“Fall 2010 carries on Dear Creatures’ panache for all things nostalgic and narrative. A collection inspired by Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys, the clothing reflects curious girls’and guys’ instinct for smart and timeless fashion, the same instincts they assign to their crime solving adventures.”
Author Archives: Aaron Schmidt
Porter Airlines: A Fantastic Experience
30 Jun 10 – 3:54 pm
I flew Toronto based Porter Airlines recently and it was an unexpectedly wonderful experience. In no particular order, here’s why.
1. Their in-flight magazine “re:porter” looks great, isn’t filled with ads, and has relatively interesting articles. The subtitle of it is “The Journal of Porter Airlines.” That’s the type of taking themselves [...]
various coordinates
30 Jun 10 – 3:44 pm
Looks like someone’s CMS was spitting out funny breadcrumbs. I haven’t seen this too much.
Visual Design Libraries Should Be Proud Of
1 Jun 10 – 12:36 pm
In response to my post beautiful > ugly Suzanne Chapman just shared some examples of nice looking graphic design from the University of Michigan Library.
See her post and the MLibrary Branding & Marketing Materials set on flickr for more.
This got me thinking about two other things I’ve seen recently. The first [...]
Biblioracle
27 May 10 – 10:51 am
From a (very entertaining) intro to a readers’ advisory service on The Morning News:
It is important to draw a distinction between Amazon’s “Customers Also Bought” feature and the Biblioracle. Amazon is primarily constituted of servers and processors and computer programs. Amazon employs only seven actual human beings plus Jeff Bezos, who is a cyborg. [...]
Reading Rickshaw +
25 May 10 – 11:57 am
Three students and alumni from the Department of Art at the University of Minnesota have a project called Reading Rickshaw on Kickstarter:
The Reading Rickshaw aims to spread the word about art and books by offering patrons a ride on a 4-person bicycle fully outfitted with an art library. We seek to offer both mobile and [...]
The Library Book
21 May 10 – 1:00 am
Ages ago I meant to point to this post about the the Library Initiative in New York. They’ve created some nice looking spaces.
Now there’s an entire book about the project: The Library Book: Design Collaborations in the Public Schools.
The L!brary Book takes readers behind the scenes of fifty groundbreaking library projects to show how [...]
Blank Cardboard House
19 May 10 – 6:36 am
Quite spendy at $65 a pop but couldn’t they make for a great YS program?
Just in case, you can buy them from Ferrol Studio.
