Aww Dip

Here are a list of interesting items I have come across for January 22, 2010:

• Google Reader: Subway Map Shower Curtains

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White Balance Lens Cap (found on SwissMiss):

You may think automatic white balance is good enough. But if you’ve ever had to fix dozens (or even 100s) of photos with just slightly different colors, one-by-one, you know the true meaning of pain. The White Balance Lens Cap leaves you no excuse for not properly white-balancing every situation you encounter. Simply flip your camera into custom White Balance mode, snap a photo with your White Balance Lens Cap on, and your camera creates a perfect profile of the actual lighting in front of you. Best of all, unlike a gray card, the White Balance Cap takes no extra room in your gear bag. Just replace your existing lens cap with this one and you’ll always be able to white balance with no additional equipment.

The Retrofuturs Zazzle shop (I pretty much want everything there):

Here are a list of interesting items I have come across for January 20, 2010:

• Google Reader: infographic money concept
  For the love of Ampersand
  Dear Van Gogh
  Panda Hat

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That is a screenshot from http://www.firstpersontetris.com/. Enjoy having your head explode and a torrent of swears spew forth from your mouth.

This past weekend Sara and I went to her family’s house in Wintergreen, VA for some skiing and to have a relaxing weekend. On Saturday I got up to cook up some breakfast and since I was the only one in the kitchen at that point, I decided to put on one of the Fancy Pants Gangsters podcasts while I was cooking. Without thinking, I turned on the visualizer and was surprised that it made the podcast look owwsome:

Kotaku recently featured some image of modern movies imagined as Atari game cases. I am a huge sucker for making something new look old, as you can see in this other blog post.

Here is one image, you can click on the image to see the full gallery over on Kotaku’s site:

Here are a list of interesting items I have come across for January 13, 2010:

• Google Reader: New Movies As Old Video Games [Art] Love it!
  Detroit Auto Show 2010: Green, with American automotive grit
  Japanese News: Online Game Addict’s Pee Bottle Appears? [Oddities]
  “Gravity ruler” luggage scales
  Sorry to Burst Your Bubble
  WANT

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Priori Acute
by Jonathan Barnbrook

Priori Acute is the latest addition to the Priori family. It is the result of a series of experiments into three-dimensional letter form design inspired by 19th Century display and artistic printing types. However, instead of simply adding drop shadows or fake relief to create the illusion of depth, the designers at Jonathan Barnbrook’s studio took their cue from such diverse sources as the angles on the Stealth bomber and the visual conceit in the work of the Dutch graphic artist M.C. Escher.

The resulting forms are a playful exhibit of incongruous perspectives and twisting shapes that fold into themselves tricking the eye to shift the plane. At first glance and at small sizes the effect is subtle and the original letter forms themselves remain intact, retaining the history of British early 20th century typography, which was an inspiration for the original Priori family. But when blown up, the individual Priori Acute characters become beautifully animated and work well in selective situations such as initial caps, short headlines or logo design.

The full set of letters can be found – http://www.emigre.com/EFfeature.php?di=214

Tell me this isn’t one of the most stunning typefaces you have ever seen and I will call you a liar.