Links published in April 2010 — Most recent at top.
10 Tips for International Relocation •
Jan Chipchase (emphasis mine):
2. International relocation is the ultimate excuse to have a brutal clear-out. Give away, sell or recycle everything that that you haven’t used or appreciated in the past year. Sure the odd item that didn’t make the cut will be missed – but this is easily outweighed by the pleasure of finding a new home for things and the psychological pleasure of letting go. In fact I’d go one step further and argue that the practical/emotional jolt that comes from ‘missing’ something helps reinforce its value, which in turn shapes future actions/consumption. Missing things is a Good Thing.
Right up my alley.
So you need a typeface. m’yes? Julian Hansen’s flowchart for the appropriate font choice. Follow the arrows, easy done it. Also available as a poster here. (merci LP) •
New Yorker: The iPad, the Kindle, and the future of books •
Great roundup from the New Yorker on the current state of the publishing business and how it’s adapting [or not] to the electronic formats and distribution with the Kindle, the iPad and the likes:
Publishing exists in a continual state of forecasting its own demise; at one major house, there is a running joke that the second book published on the Gutenberg press was about the death of the publishing business.
It’s not that bad, but the publishers don’t seem enthusiastic to change the business model.
Je reblogue ce que d’autres re-tweet: la saison des expos de finissants universitaires en design commence; la cohorte de design graphique à l’UQÀM, elle, plie bagage et voici la bande-annonce. Bien joué, ça donne le goût. •
Pulse Park: Absolutely and beautifully immersive, your heart pounds light beats through Madison Square Park. «The visualization of vital signs, arguably our most symbolic biometric, in an urban scale.» •
Speaking about bread, british designer Alexandre Bettler puts together some very interesting Bread/design workshops. You too can make bread friends. (merci Francis) •
This is total conceptual design porn for me: Autarky by italo-dutch studio Formafantasma is a collection of vessels and lamps produced with a biomaterial composed of flour (70%), agricultural waste (20%) and limestone (10%) and colored with natural dyes from veggies, spices and roots. Pushing dough-making a step further. Gush gush. And in same vein, do also check out their previous project Baked. •
Jay Z becomes the king of black and white shouting On To The Next One while Chromeo dances into the Night By Night. •
On facebook, someone recently asked: “Who knows any good photography blogs? For some reason, I don’t know any.” The correct response would have been simply responding “Me” or “I do” or “x does” if in fact you did know of any good photography blogs out there. But as the social web goes, everyone rather responded with links to their personal favorites, leaving the initial prompter to come to his own personal conclusion after browsing the list of potential sites. I did the same, followed them all, eliminated the trivial and now simply recommend you visit and bookmark TriangleTriangle. So there, you know. •
Bodega Cartographics: “creating a “homepage” for every single bodega in New York City.” More a googlemaps repertoire really, but the user input and contribution is interesting, where people can streetview (yes, now a verb) Manhattan and pin point the bodegas answering to the question of concern: Is this a bodega? Yes / No / I’m not sure. We’ll need to do something similar here (mobile version perhaps?) in Montreal with all them dépanneurs. “C’tu un dép?” Oui / Non / Chu pas sûr, man. •
Et Quebec poursuit sa lancée! Au lieu de mettre la “tour Eiffel” de Londre sur la page couverture de la Presse ce matin, on aurait du voir le résultat de la compétition de l’agrandissement du Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec remporté par la firme neerlandaise OMA. Situé sur Grande-Allée et adjacent l‘église St. Dominique, le projet d’agrandissement de la MNBAQ sera la première construction de OMA en territoire canadien. Ils visent terminer la construction en 2013.
Mise à jour
- Je faisais référence à LaPresse parce que la nouvelle est sortie hier; Canoë/le Journal de Québec, ont publié un article.
- D’autres photos, rendus, dessins et maquettes sur archdaily.