Another Wednesday has rolled around, so here’s my weekly collection of interesting digital ephemera I’ve found poking around the vast Internet wasteland. Think of me as your guide through the eclectic digital desert…
Today’s Menu
- Art & Design
- Motion Graphics & Video
- Marketing
- Social Media
- Something Cool
- Something Strange
- Something Terrible
- Three Sites Worth Checking Out (Chess Edition)
Art & Design
The Evolution of Baseball card Design 1887-2011
This is a fun collection of Baseball Cards from designer Stacy David Wallingford. Just like the players, I’d have to say that even the graphics seem to have beefed up dramatically. I’m guessing they’d test positive for PhotoShop.
Case Study: The Revenger’s Tragedy Initial Design
Okay a bit of a shameless plug for my own article, but it’s a nice post that exposes my design philosophy and methodology. Take a look at how I came up with a design for GreenStage’s production of The Revenger’s Tragedy.
Motion Graphics & Video
Teal and Orange – Hollywood, Please Stop the Madness
A great rant on the overuse of color correction from filmmaker Todd Miro on the desaturation of the palette in Hollywood films of late. I don’t totally agree, but it’s a great rant nonetheless.
L.A. Timelapse
This is beautiful, and as John Nack says: “Colin Rich has done the nearly impossible: He’s made me find Los Angeles beautiful.”
LA Light from Colin Rich on Vimeo.
Table 7
A very cute, clever and well executed short film. -via Neatorama
John Dies at the End
Okay, I don’t know what this is about even after reading this article. But I sure want to see it!
Marketing
Seth Godin’s BlogMany people have heard of Seth Godin, if you haven’t you should! His daily missives on marketing, communications and humanity are not to me missed. A truly invaluable inspiration for those navigating the murky waters of modern marketing.
Social Media
This site is an experiment in collective history. Using google maps and user submitted photographs they aim to create build a visual history of the world. A worthy goal!
Something Cool
After over 24 centuries, the work of archaeologists, scholars and historians the Dead Sea Scrolls will be accessible to everyone thanks to Google’s technology. Google and The Israel Museum, Jerusalem have teamed up and are celebrating the launch of the Dead Sea Scrolls online. As reported on Google’s Blog:
Now, anyone around the world can view, read and interact with five digitized Dead Sea Scrolls. The high resolution photographs, taken by Ardon Bar-Hama, are up to 1,200 megapixels, almost 200 times more than the average consumer camera, so viewers can see even the most minute details in the parchment. For example, zoom in on the Temple Scroll to get a feel for the animal skin it’s written on—only one-tenth of a millimeter thick.”
Something Strange
Cthulhu vs. the Sith (or the Carrot Monster Revenge)
A cute, if strange stop motion animation involving vegetables, legos and the unmentionable horror from beyond the stars.
Something Terrible
Worst Band Ever Butchers Pink Floyd
So bad, it’s almost good… almost!
Three Sites Worth Checking Out (Chess Edition)
- It’s Your Turn. My favorite online chess (and other board game) site. If you want to challenge me at chess challenge Ulysses 2004.
- The Chess Website YouTube Channel. Great video chess lessons and lectures.
- US Chess. The US Chess Federation official site.
