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]

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]

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]

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]

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!]
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]

“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]
Terry Jacks’ depressing 1970s ballad taken to new depths by Kurt Cobain.
[via kottke.org]
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