http://blog.boico.net Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:42:42 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Eames House of Cards Much imitated but never bettered, the Eames House of Cards is our second 'thing'. It's a thing of things really, depicting what Charles Eames famously described as 'good stuff'. If you ever stumble across the 1970 revision entitled 'A Computer House of Cards' grab it, they're like ... http://blog.boico.net/546 CatalogTree [catalogtree.net] are graphic designers forging a specialisation in information graphics, and in doing so, blurring the line between traditional graphic design and illustration. It's Graphic Illustration... er, no it's Information Design... whatever, it sure is cool to look at... and teaches you about stuff at the same time! Go ... http://blog.boico.net/526 Jenny Holzer [wikipedia] is twittering [twitter.com/jennyholzer]... or is it she? I'm not so sure. You decide ¶ Jeremy Leslie of magalophile bible, MagCulture [magculture.com/blog] has compiled a brief list of things what maketh a magazine for It's Nice That [itsnicethat.com]... (Oh and I had a go the week before last ... http://blog.boico.net/494 Bored of flicking through teens miming to crap tunes on YouTube? Swing by the Internet Archive [archive.org/movies] and take a trip back in time. Here they've dug up and stock piled loads of vids and clips from all over the place including some ace educational films from the 60s such ... http://blog.boico.net/531 Weather and blogging. It's funny how page views from different countries go up and down depending on whether it's summer or winter. It happens with blog posts too and it's the primary reason why I've been meaning to post this for a while but haven't got round to it until ... http://blog.boico.net/483 Fanette Mellier [fanettemellier.com] has just completed her residency in Chaumont as part of the annual Festival International de l’Affiche et du Graphisme de Chaumont 2008 (they could think of a snappier title huh). She has also been putting the finishing touches on an ace new identity for the Parc Saint ... http://blog.boico.net/528 After seeing My Bloody Valentine [ft.com] last night for the first time in like over 10 years, I decree that this band is the reason I have ears. Not sure what the fuss is about but curious to find out more? Here I will humbly offer you, dear reader, a ... http://blog.boico.net/527 Part of the perils of being an avid magazine collector. Can anyone recommend a decent free standing shelving unit? This so isn't the one. http://blog.boico.net/525 Michael Thorsby is a Swedish designer in Tokyo going by the alias PMKFA [pmkfa.com]. Thorsby collaborates with fellow ex-pats Sweatshop Union to produce a range of ace tshirts and sweats under the name It's Our Thing [itsourthing.net]. Now this may not be news to you but what's cool is they ... http://blog.boico.net/522 Self Service's 100 Things As an ode to Self Service [selfservicemagazine.com] magazine's '100 Things' series of features (sadly discontinued) we're going to attempt our own list of 100 things (in 100 posts). That should keep us busy, huh. The first of our 'things' has to be the aforementioned '100 Things' series ... http://blog.boico.net/518