The DVD itself is olde, but it’s still an amazing bit of type work. Not to mention an awesome movie.

(from Boing Boing via GeekDad)

There are some amazing patterns made possible by Apophysis, an open-source program for generating fractal “flames”. I can’t wait to start seeing these make their way into Web and print designs. Click through to see more, including 3D patterns that should be sci-fi movie sets.

(from Web Designer Depot via GeekDad)

(via GeekDad)

(Art Shanty Projects, via GeekDad)

I bring this to your attention because you can purchase a Yoshimoto Cube at the MoMA Store. Carry on.

It’s a little late, but…

Inspiring baconography by ReShun.

This Is Where We Live from 4th Estate on Vimeo.

I can’t believe Lee doesn’t already have this TopatoCo print, titled Hierarchy of Beards:

So you take these apples, see? And you grow Apple logos on them, right? And so you get Apple apples!

Just be sure they aren’t confused with Apple® apples, because then that would cause Apple® to fire their Lawyerpult™ at you.

A copy of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince in Arabic, as seen in the Guantanamo Bay library.

I’m struck by how easily I recognized this book by its branding. It’s the same sense of wonder I get when looking through full Unicode font sets. How did someone figure out what Harry’s name should look like? How did someone determine which Unicode snowman was appropriate to use in Helvetica?

(via The Big Picture)

It has come to my attention that Google has scanned decades upon decades of Popular Science and Popular Mechanics magazines, from the 1870s to the 2000s. Let the nerdgasmic loss of productivity commence:

(via Modern Mechanix, of course)

Toxel is showcasing a fascinating set of 40 creative business card designs, including these favorites of mine:

How did this exist for a whole month before I noticed it?

(The song is Wallflowers by MC Frontalot.)

I can see why the star and crescent design gained such popularity:

The “star” in this case is Venus, but Wikipedia indicates it was probably the historical inspiration, too. Seriously, you could add a red stripe to this photo and get the flag of Azerbaijan:

(via APOD)

In case anyone wonders, my new-music acquisition process is now as follows:

1. Hear a statement of the form, “I’ve been listening to [band]. [band] is so awesome.”
2. Type/copy “[band]” into search bar. Choose “Hype Machine“.
3. Click the play button.
4. Decide whether to go into an Amazon MP3 / iTunes buying frenzy.

That is all.