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o bla di

…These visualizations are part of an extensive study of the music of the Beatles. Many of the diagrams and charts are based on secondary sources, including but not limited to sales statistics, biographies, recording session notes, sheet music, and raw audio readings…

new york designer ‘michael deal’ is looking for contributors to his charting the beatles project, looks fun… you can see the status quo over on his flickr set

m / 19-04-2010 12:10

iconic TV

nice set of posters from exergian translating famous TV shows back to simple iconic symbols… see the complete set over on blanka where they appear to be selling like hot cakes… some are stronger than others but ain’t that always the case with a series?

m / 19-04-2010 12:05

the knife

i’m not sure it’s something i’d like to have hanging in my house… but it still looks pretty impressive: etching into leather hides with a big sharp blade (tip via ‘fem’)

m / 19-04-2010 12:00

up or down?

there seems to be some debate about the accuracy of the figures but it’s an interesting angle on the current icelandic volcano problem, unless you’ve been sat in an airport lounge for three days wearing the same clothes…

m / 19-04-2010 11:55

nasty

i came across this awful misappropriation of a symbol on the grrr blog, an almost optimistic and vibrant looking piece of type that stands symbol for the ugliness that is the far-right ‘british national party’… yuk

m / 19-04-2010 11:52