Loaded Questions

Feb 25

TypoFlat -

Rad free typefaces, courtesy of designer Branislav S. Cirkovic

Feb 23

CODEORGAN -

Turn your website into music

The ingredients in your Ham & Cheese Hot Pocket.
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The ingredients in your Ham & Cheese Hot Pocket.

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Feb 22

Flaunt by Under Consideration -

“Through more than forty case studies, nearly twenty interviews with experienced professionals, and a series of (nonscientific) surveys, Flaunt is a resource for design students as well as young, experienced, freelance, and independent designers. It explains how one can find a way to cohesively, succinctly and creatively showcase their work through an accessible, effective, and creative portfolio. Flaunt showcases a variety of alternatives through a selection of portfolios that represent both the most common approaches as well as some offbeat executions. Hopefully, this book will help ease the anxiety and burden of creating a portfolio—and, perhaps, even help demystify the process of putting it together, along with the expectations of presenting it.”

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Don't overcrowd the narrative. Characters should be individualised, but functional – like figures in a painting. Think of Hieronymus Bosch's Christ Mocked, in which a patiently suffering Jesus is closely surrounded by four threatening men. Each of the characters is unique, and yet each represents a type; and collectively they form a narrative that is all the more powerful for being so tightly and so economically constructed. -

The Guardian collects notable writers talking about their 10 rules for writing. Usually I hate this sort of thing. But some of them are very, very good.

Feb 18

Shady URL

Waxy’s round-up of Oscar movie piracy

Waxy’s round-up of Oscar movie piracy

Slum TV -

“Created by artists from Africa and Europe, Slum TV’s mission was to develop a television network that was about slum culture and was also produced by its inhabitants. In four years, it has managed to sustain itself and create jobs for 16 to 20 people in Kenya.”

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Feb 17

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In a monthly view of U.S. Internet activity for top parent companies and web brands, The Nielsen Company found that the average time users spend using Facebook per month grew nearly 10%, topping seven hours