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I hope BP waits until late summer to light their oil slick, cause I think a hurricane made out of fire would look awesome.less than a minute ago via TweetieChris Giles chrisgiles
Is there a child’s version of Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs? My copy is old and the type is small and I think it’s frustrating the baby.less than a minute ago via TweetieCharlie Trotter chaztoo
Dream: I was a waitress in a Typeface restaurant. We served fonts instead of food. I kept saying, “Helvetica, a bold choice, sir.”less than a minute ago via TweetieLainey sandwichpolice
This piece inspired the login illustration that vimeo commissioned from me for their redesign earlier this year; it is still in use throughout the site. The video is a condensed time lapse of screenshots over a several month period. Total physical drawing time is close to 40 hours and I’d add an equal amount of time for concept time and readying the print. A screenshot was taken every 5 seconds, which actually results in a full 18 minute video. I’ll upload that for posterity later.
Incredible. Check out more of Chad Pugh’s work at thebigpugh.com.
This week I’m in Poughkeepsie, New York visiting a client. This morning Ross, one of the guys I’m working with up here, told us this awesome/traumatic April Fools story:
On April 7th, the always awesome and sometimes snooty music reviewers at Pitchfork will launch Pitchfork.tv, an online video music channel dedicated to indie music:
As a visual extension of the music coverage Pitchfork has provided for more than a decade, and a means of updating and advancing the music television format, the online channel will bring you closer to the artists you love, through original mini-documentaries, secret rooftop and basement sessions, full concerts, exclusive interviews, and the most carefully curated selection of music videos online. (from pitchforkmedia.com)
There goes any productivity I had left in me. I cannot wait.
If you’d like to read Pitchfork founder Ryan Schreiber get grilled on his true business motivations (“Q: If you had to make a comparison, would you say that Pitchfork today is more like MTV when it pushed the button in 1981, or are you Jann Wenner in 1970, building up the Rolling Stone media empire?”) check out this interview with the Chicago Sun-Times.