“Going West” (Papercut Animation)
Production details and background at Designboom.
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The Death of Uncool
Brian Eno pontificates (I mean that non-ironically—he’s earned it) on fashion trends in The Death of the Uncool. Here’s a clip:
It’s odd to think back on the time—not so long ago—when there were distinct stylistic trends, such as “this season’s colour” or “abstract expressionism” or “psychedelic music.” It seems we don’t think like that any more. There are just too many styles around, and they keep mutating too fast to assume that kind of dominance.
[via Fimoculous.com]
Wilco’s Loft
Loftlife magazine has an article on Wilco’s loft recording space. (Scroll to the bottom for a collection of pictures, including outtakes from the article proper.)
[via TapeOp message board]
WKRP Turkey Drop
I posted this last year. I think I’ll make it an annual event. (The full Turkey’s Away episode is at Hulu.)
30 Conversations on Design
The cunningly named Thirty Conversations on Design website asked hirty designers two simple questions: What single example of design inspires you most? and What problem should design solve next? Responses from Massimo Vignelli, Ellen Lupton, Ed Fella, Chip Kidd, and (if my math is correct) twenty-six more.
Spam as Alibi
Dilbert covers the rhetoric of “did you check your spam folder?” (a trope that’s already replaced the “dog ate my homework/report/memo”).
Tom Gauld
I’ve seen Tom Gauld’s comics before, but only recently found out he frequently publishes in The Guardian’s Saturday Review and has a Flickr stream.
[via eye magazine]
Manhattan Project as College Team Assignment
Alex Schmidt imagines If the Manhattan Project Worked Like My College Group Projects Do.
TELLER: Serber.
SERBER: Yo?
TELLER: Text Oppenheimer. See where he is.
SERBER: Okay.
Serber continues texting. Teller rifles through a folder.
BETHE: (to Teller) Have you got the sheet?
TELLER: (looking through papers) Dammit.
BETHE: You don’t have it?
Teller stops looking.
TELLER: I mean, we pretty much know what we have to do, right?
BETHE: Something about building an atomic bomb.
TELLER: (looking at own laptop screen) So there’s some plutonium, and—dammit, the Jets are losing.
Bethe leans over to look at Teller’s laptop. Serber keeps texting.
Clients from Hell
Clients from Hell, a weblog.
I need a website, FAST. I want it set up so that I can add, edit, and delete content when I need to and I need it done as soon as possible. How do we go doing thist? It should not cost that much, as there are so many free websites available these days.
[via Fast Company]
