Pixie – The Stylish Ring Box
I find ring boxes you get from a typical jewelry store quite boring. I was excited to discover Pixie, a faceted ring box made from recycled wood.
View ArticleSun Rises in Hillshire
Established in 1939, Sara Lee Corporation is a global manufacturer and marketer of consumer brands that span coffee, tea, and meats and include the eponymous Sara Lee (deli and desserts), Jimmy Dean,...
View ArticleWar Art in the UK National Archives
An instant MoOM classic. A huge collection of War Art in the UK National Archives is being put online. I. II. III. More information here.
View ArticleBen Kay on Cannes
"It'd be nice to think that every single ad award was a clear, neutral judgement of pure quality, but if you believe that you probably still write letters to Santa." Great read by Ben Kay about the...
View ArticleCounty Map Title Page Letterforms
19th century decorative typography from a selection of County Map Title Page Letterforms collected by BibliOdyssey from the David Rumsey Map Collection. So great.
View ArticleCartolina Tattly
(Photo by Julia Robbs) I am so excited that we launched the Cartolina Tattly Set today. The designs are by the wonderfully talented Fiona Richards and definitely will look like the real deal, but...
View Article♥ / Fonts.com
A big thank you to Fonts.com for sponsoring another week of my RSS Feed. Have you seen the new Fonts.com? Lovingly re-designed by Happy Cog, the new site pairs desktop fonts and Web fonts in one happy...
View ArticleDigital Targeting Needs Discussion, Not Debacle
A Wall Street Journal headline this morning raised quite a bit of awareness of the use of analytics for digital targeting. Unfortunately, it was a headline optimized for social sharing sensationalism,...
View ArticleThe iPhone Scuba Suit
Planning a beach or pool vacation? Then I’d consider investing in one of these iPhone Scuba Suits. It’s a 100% water-proof case that’ll allows you to take cool underwater photos.
View ArticleTranscript from the Montreal Bed-In, May 1969
Great title and a fun, definitely-of-its-era read: "Never Before Published Transcript of a Conversation Between John Lennon, Yoko Ono, Timothy Leary and Rosemary Leary - at the Montreal Bed-In, May 1969."
View ArticleSoviet Bus Stops
From photographer Christopher Herwig: Soviet Bus Stops. Via White Noise.
View ArticleArrow Marks the Spot
Founded in 1856, Lincoln is the capital of the state of Nebraska and, with approximately 300,000 citizens in the metro area, its second most populated city, after neighboring Omaha. Lincoln has a...
View ArticleLine of Sight
Trailer for Lucas Brunelle's Line of Sight, a documentary on the worldwide underground bicycle messenger racing scene. Via Chris Fato.
View ArticleShift
This minimalist cabinet just made me stop in my tracks. What a beauty. It’s called Shift Cabinet and was designed by Scholten & Baijings. Available over at Suite New York.
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