May 24th, 2008
Graphic Content
Since I should be working on the layout of Jazz Notes right now, but instead I’m goofing off, let me at least pay tribute to graphic design through some blog linkages I’ve been sitting on for a few days…
A Day in Brands
In an interesting twist on consumerist culture, Dear Jane Sample maps out a “typical Friday” entirely through the logos of products Jane interacts with (well, almost entirely). It’s clever, fascinating, and highly revealing. I don’t think I’ve ever had a Friday evening quite like that, but hey, more power to Jane. [found via Brand New]
R.I.P., Everything
Richard Watson, author of Future Files: A History of the Next 50 Years, created this extinction timeline for the years 1950-2050 [PDF]. Some entries are serious (Great Barrier Reef, extinct in 2030), others more tongue-in-cheek (Rocky films, 2032). It’s disappointing to think that we might have to deal with Paris Hilton for another 15 years before she finally falls into well-deserved obscurity, but at least we’re pretty much done with “mending things” ... oh, wait, that’s not a positive, is it? [found via DO]
Hosuton, I Think We Have a Cliché
My wife and I have a running dialogue going about trends in book cover design, which will have to be the subject of another post. But that conversation made this collection of book and movie between-the-leg shots even funnier. It is, as one of the pulp covers says, “Sweet Agony”. [found via DO]
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