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two interesting new photography ‘tumblr’ sets: both curated, but both devoid of commentary, the context and associations are all your own…triangle triangle and shortcut

…half a year in less than a minute…

this is just amazing… the BBC wildlife team turn high-speed photography and time-lapse into an art form, see some more excerpts here and definitely do switch HD on… (tip via ‘theo’)

british designer/typographer ‘miles newlyn’ has worked on some pretty major brand projects over the years and also designs custom fonts for many of those projects

his own comment on the carrefour redesign, for example’ typifies his approach:

…I had advised that the symbol not be changed. The equity in recognition is enormous, whether one reads the negative C or not. It?s a sign more than anything else, large and positioned prominently along the road of France, it has become cultural. However, tasked with its complete redesign every permutation of diamond and C was explored, and proved the original?s brilliance.

The logotype was a different matter. ITC American Typewriter, only just released at the time the identity was designed, was a hindrance to any strategic shift. It said ?big, cheap and 1970?, little else. For a nation so in love with cuisine, it was wrong. A new bespoke logotype was designed that felt more caring and price neutral, also linking with the C in the symbol…

an ambient musicbox, with sounds generated using the orbital frequencies of the solar system

these really remind me of me and my brother getting into a lot of trouble with our dad when we borrowed mum’s kitchen tray to bob-sleigh down the stairs…

see more childhood fantasies by ‘tim macpherson’ here