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Round Robin
I recently received a wonderful set of books from Pixar artists Jennifer C. Chang, Daniela Stijleva and CinderBiter art director Katy Wu. The collaborative illustration project entitled Round Robin...
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Tattly for Coffee Lovers
Today’s Tattly Tuesday is dedicated to all coffee afficionados. (1 Tattly with 4 Coffee Illustrations by the amazing Julia Rothman)
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Henri’s Walk to Paris
This lovely illustration is a page out of Saul Bass’ children’s book called Henri’s Walk to Paris. Discovered over on Brain Pickings, of course! Read the full post and see more pages.
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letterform showntellshow
Local Note: FoTA (and nicest couple in the Chicago design scene) Andy & Julie of Letterform will be guests on stage at this Thursday's Show 'n Tell Show. Get your tickets here. (Rumor has it Andy's...
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Miguel Zenon takes on Charlie Parker
"He's seeing how the music that he grew up with is connected with other music of the world." MacArthur Genius grant recipient Miguel Zenon takes on Charlie Parker.
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Happy 50th, DFW
"The really important kind of freedom involves attention, and awareness, and discipline, and effort, and being able truly to care about other people and to sacrifice for them, over and over, in myriad...
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Dropmark
Do yourself a favor and check out Dropmark, a dead simple, cloud based, brand-new collaboration tool. (make sure to read the last paragraph of this post!) Dropmark is the brainchild of my studio mate...
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Every Hall of Famer
"The space between the white lines --that's my office." -Early Wynn. Every Hall of Famer, annotated sketches of members of the National Baseball Hall of Fame, by Summer Anne Burton.
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Ballpark Sketches
Related to the last. Fourteen sketches of Major League ballparks by Gene Mack for The Sporting News, 1946-47. What ever happened to this sort of editorial cartooning? So great.
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Tab Shelf
This wall-mounted shelf by Phil Procter is beautiful. Love the added functionality thanks to the subtle creases.
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The art of complaining in 140 characters or less
“People don’t fill out comment cards anymore. They don’t send nasty emails to the complaint department. They go on Twitter and raise hell in 140 characters or less. Social media sites like Twitter are...
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Dragon Tattoo Titles
Everything you ever wanted to know about the creation of the title sequence for The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Blur.
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Beaker
Beaker is a new business and culture magazine that launched today. It is for the idea generation and aims to equip entrepreneurs, technologists and executives to act on their ideas while navigating...
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IDA and Pentagram recreate Pangaea
The International Design Alliance (IDA) has unveiled a new visual identity for its biennial IDA Congress, “the primary event for dialogue between designers and stakeholders of design in a summit...
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The iPhone Rangefinder
Look what just launched over on lovely Photo Jojo: The iPhone Rangefinder is a phoneography system that gives your iPhone all the style of a classic camera. It’ll equip your phone with a shutter...
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The Periodic Table Table
Some people collect stamps. Wolfram Research co-founder and author Theo Gray collects elements. He created and owns a wooden periodic table table with compartments underneath every element label...
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AP Joins the Twenty-First Century
Founded in 1846, the Associated Press (AP) is a not-for-profit global news network that provides coverage of world events in text, photos, graphics, audio and video that serve thousands of daily...
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Above the Sun
The BBC's 2008 Britain From Above series features splendid visualizations of data, animated on maps. See also Flowing Data on patterns of daily life in the Netherlands from above.
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Gemma Correll
"The Kebab of Untold Horrors" is part of the very worst of British cuisine, by Gemma Correll. Check the rest of her site, it's full of fun and funny cartoons.
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BBCX365
"Use as few elements as possible. Reduce the story to its simplest visual form. Don't over think it. Don't overwork it. Use as few colors as possible. Use flat color." Stephen Heller on the previously...
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