effects are more physical than psychological. It makes me laugh every time I watch it.
Sheep in wolf’s clothing
Tankbooks are the same size and format as cigarette packs. Marketed under the banner, “Tales to take your breath away,” they arrive fresh on the heels of the recent UK smoking ban.
It’s hard to say what sort of readability these things are going to have, considering the small form factor. They are pretty cool as objects, but I’d probably feel a bit poncy reading such a tiny little book in public. That said, if you can pick ’em up for a few quid, it would be worth considering. Especially if they’re available from a cigarette machine.
14 Typefaces
14 Typefaces produced by this year’s MA Typography crew at the University of Reading.
Newseum
Newseum, today’s front pages from hundreds of newspapers around the globe.
Introducing Gina
Gina, Dan’s new typeface. Product of many long hours in the department, it’s looking damn good.
Tapping The Wire
Tapping The Wire with Charlie Brooker, a brief look at one of the best shows on television.
Designed by accident
Designed by accident, mistakes and mucking about are just part of the process.
One Book to Specify Them All
One Book to Specify Them All. Khoi Vinh interviews Stephen Coles about FontBook.
The Items I Carry
The stuff that I usually have in my pockets or bag, my contribution to Naz’s flickr group The Items We Carry, for posterity’s sake.
My list includes: wallet, Oyster, rail card, moleskines, iPod nano, keys, change, Motorola L6 phone, pens, gum and Canon camera. I forgot to include sunglasses, but we’ve been having miserable weather lately.
Glorified lipdub
Zach Galifianakis remakes a Kanye West video, it’s essentially a glorified lipdub but I enjoyed it. Nothing beats bouncing tractors and clogging farm girls.