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Apple’s Ringtone Dilemma
Excellent commentary on the current Apple iPhone ringtone debacle at Alistair’s Place.
MyFonts Creative Characters #3
MyFonts interviews David Berlow, co-founder of the Font Bureau.
(Via Quipsologies)
Dave Shea’s Chalkwork Icons
The latest addition to the gorgeous Chalkwork icon family:
Chalkworks Information Management
Ringo Deathstarr
Simon, who’s a friend from way back, runs an MP3 blog you may have heard of called Spoilt Victorian Child. He’s also got a little record label, aptly titled SVC Records. Today he released Ringo Deathstarr’s debut EP and it’s bloody brilliant. Here’s a sample track:
Sweet Girl (MP3, 3.3MB)
Eco-friendly wetsuits
Patagonia’s Regulator (see Ali Mills’s comments) and a review of Body Glove’s Bio Stretch.
The Art of Money
The Ministry of Type: the Art of Money
Firmware hack unlocks features on Canon cameras
If you’ve got a recent Canon digital compact, this DIGIC II firmware hack may be of interest. It unlocks several hidden features, such as support for RAW, a live histogram and a DoF calculator, and is “hot loaded” so there shouldn’t be any danger to your camera.
(Via Engadget)
The Decline and Fall of the Ligature
“I Love Typography” covers the Decline and Fall of the Ligature.
Simpsonize Me!
Simpsonize Me: clever stuff, you feed the site a passport-like photo and it uses face-recognition technology to match cartoon elements, converting you into a Simpsons character. It works remarkably well!
The website was conceived by Equity Marketing (LA) for Crispin Porter + Bogusky — previously responsible for the Subservient Chicken — and their client, Burger King. It was created by Cortona and uses face-recognition technology from BetaFace.
(via Creative Review)
Linked List
Lettercase, the first ‘social font manager’. Currently invite-only and from the looks of things still in development, but worth keeping an eye on.
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!
Rendering Fear: The Graphic Design of Al Qaeda
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 | 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 Row – an infographic detailing where the death penalty is still in use around the world, and where it has been abolished. (hat tip Reprieve)
Book Review – Chroma: Design, Architecture and Art in Color – we make money not art.
ASME – 2009 Best Cover Winners and Finalists.
Better than me
friends
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