Font Bureau vs. NBC: Stealing isn’t cool
News in the design world is that Font Bureau, one of the largest type design companies in the country, are taking NBC to court for the unlicensed use of several of their popular fonts. In a suit for ‘no less that $2 million,’ Font Bureau indicates that NBC used Bureau Grotesque, Interstate and Antenna on...
WOW: Monsieur COK
Wow. Just wow. Monsieur COK is a short French film illustrating the struggle between capitalism and communism, labor and money, automation and human labor. Visually stunning and groteschly real, this is a fantastic yet somewhat scary look at the industry that drives our lives, wars, and world. Watch it online. Fantastic! (Found via NotCot.org)
To the Cinema! : Art & Copy
Hey, let’s go to the movies… This looks awesome! Like the Helvetica of advertising. I took an advertising class in college and have a friend who works in the field. It just seems too hyper-maniacal when it comes to the creative demand of the field, but I think it really would be thrilling, maybe for...
The Visual Message of Rounded Rectangles
Keith Lang over at UI&us I think is on to something: rounded rectangles and why we might love them more than we realize. Looking at the history of Apple software/hardware and speaking with a professor of visual understanding, the rounded rectangle might be the best because it easier cogniatively on the eye. Very interesting stuff!...
The Font Conference
See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor. “Mailbox! Open Mailbox!” I know this is super old, so old in fact that I’ve watched it before, but this is good stuff: Font Conference at College Humor. Who doesn’t love a good font joke? Though, I think it was going a little too far having...
WOW : Impasse
Impasse from Reel 13 on Vimeo. I don’t even want to set this one up it’s so good. You’ll want to watch it again. Cheers!
The Forgotten Web Standard
Graphic Design: The Forgotten Web Standard – Slides in 3 Minutes from Carsonified on Vimeo. This is amazing. There are just some things in life that make me so jealous and excited, all at the same time. Video by Mike Kus. Found over at Photolab
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Wow : Variations on Normal
Variations on Normal is a little website by Dominic Wilcox with illustrations and photos about just that : Different ways of doing normal things. I was really pleasently suprised about these ideas. They’re fun, thoughtful and unique. Cheers! (Found via It’s Nice That)
This just blew my mind : What is a browser?
A dude from Google stood at Times Square and asked 50 people “what a browser?” Very few people knew the right answer. This puts a whole new perspective on internet users for me. I guess I’ve just always just been surrounded by people who at least new the basics of the internet, or at least...
To the Cinema! : Blackboard Jungle
Ok, so, a few weeks ago, I rented Singing in the Rain, because I’d never watched it in all my years, sad face. And it was awesome. So I told my mom, and she gave me a short list of 50s movies that I need to lay my eyes on. And one of those films...
Rubber Stamp Business Cards
Created by the Fischer agency over in Portugal, these ecologically friends business cards are great. You just use a rubber stamp instead of a printed card, and whatever scrap paper you have available. I think this is a super idea. Three Cheers! Found over at Quipsologies.
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Web Wednesday: Goodbye WaffleMaker
There are a lot of things that I can’t do: share dairy products, gymnastics or roll my tongue, for example. And then there are a lot of things that I can’t do simply because I’m too sissy or attached to my belonging, and one of those things is sell of my possessions and move to...