It’s funny because it’s still true.

[from XKCD, in case you've been under a rock for a while]

My favorite entry from the GOOD Magazine livable streets contest, which shows once again how Photoshop can make the world a better place. (The crappy “before and after” above is my own; click through for a cleaner, swooshier view.)

[via Global Spin via John Tantalo]

You heard me. Lego. Architecture. It’s not available yet, but I hope they carry the stylish, minimalistic design aesthetic through to the retail products. Compared to the usual Lego packaging, it’s downright restful. Read the rest of this entry »

Probably the smallest image I’ll ever feature here, but this was just too familiar. You know who you are.

(Click through for the rest of the strip, from PvP by Scott Kurtz.)

It’s normally Lee’s job to gush over The Big Picture posts, but this one literally made my mind boggle. (I don’t really know what that means, but I felt it boggling. I felt it.)

Seriously, my brain was unable to process this photo in its entirety. I was convinced it must be some tiled pattern, until I checked every single window and found no obvious duplicates. Then the architecturally-inclined portion of my brain freaked out and threatened to sue if I didn’t avert my eyes immediately.

[More "human landscapes from above" at The Big Picture.]

Originally imagined by Ironic Sans, built by Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories.

What’s *really* neat about this is how the colors interplay. Where all of the LEDs hit, a white color (additive RGB) is produced. Then, as you subtract one of those three colors– as in the shadow of a single LED, the results are subtractive colors, and the hands on our clock face are in the colors cyan, magenta, and yellow. It’s just magical.

A photo of the clock at night after the jump: Read the rest of this entry »

[by Banksy, of course]

…but they can also be beautiful. The Big Picture manages once again to capture amazing moments in time and space, this time dealing with the effects of the economic downturn.

[via William Pomerantz]

I realize that “Apple makes something tiny” is old news, but it should be pointed out that they’ve finally succeeded in making a device that has no buttons. I can’t tell exactly, but it may not even have a LED indicator.

And yes, I realize that the headphones have buttons. That’s not the point. No one’s looking at those. So shut up.

All it took was Comic Sans, a little WordArt, and a well-placed sparkle to turn this:

…into this:

So yeah. “Hello Boys!”

from Comic vs Audience via Mike Fabio

Submitted for your consideration because of a) fonts and b) the prominent squirrel.

Information can be beautiful: