Journal archive (2007–2018)
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“Building ‘sandcastles’ is a bit of a test. Nature will always be against you and time is always running out.”
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Illustrated gifs capture post 9/11 NYC
Weeks after the dust of the fallen World Trade Towers had settled, a delivery bicycle locked to a traffic sign across the street from the destruction came to symbolise stories of unknown loss.
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Last Call aims to eliminate restaurant food waste
Every night, because their extra food won’t last until morning, restaurants are forced to add to the growing food waste epidemic. Last Call is a late night delivery service that aims to help restaurants reduce food waste, while giving customers…
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27inch iMac vs 32inch BenQ BL3201PT
Taiwanese electronics firm BenQ kindly sent me this a couple of weeks ago — a 32inch ultra high definition monitor (their BL3201PT). A bit of a coincidence as I know my 27inch iMac (2010), despite still being excellent, won’t last…
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Appreciative
“Most human beings have an almost infinite capacity for taking things for granted.” — Aldous Huxley, Brave New World
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Girls’ Life vs Boys’ Life
Photographer Matt Frye took his kids to the local library in Kansas City where he saw his 7-year-old daughter looking at the cover of Girls’ Life — a US magazine aimed at 10-15 year olds. A few rows up was…
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The Drinkable Book
According to Unicef, in 2015 there were 663 million people using unsafe drinking water. To combat the problem and to help educate about the dangers of unsafe water, WATERisLIFE teamed up with Dr Teri Dankovich from Carnegie Mellon to create…
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Vlooybergtoren
In the Belgian province of Flemish Brabant stood a wooden lookout post for taking in the view of the countryside and Kabouterbos forest.
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The Typography Idea Book
Steven Heller and Gail Anderson have released The Typography Idea Book, geared toward helping you evolve different typographic characters or styles. “What this book is not is a tutorial in typographic basics — kerning, spacing, selecting, and so on. There…
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Love Wins
Irish street artist Joe Caslin’s new mural for Belfast Pride.