Twitteroundup Week 36

Design

Woman Fired For Causing Disharmony in Workplace by Using Angry Fonts. Just don't do it, folks. Use happy fonts.

http://myfonts.de...sehr interessant. Inspired by this, I sent in a suggestion to Myfonts.com for "Find fonts by what's popular in your area.: MyFonts could use sales data for a specific region or country to generate a custom top 50 list for specific regions. Another possibility would to have “Find fonts by region” with a clickable map of the world. It would be very interesting and engaging for customers to contrast, say Germany with Minnesota, etc.

Some nice branding work over at Luxcetera. Plus they made some great type choices for their logotypes. :)


Stunning integration of fluid, fashion and fotos by Iain Crawford. via @behance

Sennheiser Audio Packaging. Nice. http://bit.ly/JErAL6:46 AM Sep 1st from web


Love these simple bird prints.

Tech
First Supersonic Private Jet.

747 - what an beautiful but powerful looking aircraft! Airbus has nothing on Boeing.


Efficiency

Dan Phillips builds houses out of salvaged items, like frame samples, which he used on a ceiling.

Underwater Robot Can Reduce Navy's Fuel Consumption. The Navy's version of a Roomba.

How Many Solar Panels Would It Take to Power The Entire World?

Humor



Flying Penguin Mockumentary. Love the over-enthused Brit narration.


I could drink 198.55 cans of Mountain Dew before dying a horrible caffeinated death. I'll be sure to keep it to 198 cans.

Interesting

Jason Fried of 37 Signals rips the unprofitable "freemium" model - via @swissmiss


Hotels with extraordinary swimming pools.

Love, But Not Lust, Inspires Creativity

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Design



Craigslist makeover mockups.

Rodger Federer's Monogram: second after Tiger's. More inspiration from fashion (Bodoni) than sport. via @pentagramdesign



100 Years of Visual Effects. But why is there a 10 year gap between Jurassic Park and Spiderman? So much was done in that period!

Some impressive identity work by Momkai for the city of Amsterdam. RT @Behance

8 Years of Great Mac OS X Box Design End In a Clip Art Cat & Bad Kitty! Snow Leopard box photoshopped to remove traces of blood from cat's mouth. Wallpaper comes with blood intact.

35 Logos brilliantly using Negative Space: Negative is Positive RT @Linotype_com RT @graphicidentity.

Smiley, Sad & Wink faces: Shouldn’t they be stylized and available on all fonts? RT @Wiltonfoundry

African Beach Calligraphy. Done with a specialized scoop. via @Ministryoftype

New Kraft cheese packaging. I like it. However, it doesn't feel very 'American.'

Humor

Papa John gets beloved Camaro back, sold 2 start pizza biz. 20+ years ago. Someday I want my beloved Corolla back...N/M.

Funny, well designed mythical creatures infographic. via @lilaccreative

Brfxxccxxmnpcccclllmmnprxvclmnckssqlbb11116 (pronounced [ˈalbɪn]) was a name intended for a Swedish child. More Unusual Personal Names.



Kickball with cars. Check the Honda S2000's kick!

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Interesting

Luscher Color Diagnostik personality test. So accurate, I can't share the results. More info. via @Wiltonfoundry

Design and Inspiration


Mini-Luxury Living: 10 Small Homes Built on Tiny Islands via @dornobdesign

Peter de Sève now has a blog! via @corygodbey


Saving my pocket change for this baby: Pershing 90 Yacht. Wow.

1950's Sci-Fi Magazine Covers.

15 Stunning Examples of Data Visualization via @theroxor, @Minervity, @buysellads:

Ran across http://www.designhistory.org/ Great Articles.

Old vs new: great logo redesigns. via @TheRoxor

insigne Announcements

Very excited about this: Aviano Didone on Typography Served!

Working on an update for Chennai. It's been on an uptick of late. Two new weights planned and a rounded slab extension.

Just fired off Sommet Rounded for the Modern Cyrillic competition.

See what insigne fonts will be available for free and subscription use on websites through Typekit!

New Sans Serif, Sovba. Critique in Progress at Typophile. Slice and Dice!

Tech

Link your Facebook Page to Twitter with a Facebook App.


Illustrator circa 1963. via @swissmiss

Funny AE bug reports via @brampitoyo

Wondered if it were possible, then confirmed it. You can set Google Alerts to go to Google Reader now!

Google Hot Trends. Updated Hourly.

Men prefer websites designed by men and vice versa, Men, Women's preferences poles apart. Via @CastleType

Easy, Fast & Cheap DIY Process to Compost Plastic via @webecoist.


Humor

Snicker! T and G are too close together on a keyboard. I will never end a work email with "Regards" ever again. via @LogoMotives, @bluehaus

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Inspiration

Photos of stuff slipping into nothingness. Photography by Michel Rajkovic. Would love prints of these. Via @behance



Ralph McQuarrie. Love this guy.

Gorgeous Examples of Floral Typography Via @Linotype_com.


Living Tree Art. Pooktre trees and furniture.

Design

How well do you know Famous Logos? Via @Linotype_com.

Cory Godbey updated Terrible Yellow Eyes. Check out the great illustrations. Cory's Blue Goblet series is on sale at Myfonts.com



Prezi. Amazing presentations made easy.



'The Hut', new branding for Pizza Hut restaurants. via @idsgn

Concept prototyping. Shirts, billboards, etc. See how it will appear in real life.

Type

The early days and work of @H_FJ. Funny story.

NYT sends cease and desist for use of use of a black letter font similar to "the NYT's trademark "world-famous Gothic font"

Neat info about the history of Times New Roman along with Font Bureau's new Starling.

Humour

Some humor over at Dark Roasted Blend.



LOL. Mega Shark VS. Giant Octopus. Great acting! Sorry I missed this one.

Technology

New Google Street View. Myst meets reality.

Hypercolor is back! In a lifesaving baby's onesie? This will not fit...

Holy Cow! Augmented reality is reality!

Interesting
Interviews with random folks all across the USA. Via @brannonmc

Thoughts
If you have $5 and Chuck Norris has $5, Chuck Norris has more money than you.

"Your silence is golden, and, like gold, people will happily kill you to obtain it." via @cookies_of_doom


New from insigne: Kidela Sketch. Available at MyFonts for 15% off for a limited time.

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♪The trending topic song continued: Iran, Le Mans. Ahmadinejad, AT&T is a fraud. Iphone, Red Wings go home.♫

Inspiration

Amazing pic from Singapore.


Love the above. Unfortunately I can't find the source link. It was via @typegirl

Peter deSeve added his tribute to Maurice Sendak over @CoryGodbey's Terrible Yellow Eyes. Then grab Cory's Blue Goblet.

Some great handlettering.


Love these. Great use of color.



Designer Guns and Gas Masks. via @behance

Awesome hood ornaments.


Flying Ferrari from the Future!

Zoological typeface, via @swissmiss and @designworklife

Geektastic

Sneak peek into the Photo-Lettering beta via @houseindustries and @typegirl.

Dell Does $3 Million In Sales Through Twitter.

Humour


Traffic Barrel monster creator arrested.

Personal

Did the taxes, caught a five foot long snake in backyard. I think he was with the IRS. Let him go to hang with his little snake friends, eat tasty woodland creatures. Also grabbed three gallon jugs of Tobasco. (Original, Habanero and Jalapeno) It will be gone in a year.

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This week on the interwebs, Jay-Z, Palm Pre, playing lots of Sims 3. Air France, Normandie, playing tetris, SAT.

Design & Inspiration

Cityscapes

More on the Bing logotype.

insigne fonts are packed with OpenType features. Here's a how-to on discretionary ligatures via Fonts.com

Nice stop-motion film with those cool magnetic letters.


Disney's UP Art Deco era posters.



Typefunkography 3D stroke logotype based on Bello. via @fontbureau


Cory Godbey's Terrible Yellow Eyes was updated on Friday. Includes a post by Justin Gerard. You can grab Justin's Biscuit Boodle series and Cory Godbey's Blue Goblet series of fonts and ornaments.

Coolness


CodeX Yachts

Inside the $485-Million Airbus A380 Flying Palace

Mentos frozen in ice cubes and Diet Coke.


I love Ekranoplanes: (Ground Effect Vehicles)

XBox full body motion controller. Bring it.

Humour


Funny Wolfram Alpha Responses.

YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter will combine to form YouTwitFace. -Conan via MarcoSuarez

"Boxer M. Tyson packs his bags with Jay-Z DVDs, Quik, Holyfield’s ear." via typophile and typographica.

The Pixar and Dreamworks story process compared and contrasted. via CoryGodbey

Observations

Google Wave = Skype's missed opportunity

Saw UP. Favorite characters were Dug and that big goofy bird.

A UPS is money well spent.