Observed | August 10
Through Don Draper’s eyes:
a tour of the Time & Life building of the 1960s. [BV]
MIT
developed a fabric that can fold into origami-like shapes when inflated. [BV]
#TBT: The glory days of
‘80s metal magazines. [BV]
Observed | August 09
A European design company
tried to make a case for the design appeal of the swastika before it was made infamous by the Nazi party. It failed. [JH]
Jessica Helfand on
logo color choices: “If a solution only works in color, then it doesn’t really work. It doesn’t carry its weight.” [BV]
Land Rover’s design head Gerry McGovern hates how many cows have to suffer in order to realize his design goals, so
he’s introducing some new alternatives—like wool. [JH]
A neuroscientist
becomes a designer. [JH]
Observed | August 08
“History of the Typewriter as Recited by Michael Winslow” traces 88 years of typewriter sounds, from 1895 to 1983.
You have to hear this. [BV]
The story of a town moved for New York City’s water system. [BV]
City of sprawl, city of neighborhoods. City of wealth and poverty, celebrity and anonymity.
Photographing Los Angeles. [BV]
Observed | August 07
The most popular city in Russia is
Santa Barbara. [MB]
For your Monday clicking pleasure:
50 insane grindhouse movie posters. [BV]
Is Dunkin’ Donuts contemplating a
name change? [MB]
Observed | August 04
Need more art in your life? You can
text SFMOMA and get art in return. [BV]
The films of Ray and Charles Eames. [BV]
Pasta maker as a printing press?
Yes! [BV]
Observed | August 03
Beetles, butterflies, dragonflies + more, all rendered in flowers and leaves. [BV]
Argentinians are so sick of the media, they’re inventing their own:
a photo gallery. [BV]
Looking for a little inspiration? Browse the British Library’s online copy of Leonardo da Vinci’s 570-page notebook ‘
The Codex Arundel’. (Via Jason Kottke) [BV]
Observed | August 02
Not as unsettling as a rant by Anthony Scaramucci,
but close. [JH]
Observed | August 01
Before “human centered” there was
human scale. [JH]
Forget comic sans.
Mistral is the typeface you should love to hate. (via Raju Narisetti) [BE]
Football (aka soccer)
shirts as design icons. [JH]
John Maeda on what he terms the three kinds of design. [JH]
How Instagram is transforming
restaurant design. [MB]
Observed | July 31
Introducing the “
Fuck You” pinstripe suit. [MB]
The triumphant return of New York
neon. [MB]
Got plans for Wednesday? We‘ll be at the
Metrograph for the Academy Film Archive Saul Bass retrospective—titles, short films, commercial work + more. [BV]
Mark Lamster on
Frank Lloyd Wright, our most underrated overrated architect. [MB]
Observed | July 28
Because it’s Friday: A not-so-brief history of the
poop emoji. [BV]
