GOOD wonders how nonprofits plan to capture attention for their brands in new and innovative ways, given current technology and multiple agents of change. 9.30

A set of vintage camera ads. Via The Post Family. 9.30

After reporting on the Helios House "green" gas station earlier this year, C-Monster points out another temple to Southern California's car culture. 9.30

Shooting some old machinery yesterday, I thought of the photographs of Bernd and Hilla Becher and their tireless "Typologien industrieller Bauten", or "typologies of industrial buildings". 9.29

"Design has become a way of finding solutions. Aesthetics is just a part of this process." The TEDGlobal conference underscores the fact that what many think of as an aesthetic profession has become so much more. 9.29

Twits, dramatic readings of celebrity Twitter updates. 9.29

Things grouped by colour. 9.29

City of Sound has an interesting first person report of the red dust storm in Sydney. 9.29

I recently revisited Film the Blanks, an ongoing experiment to abstract and/or reduce film posters. Via 30gms. 9.29

Blue images. Via iLT. Here's one more. 9.28

Absolute Sellout are selling some interesting Objects and Literature. 9.28

Page through some vintage issues of Life Magazine on Google Books. 9.28

Lots to look at here: The Vintage Type pool. 9.28

More than 2,000 people walked their invisible dogs today in Brooklyn. 9.27

On my quest for all things Tube Map, I came across Dan Zambonini's version, which replaces station names with the main points of interest nearby. For instance, Aldgate East becomes "Indian Food", and Kentish Town translates as "Struggling Indie Bands". Apparently nothing is yet of interest near Great Portland Street. 9.25

A design classic, Publicity & Graphic Design in the Chemical Industry is a hard book to find, so it's a real treat to see spread after spread like this. 9.25

Cartolleria, via Uppercase. 9.25

Love Nessim Higson's latest version of iamalwayshungry. 9.24

"Ok here. Good chance for food." Hobo signs. 9.24

Did Jackson Pollock paint his name onto his canvases? 9.24

Subway Yearbook Photos are the latest mission from the ever-awesome Improv Everywhere. 9.23

Garry Fabian Miller creates "camera-less" photography in the darkroom, shining light through glass and over cut shapes to record forms directly onto photographic paper. 9.23

"In praise of the chrome logos and lettering affixed to vintage automobiles and electric appliances — those unsung metal emblems and badges that are overlooked, forgotten, damaged, lost to time or the dump." Chromeography. 9.23

Insanely great post over at Pink Tentacle about Japanese typographic town logos. 9.22

Images of Chernobyl from photographer Jake Baggaley and an interesting interview. 9.22

Monica Almeida takes photographs from her car. 9.22

A look at Lettering Art in Modern Use. 9.22

"In keeping with the traditions of the trade, Kelly's enthusiasm for wood type was obsessive." The well-known expert on wood type and author of American Wood Type: 1828-1900, Rob Roy Kelly, collected an impressive variety of type specimens which have grown into The Rob Roy Kelly American Wood Type Collection, now presented online by the University of Texas. Via H&FJ. 9.21

Mr. Martin's online Camera Museum includes some great old Polaroids and other favourites. Via Uppercase. 9.21

BikePedia is the bicycle industry encyclopedia, striving to encompass everything bicycle. I even found my 12 year old and still well-ridden Ibis with its original specs. 9.21

Your daily dose of elegant and inspiring rustiness: Battersea, and Other Abandoned Power Plants, Part 2. Here is Part 1. 9.20

Red Top. Via Eric Baker at DO. 9.20

Will Wick is opening Battersea in San Francisco, a retail space full of industrial, eclectic and unique objects that have inspired his interior design. 9.20

Lovely time-lapse video of clouds and fog in the San Francisco bay area. Via Laughing Squid. 9.18

Admiring work by Ed Nacional, especially the identity system for the worthy Double You. 9.18

Where does your food come from? Where do your possessions come from? Pig 05049, an award-winning book by Dutch designer Christien Meindertsma. 9.17

"Developing the pictograms for the Olympics is a dream for every designer. A dream that most likely will never become reality. Instead you end up doing toilet icons." 9.17

Bending Space, a project by artist Georges Rousse in Raleigh-Durham. 9.17

Typophile Film Festival 5 opening titles by BYU design students and faculty. Really great stuff. 9.16

It's Nice That interviews Matt Siber, known for his Floating Logos series. He does a lot of other great work, as well. 9.16

A great set of Scandanavian logo designs from the 60s and 70s. 9.16

A look at Geoff McFetridge's title concepts for Where the Wild Things Are. Via Grain Edit. 9.15

I'm pretty much all digital, but I do very much admire Analogue Masters. 9.15

Cheese, or font? 9.14

"In his new book, Inside the Painter’s Studio, artist Joe Fig documents the day-to-day lives of 24 contemporary artists with photos of their studios, notes on their work habits, and interviews about where and how they make art." An interview by Rosecrans Baldwin and some great images of the studios. 9.14

25 years of logos from Duffy & Partners. 9.14

"Symbols stand for something that is unknown and cannot be made clear or precise." Another look at the terrific Stefan Kanchev project. 9.14

Memorial. Period. The release of a well-designed new identity for the 9/11 Memorial. 9.11

Great series of ads for the Sydney International Food Festival featuring flags of the world made from foods of the world. 9.11

As it happens, insects are Modernists. Their work is suffused with abstraction, pattern, and process. 9.11

The evolution of the Pirelli logo. 9.11

A new take on "Advance Australia Fair": Passers-by in Brisbane are invited to rewrite Australia's patriotic songs by sending text messages to an installation of illuminated typographic sculptures. 9.11

Photobooth treasures from In the Booth, part of the ever-fabulous Square America. 9.10

Just checked in on an old favourite, The Blog of Unnecessary Quotation Marks. 9.10

Larkburger Welcome Guide, a really great promotional piece from Barnhart. 9.10

Some shots of the current show, And, the Typeface, over at Uppercase. 9.10

Turtles and You. 9.10

The goal of hifilit is to make available the history of the Golden Age of Hi-Fi, as contained in sales brochures, promotional literature and magazine advertising. Like this, for instance. 9.9

Pica + Pixel points out a great visual by Bill Wadman on the subject of shooting RAW. 9.9

Trademarks and symbols by Stefan Kanchev. 9.8

LevelEleven posts a slew of City of Melbourne Identity iterations and examples that expand upon the original designs from earlier this summer. So great. 9.8

Learn Something New Every Day, via CP. 9.8

Pinhole solargraphy can make some stunning images, as I've noted previously, so I'm excited about this project, which aims to create a world map of solargraphs. Via It's Nice That. 9.4

Saffron has created an interesting identity system for Dynamobel. 9.4

I've seen this piece, and it's awesome. The Let's Tell Better Stories self-promo from Swink. 9.4

A camera nearly cost John Trotter his life. And then, it helped him recover the life that had been shattered. 9.4

Enchanted Spaces, photographs of Mongolian home interiors by Marrigje de Maar. 9.3

Cool photograph of a drive thru sign. 9.3

Interesting bicycle concept by Dovetusai. 9.3

I haven't posted about Typedia yet, and I should. It will be a great resource and an interesting shared exploration of typography. All good. 9.3

Nate Williams' Letter Playground. 9.2

The Bears are Back campaign for the Toronto Zoo. 9.2

Tina Roth Eisenberg asks, "What advice would you give someone like me who is starting to teach?" There are quite a few thoughtful answers and great ideas here. 9.2

A link for all of my friends from West Junior High. Ours was a really, really bad orchestra, but absolutely nothing like this. Stellar. 9.2

More grain elevators for you. Check out this, and this, and this, and this. 9.1