June, 2010 | the mehallo blog. beta.

Hi!

By the way, this is our parrot, Cluck Cluck.

She named herself. We’ve had her for ten years at this point. She sings, dances and if I have a client on the phone, makes tons of LOUD, goofy noises.

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New nav features for TypeKit

Are you using TypeKit yet?

My own fonts can be found there.

And the latest: New nav features can help you find fonts faster. Jeffrey Veen demos above. Article here.

Tags: fonts, mehallo merchandise, typography by steve
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Startup Redesigns the Textbook

‘Meet The Kno – a two-touchscreen tablet that folds out like a book’

How it works (above). Article here.

Found via GOOD

Tags: cool finds, design, education by steve
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‘Teddy Roosevelt did his best thinking on the toilet’

While eating Grape-Nuts.

Found via James Lileks, Lint

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Creative minds, schizophrenia

‘Creative people, like those with psychotic illnesses, tend to see the world differently to most. It’s like looking at a shattered mirror’ -Mark Millard, UK psychologist

Interesting BBC article: ‘Creative minds mimic schizophrenia.’

Found via Jeanne Mehallo, Nikoletta Kanakis

Tags: cool finds, design, thoughts by steve
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Sleep and time

Imagine how much more of life we’d experience if we didn’t have to take seven or eight hours out of our day to just lie around making snoring noises.

Photography by Tyler Shields

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Dangers of Art School

We’re closing in on spring finals at the Art Institute. And I just got this note from a student:

School is like being hit by an invisible bus. A bus full of sardines, and being driven by a monkey. After being hit, the monkey flips you off, leaving you speechless and confused. So basically school is stinky and is going bananas.

And I’m thinking the ‘everything is due’ pressure is starting to sink in. And that I’m the monkey. And wow, I get to drive An Invisible Bus.

in perspective
But in all the melee going on right now, I’d like to see something more positive come of this. Usually the positive part hits when standing in a classroom filled with incredible final projects – which ~~I hope~~ happens next week.

This is my spin. It’s what I do these days:

I’m a game show host in a forced labor camp.

But – I was recently talking with web instructor and confidant Bill Mead – and we both agreed that we really love teaching in a creative environment. Because our students really are nuts. In such a great way.

And that’s so cool. It’s fantastic to be around all that creative energy all of the time.

The world needs more creative and fun people. Who work hard. Who can change the world.

more learnt in school
New video (above) from Raina and Brent as part of their totally random What I Learned in School series.

What started as a few photos is now a series. They’ve been making these pretty much on a weekly basis at this point.

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