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Why oh why? posted 3rd September 2002

Scene 360 asks the question of twenty three top zines and design portals: Why do you do it? A beautifully put together piece with some fascinating insight into how the likes of K10K and Design is Kinky think.

The Evolution of Type, a fine introduction to the origins, evolution & applications of modern letterforms from MediumBold, via Adactio.

Stand back: I’ve just come across the best website I’ve seen this year: Public Lettering – a walk in central London. The site is based on a walk by Phil Baines for his graphic design students. It examines the typography of larger examples of public lettering on and in…
More Gardening: Andy Budd has created a lovely design for the Zen Garden. I’m giving a SkillSwap talk this Monday on Design Process – Evolution of the Wireframe. Dave Shea has reinvigorated discussion on designing with colour deficient folks in mind and points us to Pixy’s…
Underworld typography: Underworld recently put out some 12” singles and I’m loving the type-based artwork.
’Ow queer: The missing link. More amusing PhotoShoppage from HowStrange.
Upgrade update!: In response to last week’s rant about upgrade messages for non-CSS browsers, Doug has written an fascinating post on the process Wired went through with their upgrade message. Doug talks about the evolution of the message wording and how it’s placement differs…