History of the Internet from PICOL on Vimeo
Plus, check out The National Science Foundation’s official Birth of the Internet page.
I keep meaning to add a short web history component to my graphic design history class – and found some great classroom-friendly sound bytes in NSF’s collection.
Also found this fun little history of Twitter ditty.
Found via Apartment Therapy
IKEA sets up a mock Oval Office in Union Station – bringing a touch of low cost Sweden to the White House. (or to make a Carter reference: Looks like IKEA is bringing ‘Billy’ back to the White House.)
Here’s a sampling of The New York Times’ fav book covers of 2008 . . .
And I have egg on my face.
Christopher Le, a former student of mine, came up with a similar idea for a similar book (in my old publication design class). And I kinda talked him into doing something else:
Thanks for Campbell for sending this link over.
I like to think globally (or at least, I think I do).
This morning I ran across this analysis of the United States – via Gawker, published in Der Spiegel.
I find the P.O.V. fascinating to digest, and decided to repost it – wondering what other opinions would be. It has some inflammatory comments, but I appreciate the blunt language and directness of the text. It is an opinion piece – one agrees, disagrees, digests.
What do you think?
Banned from YouTube (really!) this expose by Cheshire Dave is one of my favorite documentaries. Click the image to watch.
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College zine logotype by mehallo, 1985
It was a decorative update from a plain Cooper Black version, which first appeared on the zine in 1980. I made this one using presstype and a little bit of nervous sweat.
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