Archive for the ‘Design’ Category

“Everything you need to know about fast food” infographic

Sunday, June 27th, 2010

This Fast Food Infographic is awful old in Internet years/time.  Nevertheless. . . [via I am Bored]

Typographic Visualizations of Music Lyrics

Friday, June 4th, 2010

Designer Mico Toledo puts various chin-stroking song lyrics in visual form with his weekly project "Music Philosophy." [via Flavorwire]

Brian Alfred

Thursday, February 4th, 2010

Pleasant, thoughtful mix of stop-motion like type stuff, "live action" and animation from visual artist Brian Alfred with a soundtrack heavy on sound design including Columbia, Missouri's own Jon Sheffield. So why no HD version?

Ask me about my Zombie plan

Friday, January 29th, 2010

Crap. Really do need a Tumblr blog for this sort of stuff -- like all posts here today so far. Especially for the error fetish. But pictured is a $16.95 Ask Me About My Zombie Plan Shirt from Rooster Teeth.com.  Buy it from them here.

Turn black metal guitarist into toy

Friday, January 22nd, 2010

UPDATE: Now available to Pre-Order! Never has this webspace solicited votes for anything.  That changes immediately. Above the text, black metal guitar god Olaf Thundarsson beckons you to immortalize him in an action figure toy.  Olaf -- the brainchild of my pal Phil Balsman, aka Ballsy Balsman -- needs more votes before embarking on ...

BumpTop: 3D Mac Desktop

Wednesday, January 20th, 2010

BumpTop -- a Mac program that converts your drab desktop from 2D into 3D --  looks interesting enough to try. Tech Startups brings a "hands-on" review and opines.

Crayola Chronology Visualized

Monday, January 18th, 2010

As sort of a half-ass ode to bygone days of colleague Crayola obsession -- yielding an Internet Explorer toolbar name [GoldenRod] and an affectionate company clique known as "Grandpa B and the Goldenrod 5" --  I share this visual crayon chronology from Weather Sealed, basically showing the number of Crayola ...

Infographs everywhere

Tuesday, January 12th, 2010

Nate Broughton is right.  Infographics on the interwebs are now ubiquitous. Here's a recent favorite from GigaOm concerning the economy of iPhone applications:

The Third & The Seventh

Wednesday, January 6th, 2010

The Third & The Seventh from Alex Roman on Vimeo. Slow moving but breathtakingly gorgeous.  HD, fullscreen it. Full CG architecture and nature never looked more, um, (vibrantly) natural; although while gradually seeping into the surreal. To delve into this further, visit The Third & The Seventh site and view the shorter Compositing ...

Jeremy Mayer’s Typewriter sculpture

Wednesday, October 28th, 2009

Jeremy Mayer assembles humanoid sculptures using only typewriter parts, fitting them together without any glue or welding. (via Laughing Squid)