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I Heart [of it all] Mikey Burton

via mikeyburton.com

Must return for more.

Great Design Blog from Japan: Storm from the East

 

Storm From The East is a Tokyo-based web magazine covering design, architecture, culture and news from Japan.

Started in March 2006, we attract an ever-increasing number of readers from Asia, Europe, North and South America and Africa.

via www.storm-from-the-east.com

Great find.

So that's what happened in the 50's and 60's

via kottke.org

Mesmerizing. Things fall apart.

Christmas Wishlist: Fold up Dahon Mu Uno Bike

via www.studioforbes.com

Rad. (And no, I don't *need* this yet, but it would be nice.)

I'm now riding at least one day a week to work and I'm totally hooked. As soon as we figure out childcare drop offs, I'll increase to three days a week.

50 Inspiring Examples of Minimalism in Web Design

via line25.com

Not sure all of these count as minimalism, but a nice collection of sites designed with a white and black color palette.

Vintage Magazine Covers

via www.webdesignerdepot.com

Some great magazine covers. Get prepared for a blitz about the death of magazine covers by every magazine company looking for a last splash.

I have some old Life and Harpers I'll have to find.

(Above by Jean Cocteau.)

Rob Forbes on San Francisco's South Park: Seeking Privacy in a Public Space

The [South Park] park’s design is quirky, full of funny shapes that would drive a modernist mad, like the masonry pathways that evolved organically. I’m not nostalgic about the past, but I love that this place has the best parts of tradition.

via www.nytimes.com

Rob Forbes setting up Studio Forbes shop in South Park was a natural fit. Contrast of a high-tech mecca in a low-tech neighborhood suit Studio Forbes perfectly.

Are you Foldschool?

via www.foldschool.com

Maybe this will be a year-end craft project...though I'm not sure it will get us more storage, an extra bedroom, or a better night of sleep. Noting for future free time.

Checking out Paul-Rand.com and the corporate identity designs

via www.paul-rand.com

Take a look at the gallery. I was just commenting on the Yale Press logo yesterday. I assumed it was Rand because it's elegant and surprising modern look.

via @johnmaeda noting Rand's birth date.

Destination: Parkinglotsville, New York

Of course, at 325 square feet per parking space, all these cars would need over 3.8 square miles of space to park, about 3 times the size of Central Park. At that point, who would want to go to Manhattan anyway?

via frumin.net

I took a crowded, but pleasant Hudson train into NYC this morning. On top of the millions of other reasons cities should have car restrictions, both market and government driven, is the 4 miles of parking lots required to handle the inbound cars.

(link from stupidfool.org.)