WEEK OF MAY 14, 2012

"Dedicated to the belief that Tilda Swinton and David Bowie are one person." Tilda Stardust.

"The World in 1962," 50 photos from 50 years ago on The Atlantic's In Focus photo blog.

Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon meets the web's free encyclopedia. The Oracle of Wikipedia.

Proof that "art" is in the eye of the beholder, "Banksy rat disappears down drain thanks to Australian builder."

Google Green explains a better web for the environment—and don't miss The Story of Send.

Inkr, a digital app for analog artists.

A peek at the workstations of 20 leading web designers from the UK and the US.

Origami. RJ Muna's photographic style captured in video. Mesmerizing.

From audio to visual. Art from sound. VoicePix.

AIGA’s Design Leaders Confidence Index rose again in the most recent quarter.

PCWorld claims Google has been ignoring Android, and the neglect is starting to show in poor apps and defecting developers.

Type City, an elaborate cityscape built with metal type by Hong Seon Jang.

Designer Adam Ladd turns again to his five-year-old daughter for further insight about logo design, "Trying to Remember Logos."

Informing people that they're being rude has never been easier: Urban Etiquette Project.

Damon Lavrinc explains why virtual page flipping still endures in the digital world.

Stephanie Buck outlines "9 Steps for Getting Kickstarter Dollars."

WEEK OF MAY 07, 2012

On Forbes, "The Real-Life Mad Men (And Women) Of 2012."

Creative Bloq's "20 best iPad apps for designers."

Making Ideas Happen: Key takeaways from the 2012 99% Conference.

First in line: Google+, the new iPhone app. Second, Android?

Your e-mail could be killing you with stress. Time for an e-mail vacation?

Ji Lee's Wordless Web plugin subtracts all text from any web page, leaving only pictures and white space.

TypeCooker, a tool for generating type-drawing exercises, used in type classes at the Royal Academy of Arts, and various workshops.

Want: "Surfaces" prototype reveals the television of tomorrow.

Jackson Cavanaugh's Alright Sans, now available on Webtype.

The Public Domain Review: a bounteous gateway into works no longer protected by copyright.

A pinhole camera planted in dumpsters around Hamburg... Trashcam Project.

Illustrator/author Maurice Sendak has died. "Kids don't know about best sellers," he said. "...They aren't star chasers and they don't suck up. It's why I like them." He was 83.

Just don't leave it in the sun: Logitech Solar Keyboard for iPad.

International Small Talk. Short videos from designers around the world commissioned by AIGA Chicago.

Guess all ideas can't be great: Your Kickstarter Sucks.

Warren Berger's next book explores the power of questioning to spark change, innovation and progress.

WEEK OF APRIL 30, 2012

Even Forbes says, "Welcome to the Era of Design."

Congratulations to the winners of the 2012 National Design Awards.

Steve Jobs: The Lost Interview. Coming soon to a theater near you.

BBH Asia Pacific's Charles Wigley and W+K Asia's Rob Campbell tackle flawed thinking in "Everything we know, is wrong," a presentation for the Asian Marketing Effectiveness festival.

What mothers really want for Mother's Day.

Via Co.Create: The joys and sorrows of This Advertising Life captured through animated GIFs.

Eric Silver shares what he's learned in the transition from agency creative to agency owner.

Olive. A movie. Shot, in its entirety, with a smartphone.