Scuba diving beneath Hagia Sophia. 8.31

The current status of type online. 8.31

Co-working and the sharing of creative office space is something I've participated in for quite some time, and it looks as though Portland is doing very well on that front. 8.31

The Greater London Authority is initiating a very big and complex rebranding and redesign project: London. Moving Brands has responded, and has made their process open to the public at A Brand for London. This should be a great discussion. 8.28

"Graphically interesting, but otherwise uncollectible, books that entered and exited bookstores quietly in the 50s, 60s, and 70s." Book Worship, via The Post Family. 8.28

"A sprawling installation of the entire contents of his mother’s house, it is a record – in stuff – of his mother’s life and, more significantly, his father’s death. Each object, however trivial, set aside, put away, secured – because, at one moment in time, it had been important." Waste Not, an installation by Song Dong at MoMA. 8.28

I tend to be won over time and time again by graphic grain sack upholstery. 8.28

Andrew van der Merwe's fantastic African beach calligraphy doodles. 8.27

For BB, some great posters created for the launch of mirrorfootball.co.uk. Via Monoscope. 8.27

"The Alphabetography project began among friends and independent artists spread across the country who have an eye for the simple art of letters, fonts, signage and typography. We eat Alpha-Bits cereal, drink alphabet soup and watch Sesame Street for the letter of the day." Via Uppercase. 8.26

Terence Conran's Boundary Hotel in Shoreditch is one example of many great renovations and inspirations that I found in the East End on my recent trip to London. 8.26

Client and right-brain enthusiast Dan Pink, on motivation. 8.26

Grain Elevators (prairie lighthouses), via Draplin. 8.25

Zachary Sachs' 3M Self-Sealing Envelope (Detail), paper and ink. 8.25

It appears that Cristiana Couceiro is beginning an alphabet series. 8.25

Brand New has gathered together some book recommendations for those interested in logo design, identity, and branding. 8.25

Morning Glory clouds over Australia. Via MS. 8.24

Photographs by James and Karla Murray: Storefronts, and Underground. 8.24

Tour de France photos from the Dutch National Archive on Flickr, an ode to leg-breaking rides, and a pointer to the Alpine cycling photographs of Jobst Brandt. Via Rapha. 8.24

Wow. Today's image collection from Eric Baker is an especially good one. 8.22

Great set of tool company trademarks and logos, via Draplin. 8.21

Flew over Greenland earlier this week, with a clear view of its amazing landscape. Photographer Joel Tettamanti has had a closer look. 8.21

I remember the first issue I ever read, and here comes Emigre No. 70. 8.21

Some really wonderful photographic work by Mickey Smith. 8.21

The Footnotes of Mad Men. 8.20

Ever since a perfectly good day of mountain biking was thwarted by a truck spilling pig fat all over the Edens Expressway north of Chicago, I have been intrigued by unusual cargo accidents. Here, Dave Ference has kindly collected them for me: Truck Spills, via CP. 8.20

Little People, a tiny street art project made up of little handpainted people, left in London to fend for themselves. Via It's Nice That. 8.20

Aegir Hallmundur on Typography in Public Spaces. 8.20

I'm back, with plenty of fresh ideas. A few new logo features are in the works, as well. Stay tuned. 8.20

I'm collecting inspiration offline this week. See you soon. 8.10

What your childhood reading says about you. Lizzie Skurnick analyzes the appeal of Judy Blume's Margaret, Harriet the Spy, Claudia from From The Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, and other heroines in a new collection of essays, Shelf Discovery: The Teen Classics We Never Stopped Reading. 8.7

Take the text of Romeo & Juliet and separate out every one of its words into three piles: passion, rage, and indifference. Sam Winston has made the words spoken in these three emotional states into a wonderful series of collage pieces. 8.7

An obsession with surveillance cameras goes both ways. 8.7

Armin clears up a few points about that Pepsi and Coca Cola logo jpeg that's been going around. 8.6

The Movie Title Stills Collection is a really great resource. 8.6<

Using and perusing Design Observer 3.0 for several days now and liking it. 8.5

Grain Edit points out this lovely Olivetti Lettera 22 Manual recently posted over at We Made This. Here's the full photoset by Ed Cornish. 8.5

Currently browsing the Reference Library. 8.4

No Lifeguard on Duty, photographs of abandoned swimming pools. 8.3

Perhaps I will consider a typographic birthday celebration this year. 8.1