March 2011
15 posts
Starting today, TEDTalks are now available on Hulu →
This past week I had the immense pleasure of interviewing June Cohen, TED’s VP of Media, who co-produces the TED conference taking place this week with TED’s Chris Anderson. We discussed the…
Mar 1st
February 2011
20 posts
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Feb 22nd
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-2-20) →
Yann Tiersen (40) Radiohead (28) Cut Copy (11) jo hamilton (10) Coldplay (10) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Feb 22nd
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-2-13) →
Dan The Automator, Del The Funky Homosapien (12) Carbon Based Lifeforms (11) Platinum Weird (4) Milosh (2) Com Truise (2) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Feb 16th
Destination Design: God’s Window →
“A place so beautiful even God has a window.” Tucked away nested in a valley in the mountains of Langeberg Mountains in southern South Africa is a place where the natural landscape is the…
Feb 16th
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Feb 10th
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Today’s Obsession: ARS Novelty →
Multi-hyphenate Angus R. Shamal has just launched a new website for his microfoundry Ars Type, and in celebration is offering this beautifully rendered sans/serif hybrid typeface. While…
Feb 10th
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Feb 10th
Google Translate for iPhone now in App Store →
Google released a Google Translate Web app for iPhone users back in 2008, but now the Apple crowd has a native Google Translate iPhone app. Available in the App Store now, the free…
Feb 9th
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Feb 8th
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Faux Holga | Mark Galer's Photoshop Essentials... →
Feb 8th
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-2-6) →
Wu-Tang Clan (13) Flying Lotus (11) DJ Krush (11) Sara Bareilles (10) Four Tet (9) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Feb 7th
Euro Deco: Graphic Design Between the Wars →
(Click to enlarge) My initial reaction to the book Euro Deco: Graphic Design Between the Wars was disappointment. But it wasn’t because of the book itself, it was because of my…
Feb 6th
Is There a New Leading Man in Hollywood? →
Since the mid-1990s Trajan has been the favored typeface for Hollywood movie advertisements and posters. But within the last two months a small batch of movies have appeared that emphatically…
Feb 5th
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CSS Mess
To anyone who happens to read the posts from the actual site: Please forgive the CSS mess. I’ll see to it soon. 
Feb 4th
AudiType, Part 1 →
The custom typeface AudiType was produced between 2008 and 2009 and quickly drew the attention of the international typographic community. As a number of articles have already chronicled the main…
Feb 4th
Feb 4th
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“Grids do not exist in a vacuum. They exist in relation to the content. We never...”
– Linda van Deursen (via arstype) It is a nice idea to start with a grid. I try to do it. But as the content starts flowing in I find reasons to break the grid—or tweak it. Trying to design grid first is like designing a geometric sans on a grid. You’re going to end up with a horsey design...
Feb 4th
Feb 3rd
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The NBC Peacock is Gone and Rightfully So →
In 2004 General Electric, the parent company of American television network NBC, purchased 80% of Vivendi Universal Entertainment, the parent company of Universal Pictures, cable channels like…
Feb 3rd
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Feb 3rd
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