‘John Challen, manager of Blists Hill Victorian Town, explained why Abraham Darby I’s iron cooking pot changed the world’
Click to play/jump.
For more about the Darby Pot’s major contribution to the Industrial Revolution, check out the first episode of GoD. For more about Abraham Darby I, go here.
Serving suggestion
A few weeks back I got together with a bunch of cool font designers for a Typnic (type picnic) in Golden Gate Park. Of course, I had to bring my type pasta salad.
The recipe is inspired by both Jamie Oliver and Tom Colicchio – in that I’m borrowing a few of their ideas. Alphabet pasta can be found (in California) in the Mexican section of the supermarket, or there’s online sources.
For the recipe, I’m just going to list what I start with (sometimes I make it overly complex if I have a lot of ingredients on hand); simply add whatever you want, have fun with it . . . . [Read more →]
‘A minimalist homage to the perfect pasta and sauce, The Geometry of Pasta tells you everything you need to know about cooking and eating pasta like an Italian.’
Book review here.
Found via Retinart
Here’s a sneak peek of some of the PROUNS-inspired dingbats that will be part of my upcoming Jeanne Texte font package.
The basic letterforms are now in technical review at Psy/Ops and I hope to have the new fonts completed and available by end of year. Crossing fingers.
Jeanne Texte is my sequel to Jeanne Moderno, which is available thru Psy/Ops, MyFonts and Ascender. Webfonts via Typekit.
Lorne Michaels wasn’t always at the helm of Saturday Night Live.
In the early 1980s, NBC was doing other things with his program (he left in 1980, returned in 85). In the meantime, Michaels was making a foray into Prime Time. In 1984, The New Show was to be his sequel, though it only lasted a few months.
SNL-related alumni were part of the sketch comedy program – including SCTV’s Dave Thomas, who is probably the only person on the planet who does a spot on Max von Sydow impersonation. (Max was most recently seen in The Tudors and was iconic as Ming in Flash Gordon)
Why do I know that? Max always had an incredible voice. First saw him as JC in The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965).
But I digress.
The first sketch of The New Show (above) parodied Michael Jackson’s Billie Jean video, which was released a year earlier. The show had some really great moments – and featured the Guggenheim and a Reitveld Chair in its credits (also part of the above video).
‘the champagne starts to pour, you know we’re shaking like it’s 1984, and we danced all through the night as paris is burning’
Unofficial video of theSTART’s Dance Revolution.
‘Uninhabited islands, red light district, bloody family disassembly, lovers and husbands, cuckolds, sinking ships and search of treasure, love and pigeons’
Opium Project‘s video for Beautiful.
Found via Oksana Zhuravel
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