A root cellar on Change Islands, Newfoundland. There is another one here.
A bunch of design links today.
Absolutely stunning covers of eight Penguin Classics developed in partnership with AIDS awareness fund (RED).
Three posters developed for a waxing salon. The funny thing is that when a friend originally posted these on her facebook page I did not clue in that there is more to that particular choice of animals…. My mind just does not work in dirty ways. Sorry.
An interesting blog about design from Australia.
Top ten in custom letters for 2009.
Work of Croatian designer Vladimir Končar.
And Thinking for a Living is a site/magazine about all sorts of things. Check out the different sections on top of the page. Navigation takes a bit of getting used to, but then it seems like the most natural thing in the world.
Croatian word of the day: slovo letter
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Wood Island residents arriving for their annual church service. The permanent settlement on the island was abandoned in the 1950s.
A few links today:
Check out these collections of Soviet book jackets and Slavic posters (h/t Quipsology).
I recently came upon a link to van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam and the fabulous collection of the artist’s letters presented in the original Dutch, in English translation or as the actual facsimiles, which include drawings and doodles…
Speaking of design, Milton Glaser has a blog as well as this fun video where he draws Shakespeare and lectures at the same time. There is never a moment of hesitation in his drawing.
Last weekend I managed to see a movie – which really is an accomplishment these days. I have to say Gary Hustwit’s Helvetica was fabulous. Now, I would say that because I do love Helvetica. Although, I don’t love it quite as much as the guy who has this particular Helvetica tattoo.
Croatian word of the day: slovo letter
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This is a photo of Judy Powell, CEO of Metrobus in St. John’s. The portrait was originally made for the alumni magazine, but was actually not used in this issue. This is the one I liked, but the other one was easier to write a headline to.
On to interesting links: A fabulous site featuring an archive of book cover designs. I really like the simplicity of the site design and might actually use some of its elements as the basis for my own site which I am trying to rebuild at the moment.
Here is a quick history of visual communication – quite useful actually.
For all those into multimedia, the Globe has recently published a rather good piece on the financial meltdown of 2008.
And on a more personal note, I just submitted my application to the school of graduate studies here at Memorial. We’ll keep you updated how that goes.
Croatian word of the day: pohlepa greed [indoo stree ya]
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