23 posts tagged “design”

If it's January, it must be time for the Feltron annual report.

I love these so much; this is the third year I've seen this and I'm very grateful that Nicholas Feltron takes the time to produce them. Which means I get to find out that in 2008 he had three subway mishaps, one Michael J Fox sighting, one fig, mint and tequila cocktail, and read all or part of fourteen books.

(via information aesthetics)

New tool Wordle delivers exactly what it promises - beautiful word clouds. Use text, a URL or a del.icio.us user name to create a cloud. This is my del.icio.us tag cloud:

Wordle

(via information aesthetics)

I have long held the belief that being outdoors is good for the soul. It explains why I feel so happy in a garden, on the beach, in the sea, or when we go camping (notwithstanding horse harassment). It's also why I don't feel so good at this time of year, when it gets dark so very early and most of my time is spent inside, often in a climate-controlled, windows-sealed, hot and dry office.

So how badly do I want one of these?

Sensory lamp

It's that time of year again... check out the 2007 Feltron Annual Report.

Feltron

So that's one burglar confronted, 4.7 days on planes, 77lbs of magazines received, 67 slices of pizza eaten and 2 meteorites purchased.

I don't know how I could possibly have not known about this, but Lifehacker alerted me to the existence of everystockphoto. The images on the site are stock or Creative Commons-licensed so you are free to use them on your blog or in presentations. If you sign up for (free) membership you can rate, tag, collect and comment on photos, but if you're just passing you can carry out a quick search for photos. Pretty great, huh?

Update: Also recommended, Wikimedia Commons, a treasure trove of free-to-use media
(via Jessamyn)

Are you in the mood for some random fun? I'll let Patrick explain as he does it better than I can:

There’s a tagging meme going round where you design your own CD album cover using randomly generated elements for title, band name and cover image drawn from Quotationspage.com, Wikipedia, and Flickr.

Here’s how it works:

You have to create a CD Cover for the first release of your band. Obviously you need a band and a title, so this is how you go about it……

Go here. The first article title on the page is the name of your band.
Go here. The last four words of the very last quote is the title of your album.
Go here. The third picture, no matter what it is, will be your album cover."

I couldn't resist, and ended up with this...

Speedball cover

If I spoke Russian I could find out exactly how to buy my own personal moon. I don't, so will have to content myself with looking at the pictures instead:

Buy-your-own-moon

Ooh. Now. I have previously had my doubts about the strange crossover area between books, reading and chairs. But these might just change my mind.

Would I prefer chair-as-bookshelf:

Nobody&co-bibliochaise

Or will it be chair-as-mobile-bookcase-lamp-and-secret-compartment:

Bookinist-in-home

I think it has to be the Bookinist. It might just be love.

(via librarian.net)

Over at Wellington Grey... a Periodic Table of the Internet. Go on, wander over and have a look. Full of good stuff, and if you don't like the aformentioned periodic table, then you might like this:

Photocopier

(via Londonist)

Some people, when they pass a dirty car, think "That reminds me, my car's filthy, must wash it...". Others feel compelled to scrawl something in the grime. And then there's Scott Wade, who does this:

Dirtycarart