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I like charts like this. It’s not perfect, but them bars are going in the right direction. More details here.

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‘he explained that they were designing a new book for Al Gore, Our Choice, the sequel to An Inconvenient Truth’

Better numbers = better reading. Article here.

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Eddie Izzard: Dress to Kill, via Videosift

I’ve seen Eddie Izzard twice in concert. His 1998 show, Dress to Kill (shot in San Francisco), incredible. Found the complete video online (above). He’s one of the best comedians working today.

And, just released on DVD is Believe: The Eddie Izzard Story (below), a new documentary about his life and career. Website here. Order here.

Do I use some of his schtick in my history class? Of course. Do I do it as well? Not by a long shot.

Greatness happens with Eddie and Craig Ferguson riff off each other. Here’s a clip from last year: part one and part two.

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‘And no matter what the locals tell you, don’t take the pink line to the yellow line.’ –Gizmodo

Speaking of the Underground, here’s Sam Lomen’s Underskin.

Found via Justin Nelson

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‘TYPEFACE is a piece of custom software that translates facial dimensions into generative type design.’

By CIID student Mary Huang. Check out this detailed article at PSFK.

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Procrastination by Johnny Kelly.

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Oded Ezer gave a talk last Friday at the London College of Communication. He sported a ‘humble homage to the British 70-80s Punk movement: the Typo-mohawk.’

More photos here.

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‘A chance to re-design any classic book is always exciting. Classics usually allow for a more personal interpretation, since most people are already vaguely familiar with the premise of the books, and I didn’t have to compete with one well-known cover, as I might have with a more recent book.’

The work of Jim Tierney. More book jacket details here.

Would make Doc Brown proud.

Found via ColourOfAir and Jessica Hische

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‘Verschillende Science Fiction verhalen’

Dutch designer Dick Bruna’s vintage book covers.

Flickr set here. Online archive here.

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Academy of Art graduate design student Alex Cornell’s super cool Playboy rebrand project. Details (and additional photos) at the ISO50 Blog.

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SOTA’s Font Aid IV jumped into action a few weeks ago – to benefit the victims of the recent earthquake in Haiti.

The result was released today. A collaborative font.

purchase
Snag your copy of the Coming Together font thru any of these sources:

[1] Ascender Fonts

[2] Veer

[3] MyFonts

[4] FontShop

The font sells for 20 bucks (US) and all proceeds go to Doctors Without Borders to help the people of Haiti recover from the devastating earthquake.

all ampersands
The font consists of just under 400 ampersands from type designers from around the world – including myself (see below).

For more about ampersands, history and use, read Steve Matteson’s article here. For more about Font Aid IV, go here.

That be mine

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