Archive: April 2007

• NYC subway maps / The great debate of 2007 in ixd, urban, visual · Apr 27, 18:56

  A graphic designer named Eddie Jabbour has proposed an alternative design for NYC subway maps. The New York Times wrote about it last week, and since then blogs have been blowing up over it. 37 signals evaluated it, and applauds the effort to increase usability at the expense of geographic accuracy: “Subway map readers want [...]

• NFL conundrums / Culpepper or Garcia? Jamarcus Russell or Brady Quinn? in web · Apr 25, 21:11

  Overheard on College Humor’s weekly sports chat, Straight Cash, Homey:
  Ethan: Who has the better NFL career: Russell or Quinn?
  Amir: That’s an impossible question. I couldn’t even tell you whos having a better career: Culpepper or Garcia, and they’ve had like 15 seasons between them. I’ll guess for you though: Russell. He’s bigger, faster, and stronger. [...]

• Information art / Typographic map of London in inside art, visual · Apr 24, 19:54

  This amazing typographic map, cheekily called “London’s Kerning,” was designed by NB: Studio, a London graphic design concern. It’s a pretty excellent demonstration of type’s ability to communicate size, shape, relationship, the list goes on. I also love the homage (via typeface) to the London A-Z, an indispensable companion, interpreter and guide for any navigator [...]

• Living all over / Google-mapping my life in san francisco, the ancient past, visual, web · Apr 19, 20:09

  So how come I just now learned that you can create your own Google Maps mark-up? As a lover of both maps and personal documents, the ability to customize an online map has the potential to have a Shabu-like effect on my life. The above map has all the places I’ve lived in the Bay [...]

• Music / Lightning Bolt explodes 12 Galaxies in flickr, music, san francisco, visual · Apr 18, 21:14

  A few years ago, it would have been surprising to see a San Francisco indie crowd move its feet around in a dance-style motion at a live show. Last week, Lightning Bolt got people moving at 12 Galaxies; it wasn’t exactly “dancing” but (from my vantage point in the balcony), it appeared kinetic — lots [...]

• Architecture / Teddy Cruz’s urban acupuncture in architecture, ecology, urban · Apr 17, 17:56

  Last night, I saw architect Teddy Cruz deliver a fast-paced, idea-rich presentation at the San Francisco Art Institute. In a little over an hour, he tore through a slide show covering his recent work on the social, cultural, political, and economic forces at work in communities along the US-Mexico border. The slide show itself was [...]

• Kansas basketball / Post-Julian thoughts in basketball, kansas basketball · Apr 10, 16:53

  Julian Wright is taking the opportunity of a lifetime, and who can blame him? He brought enthusiasm and energy to every game, contributed hugely in many of the big wins in the last couple of years (cf. these dunks during the Florida game and this epic 33-point performance at MU), and showed enough skill and [...]