February 2010
Logorama →
One of the films up for the Best Animated Short Oscar is called Logorama. It’s a Pulp Fiction-inspired ditty composed almost entirely of inventively used corporate logos. A screenshot is…
A Myriad of Vintage Grunge Patterns From Across... →
Patterns can be used in almost any style of graphic and web design. They have many purposes, from being used as backgrounds to being used to touch up vector files that look just a little too clean….
Dan Frakes on Apple’s Shareholders Meeting →
Dan Frakes: As usual, there were also a number of off-beat comments and questions, ranging from suggestions that Apple invest in Tesla Motors (Jobs: “We were thinking of a toga party, actually”)…
The Richat Structure. →
The Richat Structure.
‘Find My iPhone’ Rescues Two Stolen Phones at... →
Great story.
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Pretend Christians →
From the inbox over at the Freakonomics blog, a family in Texas pretends to be Christian so that their children won’t be excluded from play dates. We found by experience that if we were truthful…
Feign Being Cultured With Fake Foreign Scifi Film... →
Travis Pitts, the illustrator responsible for zombie apocalypse Scooby Doo, is selling a series of wild faux-vintage foreign movie posters. Are you brave enough to confront Terminateur or Il…
Cool Stuff: Tavis Coburn’s BAFTA “Best Film” Retro... →
The BAFTA (the British Academy of Film and Television Arts) Awards happened over the weekend, and Brendon filed his report on the site. To promote the award show, the BAFTA commissioned…
Heart Vase →
A heart shaped vase made by Eva Milinkovic of Tsunami Glassworks.
Blood Splattered Pillow →
How about a blood splattered pillow? [via]
✚ Regarding Dropbox, Backups, SSDs, Remote... →
Yesterday on Twitter I asked a question: “Dropbox fans: if I have 20GB worth of files on my Dropbox, do those files also take up 20GB on my laptop’s HDD, too?” The answer is yes. Files in your
Black Tattoo Art: Modern Expressions of the Tribal →
Tattoos… Super fashionable. New tattooists setting up shops on a monthly basis. TV docu-dramas filling the airwaves with their heart-warming stories being told about the reason for every…
Norwegian Frogmen Chase Google Street View Van →
Some great images of a couple of Norwegian frogmen chasing a Google Street View Van. [via]
Sokkomb – DIY Justice →
The Sokkomb “is a new low-cost product designed specifically for all those citizens who are so interested in Do-It-Yourself Justice. Are you full of energy? Have you lots of things to do…
Total Tweets Per Day →
Especially remarkable considering how much more reliable Twitter has been for the last year or so.
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I’ve played Natal!!! →
If, like me, you’ve been waiting for every measly snippet of news about Microsoft’s potentially game changing Xbox 360 add-on, these three words will mean an awful lot to you: ‘I’VE PLAYED…
30 Logos with movement – Success in progress!! →
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Some great stuff here.
Remember the all-time famous “Adidas” logo design? Ever wondered what it symbolizes? The three-parallel-striped designed in the shape of a…
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Lessons from Driving on the Right →
Via a @codinghorror retweet, a comprehensive article on the history of driving on the left versus the right side of the road through history and geography revealing first:
In the late 1700s,…
The bottomless ocean →
A representation of how deep the Mariana Trench is. Turns out it’s really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really deep. (via df) Tags: infoviz
Devotion to Duty →
Molecular structure jewelry →
I dig these geek chic molecular necklaces featured in our Boing Boing Bazaar at the Makers Market! Above is caffeine (left) and dopamine (right). Also available: serotonin,…
Five Best Start Pages [Hive Five] →
Your start page is the first thing you see when you open your browser or load a new tab—your gateway to the rest of the web. Get the most from your start page with one of these five favorites.
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Habari 0.6.4 has been released! →
The newest stable version of Habari, 0.6.4, has now been released. See the release post for more information and download links. Thanks to all for the help!
Interview with Glenn Jones →
With his fifteen years of experience, intelligent and humorous style, graphic designer and illustrator Glenn Jones from New Zealand, answered our questions on building a career, discovering his…
100 Years of Movie Title Stills | Design Informer →
I’m always observing graphic design in different things. The other day, while I was watching something on TV, the design of the title screen caught my attention. I figured that this would be a great…
Adobe Photoshop 20 year anniversary timeline →
How has Photoshop changed since it first launched way back in 1990? See all the key dates and facts here.
Work began on Photoshop in 1987, but it took another 3 years before a version was launched…
PHOTO: Refreshing to see a design firm publish... →
Refreshing to see a design firm publish what their services cost and what you get with the engagement. –Design Vineyard’s site
♥ Thursdays Mouse Tracks →
This is the path my mouse has travelled today. The dots indicate where my mouse took a rest. Dotsize, the rest duration.
This is all done using Anatoly Zenkovs Mouse Tracks, a little…
A new global visual language for the BBC's... →
A fascinating post detailing the creation of a consistent visual identity of the BBC’s online presence. Also, worth reading is the response from Paul Robert Lloyd. The use of big clunky…
scary →
froodmat posted a photo:
First-person perspective of a bus crash →
A security camera on the front of a bus rolls as the bus smashes into about 20 cars on the highway. The view from the side-view cameras are even worse. Tags: video
Green screened →
I had no idea how many outdoor scenes on TV shows are shot on a green screen. Here’s a reel with several before and after examples. (via that’s how it happened) Tags: TV
Lots of Snow! →
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Visual proof for those who think global warming is bunk due to the current cold.
“QUANTUM SHOT” #613 Link - by A. Abrams If you’ve been snowed under for some…
Naoko Ito →
I know that I’m fairly easily pleased but these sculptures, by Naoko Ito, could well be the most amazing things I’ve seen in my life. [via]
Astro Soichi →
@Astro_Soichi - If there’s one new person you should be following on Twitter is Soichi who has been posting breathtaking photos from space and sharing them with the world.