The letter Q is the proud purveyor of this week’s edition of Quipsologies.
Michael B. tackles a taboo topic among design blogs: writing about stuff that doesn’t relate directly to design.
One city’s garbage is another man’s art.
50-year-old Miffy, the rabbit, will get a museum exhibit, and so will his creator, Dick Bruna. “With a permanent collection of his work, Bruna takes his place alongside other Dutch masters, Rembrandt, Mondriaan and Van Gogh”. [Thanks to John Stephenson for the link]
The Cooper-Hewitt is putting a $2 Million gift to good use by envisioning a future web site for the museum where users can curate their own shows online. Flickr is, of course, mentioned as a source of inspiration. San Francisco-based Method is leading the charge for the museum. [Via Coudal]
Jason Fried of 37 Signals and Jim Coudal of Coudal Partners deliver the opening remarks at SXSW: less is more, curious is better. Download the MP3. More SXSW podcasts here.
Video game fans, rejoice at this jaw-dropping collection.
When Typography Attacks II: Cleavage Edition. [Clusterlinked back to Gizmodo]
Chromeography: Admiration of the metal logos and lettering affixed to mid-century automobiles and appliances. [Via Coudal]
Martha does it again. Will it stick?
Unusual cards by Francesca Berrini. [Via Sam Potts]
The streets come alive! An in-depth look at those wacky sidewalk illustrations.
Opening soon — Modernism: Designing a New World 1914-1939 at the V&A.
Sometimes you just don’t wanna know The Truth about the Billable Hour. (gee thanks Plep, now I’m depressed)
A well-designed diagram that shows where your tax dollars go. (gee thanks Boing Boing, now I’m even more depressed)
The war in Iraq is now three years old and Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) is reforming on campuses across the country. Their proposed sticker and flyer may not look as nice as P. Diddy’s or Howard Stern’s clenched fists, but they’re a welcome return to the image’s roots.
Brown University Library’s Center for Digitial Initiatives has an impressive online collection of the SDS-affiliated publication Radical America.
La poésie est dans la rue and while there have been sightings of Atelier Populaire posters from 1968, I suspect such reports are either wishful thinking or perhaps misidentification of look-alike slogans.
While searching the web for current manifestations of Atelier Populaire posters, I came across this groovy 2001 image from Quebec Indymedia (“Media is watching. Sleep citizens.”).
On the twilight of film photography. (via 2 Blowhards)
On Hand-drawn lettering & experimental typography.
A friend claims that whenever you walk into an art gallery, you see either “doodles” or “porn”. Perhaps these would be considered refined doodles.
Who says nudity doesn’t pay?
Who says you can’t read in the dark?
There are more Hip-Hop flyers in the world than dreamt of in your philosophy.
Comic critique through medical criteria.
Copyright critique through comics.
Jerry Lewis’ comic adventures (Happy 80th, you Legion Commander).
Hey Armin — no mention of Quipsologies' one-year anniversary?
On Mar.20.2006 at 12:19 PM