The World's Best Alternative Subway Maps : TreeHugger
Some fantastic maps.
Dr Richard Feynman - Microsoft Research
These lectures are fantastic. One interesting an compelling fact about these lectures is the use of humour to level the weight of knowledge. Did the genre of scientific stand up continue after these? Answers on a post card please, or just in the comments section below.
Top 10 comic book cities: | Architects Journal
Chris Ware’s work is superb.
Jpeg Optimising Techniques From Smashingmag
Interesting stuff if your a digital image junkie like me. The problem is, will I ever find the time to apply these methods to my images.
Architecture in Ghostbusters 1 and 2
When I was young, really young, I used to dream about being a Ghostbuster. Who would have thought that I had chosen a profession that was remarkably similar.
I can hear it now… “Who you gonna call? Architects!” Some how it doesn’t have the same ring to it.
“MISO by Mårten Nettelbladt is a heavy duty typeface for the construction industry*.”
Free font for all your architypes. Nice compact font for annotations etc. But it might be a bit too condensed for typical body text.
subway systems of the world,
presented on the same scale.
Following with my love of subway systems. Heres a beautiful collection of subway maps from around the world presented at the same scale.
Looking at the list of cities it made me ponder ‘can you be a major city without one?’
Silver Café in Morecambe picked up the award for Best Small Commercial at this years MSA awards (Manchester Society of Architects).
