Posts tagged "design"

This is usually what I think about when Michelle Obama gets up there and talks about childhood obesity. And while her campaign is all about making our children healthy and telling them to eat vegetables and to be active her husband is the head of a government that seems to have no problem continuing subsidizing meat, dairy and corn to the point that the groceries surrounding our kids are 90% filled with stuff that’s bad for them and made in really disgusting ways. Not to mention the negative impact all that has on the livelihood of people all around the world. She’d do more good just telling the country why Monsanto, Tyson, Purdue, etc should go fuck themselves. via Shakesville

This is usually what I think about when Michelle Obama gets up there and talks about childhood obesity. And while her campaign is all about making our children healthy and telling them to eat vegetables and to be active her husband is the head of a government that seems to have no problem continuing subsidizing meat, dairy and corn to the point that the groceries surrounding our kids are 90% filled with stuff that’s bad for them and made in really disgusting ways. Not to mention the negative impact all that has on the livelihood of people all around the world. She’d do more good just telling the country why Monsanto, Tyson, Purdue, etc should go fuck themselves. via Shakesville

Infographic by Amy Martin that shows health care reform as the way to keep the country’s citizens/workers/future healthy. via Strange Maps

Infographic by Amy Martin that shows health care reform as the way to keep the country’s citizens/workers/future healthy. via Strange Maps

‘The reason is simple: being expensive is part of the point. A Macbook Pro is just as much of a status marker as a Louis Vuitton purse or a BMW. Being more expensive than another product of similar capability isn’t a bug, it’s a feature. But unlike that purse or that car, Apple products come with a kind of built-in deniability about the fact that they are purchased in part because of their class signals. Look, people love to demonstrate wealth; it is one of our culture’s more singular obsessions. But a lot of people, for reasons of politics and decorum (and this extends to conservatives and liberals alike), feel guilty about flashing their class. So while they look down at, say, black urban youth for wearing expensive jewelry, they make sure you know where they went to college. Both are signaling, and both have everything to do with money, but one allows you to deny that you are so signaling.’ -L’Hôte via Racialicious

I find his denying signaling idea remarkable because it’s so true, often evident around me as I’m usually always surrounded by college educated Mac-users. There’s a lot more to his post at the link..most of it I agree with but I don’t see how one could compare a Zune with an iPod Touch, the Apps/iTunes arena is just too good compared to anything similar.

Pinkerton’s National Detective Agency, 1871 | Source via letterheady ‘Yours sincerely, your boss, Pinkerton shitheels.’ -Al Swearengen

Pinkerton’s National Detective Agency, 1871 | Source via letterheady

‘Yours sincerely, your boss, Pinkerton shitheels.’ -Al Swearengen

The Extraordinary World of Ex Libris Art

The Extraordinary World of Ex Libris Art

Since 2005, D-Barcode has been creating custom barcodes for a mostly Japanese clientele. They’ve even begun selling their wares to anyone who wants to license them, starting at $1,500 for the design, and $200 a year for licensing. Photo link. via swissmiss

Since 2005, D-Barcode has been creating custom barcodes for a mostly Japanese clientele. They’ve even begun selling their wares to anyone who wants to license them, starting at $1,500 for the design, and $200 a year for licensing. Photo link. via swissmiss

The Barbie Store in Shanghai, Iwan Baan. via Kathleen Hanna ‘Kids [emerge] at the top of the pink neon entrance escalator, which reverberates with pre-recorded giggling…’

The Barbie Store in Shanghai, Iwan Baan.

via Kathleen Hanna

‘Kids [emerge] at the top of the pink neon entrance escalator, which reverberates with pre-recorded giggling…’

GOP Is Cool, Hip and With It

They redesigned their website to look a little more youthful. Michael Steele has a blog section there called ‘What Up?’ via The Awl

Update: They changed the title of his blog to ‘Change the Game’.

Japan’s Love Hotels: Unlike the dank motels where Americans allegedly seek anonymous sex, Japan’s love hotels are playful and unapologetically sexual. Photographer Misty Keasler shows the humor, desire, and even the loneliness of these empty rooms. Photo link.

Japan’s Love Hotels: Unlike the dank motels where Americans allegedly seek anonymous sex, Japan’s love hotels are playful and unapologetically sexual. Photographer Misty Keasler shows the humor, desire, and even the loneliness of these empty rooms. Photo link.

June’s header taken in the AIC Modern Wing. Since I haven’t had the time/didn’t want to make one when July came I’ve slapped together the ugliest thing for the remaining week. Enjoy!

June’s header taken in the AIC Modern Wing.

Since I haven’t had the time/didn’t want to make one when July came I’ve slapped together the ugliest thing for the remaining week. Enjoy!