The imperial palaces of Saddam Hussein converted into temporary housing for the U.S military, photographed by Richard Mosse, featured by BLDGBLOG. 5.29

"Instead of seeking clients we will selectively and respectfully pursue ‘perfect fits’ – those targeted organizations that we can best help." A Call to Arms: Twelve Proclamations of a Win Without Pitching Agency, thoughts I have long agreed with and try to always abide by in my client relationships. Via Swissmiss. 5.29

While working on a project involving information graphics, I managed to find some completely cool Nonsense Info Graphics. 5.29

Two interesting collections of photographs to browse today, from Milo Keller & Julien Gallico and also from Jan Kempenaers. 5.29

Ellen Lupton in an interesting conversation with David Barringer. 5.28

Lot of talk about Typekit today, and even more questions. 5.28

Civic-minded graphic designer? Why not hijack some lackluster handmade fliers and improve on their design a bit? Via Chris Glass. 5.28

Jorge Colombo, who I've linked up before, has done an iPhone cover illustration for this week's New Yorker. 5.28

This Also, a simple and clean photo(grapher) aggregator. 5.28

A menu design that knocks the socks off of any I've ever designed, from FOOD by Gordon Matta-Clark. 5.27

Movies in Frames tries to capture films in just four frames. 5.27

Meet the Kluge letterpress. A film about "the process of turning an ordinary piece of paper stock into work of art". 5.27

Poster design for a Vilvi e-zine with some intriguing typography. 5.27

"So I had this silly idea to isolate the backgrounds from famous Internet memes, removing all the subjects from every photo or video. I'm pretty happy with the results." 5.26

"This is my dedication to the creative team behind Pixar's movie The Incredibles. I loved the depth of the world, the buildings, the gadgets and most of all I loved the chairs." 5.26

The Kings of Africa photographed by Daniel Laine. 5.26

A Field Guide to Freeway Interchanges, and Part Two of the same. 5.26

Stanley & Marvin, a book by Brighten the Corners. Via iLT. 5.26

The Lost Tribes of New York City. 5.26

Eric Baker's latest Today collection of images features some lovely examples from the golden age of travel posters. 5.25

A look around inside The Roger Brown Study Collection in Chicago, which features many of my former professors from SAIC. I've always thought this piece by Roger Brown was a great example of what he was all about. 5.21

Aerial photographs by Alex S. MacLean. The "Going" series is fantastic. 5.21

Extreme Instability is a wealth of storm images and "cool sky situations". 5.21

Oxford University's historic Bodleian library bans stepladders after 400 years of using them, and now nobody can reach the books. 5.20

Looking through my inspiration archives, I rediscovered this TED film about Theo Jansen, the creator of kinetic creatures including the "Strandbeests" that walk the coastline of Holland. Definitely worth another viewing. 5.20

Lens, the photojournalism blog of The New York Times. 5.20

Polatype, polaroids of type. 5.19

The Creators Inn in Gothenburg has been offering free accomodation to up and coming creative types, totally free of charge. They do note, however, that "meeting up an old friend to go clubbing is (unfortunately) not a valid reason to be granted a free stay." 5.19

The new identity for the Swanswell Charitable Trust is a great example of why I admire design from the UK. 5.19

Mark Gerwing and I recently entered a farmers market competition for the Highlands neighborhood in Denver. "While adaptable for use as a market, the building is more of an open market-hall that can host art classes, shows, etc. beyond the seasonal and weekly market." 5.19

"The logos are what the film is about, they are the main ingredient.". Via FormFiftyFive. 5.18

The House Industries Alexander Girard Book is enough to make you just need to print something. Now. Just gorgeous. 5.18

All four seasons of Art21 are on Hulu. 5.18

Photographer Bryan Schutmaat. Via Human Resources. 5.18

Aegir has redrawn some really great lettering from Serbian Manuscripts. 5.17

A beautiful glimpse of an evening in Copenhagen's Tivoli Gardens. 5.16

Some lovely typography by Paul Sych, duly noted over at Grain Edit. 5.16

GOOD posts a first look at the High Line elevated public park in New York City. 5.16

Just checked out fact unchecked, misinformation for the overinformation age. 5.16

The beauty of bottle caps shows up especially well at a very large size. 5.15

"But the clock went on striking, four, five, six and he seemed part of that garden.". 5.15

An old Milanese cinema, converted into a store, offices, and a skate-bowl. 5.15

Some wonderfully creative lo-fi book covers created using only black and white, out of paper and hand-placed type. 5.15

I'm psyched to see the new Renzo Piano-designed Modern Wing of the Art Institute this summer. Here's the Trib's writeup. 5.14

Neon Boneyard closeups, a cool panorama, and an inspiring all-around photoset. 5.14

Digging this map of the Eisenhower Interstate System by Chris Yates. 5.14

Marcel Duchamp explains the readymade. Via Eyeteeth. 5.14

Photography and light painting, Paris & more. 5.14

Boagworld's Podcast #165 features JC on monetizing creativity, amongst other things. 5.13

Everything You Want, Right Now! Fabulous stuff. 5.13

So much gorgeous typography here that I'm just getting through it all. Wow. Thanks, and restraint is not necessary. 5.13

The New York Times ran an interesting piece yesterday on the car-free community of Vauban, Germany. 5.13

Luminous Lint, a great photographic resource, features some great collections of photos by E.O. Hoppé. Amerika, and Australia. 5.13

I know, I know. But you can never have too many typographic friends. Neutraface Slab. 5.12

Nice photos from Helsinki for Type Tuesday. 5.12

"Photographer Max Hamilton travelled to Beijing last year to document the construction of some of the most iconic olympic buildings and the reaction of the people of the city." 5.12

"Two minutes," he says, raising his finger. 5.12

Cool G. 5.12

Concert Set List Collection on Flickr. 5.12

A nice redesign of the Rapha website, noted by Naz. 5.11

A work in progress case study by Jon Contino, Branding Lussumo. Via FormFiftyFive. 5.11

"Internet Star @ Least 473 Years Old." A brief history of the '@' symbol. Via Cameron Moll. 5.11

Interesting portfolio work by Chris Gray. 5.11

"Note the swirling browns and pinks, the delicious marbling." A comparison of Francis Bacon with real bacon. 5.11

Subways of the world, presented on the same scale. 5.11

Handpainted lettering, bars, and Leo Beukeboom the letterschilder. Via DesignNotes. 5.10

Recording a music video for free using surveillance camera footage. 5.9

Keiko at Nordljus has posted some wonderful shots of London markets. Such a wealth of variety. Boy, do I miss that city. 5.9

RetroLogo on Flickr. So nice. Via Draplin. 5.8

Venn diagrams by Frank Chimero. 5.8

GOOD reports on the Sakirin Mosque in Istanbul, the first one in the country to be designed by a woman, designer Zeynep Fadıllıoğlu. 5.8

Some great projects and artwork by Daniel Eatock. Via It's Nice That. 5.7

The only plan is to learn as you go. Good advice from Matt at 37s. 5.7

Invasion of the Neutered Sprites. They're everywhere. 5.7

Never Sleep, a book about the transition from design student to professional designer. 5.7

Nice naming and website work for Convert by the Swissmiss studio and Aldenta. 5.6

Related to the last, ISO50 chimes in with a post entitled The Golden Ratio: Myth or Magic?. 5.6

What's Golden. Jason Santa Maria thinks about the golden section and designing for the web. 5.6

Tons of new lists have just been added to the Gallery of Found Lists, including the frequently requested Thanksgiving Email Part 1 and Thanksgiving Email Part 2. 5.5

Design Smoke is an online show searching out innovators in the worlds of Design, Culture and Invention. 5.5

On the Cinco de Mayo, revisit the ~ 5 ~ photo pool and this nice set of fives. 5.5

"What better dichotomy than a web-based blog for print only?" UnderConsideration's new blog FPO (For Print Only). 5.4

Interiors covers from the 1950's. Incredibly gorgeous. Via So. 5.4

Megalopolis Shanghai is a photo project by father and son Horst and Daniel Zielske, that focuses on the city as urban landscape. 5.4

LOT-EK has a lot of terrific work, not to mention a great set of photo collections that populate the website while you browse. 5.4

The Rare Book Room. Via TypeNeu. 5.4

"For those of us who still believe in a paper trail, TMN’s readers and writers present their favorites in the world of print." 5.2

Friday's Layer Tennis match featured two of my favourite players, Aaron Draplin versus Chris Glass. Icing on the cake was commentary by Dave Cuzner. It was a good one — check it out. 5.2

Nice rebrand for Little, Brown and Company. 5.1

Typography Photography at Gentle Pure Space. 5.1

Life in a block of flats: Suburban Slovakia. 5.1

Jill Sylvia uses ledger paper as a material for her art. 5.1

MUTO is a fairly amazing piece of stop action film made by BLU, a graffiti street artist. Via picocool. 5.1