Dave Kellam

Type for the road

Here’s a short NYT slideshow about the development of new signage typography for American roadways. Reminds me of a lecture that I attended concerning Jock Kinneir’s Transport typeface and some of the testing that went into its development. Personally, I prefer Transport to Clearview, but any improvement in legibility for drivers is a good thing.

Visualizing the Grid

The NPR has an interesting data visualization of the US electrical grid, detailing transmission lines, types of power used by state, and proposed infrastructure.

Faceout Books

Appreciating the practice of book cover design. Faceout Books focuses on one book or series each week, delving into the challenges and outcome of the project.

Obama and the Wild Things

Barrack Obama reads Where the Wild Things Are. There are so many awesome things about this video, you can’t help but smile.

Changing publishing for the better

Six Projects That Could Change Publishing for the Better is Michael Tamblyn’s presentation from the BookNet TechForum outlining projects, changes and initiatives that could help change the industry. It’s forward thinking and funny to boot, definitely worth watching if you’re at all interested in the book industry.

Know Your Meme

Know Your Meme, just in case you were confused by the internet. You may also want to read I can has rezearch papar? I did it for the lulz.

Designing for big data

Jeffrey Veen’s presentation on designing for big data. A quick peek into the history of data visualization, how we’re changing from consumers into participants, and how technology has allowed huge amounts of information to be recorded, stored, and analyzed. Personally, I’m just starting to get my feet wet with processing.org and will need to setup some sort of venue to display my experiments.