small bites

From Joanna - Stylish Washroom Pictograms

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:53:21 -0800

From Joanna - Stylish Washroom Pictograms

One of the great retro posters to celebrate the International...

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 11:50:56 -0800

One of the great retro posters to celebrate the International Year of Astronomy.

Don’t have the original URL for this. :(

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 07:37:34 -0700

Don’t have the original URL for this. :(

From BoingBoing.net … Organizers of the “Out In...

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 16:21:42 -0700

From BoingBoing.net …

Organizers of the “Out In Africa” gay and lesbian film festival in South Africa are seriously pissed: some homophobic jerks tore down all the posters for the fest, some 700 of ‘em attached to poles and lamp-posts about town. There are two reasons this is upsetting: one, it is a clear message of intimidation and intolerance. Two: nobody should desecrate good graphic design, and these posters are really nice.

"Think of the nobility of libraries and librarianship, the great scar that the Burning of Alexandria..."

Mon, 14 Sep 2009 10:09:15 -0700

“

Think of the nobility of libraries and librarianship, the great scar that the Burning of Alexandria gouged in human history. Think of the archivists who barricaded themselves in the Hermitage during the Siege of Leningrad, slowly starving and freezing to death but refusing to desert their posts for fear that the collections they guarded would become firewood.

Think of the librarians who took a stand during the darkest years of the PATRIOT Act and refused to turn over patron records. Think of the moral unimpeachability of those whose trade is universal access to all human knowledge.

Picture an entire city, a modern, wealthy place, in the richest country in the world, in which the vital services provided by libraries are withdrawn due to political brinksmanship and an unwillingness to spare one banker’s bonus worth of tax-dollars to sustain an entire region’s connection with human culture and knowledge and community.

Think of it and ask yourself what the hell has happened to us.

”

- Cory Doctorow on the closing of the Philadelphia Free Library System

Rob Cottingham’s latest Noise to Signal cartoon. Smile.

Mon, 03 Aug 2009 21:29:10 -0700

Rob Cottingham’s latest Noise to Signal cartoon. Smile.

Anti-bottled water campaign

Fri, 31 Jul 2009 22:31:11 -0700

Anti-bottled water campaign

Meghan McCain (yes, John McCain’s Republican daughter)...

Wed, 22 Jul 2009 16:09:56 -0700

Meghan McCain (yes, John McCain’s Republican daughter) speaks out for equal marriage rights and poses for the NO H8 campaign. Via AfterEllen

WWII posters modernized

Wed, 08 Jul 2009 10:30:36 -0700

WWII posters modernized

The one-of-a-kind “Julia” necklace, which is being introduced at...

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:04:40 -0700

The one-of-a-kind “Julia” necklace, which is being introduced at a couture-week party in Paris tomorrow evening, was inspired by Newson’s obsession with fractals — geometric shapes that can be subdivided into smaller versions of themselves, specifically the Julia Sets of fractals discovered by Gaston Julia in the early 1900s. Via NYT’s The Moment blog.

I can’t WAIT to see Burton’s version of this.

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 13:42:36 -0700

I can’t WAIT to see Burton’s version of this.

Hello Kitty meets Star Wars. In sticker format.

Sun, 21 Jun 2009 12:24:36 -0700

Hello Kitty meets Star Wars. In sticker format.

This was the mini-packet that Rose and Renee handed out at...

Wed, 10 Jun 2009 12:17:00 -0700

This was the mini-packet that Rose and Renee handed out at nextMEDIA: a USB key with the two episodes of Seeking Simone and their individual business cards. A number of the B2B Meet & Greet folks were VERY impressed with the slickness (and smallness) of the package.

Found this via @adlounge. Peversely, I love this ad.

Wed, 10 Jun 2009 11:57:24 -0700

Found this via @adlounge. Peversely, I love this ad.

Via lolcats

Mon, 25 May 2009 12:54:28 -0700

Via lolcats

Submission to the Dollar Redesign Project. Some interesting...

Wed, 20 May 2009 11:09:06 -0700

Submission to the Dollar Redesign Project. Some interesting ideas over there.

I think my mother would SMACK me if I showed her Facebook for...

Fri, 08 May 2009 17:53:47 -0700

I think my mother would SMACK me if I showed her Facebook for Mother’s Day.

The Carandini ladies, one of Australia’s first opera...

Sun, 12 Apr 2009 09:15:50 -0700

The Carandini ladies, one of Australia’s first opera performing families, ca. 1875 / photographer Charles Hewitt (attributed) - from the State Library of New South Wales on Flickr

Amazing paper boat pictures from Victor Eredel. Discovered via...

Sun, 29 Mar 2009 12:31:00 -0700

Amazing paper boat pictures from Victor Eredel. Discovered via Smashing Magazine.

"It seems when you give people easier ways to share information - more good things happen."

Mon, 02 Mar 2009 14:22:34 -0800

“It seems when you give people easier ways to share information - more good things happen.”

- Evan Williams from Twitter, TED Talk 2009