Thanks to CR Blog for this incredible tip: FF Chartwell allows you to actually type your charts as a font, using OpenType ligatures. This is brilliant stuff. I guarantee you I’ll be shelling out $75–$130 for Chartwell in the near future.
Now that’s a brand book. Check out the gracious and thoughtful design and copy for the Estatum Brand Identity, by Muggie Ramadani. My favorite line is, “Why Our Brand Soul Is Right And Relevant.” That, in a nutshell, is exactly what every branding material should express.
How has it been this long since I last listened to Fools, by The Dodos?
I was raised up believing I was somehow unique, but it turns out that other people really like Fleet Foxes, too! (Oh well.)
A week or two ago, I was contact by my old friend Holgrave, of The Hipster Conservative, who asked whether I would mind their site re-publishing my post, Why “Helplessness Blues” is the most important song of my generation, as part of their May issue.
I did not mind. I was pleased as punch and said yes, provided that they append a sufficiently hipster by-line. I’m not actually sure if I’m either hipster or conservative (for my general approach to politics, I recommend Baby’s a Red by House of Heroes) but I’m happy that my article was of interest to Holgrave and his readers.
So, here’s the review on their site. Thanks Holgrave, and the whole gang at THC, for the kind re-publish!
A little while ago, I hosted a brand intervention for the poorly-designed Coastal Sunbelt Produce. Since then, it’s occurred to me multiple times all of the great possibilities afforded them by such a vivid name. So, I’d like to offer the following as proof of my goodwill.
Coastal Sunbelt Produce, please take this design concept for free, and use it if you like. Just drop me a heads-up if you plan to do so, or if you need any help implementing it. A buddy of mine used to work at you, so I truly wish you nothing but the very best.
Film School Rejects just came out with a list compiled by bloggers, online critics, and a few filmmakers of The 10 Greatest Movies of All Time (According to the Internet). It’s thought-provoking in its difference from other lists you may have seen. As a bonus, it includes the lists of all those who voted, and why they made the choices they did — so if you’re looking for a good source of opinions/information on movies, skim the lists and find a critic whose tastes line up with yours, and stick with them.
(Via Screenrant)
As an added bonus, here’s an out-of-order list of my current top five movies, just so that you can see I have no taste and mock me in your secret thoughts:
Yes. Yes I am.
T-shirt design by the inimitable Kate Beaton. Some of you may wonder why I don’t have more to say about my [insert affectionate adjectives here] daughter. It’s because I’m so crazy about her that I know I would swiftly exhaust your patience if I opened that can of worms.
The point is, this shirt is hilarious.
I’m not that crazy about QR codes in general, but this is too cool. Those codes link directly to Project Gutenberg.
I mean, come on.
