I always find the videos by Bill Hammack (a/k/a EngineerGuy) explaining everyday items to be fascinating. He consistently manages to explain the complex ideas behind simple items in an understandable way.
Here's one on the common soda can, which he calls ingenious:
And one on the soda bottle ("Masterful"):
Terrific 20 min Artbound documentary on Sister Corita Kent, The Pop Art Nun, who came up with the above rules and created the poster they're displayed on:
A few more examples of Sister Corita's work can be found at the Casual Optimist, which is where I found the video.
Stanislaw Lem's novel Solaris has been made into two films, one by Andrai Tarkovsky and the other by Stephen Soderbergh. Honestly, I cannot stand either one (though the Cliff Martinez score for the Soderbergh film is delightful).
The novel has been published in numerous languages in dozes of editions. The Hype & Hyper site has cataloged a ton of them. Wonderful to see how one title can inspire so many different interpretations.
"Kyiv Type Foundry is conserving the architectural heritage of Ukraine by pulling typefaces out from underground." It's Nice That explains.
Over the course of his prolific and varied design career, Jens Quistgaard created a series of peppermills for Dansk Designs.
The Peppermills of Jens Quistgaard is an exhaustive look at his designs.
The Nokia Design Archive is a graphic and interactive platform that allows you to explore behind-the-scenes design processes at Nokia.
There’s a resurgence of small, handcrafted sites challenging the current trajectory of the internet. Joining the movement is as simple as making your own.
from Chia Amisola's excellent essay, Making Space for a Handmade Web. Just one of the Six Memos for the Future of Digital Creation.
Studio.Neat makes expensive but gorgeous notebooks (and other things).
Two Pages is a series of nomadic sketchbooks shared by designers, artists, and illustrators around the world.
Since 2012, Two Pages connects local and international creative communities through raw creativity and spontaneous mark-making. It is an ongoing effort to record, spread and exchange ideas through the hand-to-hand journey of each book.
Past cities include Barcelona, Tokyo, Antwerp, Mexico City, Tehran, Cape Town, London, and many more. Toronto is happening right now.
You can read an interview with creators on It's Nice That and view Sketchbooks from all cities on Two Pages.
Linotype.Wiki is exactly what you'd expect: info on typesetting machines. I love niche things like this.
