A few years back the incredible Marian Bantjes sent me this wonderful Hallowe’en poster. Earlier the same year, I had put her work in an exhibition.
Marian’s post on heraldry is one of my favs. And check out her 10th Anniversary cover for GQ Italia, ’10 designers, 10 covers . . . 10 years of men, stories, adventures and style.’
Happy Hallowe’en!
Stephen Von Worley maps McDonalds locations in the US. Looking at the Dakotas, there’s not as many as one would think. Details here.
GOOD is for people who give a damn – read more below.
but first . . .
OPEN studio’s Scott Stowell headed up the original design team for GOOD. And I have to write about Scott because he’s been a major influence on my work. Scott = GOOD influence.
I’ve been a fan of Scott’s work for years, ever since I saw a talk he gave at one of the 1990s ATypI conferences. His views/advice on design and teaching – for me – has been invaluable. [Read more →]
If you’re having problems coping with unemployment in the US (who isn’t?), here’s some visuals. It’s huge. Bigger than you are. Interactive map here.
Change is about rethinking how we do things. I’ve been changing my whole outlook; what I do with my business – my blog is part of it. And following the status quo, doing the same thing over and over and over isn’t working. This map shows it.
Found via FlowingData
The Left and the Right in the US – as visualized by David McCandless and Stefanie Posavec. From the upcoming book, The Visual Miscellaneum.
Click on the image for larger view/jump. More stuff from David McCandless here. And check out Stefanie Posavec’s site here.
Here’s one more.
Same robots, but not really. Different robots because the voices are different.
I’m smart. I figured that out.
This one’s been bouncing around for a few weeks now. And one of the reasons this video resonates is – it’s sooo true. I’ve had similar conversations over the years (even just a couple months ago), but don’t remember this much swearing. At least not during the actual conversation.
And (below) here’s the sequel . . .
And another . . .
Found via Twitter.com/AngelaGlenn and Jonathan Weast
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