I used to count ‘graphic design’ as one of the Seven Deadly Sins – I had it listed among the sins on an old business card (replacing ‘gluttony,’ of course).
Kansas State University Geography students have visualized the sins as regional, at least in the US. View the maps here.
Found via One Floor Up
Maps of War’s History of Religion
From the Histeria! series, here’s a cartoon overview of the invention of printing . . . well, actually the invention of moveable type . . . well, whatever it was that ‘Type A’ Gutenberg guy did.
Found via Twitter.com/MyFonts
My Jeanne Moderno fonts were spotted on this poster for . . .
Project Rhythm Multimedia Screening
Friday, September 4th, 2009 at 9 p.m.
At Parlare Euro Lounge, 1009 10th Street (10th & K), Sacramento, CA 95814 [map]
Project Rhythm Multimedia Screening is produced by Dr. Ri and features artists from Dr. Ri’s Advanced Media Editing Course at the Art Institute of California-Sacramento. Also: Live Multimedia VJ: Lai Fong Saelee, original soundtrack composed and edited by Dr. Ri & TCM, Inc.
Typefaces give us signals from erik spiekermann on Vimeo
The typomaniac music video! Written by Mike Croft, featuring Erik Spiekermann; produced by Alphabeat and Parson Research.
Designer Erik Spiekermann on what it’s like to be a typomaniac
Extra footage from Gary Hustwit’s Helvetica film. I still use Spiekermann’s Stop Stealing Sheep as the introductory text in my beginning typography courses.
‘Jamie Oliver made it possible for me to cook a decent meal in under an hour.’
– mehallo
My wife got me hooked on Jamie Oliver when he was known as The Naked Chef. Which was one of the dumbest monikers ever created for marketing purposes. He wasn’t naked, and to this day I’m still not sure why he was called that. His recipes are quick, easy and often come out looking like the photos.
Today he’s been quietly building a food empire over in the UK – akin to what Martha Stewart has done, without all the nasty stuff that is her extended personality (I seem to have the habit of running into people who’ve met and/or worked with her and, wow, the stories I’ve heard). (And I will say I do miss her paint line at K-Mart. Great palettes.) [Read more →]
There’s a huge part of me that wonders where celebrities get the idea that it’s just so easy to – overnight – become a fashion designer. And based on this snarky video, so does Julia Stiles.
Found via Huffington Post
Handmade shoes by Georges Esquivel
I love a good pair of shoes. And my range varies – on the low end I have my own collection of vintage bowling shoes; and my fav footwear are my yellow first generation Starck Pumas.
SoCal-based Georges Esquivel combines retro styling with handcrafted quality. Read more about how he’s taken a bite out of ‘Europe’s leading luxury brands.’
Found via Cool Hunting
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