First up are some nice posters for the International Year Of Astronomy. It started as a self initiated project by Simon Page and they went on to be used by the IYA organisation. They have a very retro feel with dark muted colours, faded printed fills and simple typography. I like them a lot! Plus also shown above is a new typeface from Studio8.

First up I saw this great making of video for Calvin Harris' Ready For The Weekend.... what a cool idea! I love the idea of the electricity and music traveling through people, and the fact that all these people are playing together to make a near perfect rendition of his single. Also there's something weirdly aesthetic about the inky hands. Can't wait to see the final video.




This new typeface "Client Mono" is great. Just up my street; it's monospaced, old fashioned, and kinda techy geeky.




Finally, these photographs from Nils Jorgensen are really clever and beautifully shot. I can't help but keep clicking to see the next one. They all play on coincidence of shape, placement, colour etc. There are over a hundred, so go take a look!

After struggling for hours with a piece of acrylic, I have decided to have a break enjoying a sol in the sun, which I now realise means sun in the sun, which sounds rather peculiar. I was attempting to cut a 6ft piece of acrylic into strips, but every attempt - cutting, sawing, snapping - was futile. Everywhere I rang up would not cut acrylic and now I can see why. My advice to anyone: never use acrylic.

Onto cheerier things. The sun is out in Britain today. What a lovely bank holiday, and hopefully one of many nice weekends to come. Although being Britain, the best thing to do is expect rain, and if it is sunny, then you're pleasantly surprised.

Other than that, he's some nice links I found recently. A Classic With A Twist. More Soon. Quatro (Free).

I'm not entirely sure why, but I found Arial Monospaced recently, and love it. I've always liked monospace fonts, they seem to make everything look neater, but most are unfriendly. This seems softer and more versatile. Or maybe it's the fact that arial is so ugly normally...