this & that

This new Tumblr -- This & That -- makes my eyes so happy. Ampersands and playing with food. What's not to love.

This site is yet another piece in my layer cake of love and admiration for fellow Austinite Emily Blincoe. I'm addicted to her Instagram images, but I guarantee that all other social roads lead to greatness.

CHECK IT OUT:
Flickr -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/emilyblincoe/
Website -- http://www.thesewoods.com/
Other Tumblr -- http://emilyblincoe.tumblr.com/
Twitter -- https://twitter.com/thuglifeforevs

factory 20

Welcome to one of my favorite places to window shop -- Factory 20. It almost hurts to find so many things that I "can't live without", and it's a bonus that they shoot their products so stylishly. My only gripe (other than not being a millionaire) is that I wish it was a bit easier to quickly peruse the site. I somehow doubt that the trivial rumblings of a penny pincher matter much though.

color test

I thought this was a fun little challenge. There are various levels where you have to select the correct corresponding shade(s). Sometimes it's a bit harder than it looks. Other times it's an easy victory, and those are always nice. Give it a shot yourself here. 

lists of note

Q: What makes me happier than making lists? 

A: Finding a website full of lists by other people.

Here's an interesting one, from Sid (of the Sex Pistols -- you know, just in case you assumed it was Sid of American wrestling fame) to the doomed apple of his eye, Nancy. Kinda raunchy... yeah. Kind sweet... yeah that too. And is that blood? Not sure. Don't want to know. 

Want more lists (most considerably less punk)? Go to Lists of Note. Bookmark it, subscribe to it, add it your reader. Just do it. 

replace face

This would be the most badass army ever.

[ via Replace Face ]

geometry daily

I feel like all I really need to say is "duh, of course I like this", but that doesn't give the artist much credit I suppose. These images are part of an ongoing project by a German gent that goes by Tillman. Each day he posts a new composition on his Tumblr -- Geometry Daily. This is basically shape porn, which I can't get enough. I know where my eyes will be in the coming days/months/weeks.

wiener wednesday

I've seen a similar treatment of the windy dachshund before. Love it nonetheless!

Illustration by Lucie Sheridan.

good medicine: cubicle refugee

Oh how I love some categorized color. For some reason I've been needing a good dose of green too; I've had a hankering to visit a lush forrest in a far away mountain terrain. Until a plane ticket magically lands in my lap this site will be my back-up, for that and every other color from a rainbow.

Follow the link to check out Cubicle Refugee.

good medicine: kid casting

I'm a complete movie and TV geek so I immediately fell for this tumbr. I particularly enjoy when shows/films feature a younger version of a character. It usually prompts "what, oh my god they look nothing alike" (which I secretly get WAY too worked up over and involves mental hair pulling) or "hell yeah, perfect casting" (which involves unnecessary and lame mental high-fives with myself). So if you're a dork like me you'll enjoy this site called Kid Casting.

frontin fonts

The last thing I probably need to do is start yet another blog (since I've half-abandoned most of them), but here I go again. I am fascinated with fancy signs on ugly buildings, most notably apartment complexes with deceptively classy names and script type to back up the illusion of grandeur. So I give you Frontin Fonts, and as I so eloquently put it... they make shit look good. We'll see how long the love affair lasts, but for now you can check it out here. 

things magazine - part 1

Things Magazine is very interesting and peculiar site/publication, full of art, collections, design, architecture, randomness. It's almost overwhelming; if anything I have many hours I still need to spend in order to adequately discover all the gems it has to offer. Of course my radar went right to the Fuzzy Felt set in the Projects section.  It doesn't look like they have released any issues recently but they have an active Tumblr and Flickr account. And for a little background on their origins...

Things Magazine was originally founded in 1994 by a group of writers and Things has built a reputation as a home for new writing – essays, reviews, short stories and poems – about objects and their meanings.

P.S. Speaking of felt, I want to buy these and hang them up somewhere.

daily hues

Daily Hues is a unique and clever project by Anne Ulku in which outfits she wears each day are translated into a variety of shapes and colors. In her words:

DailyHues™ is a way to document the colors that I wear on a day-to-day basis in the means of an infographic. Size of the color depends on the proportion it yields to the piece of clothing. Each version of info graphic design composition and shapes goes on for 30 days.

soda can library

Aside from the occasional Topo Chico or root beer I really do not like soda. Surprising, I know. It's too sweet and filling. Double surprise. That said, every now and then I see a can all dressed up in its old retro duds and I'm tempted. What can I say, I'm a sucker for simple design, snazzy type, and bold colors. I would probably drink sand if it came in the right package. So when I discovered the Soda Can Library my mouth started watering. The images are a little small, but the fact that there are hundreds of blasts from the past to drool over (excitement apparently results in unfortunate saliva issues) I got over that real fast.

[ link via Life Lounge ]

recovering stuffaholic

Since I am so marvelous at keeping up with this site I figured, hey why not start ANOTHER blog, especially considering how well that's worked out in the past (Little Pink Spoon, Reverse Engineer... and those are the ones that I sort of committed to briefly). I can't seem to stop myself; something seems like a good idea and the damn internet makes it so easy to act on these impulses.

Ok, so I have created a little sister site called Recovering Stuffaholic. Original I know. I don't know really what I want to do with it, where it will go, or if it will quickly wear out its purpose to unburden some part of my mind and then die. What I AM aiming to do is create an outlet for my other problem (aside from laziness in case anyone wasn't clear), which is collecting and keeping loads of crap. With my last move, and the ever watchful and worried eye of my boyfriend, the realization of just how much stuff I have became overwhelmingly clear. When you live on your own you can learn to ignore it; it feels like it belongs or becomes invisible.

I realized (rather could not avoid) that it was/is time to declutter or at least try to purge a great deal of the junk, if not for the sake of space, for the sake of the relationship. I also found myself wondering, as I'm sure most pack rats do, why... WHY? Why so much? Seriously, why do I still have a Lil Homie that I paid $.25 for? Why do I have a Liz Claiborne purse from 1987? Why do I have 100 misc stickers? I firmly believe that a lot of it is rooted in genetics; I come from a family of collectors. Then there's the fact that I'm a sentimental person. Also, I like being able to have something when I need it -- ready for any occasion (although using that rationale, I should consider getting groceries more often). Beyond that a psychiatrist would have to explain the deeper meaning.

Regardless of the reasons for my mess the fact remains that there is too much. Recovering Stuffaholic is/will be:

1) A place to chronicle all of the crap that I'm sifting through and what becomes of it
2) A reason to create another Flickr account (3 don't seem enough). I mainly use the Recovering Lazyholic one so at this point it's bursting at the seams with all kinds of random stuff... photos, illustrations, family photos, ephemera, nonsense. Having an account to compartmentalize these things will help my main account stay more focused. On this new account I will have mostly scans of books, magazines, photos... all the odds and ends that I have, shouldn't have, or just got rid of. Some of it I will probably post on here from time to time. You can find it here.
3) Updated when I have the time, so no promises on how often I will post (I will however be adding stuff to the Flickr account pretty often I'm guessing).

And this was my really long introduction to a project that may never take off but exists for now. Wish me luck as I try to curb my ratty ways.

wordmark

This is so cool. Wordmark is a website that allows you to enter in text and it will generate a preview of it using every font that you have on your computer. It's also a great way to see that some spring cleaning is in order. There's a whole lot of ugly living in my font folder.

[ via How ]

i can't find my phone

This has become a new problem for me. I don't know if it's because I hate my phone so much that I put it wherever or I am becoming more absent-minded. I actually used this website the other day. Pretty cool. And the internet is yet another step closer in its efforts to dominate the world and make everything else obsolete.

designspiration

Designspiration is a new site that folks can follow for amazing photo, design, and typgography goodies. Yes, there are some other sites around that are very similar, but my stance is that you can't have too much of a good thing. What I particularly like here is that you can explore images by color (along with tags and other classifications of course). The super clean layout is nice, and the search function is pretty nifty. To add images you must have an invitation (I'm so excited that I won one. My oversharing needs as many outlets as possible) but even without you can bookmark away or find visual inspiration for whatever might strike your fancy. Here's my finds so far.

geometry sticky notes

If I could live in a store Present and Correct would be one of my top 5 choices. They would probably get sick of me pretty quickly but I'd feel right at home waking up every day surrounding by post-its and notebooks and any other vintage inspired office supply they might have. These geometry sticky notes are especially great.

if we don't, remember me

I haven't had a new favorite website in quite some time, but behold, here it is. If We Don't, Remember Me is full of animated gifs from classic (in my opinion) films, matched with quotes from their respective movie. I feel like it's something I tried to do long ago with screen shots but way better.

[ via Human Resources ]

bell labs

This is a great series of photos taken by Larry Luckham while he worked at Bell Labs in the 60's. You can see all them on his site and some of my favorites after the jump. Technology and hair have come a long way.