Social Perspective on Language // 130 days ago
Until relatively recently, it had been thought that language had evolved in order to facilitate an exchange of information—about the location of predators or prey, for instance—or as a secondary consequence related to our development of tools. But the social perspective on language suggests that it evolved as a means of maintaining group cohesion. [...] A strong indicator of this fact is that most conversation is light on intellectual content, and it certainly is not focused on complex ideas about the environment we inhabit or even about culture or economics.
From Connected by Nicholas Christakis and James Fowler
Anniversary of Good F*** Design Advice // 132 days ago
Brian and Jason have a video (directed by Eric Courtney edited by Alex Catanese) explaining the motivation behind their GFDA project. Nicely done!
Given the anniversary of GFDA, it seems like an opportune time to share photos of my posters.
Google Art Project // 352 days ago
Here is something of great interest to me because of my MFA thesis". Google is using their maps infrastructure and technology to present some of the world’s most significant art museums on the web. The Google Art Project certainly looks flashier compared to what we are used to coming from Google.
While it might have more of a cool effect than a sweeping social impact of the Google Books kind, the project is a fantastic start for something long overdue, i.e. making more of the world’s visual art accessible on the web.
MoMA Acquires 23 Typefaces // 355 days ago
A year or so after, in a symbolic move, MoMA acquired the @ symbol, 23 digital typefaces now are a part of MoMA’s architecture and design collection. More at MoMA.org
Image: moma.org.
Comic Sans Criminal // 401 days ago
Cute little site by Matt Dempsey called Comic Sans Criminal.
Comparison: Footprints // 447 days ago
Left: Laetoli fossilized hominid footprint by John Reader / Photo Researchers, Inc. Right: Buzz Aldrin’s boot print by Buzz Aldrin/NASA. Via Robert Krulwich for NPR and Frank Chimero.
Khoi Vinh's Book Available for Pre-Order // 447 days ago
Khoi Vinh, the former design director of the NYTimes.com, has written a book titled Ordering Disorder: Grid Principles for Web Design. It’s not scheduled to be available for another month or so but can be pre-ordered now from Amazon.
Findings from A List Apart's Web Design Survey 2009 Available // 480 days ago
Once again, we have crunched the data […], figured out what the numbers were telling us, and assembled the sliced and diced data-bytes into nifty charts and graphs for your edification and pleasure.
Have a look at the 2009 survey findings.
Comparison: Stefan Kanchev and Bluetooth // 482 days ago
Left: Stefan Kanchev. Logo for Mladen Vasilev Svishtov; Logo for a Factory for Construction Materials. Right: Bluetooth logo. Designer Unknown?
Matthew Carter Named a McArthur Fellow // 482 days ago
Dubbed the Genius Grant, McArthur fellowship awards half a million dollars, no strings attached. Carter joins my list of favorite fellows which includes Alekandar Hemon, a Sarajevo-born writer, who was awarded the honor in 2004. Here is the list of all 2010 fellows.
Moshi-Moshi Phone // 542 days ago
I want one.
A bluetooth headset and VOIP phone Designed by David Turpin.
Wonderful Piece of Animation by Pascal Monaco and Felix Meyer // 556 days ago
35mm from Pascal Monaco on Vimeo.
»35mm« is a shortfilm about cinema itself. We picked 35 of our favorite movies and tried to simplifly them as far as possible. The outcome is a 2 minute journey through the history of film.
Take a close look and tell us if you’ve recognized them all!
Concept / Layout: Sarah Biermann, Torsten Strer, Felix Meyer, Pascal Monaco
Animation: Felix Meyer, Pascal Monaco
Sound: Torsten Strer