strandbeest
Since about ten years Theo Jansen is occupied with the making of a new nature. Not pollen or seeds but plastic yellow tubes are used as the basic matierial of this new nature. He makes skeletons which are able to walk on the wind. Eventualy he wants to put these animals out in herds on the beaches, so they will live their own lives. (via)
Ein großes Projekt, auch wenn es schon etwas älter ist. Und eine schreckliche Erkenntnis: Auf der anderen Seite der Erde ist nix als Pazifik
Okay, okay, everybody has been making their little jokes about „the movie about a font.“ But guess what—this is not really a movie about a typeface. Helvetica is just a character in this wonderfully-made film, which just might be the best history of graphic design we’ve ever seen.
Eric Gill got it wrong; a re-evaluation of Gill Sans
As the preferred typeface of British establishments (the Railways, the Church, the BBC and Penguin Books), Gill Sans is part of the British visual heritage just like the Union Jack and the safety pin.
Gilt auch für CotVNC und den eingebauten VNC-Server:
Q: I am using an International keyboard (or keyboard layout) and the characters don’t come up appropriately.
A: Currently OSXvnc doesn’t handle this as well as we would like. Part of the problem is that if both the remote and local users are using an international keyboard layout the keystrokes actually get double-corrected, thus producing the standard US keys. Try setting one of the keyboards back to US; this works a bit better. (via)
Cross-Pollinate • an accomodation service for Rome, Florence an Venice
everyday icons - for your daily life. everyday iconsについて (via)
