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“There are really only two kinds of science-fiction films: the kind with Wookies, and the kind that would benefit from the addition of Wookies. Solaris belongs in neither category.”
AV Club’s Nathan Rabin reappraises Soderbergh’s difficult sci-fi gem.

09 July 2009 / Comments

Scottish illustrator Will Freeborn has lots of amazing sketches in his Moleskines, but this one in particular caught my eye. Is there anything better in life than a Tunnocks Caramel bar?
Scottish illustrator Will Freeborn has lots of amazing sketches in his Moleskines, but this one in particular caught my eye. Is there anything better in life than a Tunnocks Caramel bar?

09 July 2009 / Comments

More Tunnockly goodness from Will Freeborn.
More Tunnockly goodness from Will Freeborn.

09 July 2009 / Comments

Some things I discovered whilst walking to work this morning: The University of York has no shortage of eateries. In fact, judging by this sign (sorry, ‘wayfinder’), catering is the primary function of the university. A sign that points to 16 of what are essentially the same thing, but without any suggestion of how far away any of them are, is fairly useless. Apparently there’s a difference between a Café Bar and a Coffee Bar. The University of York smells of goose poo.

Some things I discovered whilst walking to work this morning:

  1. The University of York has no shortage of eateries. In fact, judging by this sign (sorry, ‘wayfinder’), catering is the primary function of the university.
  2. A sign that points to 16 of what are essentially the same thing, but without any suggestion of how far away any of them are, is fairly useless.
  3. Apparently there’s a difference between a Café Bar and a Coffee Bar.
  4. The University of York smells of goose poo.

09 July 2009 / Comments

But does it float?
But does it float?

09 July 2009 / Comments

An absolutely stunning interactive image of an ant, magnified 400x using a scanning electron microscope. I could look at this for hours.
An absolutely stunning interactive image of an ant, magnified 400x using a scanning electron microscope. I could look at this for hours.

08 July 2009 / Comments

Spotted these shoes on a display in Uniqlo - I looooove them. Anyone know where they’re from or how I can get some? If I manage to get some, I promise to wear socks with them, Scout’s honour.
Spotted these shoes on a display in Uniqlo - I looooove them. Anyone know where they’re from or how I can get some? If I manage to get some, I promise to wear socks with them, Scout’s honour.

08 July 2009 / Comments

Dr B took this a few weeks ago with my LX3. Rather good, isn’t it? Probably the closest I’ll ever get to looking like a Kennedy.
Dr B took this a few weeks ago with my LX3. Rather good, isn’t it? Probably the closest I’ll ever get to looking like a Kennedy.

08 July 2009 / Comments

Taken from Apollo: Through the Eyes Of The Astronauts. Click the image above to see something quite breathtaking. Go on. You will not regret it. Via Build.

Taken from Apollo: Through the Eyes Of The Astronauts. Click the image above to see something quite breathtaking. Go on. You will not regret it.

Via Build.

06 July 2009 / Comments

Thing to do when bored: create artwork for all those sad faceless songs in iTunes and pretend you work for Factory.
Thing to do when bored: create artwork for all those sad faceless songs in iTunes and pretend you work for Factory.

05 July 2009 / Comments

Some kind of new-fangled infographic? No, it’s actually a photograph of roads and circular fields in the desert in Egypt, taken from the International Space Station. More amazingness at The Big Picture (including a rather worrying mysterious dark circle under Lake Baikal in Siberia).
Some kind of new-fangled infographic? No, it’s actually a photograph of roads and circular fields in the desert in Egypt, taken from the International Space Station. More amazingness at The Big Picture (including a rather worrying mysterious dark circle under Lake Baikal in Siberia).

05 July 2009 / Comments

Nick Cave by illustrator Mark Bordman (via CR).
Nick Cave by illustrator Mark Bordman (via CR).

04 July 2009 / Comments

Chip Kidd’s favourite book covers over at Newsweek. A damn fine selection it is too, including Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid On Earth and A Heartbreaking Work Of Staggering Genius, both of which would make it onto my own list, should Newsweek ever bother to contact me. Which is surely only a matter of time. Any day now.

Chip Kidd’s favourite book covers over at Newsweek. A damn fine selection it is too, including Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid On Earth and A Heartbreaking Work Of Staggering Genius, both of which would make it onto my own list, should Newsweek ever bother to contact me.

Which is surely only a matter of time.

Any day now.

04 July 2009 / Comments

Infographic designer Michael Anderson has turned his résumé into an infographic. Nice.
Infographic designer Michael Anderson has turned his résumé into an infographic. Nice.

03 July 2009 / Comments

A collection of typewriter ribbon tins. Pretty.
A collection of typewriter ribbon tins. Pretty.

03 July 2009 / Comments