2008

Jul

Granite Countertops Radioactive? Yep.

House has hearing on photographers being...

Smith & Wesson to Offer ‘Commemorative’ D.C. vs. Heller...

J.V.T. v W.C. by R.P.

Beijing’s Vanishing Historical Neighborhoods

the naked ladies alphabet (in case you have never seen it)

Noisy Decent Graphics

London Design Festival 2008

Sunscreen Safety Is Called Into Question

The Science of Fear: Why We Fear the Things We...

Visual Accoustic The architectural photography work of 97...

“Artecnica and Denyse Schmidt Quilts are two arts businesses...

No SLR Cameras at the Beijing Olympics...

Rock Port, Missouri, First 100 Percent...

AGI Student Conference 2008

89 Percent Of Children's Food Products...

Closing Coal-fired Power Plants Improves...

Korengal Valley Afghanistan Photos by Balazs Gardi “Korengal...

Mortarboard family tree via design observer

New ‘Window’ Opens On Solar Energy: Cost...

McCain’s Eligibility to Be President Is...

magCulture.com » How a page gets created or he could have done some sketches in advance…

Human Mirror at Improv Everywhere

Iran Photoshops in extra missle via New York Times Blog

Police, Firefighters, Utility Workers Among...

John Lenon audio interview animated. Short. Lovely. via Design Observer

Mark Richards - Core Memory Amazing images of old computer...

A Look at the State of Chinese Design...

Before you (and apparently many other) United States...

Photographer Joakim Eskildsen Be sure to look at...

“One of the great things about art, including popular art,...

Non pro photographer’s image used in Hulk...

Music and art, together from the start “Iegor Reznikoff...

Buckminster Fuller podcast

“SUVs in America are competing with eaters around the rest of...”
— Michael Pollan on What’s...

Wal-Mart to source more fruits and veggies...

Jun

Beats & Breaths Calculator

Sustainable Packaging Coalition

Solution, or Mess? A Milk Jug for a Green Earth -...

Agents can randomly seize travelers’ laptops...

Terror watch uses local eyes

Climate Change May Challenge National...

$40,000 painting left at Goodwill in Maryland “Had it not...

White House Refused to Open Pollutants...

Rethinking the Country Life as Energy Costs...

New 90% efficient Vertex tank water heater. Even tankless...

Fascinating article on the banana industry...

The Big Pander to Big Oil

Gone in Sixty Seconds Polaroid instant cameras

New Generation of Brazilian Musicians

P. M. Forni of Hopkins talks about civility...

The Civility Solution: What to Do When People Are Rude By P....

Netherlands Graphic Design Museum

Polish space stamps

That ‘new shower curtain smell’ gives off...

Animals Can Comprehend And Use Symbols, Study...

Listen to Diane Rehm interview authors Maggie...

Just How Stupid Are We?: Facing the Truth About the American...

Distracted: The Erosion of Attention and the Coming Dark...

AIGA exhibit EveryDay Design opens

Bottlemania: How Water Went on Sale and Why We Bought It by...

Also reusing old print ads too. Nice.

Sony reuses old comercials to advertise its electronics recycling program. Where’s the...

Fun Jet Blue ad typography

Are photographers really a threat? “Given that real...

Cusp Conference 2008

J.R. Watkins Retro product packaging design. Who is the...

New all eco lifestyle TV network. Find the channel on your...

Steven reviews some design books

CCA Summer Institute in Sustainable Design

“Evolution as a principle is not disputed in the scientific...”
— Opponents of Evolution...

Yale Environment 360

Bloggingheads: Are Blogs Bad for Us?

Hidden method of reading revealed “The team’s results...

Put a Little Science in Your Life

May

Looking Tired Or Angry May Have More To Do...

Disasters increase, because of us

BPA In Caned Food

Tuna Calculator

Some Biofuels Might Do More Harm Than Good To...

How to Make the Worst Website

On The Media on books (via On The Media: This Week)

New Curriculum Designed to Unite Art and...

Male Painters And Decorators Exposed To...

Research links common chemicals to obesity

Nice article on Design Observer about design class project...

Dramatic Impact Of Sea-Level Rise On Chesapeake Bay’s...

Jane’s Brand-timeline Portrait

Photographing a Wedding and then an Earthquake Wedding from...

“I would suggest that you consider being less regimental...”
— Comment for a young design...

Aging Brains Take In More Information,...

Min Wang Design Director of 2008 Beijing Olympic Games

Get Your Tap Water's Score

The Man in the Irony Mask

“Across the great expanse of Russia — on plots cleared of...

Dome Spotting This image is of a Cinerama Dome. 70 mm...

The Dymaxion World of Buckminster Fuller

Buckminster Fuller: Starting with the UniverseJune 26,...

Hermann Zapf out take from Helvetica

John Baskerville | i love typography, the typography blog

Gotham: Barack Obama’s favorite font (via )

ABC News on election typography and branding

National Design Awards 2008 | Cooper-Hewitt, National Design...

Warming Climate Is Changing Life On Global...

“In America there are so many good people and beautiful...”
— Italian’s Detention...

School design - Allison Arieff

Robert Rauschenberg 1925-2008

There is a proposed change in copyright law in the U.S. which would create a private industry...

Flogos - Flying Logos

Irma Boom’s books while we are at it.

Sagmeister’s book is made up of many books. Demo here.

Biodegradable Home Product Lines, Ready to Rot - New York...

Cool California

Proper Disposal and Recycling of E-Waste

The Green Guide - green living tips, product...

The History of the CBS Eye Logo 2001 (via DO)

51% Jump in Mac Sales

It’s Good to be Bad, to be Good Scott Stowell...

Environmental Working Group guide to low and...

Sony Recycling Program

But do you see the moonwalking bear? via DO

Apr

“It begins a process in which the British Empire is unable to...”
— Fareed Zakaria on the...

Fareed Zakaria interview on NPR Nothing new but a nice take...

“An MIT class has estimated the carbon emissions of...

George Lois, the Man Behind Esquire Magazine’s Most Famous...

Prêt à Voyager

“Increasingly efficient global transport networks make it...

Ansel Adams's Yosemite

Brilliant Essay by Rick Poyner (another...

Massimo Vignelli’s New York Subway Map updated

Information Design Watch

Catalogtree Dutch design firm.

I’ve posted this before but it has been updated. Work...

Nice Australian ad shows greenhouse gas contribution from home appliances. Each black balloon is 50...

“Lunar-Resonant Streetlights, designed by the Civil Twilight...

Iraq War Coalition Fatalities

Debbie Millman interviewed

Stephen Fry’s BBC 6 part documentary on Gutenberg. The other 5 parts accessible via...

Making Environmentally Friendly Plastics

Interactive Architecture: Tokyo Japan Society

Nikkatsu Action Film Posters at the Japan Socety

Music Has Its Own Geometry, Researchers Find

Drop in Home Prices Steepest in Areas with...

The New Ecology of Things

Snapshot of Trash in the Ocean and Its Hazardous Effects on...

The Aeron Chair: Office Design Icon via creative review

Maryland Institute College of Art graduate...

Insurance companies rip us off and help...

The New York Times Magazine does a green issue