Lettercase social font manager

Lettercase, the first ‘social font manager’. Currently invite-only and from the looks of things still in development, but worth keeping an eye on.

A new global visual language for the BBC’s digital services

BBC Internet Blog: A new global visual language for the BBC’s digital services. Explains how the BBC unified its visual website style by underpinning its many sites with a grid, the consistent use of colour & icons, and a universal media player. I didn’t know that the Beeb’s styleguide was created by Neville Brody!

The Graphic Design of Al Qaeda

Rendering Fear: The Graphic Design of Al Qaeda

Chicken vs. Penguin

Chicken vs. Penguin – cute 2 minute short film by Marko Slavnic which won 1st prize ($100,000) in the Nikon USA ‘Nikon Festival’ competition.

Wildlife photographer of the year stripped of his award

Wildlife photographer of the year stripped of his award | The Guardian. I remember being blown away when I first saw this image ? it’s an astounding capture ? and thought it rightfully deserved to win the Natural History Museum’s 2009 prize. Unfortunately, though, it appears that the photographer, rather than camping out for months in the wild, instead cheated and hired a tame wolf. Oh!

Death Penalty Infographic

Death Row – an infographic detailing where the death penalty is still in use around the world, and where it has been abolished. (hat tip Reprieve)

Chroma: Design, Architecture and Art in Color

Book Review – Chroma: Design, Architecture and Art in Color – we make money not art.

Best American Magazine Covers 2009

ASME ? 2009 Best Cover Winners and Finalists.

How to Say: Van Gogh

How to Say: Van Gogh by the BBC Pronunciation Unit.

The Secret History of Typography in the Oxford English Dictionary

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Citing usage from 1949, the OED calls this mark the dog?s bollocks, which it defines as, ?typogr. a colon followed by a dash, regarded as forming a shape resembling the male sexual organs.? This is why I love scrounging around the linguistic scrap heap that is the OED. I always come across a little gold. And by ?gold,? I mean, ?vulgar, 60-year-old emoticons.?

The Secret History of Typography in the Oxford English Dictionary ? The Bygone Bureau