“The Domestic Mail Manual (DMM), revised and published periodically, contains the standards of the U.S. Postal Service governing domestic mail services. This short overview will help you better understand the organization, numbering system, and design of the Domestic Mail Manual.”

“Paper of Record is an historical archive of full-page newspaper images that you can search for unique coverage of past events. The archive is created from newspaper collections on microfilm, preserving the original format of the paper, but saving you hours, even days, of research time. Now, you don’t have to scroll manually through reel after reel of film to unfold history, page by page.”

“Good article in Cre@te Online… It’s an interview with Bill Moggridge of IDEO — genuine design legend, and the man who coined the phrase ‘interaction design’ …Moggridge noted that the aesthetics recede as behaviour becomes more important — that behaviour is the aspect people actually engage with.”

“EphemeraNow.com is a Web site dedicated to the advertising and illustration art of mid-century America. In addition to offering images for your viewing pleasure, we sell high-quality scans of color illustrations in the public domain, for print, broadcast and Web use, as well as a limited selection of original ads snipped from vintage periodicals (Coke).”

“Paper of Record is an historical archive of full-page newspaper images that you can search for unique coverage of past events. The archive is created from newspaper collections on microfilm, preserving the original format of the paper, but saving you hours, even days, of research time. Now, you don’t have to scroll manually through reel after reel of film to unfold history, page by page.”

“Good article in Cre@te Online… It’s an interview with Bill Moggridge of IDEO — genuine design legend, and the man who coined the phrase ‘interaction design’ …Moggridge noted that the aesthetics recede as behaviour becomes more important — that behaviour is the aspect people actually engage with.”

“postcardX is about exposing a part of yourself to a random person somewhere out there in the ether. you can send a postcard with your latest poem or life instance. send a dried flower you found on a walk the evening before. send a box full of trinkets found from your childhood. send that book you just finished. send a mix CD or tape of your music. send that painting that took you 40 hours to a stranger along with a packet of your favorite tea. send a secret.”

“The Shinola Awards are produced by A Hundred Monkeys, a naming and branding company in Sausalito, California.” Includes a very funny weblog.

“EphemeraNow.com is a Web site dedicated to the advertising and illustration art of mid-century America. In addition to offering images for your viewing pleasure, we sell high-quality scans of color illustrations in the public domain, for print, broadcast and Web use, as well as a limited selection of original ads snipped from vintage periodicals (Coke).”

“Letterhead Fonts specializes in creating vintage, turn of the century fonts. Victorian, Sign Painter Styles, Calligraphy, Atkinson, Strong, Henderson. Free downloads available.”

“Theory, application and design of signage systems. Directional graphics for interior and exterior architural and open public spaces. As icons and navigational aids for graphical user interfaces.”

A Conversation with Will Wright by Celia Pearce: “Well, actually, the way to put it is that I’m trying to build the maximum possibility space in your head, not on the computer. (Laughter.) Okay. Because the possibility space on the computer is just a huge pile of numbers, but as far as you’re concerned that pile of numbers is the same as another pile of numbers…”

“To prevent the infographic artists from getting bored somebody invented the web… But we still think like we do work for printed papers. I won’t suggest that we should concentrate on entertainment, but there’s a lot we can learn from game-design.”

“Click DESIGN STORE for design-oriented tools such as design books, desktop publishing program templates, and clip art. Click RESOURCES for Chuck Green’s large list of links for graphic designers, art directors, and design students. Click PRODUCTION for detailed articles about how to use fonts and typefaces, how to find and work with a commercial printer, how-to find and use clip art, how to create a brand, and how-to market a small business…”

A Conversation with Will Wright by Celia Pearce: “Well, actually, the way to put it is that I’m trying to build the maximum possibility space in your head, not on the computer. (Laughter.) Okay. Because the possibility space on the computer is just a huge pile of numbers, but as far as you’re concerned that pile of numbers is the same as another pile of numbers…”