Playfulness

When the began to move towards the Internet and digital television in 1997, influential British graphic designer decided it was time to address the logo situation, suggesting that something more uniform across all the channels and media was necessary. Until then, the BBC had a branding system that meant each department had a different logo scheme, weakening the broadcasting company’s brand enormously.

The previous logo, with slanted boxes and coloured dashes, caused pixelation problems on a computer screen and also proved costly to print as a four-colour letterhead on all the BBC stationary. To fix this, Lambie-Nairn simply straightened up the boxes, removed the dashes, and changed the font to Gill Sans – a typeface which had been invented 60 years ago, meaning there were no worries of it quickly looking outdated. The whole thing cost approximately $1,800,000 USD. The logo has not been changed since and will soon become the longest used design by the BBC.

thekidshouldseethis: The 2012 viral video out of Sabadell,...

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 13:55:23 +0200

thekidshouldseethis:

The 2012 viral video out of Sabadell, Spain, a street musician plays Beethoven’s Ode to Joy. And then something starts to happen…

Thanks, @kvetchup.

vinhphams: 2,100m. Sapa, Vietnam.

Fri, 15 Mar 2013 22:44:32 +0100

vinhphams:

2,100m.

Sapa, Vietnam.

hitrecordjoe: Flickering Lights Reprise (x) give me all the...

Thu, 14 Mar 2013 20:22:50 +0100

hitrecordjoe:

Flickering Lights Reprise (x)

give me all the flickering lights!

tiny specs of fluttering rays

and city glitters shimmering

but only from far away.

i want them all it’s an addiction

i want the christmas lights buried in snow

and the blips in science fiction

films from years ago.

give me all the night sky’s twinkling sprinkles

and the red pulsing eyes

on tvs that standby

fading, flirting in and out

like a game of cat and mouse.

bits of foil in the distance

blowing kisses from the sun to me and

showing no resistance to the photons

that consistently pass notes on

from one lover to the other

like cupids tiny brothers.

give me all the flickering lights.

light every candle and wave every phone

glinting and bleeping and

imprintining glowing circuses

that linger while I’m sleeping.

an orchestra of weeping light

swan singing like star crossed choirs

who play themselves to me

all night.

poem by wirrow.

WATCH THE VIDEO HERE

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Sun, 10 Mar 2013 20:27:29 +0100

How to handle life - in one easy step

Fri, 08 Mar 2013 22:40:03 +0100

“Whatever”

explore-blog: Myth #7: Guns make women safer. Fact-check: In...

Fri, 08 Mar 2013 19:28:27 +0100

explore-blog:

Myth #7: Guns make women safer.

Fact-check:

In 2010, nearly 6 times more women were shot by husbands, boyfriends, and ex-partners than murdered by male strangers.

A woman’s chances of being killed by her abuser increase more than 7 times if he has access to a gun.

Mother Jones fact-checks 10 pro-gun myths. Pair with Stephen King on gun control and Debbie Millman’s interpretation of the Second Amendment.

explore-blog: jtotheizzoe: A brilliant series of minimalist...

Tue, 05 Mar 2013 21:10:26 +0100

explore-blog:

jtotheizzoe:

A brilliant series of minimalist typographic tributes to scientists and their discoveries by Kapil Ghagat (on Tumblr at bhagatkapil)

Best thing since these minimalist posters celebrating women in science.

"You" are the unfolding of an ongoing narrative.

Mon, 04 Mar 2013 21:43:52 +0100

"You" are the unfolding of an ongoing narrative.

wnycradiolab: fastcodesign: The Strange, Incredible Nests Of...

Wed, 27 Feb 2013 17:22:01 +0100

wnycradiolab:

fastcodesign:

The Strange, Incredible Nests Of Weaver Birds

DILLON MARSH TOOK TO THE KALAHARI DESERT TO DOCUMENT THE OVERSIZED AVIAN HOMES.

These massive, amorphous avian homes can support hundreds of birds at a time in their complex interior chambers and clusters, and, boy, are they impressive from the outside as well. The effect is somewhat otherworldly and—maybe this is just me?—kinda creepy, as the formations look like they are, or could be, super strange and sentient creatures living off our power grid.

Read the full story here.

Seussian!

wnycradiolab: zzazu: queerpong frends4life that is the...

Wed, 27 Feb 2013 17:18:56 +0100

wnycradiolab:

zzazu:

queerpong

frends4life

that is the fucking cutest thing ever

Have a good weekend, folks.

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Mon, 25 Feb 2013 21:52:52 +0100

soundthat:

untitled

edwardspoonhands: If you were wondering how that worked…

Sun, 24 Feb 2013 23:18:03 +0100

edwardspoonhands:

If you were wondering how that worked…

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Sun, 24 Feb 2013 15:34:58 +0100

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