Here’s a fun post over at neatorama. It gives a very brief narrative on the design decisions behind some of the world’s most recognizable tech-company logos. Who knew that the bite was designed into the Apple logo just to keep it from looking like a cherry tomato?
Category Archives: On the Web
A sad sad sight
I ran across these photos and story of the Detroit Public Schools Book Depository on a few blogs last week. The photos have gotten every comment from “how beautiful” to “I can’t believe some @#$%&! would let this happen”.
Basically it’s a huge building of books that have just been left to rot. It’s all really kind of depressing. All the photos are here while the post explaining why and who forgot about all these books is here. How sad.
They are just asking for it
The Chronicle of Higher Education is a hosting a design contest. One where they are asking folks to design the George W. Bush Presidential Library. Can you imagine the submissions they are going to get?
Of course, the winning design has no impact on the actual library, but the winner does get an iPod Touch. All entries must be penned on the back of an envelope, which is only slighty larger than the napkins I’m used to sketching on. I envision some serious censoring going on when building their web gallery for us all to vote on.
{via So Many Books}
Birmingham and Books
Earlier this week Bhamterminal ran an interview I did. It was with one of the more prolific online contributors here in Birmingham. Dystopos (as he’s known online) founded the Bhamwiki, started the all seeing Magic City Flickr Group and started the Deep South book discussion group on LibraryThing. While on his journey to chronicle all things Birmingham, he has quite naturally become a good book collector, with an ever expanding collection of Birmingham, Alabama centered books. All of which has afforded him a unique perspective on the Magic City and its history.
The article appears in its entirety, (with a book photo by Dystopos) after the jump.