50ft » Chris Radcliff http://50ft.com Highlighting the likes (art, design, et cetera) of a few San Diegans. Fri, 02 Oct 2009 00:02:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 en hourly 1 Papyrus, the raspberry daiquiri of fonts http://50ft.com/2009/05/29/papyrus-the-raspberry-daquiri-of-fonts/ http://50ft.com/2009/05/29/papyrus-the-raspberry-daquiri-of-fonts/#comments Fri, 29 May 2009 16:24:23 +0000 Chris Radcliff http://50ft.com/?p=1877 Papyrus at XKCD

It’s funny because it’s still true.

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

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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]

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]]> http://50ft.com/2009/05/22/livable-streets/feed/ Lego Architecture http://50ft.com/2009/05/18/lego-architecture/ http://50ft.com/2009/05/18/lego-architecture/#comments Mon, 18 May 2009 17:52:28 +0000 Chris Radcliff http://50ft.com/?p=1833 Lego Architecture, coming soon

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.

The concept itself is compelling. Architecture rendered in Lego is certainly nothing new, but official Lego master builders bring a surprising combination of economy and beauty to their models. My five-year-old uses sets with a couple dozen bricks and a clear design to build amazingly evocative little sculpture/toys, so I can’t wait to see what he’ll make of these.

A few more views:

Lego Architecture - Falling Water

Lego Architecture - Hancock Tower

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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.)

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]]> http://50ft.com/2009/05/11/the-font-snob/feed/ Humans like to stack things. http://50ft.com/2009/04/30/humans-like-to-stack-things/ http://50ft.com/2009/04/30/humans-like-to-stack-things/#comments Thu, 30 Apr 2009 20:49:56 +0000 Chris Radcliff http://50ft.com/?p=1701 Apartment blocks

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.]

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]]> http://50ft.com/2009/04/30/humans-like-to-stack-things/feed/ Multicolor Bulbdial Clock http://50ft.com/2009/04/08/multicolor-bulbdial-clock/ http://50ft.com/2009/04/08/multicolor-bulbdial-clock/#comments Wed, 08 Apr 2009 17:15:41 +0000 Chris Radcliff http://50ft.com/?p=1528 bulbdial clock by oskay on Flickr

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:bulbdial clock dark by oskay on Flickr

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[by Banksy, of course]

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…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.

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[via William Pomerantz]

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]]> http://50ft.com/2009/03/12/cutest-webcam-ever/feed/ Minimalist iPod Shuffle http://50ft.com/2009/03/11/minimalist-ipod-shuffle/ http://50ft.com/2009/03/11/minimalist-ipod-shuffle/#comments Wed, 11 Mar 2009 16:35:19 +0000 Chris Radcliff http://50ft.com/?p=1391 iPod Shuffle

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.

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