and then it was night...
Taking in the rare Yankee game for my friend's bachelor party.
At the longest Yankees game ever. »
LINK Jack Spade's impromptu fashion show next to the "real" one »
demonstrates creative use of public situations.
LINK World clock showing birth and death rates, oil usage, bicycle production, etc. »
While doing research for a clock-themed project we’re working on, I came across this very interesting stats-driven clock.
Started a new project and we need your help. It starts with Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/groups/worldclockproject »
New cards came back from the printing press this week. We have a bit of personalized fun with charts on the back.
LINK Mix Tape USB Drive »
Nostalgia for the mix tape days no more. (via precious)
Dutch bikes by Jorg & Olif via Supermarket »
The overwhelming menu at Shopsins which required us to study carefully for minutes before ordering. Tasty selection from a tiny restaurant. Another quality lunch as blogged by our friends at Front Studio.
LINK NYC restaurant inspection reports »
are available and searchable online.
LINK All of New York Times archives now available »
for free (thanks to advertising). The TimesSelect program has come to an end. This is big.
Backup day at Iridesco. We instituted SuperDuper for cloning to external drives and JungleDisk for network backups to Amazon S3. »
Took a few minutes this morning to organize and document the interesting and the important from my latest massive upload to Flickr. Pictures from Prague and Vienna are up and complete for your viewing pleasure. Be my Flickr friend for the personal bits.
Charles Bridge at night »
LINK This Conquest of Mount Everest poster »
tells the story with beautiful infographics.
LINK The Other Final »
is an alternative soccer final between the two lowest FIFA-ranked soccer nations—Bhutan (ranked 202) and Monserrat (203). A documentary by Dutch advertising agency, KesselsKramer. (via Kendra)
LINK Fray: Busted! True stories of of getting caught in the act. »
Fray’s coming back in a new way.
We're collecting images of clocks from around the world for a Harvest project.
A typical street in Vienna.
A cozy crafts/notebooks shop.
New condos cropping up next to an Asian marketplace.
I'm a sucker for signage.
I'm a sucker for signage.
A beautiful store dedicated to Leica merchandise. Note the Crumpler dealer logo... Crumpler's is actually quite popular in Austria!
A gold plated Leica.
Side shot of the opera house.
Caffe and a really good chocolate cake (Sachertorte)
Note that coffee is always served with a glass of water--as it should be!
There's no ambiguity in this warning label.
Modern architecture meets the mosaic tiles of Stephansdom Cathedral. Too bad the South Tower was under construction during this visit.
LINK Zach Klein: Going Solo »
"The writer who interviewed us for months and went on to write an article entitled Funny Boys, which was published in the New Yorker on January 24, 2005. And that’s when everything changed. When good became great."
at Ariyoshi. The white "potato paste" thing rather ruined the tuna for me. Otherwise an interesting combination.
It's a perfect day in New York today.
Umbrellas cost 25 euros and up in this colorful store.
We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again: Sometimes, the best thing you can do for yourself is to just get away from it all.
Having just returned from travels through Eastern Europe, I had a chance to reflect on our last few months of work. Time on the plane or train forces you to just sit still, observe, and process. To slow down and think about what’s going well and what can be improved. And to re-connect with all those ideas floating around in your head. A true vacation, not one where you’re running from one sight to the next, lets you to simply experience and enjoy all the novelty and peculiar details of your surroundings.
So instead of being burnt out upon my return, I came back with a notebook full of ideas and the enthusiasm to see them through.
Working long hours isn’t hip. Set aside free time, go somewhere new, and let your mind relax, process, and create. »
Graffitti in hidden spaces in Prague.
LINK How to price your web application »
We were pleasantly suprised to see Harvest get a shout-out in this latest how to article on Vitamin!
Long overdue new card design to go along with the new site went off to the printing press today.
LINK Jump »
as my friend puts it, a "crazy Asian off-Broadway show." Starts Sept 25th in NYC.
LINK Interview with Jeff Staple »
of Staple Design / Reed Space. via Shawn.
LINK Beauty Queen and Baghdad Hummer »
The current state of our national affairs as told by two video clips.
LINK In a Firehouse, Life With Art and Music »
A firehouse turned residence. Beautiful.
LINK Design bloggers »
"teach you how to get your shit published online."
1. A time of respite from known social and work contexts in the spirit of discovering new inspiration while continuing to be a productive citizen
2. To work for an extensive period of time in a remote location away from home, preferably in another country or continent with an intent to be immersed and inspired by the local culture »
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Back home and ready for Fall.
Framed a beautiful vintage Peugeot bicycle poster to give to a friend.
LINK Learning To Love You More »
a Miranda July project.
Catching up with a friend over tea and ice cream in the neighborhood on an easy Friday afternoon. »
LINK Tasty posters »
from Aesthetic Apparatus.
LINK Use your Photoshop eyedropper outside of Photoshop »
Quite possibly the best Photoshop tip ever. Works in Illustrator, too.
LINK kuler »
is a handy color tool from Adobe.
Just paid 4 euros for a bottle of water while waiting for the delayed flight home. At least the wifi is free... »
From a cellar in Vienna.
LINK Updating the Trundle Bed »
An excellent article featuring our talented friends, Front Studio, in the New York Times.