more info about this unbelievable device here (via adrian shaughnessy)
me news
good hope
this popular ‘hoax’ was wrongly attributed to a hacker, who had reportedly managed to modify the data in google ‘street view’
in fact it is a ‘user upload’ to the ‘panorama view’ photo layer in google earth: a funny little UFO flying over ‘cape of good hope’ south africa… i tried to find it on google but it appears to have been removed… the coordinates are as follows 34°21’12.33″ S, 18°29’24.02″ E
ok.. it’s summer time i know, it’s a bit quiet online and there aren’t many good stories around this week :)
sexual paraphenalia
could this guy maybe have a bit too much spare time? who knows, it probably really does help improve his typography skills though, drawing a swear word a day
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surprised to see one of our latest posters around town this week, the ‘podium’ identity hasn’t really been launched yet, although the question mark now seems even more appropriate as it has become a spontaneous teaser campaign
see also this related post
handmade type workshop
…numerous books have been published this year that act as lookbooks or compendiums of handmade type, but Charlotte Rivers’s Handmade Type workshop goes one better, offering for examination and inspiration the work of some 40 designers and illustrators, but crucially also offering ‘tutorials’ from these creatives which show, step by step, how they create their typography. And the range is mind-bogglingly inventive and original; from the tiny paper scraps used by Amy Borrell and the beans used by Vladimir Koncar to the string and pins utilised by Me Studio and the embrodiery stitching of Smart Emma…
mm… ok, sounds promising: a new typography book from thames & hudson compiled by london-based design journalist ‘charlotte rivers’, which features work and detailed tutorials from talented designers such as ‘hansje van halem’ (oh and they asked other ones, like me, too) due for release this summer…