Saturday, December 6, 2008

United States of Whatever Thanks Johndan for "work-spacing" this one. - G.S. United States of Whatever. Very stupid, in a good way. (More Sifl & Olly links at this mefi post.) [work/space] 10:33:04 AM

Podcast, and Win Tickets for Constantines in Columbus OH Win Tickets for Constantines in Columbus OH. MP3: Our Age by Constantines Benco is bringing Constantines from Toronto to The Summit on Friday, December 12. Has this band ever played here before? I'm not sure... Anyway, we've got two pairs of tickets to giveaway to you, the lucky readers of donewaiting.com. To enter, send a blank e-mail to contest(at)donewaiting.com with the subject line CONSTANTINES. Make sure your name is in your e-mail address. We'll choose winners on 12/10. The band also recently released a limited edition 7″ with Feist. Click here to hear the song and order the record. Double bonus: Our main man Clint Reno did a poster for the Constantines awhile back and it's still for sale and it's still dope as hell. [donewaiting.com] 10:26:10 AM

Typography in Portland (From Noisy Decent Graphics) Typographic Portland. Portland, Oregon, USA has some of the best typography I've ever seen in a city. There's loads of good stuff everywhere. I didn't manage to photograph all of it, but here's a small selection. ¬[sgl dagger] I liked this too. The best trouser measurement typography I've seen in a long time. Nice big serif numerals. Lovely. And this. This is great. This explains lots about what's good about America in one simple piece of type. To most people these fonts would look old fashioned. But they don't, they look great. And they look American, so that makes it relevant. They are classic display faces yet they've been used on a cooker. Fantastic. The GM logo. GM make cookers? Cool. Imagine if Land Rover made fridges? That's an iconic American brand right there on the side of the cooker, with the logo nice and proud. Simple, fun, bold, good. [Noisy Decent Graphics] 10:23:56 AM

The Wittelsbach Diamond in London via azcentral.com Big blue diamond on display in London. Blue diamonds are exceedingly rare, and the 35.56 carat Wittelsbach Diamond has often had its color and clarity compared to the famed Hope Diamond, which is on display at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington. [azcentral.com | thebuzz] 7:26:44 AM