Some very colorful and compelling design work.
I love websites, like this one, that put the linear nature of a web page to good use. The content unfolds like a story, with an introduction, middle narrative (her work), and pleasant end. That her work is unaccompanied by text or explanation only serves to amplify its effect. The page is not just showing you what she did, but showing you what she can do for you, through what she did.
Shawn Parker has updated our WordPress TextMate bundle with new helpers for WordPress 2.8. The update includes snippets for the new Widgets OO structure, as well as the new esc attributes.
See America: US Travel Bureau by Library of Congress
From the Library of Congress’ Work Projects Administration Poster Collection
See America: Montana by Library of Congress
From the Library of Congress’ Work Projects Administration Poster Collection
Falkirk Wheel: Time Lapse by Wikipedia
The wheel counter-balances itself by making use of Archimedes principle of buoyancy.
Archimedes Principle states that the buoyant force on a submerged object is equal to the weight of the fluid that is displaced by the object.
In other words, the boat displaces exactly its weight in water, balancing the structure. The lift then lets out some water from the opposite side, causing it to rotate.
(via)
Byrne's Euclid by Oliver Byrne
In which coloured diagrams and symbols are used instead of letters for the greater ease of learners.
(via notcot.org)
Work based their imagery [...] on colour theorist Ludwig Hirschfeld-Mack’s 1920s experiments with various apparatus that could generate moving projections of coloured light.
You can see the strong similarity to Hirschfeld-Mack’s work. Hirschfeld-Mack’s “coloured-light-music” machine was a sort of predecessor to the Visualizer we have in iTunes today; it’s a clever inside design reference for album art.
(via Subtraction)
I love the pop-art can on the left. It reminds me of the visual style of Roy Lichtenstein. On topic: Smarthistory has a nice introduction to the pop-art age.
(via JSTN)
Daniels & Fisher Tower, 1915 by The Denver Public Library
Built as part of the Daniels & Fisher department store in 1910, [the Daniels & Fisher Tower] was the tallest structure west of the Mississippi [...] Modeled after The Campanile (St. Mark’s Bell Tower) at the Piazza San Marco in Venice, Italy, the 20-floor clock tower has clock faces on all four sides.
I’ve been curious about the history of this odd building. It’s previous connection to the department store explains the ugly brick sheathing that is now on its west side.
See also the view of 16th Street from the top of the tower, 1925 and a closer-to-earth photo of 16th Street, Denver, 1933.
I don’t care how great that little scrollball is, this is beyond the pale.
As you may have noticed, some renovations have been happening here at the blog. Building a new theme allowed me to explore some of the (great) changes that have happened in WordPress 2.8—namely the improvements to the Media Gallery—and get my hands dirty with a little bit of AJAX integration. It also gave me a good excuse to re-build things on the Carrington theme framework; that framework makes my life so much easier. Commenting is gone for now, but may make a comeback later as I have time for development. I hope you like it!
