Legoland California imagery in Google Street View.
High quality imagery, too. When browsing Legoland within Street view, Google’s ‘Pegman’ marker on the map is replaced by a LEGO minifig.
Category: Delicious
The obvious reason for their historically oversized, air-filled boxes was as a psychological tool to justify the pricetag for a bunch of bits of plastic. With this news, it is clear that LEGO co. are comfortable that the value of Legos is universally evident.
Quimbys Bookstore celebrates their 20th Anniversary with a limited Chris Ware print.
The print features the design drawings used to create their iconic sign.
“People often ask us if Quimby’s Bookstore is named after Mr. Ware’s Quimby the Mouse character. No, we are not named after that character. In a weird coincidence, both the name of the store and Ware’s Quimby the Mouse character were serendipitously created at the same time without the knowledge of each other’s creation. But both Steven Svymbersky (the original owner of Quimby’s) and Eric Kirsammer (the current owner of Quimby’s) are friends with Mr. Ware. And he was kind enough to design signage for us.”
Like lego and Ikea collaborating to build a tangible sequencer.
I don’t even like baseball that much, but this app is GREAT. It was an MFA Design + Technology thesis project for a Parsons grad. Watch the video.
Midwest45s.org collects lesser-known soul, funk and gospel 45s from America’s heartland.
Also known as: the best thing ever.
The Danny Elfman & Tim Burton 25th Anniversary Music Box.
Every soundtrack they've collaborated on in an intricately detailed box designed by Burton. Includes 7 hours of unreleased material, a DVD of the two in conversation, a 250 page book, and a functioning zoetrope with interchangeable content by both artists. Only $500.
“Pages in Sequence” posts about the current Chris Ware Exhibit at the Adam Baumgold gallery in NYC.
Includes photos of the signage and ephemera related to HBO's aborted "Acme Novelty Network". Ware: "Much to my horror – HBO immediately agreed to do the show…"
David Byrne on spending a week in Detroit.
Ends on a middling note, probably appropriately.
The Digital Agencies of the Future!
Gallery of the mobile experience offered by the websites of top digital agencies. Hilarious.