Font Swatch.
Wow, this is cool. Saw it in the latest issue of Dwell Magazine, but you can buy it on Amazon.
More issues
The O'Shea Building.
I went on an architecture tour of downtown Seattle a few weeks ago. In an effort to learn more about my city’s history, I’m trying to pay attention to the names and stories of buildings downtown that I really like. Take the O’Shea Building, for example. Built
I heart Camper.
Look at these boots! I want a pair. Camper is a great shoe company, run by a family in Spain. Oh, how I wish I’d gotten those patent leather, mustard yellow boots when I was in Parma last year…sigh. Damn those Italians and their long-ass lunches. I went
Dogs and the City.
Yesterday, Will and I took the dogs downtown for their daily outing. We hopped on the No. 2 (dogs are allowed on Metro buses as long as they pay full fare) and got off at Third and Bell to stop at Regrade Park, one of our favorite off-leash areas. We
Hasselblad.
I went to a small (yet exquisite) photo exhibit the other night and the photographer used a Hasselblad medium-format camera in his work. I want one! Check out work from the Hasselblad Masters….
Je veux des bon bons!!!
Okay, this is great. My first time posting a video; I hope it comes through….
"Smoke 'em out" with PowerPoint.
photo by Ralf Stockmann.
This is a really interesting excerpt, taken from Thomas E. Rick’s Fiasco, especially given Tufte’s assertions about PowerPoint:
That reliance on slides rather than formal written orders seemed to some military professionals to capture the essence of Rumsfeld’s amateurish approach to war planning.
Poster of the Week.
I like this feature from the Stranger.
Hi, Neha. 🙂
Spiekermann on the House.
Check these out. I actually like the Neutra ones best. If we ever remodel our house someday….
And did you hear how they’re thinking of renaming the Golden Gate Bridge??? What a branding nightmare…. It would take generations for a new name to stick.
Neue Haas Grotesk.
How cool is this? A film about Helvetica; an excerpt from the director’s website:
Haas’ director Hoffmann commissioned Miedinger, a former employee and freelance designer, to draw an updated sans-serif typeface to add to their line. The result was called Neue Haas Grotesk, but its name was later changed