50ft » hober 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 ECTO-1 http://50ft.com/2009/05/20/ecto-1/ http://50ft.com/2009/05/20/ecto-1/#comments Thu, 21 May 2009 07:39:30 +0000 hober http://50ft.com/?p=1845 ECTO-1 in LEGO

Many more in the Legobusters pool on Flickr.

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]]> http://50ft.com/2009/03/10/the-periodic-table-of-typefaces/feed/ Drink Beer and Carry On http://50ft.com/2009/02/05/drink-beer-and-carry-on/ http://50ft.com/2009/02/05/drink-beer-and-carry-on/#comments Thu, 05 Feb 2009 18:58:56 +0000 hober http://50ft.com/?p=1209 During World War II, the British Ministry of Information produced, among many other works of inspiration and/or propaganda, millions of “Keep Calm and Carry On” posters, which were never used. (Doesn’t Gill Sans just scream Britain at you?) Some enterprising beer lovers have tweaked this poster into a brilliant “Drink Beer and Carry On” t-shirt.

Keep Calm and Carry On Drink Beer and Carry On

Note the crown’s subtle shift into the UK’s pint glass crown stamp. Very well done. You can order one online, in red, green, and blue. You can read more about the poster’s history here.

Via Pete Brown.

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Toasting Charger

Wow, just wow. This toasting charger is awesome.

Via an email from Lindsay.

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LED watch

(via ffffound.)

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North Park Sign

North Park, by ivanjurado

Hillcrest Sign

Hillcrest, by kingtaco

University Heights Sign

University Heights, by kellinahandbasket

Kensington Sign

Kensington, by kid_pro_quo

Normal Heights Sign

Normal Heights, by tobin

Mission Hills Sign

Mission Hills, by dichron

the Boulevard Sign

the Boulevard, by evanmcginnis

Little Italy Sign

Little Italy, by spacecoyote

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The Cabestan

I adore this watch, though I don't expect to ever be able to afford one.


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Beautiful sort of Garamond’s ſt (ft) ligature.

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