The Aggressive Wedge
We use to think the future was going to be a lot pointy-er than it actually turned out to be. Check out this ample collection of futuristic styles of cars from the late ’70s and early ’80s.
Category : design
The Art of the Title Sequence
Ian Albinson and Alex Ulloa have created a great blog about movie titles, The Art of the Title Sequence. You can watch more than a hundred of the best movie titles in high quality video or even get them as a podcast. Remember when your heart sank just a little when you realized the Pink Panther movie wasn’t a cartoon?
Cartype
If you like old car emblems and typefaces you should checkout Cartype, which has hundreds of images of automobile marketing. While there’s a lot of modern schlock, there are tons of brochures, vintage car emblems, and even tv commercials on the site.
U.S. Immigration Map
There’s a great Immigration map in the New York Times today that shows how foreign-born groups settled across the U.S. during the past 120 years.
CCCP
Huge and beautiful Flickr set of Russian and Soviet propaganda posters from 1917 to 1991.
Your Type
Type for you is the best type blog in town.
Ork Posters
Great hand screen print posters of San Francisco neighborhoods. Too bad it’s sold out. More cities from Chicago design firm Ork.
Growing Business Cards
London designer Jamie Wieck hands out Growing Business Cards which sprout alfalfa or cress when dipped in water.
British Road Sign Fonts
Download the fonts used in British road signs.
Jon Tran
Great spraycan stencil art illustrations from English illustrator Jon Tran. Check out more of Tran’s work and other great illustrators at English illustration agency Private View.
Flexible Seating
Take a look at this flexible seating from Vancouver-based furniture company Molo Design. It’s made from kraft paper and it’s 100% recyclable and looks like a slinky. Read more info.
Blonde
So the other day my dining room was telling me it wants to go blond. And I was like, don’t do it, your dark chocolate color is my favorite. And besides, the drapes won’t match the carpet.
You Wood Wear Those
Wood grain shoes from Medium and font foundry House Industries.
KickStart
KickStart is a non-profit organization that develops and markets new technologies for small-scale entrepreneurs in East Africa that are durable, easy to operate and cost under $1,000. They develop things like micro-irrigation, cooking oil and building technologies that make an impact: 41,000 new businesses started, 800 new businesses per month, $41 million a year in new profits and wages generated by the new businesses.