Beautiful endings for the end of the year. 12.31
The sea organ is a musical instrument played by the sea. 12.29
A look at fonts and the web. 12.29
Having this in the living room might almost make up for not living in a loft anymore. Almost. 12.27
Cult of Mac reports on using your iPhone as a tour guide to Florence. 12.27
iLT's favourite typefaces of 2008 includes quite a few of my faves, too. 12.26
Dan Cedarholm points us to the video of Zeldman's AIGA talk, Understanding Web Design. 12.26
My copy of Identity 2.0 is on the way. Design Work Plan has a review. 12.26
Charles Eames celebrates Christmas. 12.25
Wishing you peace and joy. 12.24
Snowzilla is back. 12.24
Fountain launches its new website, new OpenType library, and four new typefaces. 12.22
Thank You For Throwing Your Shoe. "We don't condone shoe throwing, but we prefer it to war." 12.22
A clock of 1,035 logos for identity designers, created for a Visual Communications Design project. 12.22
Of local note, tonight is the opening of Eco Modern: Green Design from the University of Colorado here in downtown Boulder. 12.19
Prints on found materials by Lovely Minneapolis. Via Gentle Pure Space. 12.19
Incredible combination of textile work and map imagery by Leah Evans. 12.18
Lovely Package has some great inspiration for your next project. 12.16
An interview with type designer and typographic illustrator Seb Lester. 12.16
CR looks into The Slightly Uncomfortable Chair Collection, a great method for keeping meetings brief and efficient. 12.15
Also from Uppercase, Lettermix assortment of woodtype lettering. 12.15
Portraits of typewriters. 12.15
A children's book for adults illustrated entirely with type. 12.15
Drop Caps. 12.15
Highlights of the Obama logo design process, and the two part interview of Sol Sender. Many thanks to Brand New. 12.15
Sweet collection of images over at the Cheeta Fight Image Library. Thanks yet again to the DDC. 12.15
Today's inspiration from Eric Baker. 12.13
Giant Robot's show of Post-It artwork opens this weekend in LA. Check it out. 12.12
Somehow missed this news bulletin: Norman Foster and Zaha Hadid have been asked to redesign Mecca. Wow. 12.10
The White Fruit radio, made of sycamore and lacking any knobs or buttons. 12.12
London Shop Fronts, via DO. 12.11
This has been a particularly good year for great typeface design over at FontShop. 12.11
The Grid System is a resource to inspire and educate designers about using grid systems. Via Jason Santa Maria. 12.10
A technique to create your own bokeh with custom shapes. 12.10
Quality Vintage, a great collection of signs and lettering. Via the DDC. 12.7
David Airey shares his logo design process for client Ecometrica. 12.6
The collage work of Bill Zindel at Wicked Cobra. 12.5
Cameron Moll's newest letterpress poster designed with type characters will be available soon. 12.5
2009's favourite color will appropriately be Mimosa, a color of hope and optimism. 12.4
"If Obama's logo were ugly would he still have won?" Many questions are being asked of Questionable Characters Ben Barry and Frank Chimero. 12.4
Ilias Fotopolous' Listen and Record wallpaper tells a story in braille. Brilliant. 12.4
Mercury Advertising will sled for 24 hours straight to raise money for the Gallatin Valley Land Trust. Sounds all good to me. 12.4
H&FJ gives long-overdue props to Henric Pieterszoon Lettersnijder and his Great Primer Uncials. 12.4
There's been a lot of discussion about the new Denver Nuggets logo lately. I'll go ahead and agree with Aaron Draplin that the mountains are just great, and I'd love to see that take over as the main mark, as these things do sometimes. 12.3
Nice roundup of various logo design processes. 12.2
Another nice photoset from Maraid, her images of photo, film and sound ephemera. 12.11
24 Ways is an advent calendar for web geeks. 12.1
Stunning art made from barrels project from Johnson Banks. Via the Ministry. 12.1
The Favorite Book Covers of 2008 from the Book Design Review. So great. 12.1