Evolution of Type Taste
Jessica Hische documents her personal evolution of type taste. Above is a small clip, from the Art School, post-learn-the-difference-serif-and-sans-serif years. Click the link for the rest.
[via swissmiss]
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Dummy Images for Layout
The Dynamic Dummy Image Generator creates placeholder images to your specs for use in simple design work. Just add dimensions to the base URL to create a gray placeholder images to your specs. Above, the cunningly named http://dummyimage.com/425×350. Lifehacker called it “lorem ipsum” for images.
I’m not sure how often I’d use this (most design-centric layout programs have this function built in), but I like knowing it’s out there if I need it.
[via Lifehacker]
Building Sound: Textless Website
Ella Finer and Fabrizio’s Building Sound is a website/research project that relies on very simple graphics and audio (the only text is a mailto link at the bottom). Raises some interesting questions about our current reliance on text, even for image-intensive sites. Eye blog rounds up some of the background.
[via Eye blog]
Best Custom Lettering of 2009
Lettercult begins their Best Custom Lettering of 2009 coverage. Above is by Alison Carmichael. (The other entries stick to more traditional media, but are just as cool.)
[via Drawn!]
Koko’s Earth Control
I think I’m going to convince my bandmates to change our name to “Koko’s Earth Control.”
[via Bruce Sterling in a Shapeways interview, worth reading in its own right]
Unhappy Hipsters
“In search of a less bleak playground, the toddler pedaled faster.”
Unhappy Hipsters captions Dwell magazine modernist architecture photos with depressing captions.
[via metafilter.com]
Nirvana covers Seasons in the Sun
Terry Jacks’ depressing 1970s ballad taken to new depths by Kurt Cobain.
[via kottke.org]
