29th
August
2002
“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).”
posted in Advertising | Permalink |
29th
August
2002
“The Shinola Awards are produced by A Hundred Monkeys, a naming and branding company in Sausalito, California.” Includes a very funny weblog.
posted in Branding | Permalink |
29th
August
2002
“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.”
posted in Et cetera | Permalink |
29th
August
2002
“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.”
posted in Graphic design | Permalink |
29th
August
2002
“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.”
posted in History | Permalink |
29th
August
2002
“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).”
posted in Illustration | Permalink |
29th
August
2002
“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.”
posted in Interaction design | Permalink |
29th
August
2002
“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.”
posted in Journalism | Permalink |
29th
August
2002
“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.”
posted in Old media | Permalink |