I would love to see a copy of this book. We know from experience that the photography will be absolutely gorgeous. From the NYT: The cheeseburger, for instance, requires the meat to be cooked sous vide for several hours. Freezing with liquid nitrogen ensures that the crust will stay crispy while the center stays perfectly … Continued
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The Beauty of Ink on Paper
Ink on colored paper begs to be touched. Simple 1–3 color offset lithography can achieve effects similar to silkscreen and letterpress printing. This is the Ohio State Chabad House’s new look book. It’s exciting to pull back from full color printing and design more with less. We had fun collaborating with our amazing intern Christopher … Continued
4 Seconds a Day with 50 Tiny Dots
The world’s smallest stop motion character animation, certified by the Book of Guinness World Records. The animation was created by the folks behind Wallace and Gromit, Aardman Animation. From Nokia’s Blog: Shooting only four seconds of footage per day, the team worked painstakingly to produce the movie. Rather than create a model for the lead … Continued
NASA
Historic NASA images have been released on The Commons on Flickr, the fruit of a collaborative effort between Flickr , NASA and the Internet Archive. This move will widen the audience for the great images that have long been available at NASA Images.
Refurbish—Seattle Designers Sell their Goods
A fun trunk sale to benefit AIGA and all of us. Local designers are filling their trunks with design goods. 50% of sales go to AIGA Seattle. Saturday, September 25th 11:30am—3:30pm School of Visual Concepts Parking lot Get Directions to SVC
The Tzdakah Caterpillar Starts to Grow at SJCS
I stopped by Seattle Jewish Community School today to drop off the proof for their annual report. So fun to see their tzdakah caterpillar come to life with a new school year!
The Plumen Project makes light bulbs sexy.
Our first high design, low energy light bulb—The Plumen. Perfect for people concerned with energy use and the aesthetics of their environment. Compact Florescent Lights (CFL) have been around for several year, but have lacked any visual appeal. According to Energy Star, CFL bulbs use 75% less energy and last up to ten times longer … Continued
New Client—Park Science!
We have started a new consultancy project with Park Science for the National Park Service. Park Science is a publication that reports the implications of recent and ongoing natural and social science and related cultural research for park planning, management, and policy. We are learning an abundance of new information about the parks and scientific … Continued
Let’s make kids love going to the dentist.
There are some simple truths in this world: the sky is blue, grass is green, and kids love sugar. Our ‘Sweet Tooth’ promotional package takes children’s enthusiasm for sweets and redirects it towards a message of better dental care. It also provides a fun activity (marhsmellow making!) for parents and children. We delivered several of … Continued
Perfect Pylon Power People
The Land of Giants is a design concept for high-voltage electrical pylons created by Choi + Shine Architects. From their site: Making only minor alterations to well established steel-framed tower design, we have created a series of towers that are powerful, solemn and variable. These iconic pylon-figures will become monuments in the landscape. Seeing the … Continued