18th
April
2003
“It’s been noted as intriguing, addicting, and even a bit unnerving… The Retail Alphabet Game is one part puzzle, one part self assessment, and a pinch of postmodern art. When you select one of the editions to the left to play the Game, you will be presented with 26 alphabet letterforms, extracted from product and corporate logos within the United States. Your job is to figure out the source of each.”
posted in Branding | Permalink |
18th
April
2003
“This paper originiated in some training sessions for volunteers who teach religious education classes in Britain… Because I can draw, I was also asked to help facilitate one of the workshop sessions on classroom activities. This led to a request for me to prepare some more organised notes about ‘how to draw better.’ ‘But I can’t draw!’ is the result — a 12-page paper with a score of illustrations, drawing heavily (if you’ll excuse the pun) on my own experiences as a self-taught illustrator…”
posted in Illustration | Permalink |
18th
April
2003
“This website represents my attempt at cataloging every skateboard graphic ever made. As you will no doubt see, I could use some help in achieving this somewhat unrealistic goal, so any assistance would be appreciated.”
posted in Illustration | Permalink |
18th
April
2003
“Listening to the call of newspaper designers, we’ve created a place on our site where you can get information about our newspaper services and specimens anytime.”
posted in Journalism | Permalink |
18th
April
2003
“It’s been noted as intriguing, addicting, and even a bit unnerving… The Retail Alphabet Game is one part puzzle, one part self assessment, and a pinch of postmodern art. When you select one of the editions to the left to play the Game, you will be presented with 26 alphabet letterforms, extracted from product and corporate logos within the United States. Your job is to figure out the source of each.”
posted in Typography | Permalink |
18th
April
2003
“Listening to the call of newspaper designers, we’ve created a place on our site where you can get information about our newspaper services and specimens anytime.”
posted in Typography | Permalink |
18th
April
2003
“This paper originiated in some training sessions for volunteers who teach religious education classes in Britain… Because I can draw, I was also asked to help facilitate one of the workshop sessions on classroom activities. This led to a request for me to prepare some more organised notes about ‘how to draw better.’ ‘But I can’t draw!’ is the result — a 12-page paper with a score of illustrations, drawing heavily (if you’ll excuse the pun) on my own experiences as a self-taught illustrator…”
posted in Visual thinking | Permalink |
18th
April
2003
“WAVA is an archive resource for people interested in the anthropology of visual communication. It features out-of-print and unpublished materials useful for teaching and research. We have secured permission to place works on the web so that interested parties can download and use them.”
posted in Visual thinking | Permalink |
18th
April
2003
“Navigation is the section of the page that controls what appears in this content area. The beauty of this is that the page content is malleable. The architecture is not, and should represent a strong, extensible foundation that will last at least ten years. It’s like building out floors in an office building. You can change the functionality of the floors as needed without changing the structure of the building.”
posted in Web design | Permalink |
16th
April
2003
“These charts detail browser support for the CSS1 specification as well as portions of CSS2. The material focuses on browsers with versions released in 2000 and later, although there is an historical (pre-2000) CSS1 support chart also available. These references are intended to help you determine which properties and values are supported or not in each browser. They are not meant to the definitive references for the full behavior of these properties or values, nor can they capture all of the nuances of partial support (where it exists).”
posted in CSS | Permalink |
16th
April
2003
“The growth of the online publishing industry has created a thicket of ethical and professional questions for journalists. Has the line between advertising and editorial content been blurred at some Web sites? Will partnerships and affiliations with non-media corporations influence coverage of the news? How should an online publication handle links to other sites on the Web?”
posted in Journalism | Permalink |
16th
April
2003
“If you are like me, you’ve seen a map of Baghdad on television a lot in the last few days. The scale of the map may be hard to grasp, so I’ve created these city size comparison pages. Both maps below are 9 miles long and 9 miles across. If you are familiar with the size of this section of Los Angeles, this should help you visualize the size of Baghdad. This may be useful if you are trying to envision driving through, searching or invading Baghdad, but you’ve never actually been there.”
posted in Mapping | Permalink |
16th
April
2003
“At his Marietta UPS Store (formerly Mail Boxes Etc.), owner John Kelly files away originals he finds on the glass: Land deeds, passports, contracts. One morning after opening, he found a risque photograph of a couple — not one for his archive. ‘I thought, ‘Omigosh,’ and shredded it,’ Kelly said.”
posted in Old media | Permalink |
16th
April
2003
“If you are like me, you’ve seen a map of Baghdad on television a lot in the last few days. The scale of the map may be hard to grasp, so I’ve created these city size comparison pages. Both maps below are 9 miles long and 9 miles across. If you are familiar with the size of this section of Los Angeles, this should help you visualize the size of Baghdad. This may be useful if you are trying to envision driving through, searching or invading Baghdad, but you’ve never actually been there.”
posted in Politics | Permalink |
16th
April
2003
“Need specific information fast? We’ve created a set of shortcut keywords that display what you want at the top of your search results page.”
posted in Searching | Permalink |