The Bug, the Worm and the Death Star. Nicknames for logos. 6.30

"The materials are left raw and alive, with little authentic rust at the joints and the marks from hand tools that were used in the assembly process." I love the KOZO lamps. 6.30

The Montpellier session, light writing by BSL. 6.30

A lovely photographic alphabet. 6.30

The Groenhoven Estate in Belgium, the first "eco-castle" in Europe. 6.29

Shawn Rocco, 37, is a professional photographer. He shoots a Motorola E815. Yes, that’s a cellphone. 6.29

A house made of reutilized materials from Boston's Big Dig. Via C-Monster. 6.29

A fluctuating identity system for Namics, based on an everchanging wordmark set in… Arial. 6.27

"Celebrating Twitter and our favorite error page cetacean." A fan club for The Fail Whale. 6.26

Wine for the Confused. 6.26

Photo: Niagara Falls, 1840. How academics found the first photograph to be taken in Canada. 6.25

What Was Next in typographic history, according to H&FJ in late 2007. Listen to the audio of their talk. 6.25

"Trouble in Paradise" is an installation piece that adds civilization’s litter—old cars, broken signs, and bathroom sinks—to six otherwise idyllic animal enclosures at the Schönbrunn Zoo in Vienna. 6.25

Weegee: "You can't be a Nice Nellie and do photography." 6.24

Some interesting photography by Recovering Lazyholic. Via Uppercase. 6.24

12 primitive B-movie-style robots. 6.24

Brand New takes a look at the new Firefox icon and its design process. 6.23

Historyshots, informational graphics that tell stories about subjects, time periods and events, is a good browse. 6.23

Duchamp Reloaded, a project by Ji Lee. Via Swissmiss. 6.23

National Geographic, whose photographers began using Kodachrome in the 1930s, described the film as "a photographic medium that changed the way we document the world." Kodakchrome celebrated, terminated. 6.23

Krzysztof Wodiczko's projection in the Polish Pavilion at the 53rd Venice Art Biennial. 6.19

Skateboard culture in furniture form. 6.19

SXSeventy is the Polaroid photography of Grant Hamilton. 6.19

Video of Julien Breton creating virtual calligraphy on a side of a building. 6.18

Newsha Tavakolian is a 28-year-old Iranian photographer who has found herself in the middle of the uproar dividing her country. She describes the scene in her own words.. 6.18

"You must never allow a client to decide how many design concepts are appropriate …because design is not a process whereby you see just how many darts you can fit into your hand in hopes that one of them accidentally hits the bullseye. Beautiful accidents can happen, but accident is not the basis for design excellence". 6.18

Some really superb work from Nate Williams. 6.17

Wonderful images from Corporate Diversity, Swiss Graphic Design and Advertising by Geigy. 6.17

Retinart with a collection of cover designs for George Orwell's 1984, including one of their own design. Via Pica + Pixel. 6.16

"Do I love books or do I love reading? I decided to read Little Dorrit four ways: paperback, audiobook, Kindle, and iPhone." 6.16

Film footage of bike tricks, 1899 style, filmed, if not performed, by Thomas Edison. 6.16

"It was on an average Wednesday that a very serious Israeli newspaper conducted a very wild experiment. For one day, Haaretz editor-in-chief Dov Alfon sent most of his staff reporters home and sent 31 of Israel’s finest authors and poets to cover the day’s news." Authors, Poets Write the News. Fantastic. 6.15

Letters written with milk suspended in air. Via Cameron Moll. 6.15

The Ministry of Type with an interesting look at The Royal Mail's insignia, which also directs us to a Flickr group of Postboxes by Postcode Area. Great stuff. 6.15

Matt Dent’s reverse design for UK coinage wins one of four black pencils. 6.15

Following up on my post of June 1, here's more information about Photo-Lettering. Via Chris Glass. 6.14

This should really simplify things around here. The Instant Oval Logo Maker. 6.12

"There are other images taken on the beaches of Normandy that are almost entirely unknown. Rarely seen, they speak to another side of war." Another Side of War: The Photographs of Manuel Bromberg. 6.12

My Day on a Plate: Jacques Pépin. Via SO. 6.12

Coast Modern, a documentary that will take you on a journey through three generations of modern architecture on the West Coast of North America. Here's the trailer. 6.11

Wikipedia in Book Form. 6.11

One dress, 365 days: The Uniform Project. 6.11

The Learn List, a great resource for application books and tutorials. 6.11

When the future is dark and typographically grim, we can turn to The Apostrophe Protection Society. 6.10

So great to see how this turned out: Walking on Top of the High Line. 6.10

Bazaars on Photography Served. Gorgeous. 6.10

Frank Zappa playing the bicycle on The Steve Allen Show in 1965. 6.10

Having come up with A Terrifically Bad Idea, Elisha Cooper hits 10 cafés for 10 macchiatos in 1 morning. 6.9

Great map linkage. 12 of the worlds most fascinating tunnel networks. Via Kottke. 6.9

Photos of the Happiest People Ever. 6.9

Lost in the recent talk about the SX-70 is the fact that Polaroid once made two positive-negative films. Fred R. Conrad and others remember. 6.9

Design Observer with some summer reading options. 6.8

How to be happy in business, a very wise Venn diagram. Spot on. 6.8

The #fontsongs topic on Twitter is still going strong. H&FJ weigh in. 6.8

Great photoset of Dutch Graphic Design. 6.8

Nice post on artistic printing by Eric Baker, featuring many highlights of the collection of Richard Sheaff. 6.8

The $64 renovation of a closet-sized home. Via Good. 6.7

I do love good notes and lists, so have been thoroughly enjoying Passive Aggressive Notes. Via It's Nice That. 6.5

H&FJ spend some time with a few more of their favourite typographic characters, the dagger and the double dagger. 6.5

Watch Mike Bouchet’s floating house perform at the Venice Bienniale. 6.4

Paula Scher on failure. 6.4

Bing sets New Record in Horizontal Scaling. Um, wow. 6.4

Celebrity Scales. 6.4

Review of the recent Matthew Carter lecture for the St Bride Foundation, thanks to Aegir of the Ministry of Type. 6.3

A small moment of typographic pleasure. 6.3

Jeff Williams at the American Academy in Rome. 6.3

For your reference, Rebecca's list of summer reading lists. 6.3

Photographs by 18-year-old Deondra Scott depict the community in which she has grown up. 6.3

Some reviews of Chocolate Donut Beer by Shenandoah Brewing Company. 6.3

"You are not special. You are not being clever. You are hindering the overall interface consistency." 6.3

Some intriguing images on Javier Jaén's blog. 6.3

Surprise Wedding Reception, the latest mission from Improv Everywhere. 6.2

So great! Repairing the world, one Lego at a time. 6.2

A collection of handpainted signs in San Francisco by New Bohemia. 6.2

Love the work of Schoolhouse Electric. 6.2

Manhattanhenge 2009. Like it. 6.2

The new Photo-Lettering website will offer select alphabets from the former type house of that name, now newly purchased and digitized by House Industries. Should be very cool. Via Grain Edit. 6.1

Best thing about designing logos? Your work shows up in some really unexpected places. 6.1

Data processing symbols for Olivetti and graphic design for Olivetti, pointed out by the ever-inspiring Eric Baker for DO. 6.1

Typography in China. 6.1

"This much creative energy ought to be given the film it needs to thrive." Lens showcases readers' Polaroid submissions. 6.1

Beautiful poster concepts for the London 2012 Olympics. 6.1