Twitteroundup! Week 34

Interesting

Luscher Color Diagnostik personality test. So accurate, I can't share the results. More info. via @Wiltonfoundry

Design and Inspiration

Mini-Luxury Living: 10 Small Homes Built on Tiny Islands via @dornobdesign

Peter de Sève now has a blog! via @corygodbey

Saving my pocket change for this baby: Pershing 90 Yacht. Wow.

1950's Sci-Fi Magazine Covers.

15 Stunning Examples of Data Visualization via @theroxor, @Minervity, @buysellads:

Ran across http://www.designhistory.org/ Great Articles.

Old vs new: great logo redesigns. via @TheRoxor

insigne Announcements

Very excited about this: Aviano Didone on Typography Served!

Working on an update for Chennai. It's been on an uptick of late. Two new weights planned and a rounded slab extension.

Just fired off Sommet Rounded for the Modern Cyrillic competition.

See what insigne fonts will be available for free and subscription use on websites through Typekit!

New Sans Serif, Sovba. Critique in Progress at Typophile. Slice and Dice!

Tech

Link your Facebook Page to Twitter with a Facebook App.

Illustrator circa 1963. via @swissmiss

Funny AE bug reports via @brampitoyo

Wondered if it were possible, then confirmed it. You can set Google Alerts to go to Google Reader now!

Google Hot Trends. Updated Hourly.

Men prefer websites designed by men and vice versa, Men, Women's preferences poles apart. Via @CastleType

Easy, Fast & Cheap DIY Process to Compost Plastic via @webecoist.

Humor

Snicker! T and G are too close together on a keyboard. I will never end a work email with "Regards" ever again. via @LogoMotives, @bluehaus

Comments

Carta Marina

Carta Marina is based on the titling found on the famous map drawn by Olaus Magnus in 1539. The map of northern Europe took 12 years to complete, and the total size is a huge 1.7 meters tall by 1.25 meters wide. More information about the map, as well as the high resolution reference document used to create the typeface and illustration set can be found at the James Ford Bell Library, University of Minnesota. The titling is slightly aged, very sturdy and elegant. Carta Marina includes a full set of OpenType alternates for every character in the English alphabet, oldstyle figures, historical forms, small caps and 64 discretionary ligatures. These ligatures are used to alter the appearance of the type so that the printing appears realistic and without any duplicate letters to detract from the antique appearance. The Carta Marina family also includes some of the unique illustrations that give the map much of its character. It includes depictions of fanciful sea creatures, land animals a

Microsoft Expression

I have been trying out the Microsoft Expression web design program recently. My final verdict: I like it better than Dreamweaver. I’ve been using Dreamweaver for 5 years now, but where Expressions really shines is its handling of CSS, which is, in my mind, quite a bit better than Dreamweaver. My “problem” with CSS as opposed to tables is that with tables you can visualize what you are doing. CSS is a bit more programmatic. Expression helps a bit. If you are looking to save some money, and you use a PC, you should download Visual Web Developer. You can do some very advanced stuff with this program, and the interface is very much like Expressions. The price is right: free! However, Expression is more intuitive in how it handles CSS. It’s very interesting how Microsoft is starting to head into Adobe’s turf. Microsoft is working on equivalents to everything in Adobe’s product line. My long term bet is on Microsoft.

Guerilla Marketing

Just recently, I was wondering why we don’t see more of... ...this... ...this... ...this... ...this... and this here in the states. Yes, guerilla marketing. As you can see, all of these images don’t have their point of origin here in the USA. Then, I got my answer . Seriously, when looking at few of these campaigns, although they are clever and probably very effective, some of them seem destructive and disruptive. I think that American advertisers recognize this, and understood that American culture doesn’t have time or allow disruptions or annoyances, making it a tactic that is rarely used stateside. There are also probably some legal, or rather enforcement reasons that make it more common overseas. Any other thoughts? Everything with the exception of AXE via adgoodness . AXE via ibeliveinadv .

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