Typography and Star Trek

In a lengthy excerpt from his book Typeset in the Future: Typography and Design in Science Fiction Movies, Dave Addey Continue reading →

Machine Hallucination

How to tell the invisible story of data? See Artechouse: Machine Hallucination by Refik Anadol

Posters of STEM Role Models

The folks behind the Nevertheless podcast commissioned a set of seven posters of STEM role models, people who have made Continue reading →

Vintage TV Test Patterns

Ah, yes, remember falling asleep at night, in front of the television, only to awake to the ubiquitous test pattern Continue reading →

How To Identify Good Design vs. Bad Design

How well we communicate is determined not by how well we say things, but how well we are understood. Good Design Continue reading →

The case for using 3D PDFs (Did you know your car has wings?)

A little-known PDF method can save your organization money and headaches. You’ve been driving your car for years, and have Continue reading →

Stereos from outer space: The golden age of kitschy record player design

Thank you rock and roll.

1907-1967: Exaggeration Postcards

A summertime aside. From Retronaut, a collection of old postcards with, as the title suggests, greatly exaggerated scenes. Awesome, cornball Continue reading →