Ephective Ephemera
Some choice pearls from an imagined, and quite interesting, Media Magazine ‘interview’ this month with Bill Bernbach (who passed away in 1982), culled from verbatim quotes, and surprisingly prescient:
I want to warn you against believing that advertising is a science…Logic and overanalysis can immobilize and sterilize an idea. It’s like love – the more you [...]
Over at Design Observer this morning, MoMA Senior Curator of Architecture and Design Paola Antonelli (who gave a brilliant TED talk, by the way) has a wonderful piece on the work of Israeli designer Oded Ezer:
Ezer thinks that since, very often, a type designer chooses a typeface for its ability to embody and render the [...]
The far-more-on-top-of-things-than-I Noah Brier posted a link today to Saved by Science – a collection of large-format photographs by Justine Cooper of the archives at the American Museum of Natural History, and published by Seed.
In Noah’s post, he references this quote from an accompanying essay by Carl Zimmer:
I knew that natural history museums kept fossils [...]
The Hidden Persuader: "Objectified"
A lovely, short, poignant video on the power of objects.
The Illustrated Guide to Poker | Serial Consign
The information mapping of Torgeir Husevaag. Mind-numbingly complex stuff.
Phenomenology: invisible interfaces are a myth
A fresh look at how our interactions are 'coupled', via Johnny Holland. Fascinating.
Founders take aim at a bigger target
A Financial Times article on [...]
cellar door: Demure Optimism
Acknowledgement v. Optimism through the prism of fashion – though I think it reaches well beyond.
“Technology” is the problem
Helge Tenno follows up on McCluhan and Davies.
Open plan vs. open to distractions « (almost) always thinking
A strong argument in support of open floorplans for creative organizations.
The Well-Constructed Document | Serial Consign
Michael Place and [...]