Quick bites about whatever interests me, amuses me, or not.Tumblr (3.0; @jamkim)http://jamkim.tumblr.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/2c06ba22b5735eab969dd856fd2a51fe/tumblr_mm1abec8Z51qer9w3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><blockquote> <p><br/><strong>35 Vintage Library Posters from the New Deal Era</strong><br/><br/>Between 1936 and 1943 thousands of boldly coloured and graphically diverse posters were produced by the Work Projects Administration, established as part of Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s New Deal.</p> </blockquote>http://jamkim.tumblr.com/post/49200037124http://jamkim.tumblr.com/post/49200037124Mon, 29 Apr 2013 13:30:49 -0700booksgraphic designposterslibraries<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/e57b5b06ffc24bbe7005be37d23e1916/tumblr_mkvnx2b0ds1ripzl4o1_400.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/27a1d7ec959a56b2322154756c8f971f/tumblr_mkvnx2b0ds1ripzl4o2_400.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/19138325c90c0844766180bd928daa1e/tumblr_mkvnx2b0ds1ripzl4o3_400.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/22df6972b15275ba71cb34adb3826a0a/tumblr_mkvnx2b0ds1ripzl4o4_400.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/b991f85cc5a0eaf5b974af1a2b71e7c2/tumblr_mkvnx2b0ds1ripzl4o5_400.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://onlyfoolsandvikings.tumblr.com/post/47352788427/motivational-megafauna-theyre-extinct-but-they">onlyfoolsandvikings</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Motivational Megafauna, they’re extinct but they are proud of you.</p> </blockquote>http://jamkim.tumblr.com/post/48557365139http://jamkim.tumblr.com/post/48557365139Sun, 21 Apr 2013 14:26:21 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/93ec366a3e36ad81427aaf56cace5728/tumblr_mjbjnaHhij1qer9w3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>(via <a href="http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2013/02/28/the-line-it-is-drawn-128-music-album-cover-homages/">The Line it is Drawn #128 – Music Album Cover Homages | Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources</a>)</p>http://jamkim.tumblr.com/post/44826673313http://jamkim.tumblr.com/post/44826673313Thu, 07 Mar 2013 17:47:00 -0800comicsmusicgraphic design<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/60278405" width="400" height="266" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><blockquote> <p>An 18 second flick through a first edition NYCTA Graphics Standards Manual designed by Massimo Vignelli of Unimark International in 1970.</p> </blockquote>http://jamkim.tumblr.com/post/44642281606http://jamkim.tumblr.com/post/44642281606Tue, 05 Mar 2013 11:14:50 -0800historygraphic designtypography<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/a507fe167e043eb2c775a2a5bb586d55/tumblr_mgu1ilt4ZX1qced37o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://theparisreview.tumblr.com/post/40854306616/the-last-poem-in-selma-meerbaum-eisingers">theparisreview</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>The last poem in Selma Meerbaum-Eisinger’s notebook, via the <a href="http://writersnoonereads.tumblr.com/post/40685565118/meerbaum-eisinger">Writers No One Reads Tumblr</a>. The niece of Paul Celan, Meerbaum-Eisinger died at the age of eighteen of typhus in the Mikhailovska labor camp. Fifty-seven poems survived in a notebook titled <em>Blütenlese</em> (Harvest of Blossoms).</p> <blockquote> <div>Tragedy:<br/>Dec. 23, 1941<br/>This is the hardest: to give yourself<br/>and know that you are unwanted,<br/>to give yourself fully and to think<br/>that you vanish like smoke into the void.</div> </blockquote> <p><em><small>Translation by Pearl Fichman.</small></em></p> </blockquote>http://jamkim.tumblr.com/post/40856548057http://jamkim.tumblr.com/post/40856548057Fri, 18 Jan 2013 11:00:15 -0800poetryhistory<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/599dd9c046fdc9c9bc729e2f483151c6/tumblr_mghcccAr2l1qer9w3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><blockquote> <p><br/><strong>Infographic: The Evolution Of The Batman Logo, From 1940 To Today</strong><br/><br/>Unlike other superheroes’ emblems, which really don’t serve much of a purpose outside of adorning their costumes, the Caped Crusader’s iconic logo has a vital function: When shining on the skies above Gotham, the silhouette alerts Batman that it’s time for action. For the sake of clarity in times of peril, you’d think it would make sense to keep this all-important signal consistent throughout the years. But apparently, that’s not the case. According to this infographic, the CEO of Wayne Enterprises has overhauled the visual identity of his other venture some 30 times since he founded it in 1940.</p> </blockquote>http://jamkim.tumblr.com/post/40277156197http://jamkim.tumblr.com/post/40277156197Fri, 11 Jan 2013 13:14:36 -0800comicsBatmandesignbranding<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/09bb35b1323869137b3bb2c9de687d35/tumblr_mfjuauh3vz1rqpa8po1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://exp.lore.com/post/38732179273/the-birth-of-emoticons-one-of-100-diagrams-that">explore-blog</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>The birth of emoticons, one of <a href="http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2012/12/21/100-diagrams-that-changed-the-world/">100 diagrams that changed the world</a>: Emoticons made a discreet entrance, arriving in print for the first time in this March 30, 1881 issue of <em>Puck</em> magazine. The small item in the middle of this page gives four examples of ‘typographical art’ – joy, melancholy, indifference, and astonishment.</p> </blockquote>http://jamkim.tumblr.com/post/39666140874http://jamkim.tumblr.com/post/39666140874Fri, 04 Jan 2013 09:31:11 -0800historyemoticonstypography<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/095803ee73d103a713cf38eefa4a453b/tumblr_mf3ajagAiL1qer9w3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><blockquote> <div> <p><strong>Long Exposure Photos Capture Years in a Single Frame</strong><br/><br/>In today’s digital age, it takes fractions of a second to snap a picture and capture a moment. But that is too quick for photographer Michael Wesely.</p> </div> </blockquote>http://jamkim.tumblr.com/post/38005106073http://jamkim.tumblr.com/post/38005106073Sat, 15 Dec 2012 12:35:00 -0800photosarchitecture<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lpwyy8Yfka1qeg95lo1_400.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lpwyy8Yfka1qeg95lo2_400.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://cericneesh.tumblr.com/post/37271540825/you-may-have-seen-these-before-awesome-products">cericneesh</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><span>You may have seen these before. Awesome products by Help Remedies inc. They’re not just a funny package either, the bandages are made from hydrocolloid, which is the same type of material used in hospital bandages. The best part is that the packaging is both hilarious AND environmentally friendly: made from recycled materials and is compostable.</span><br/><br/><a href="http://www.helpineedhelp.com/view-product/help-i-ve-cut-myself/" rel="nofollow">Their website</a><span> is worth taking a look at, even if you don’t intend to buy any of their products - it’s as funny as their packages.</span></p> </blockquote>http://jamkim.tumblr.com/post/37274951788http://jamkim.tumblr.com/post/37274951788Wed, 05 Dec 2012 11:48:27 -0800funnybrandingdesign“<p>The world begins at a kitchen table. No matter what, we must eat to live.</p> <p>The gifts of earth are brought and prepared, set on the table. So it has been since creation, and it will go on …</p> <p>At this table we sing with joy, with sorrow. We pray of suffering and remorse. We give thanks.</p> <p>Perhaps the world will end at the kitchen table, while we are laughing and crying, eating of the last sweet bite.</p>”<br/><br/> - <em>Joy Harjo, “Perhaps the World Ends Here.”</em>http://jamkim.tumblr.com/post/36835711885http://jamkim.tumblr.com/post/36835711885Thu, 29 Nov 2012 14:47:20 -0800poetry<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_me5q053Z521qer9w3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><blockquote> <p><strong>An Italian Library That Seems To Be Floating On Water</strong><br/><br/>Italian architectural studio Andrea Maffei Architects—together with Japanese architect Arata Isozaki—has designed and built a new public library that appears to be floating on water.</p> </blockquote>http://jamkim.tumblr.com/post/36672745530http://jamkim.tumblr.com/post/36672745530Tue, 27 Nov 2012 09:31:17 -0800architecturelibraries<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mczylcvE5S1qhy6c9o1_500.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mczylcvE5S1qhy6c9o2_400.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mczylcvE5S1qhy6c9o3_400.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mczylcvE5S1qhy6c9o4_400.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mczylcvE5S1qhy6c9o5_400.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mczylcvE5S1qhy6c9o6_400.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mczylcvE5S1qhy6c9o7_400.gif"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://leigheldridge.tumblr.com/post/36270307931/movember-suggestions">leigheldridge</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Movember suggestions</p> </blockquote>http://jamkim.tumblr.com/post/36270951316http://jamkim.tumblr.com/post/36270951316Wed, 21 Nov 2012 23:04:33 -0800Movembercats<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/K3PXYvuxivg?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><blockquote> <p>LEGO Pop-up Todai-ji + Daibutsu (Buddhism)</p> </blockquote> <p>A popup “book” that contains a Buddhist temple. And instructions at the end of the video!</p>http://jamkim.tumblr.com/post/35859058274http://jamkim.tumblr.com/post/35859058274Fri, 16 Nov 2012 12:54:49 -0800LEGOdesignBuddhism<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdhxtkPFz21qer9w3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><blockquote><strong>Artist Makes Terrifyingly Detailed Monster Drawings On Post-Its</strong><br/><br/>Denmark-born John Kenn Mortensen is a children’s television producer at his day job and an amazing Post-It artist in his spare time.</blockquote></p>http://jamkim.tumblr.com/post/35724358527http://jamkim.tumblr.com/post/35724358527Wed, 14 Nov 2012 13:17:43 -0800<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_md6p0xL5RW1qer9w3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><blockquote> <p><strong>A Work Desk For Typography Lovers?</strong><br/><br/>Typography lovers, listen up!<br/><br/>Washington DC, US-based Romanian designer Liviu Avasiloiei has designed a desk that lets you incorporate any two letters of the alphabet as its support legs.<br/><br/>Called ‘Persona Type Work Desk’, the concept desk is made of wood and has a smooth, clean and spacious surface.</p> </blockquote>http://jamkim.tumblr.com/post/35283679390http://jamkim.tumblr.com/post/35283679390Thu, 08 Nov 2012 11:34:09 -0800typographydesign<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mc9jfblrce1qer9w3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><blockquote> <p><strong>Logo Life: The Visual Evolution of 100 Iconic Logos</strong></p> </blockquote>http://jamkim.tumblr.com/post/34057096807http://jamkim.tumblr.com/post/34057096807Sun, 21 Oct 2012 14:52:23 -0700graphic designlogos<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mby95b4LVd1qhq9bao1_500.png"/><br/><br/>http://jamkim.tumblr.com/post/33658616846http://jamkim.tumblr.com/post/33658616846Mon, 15 Oct 2012 13:25:30 -0700typographygraphic design<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbdusggn9X1qer9w3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><blockquote> <p><strong>Choose the Right Apple</strong><br/>A flow chart to aid in your pomaceous decision-making.</p> </blockquote>http://jamkim.tumblr.com/post/32884783484http://jamkim.tumblr.com/post/32884783484Thu, 04 Oct 2012 12:14:40 -0700postersapplesfunny<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/49556689" width="400" height="300" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><blockquote> <p><strong>You! Be Inspired! – A Hand Lettering Experience by Leandro Senna</strong></p> </blockquote>http://jamkim.tumblr.com/post/32745951242http://jamkim.tumblr.com/post/32745951242Tue, 02 Oct 2012 11:27:56 -0700typographyBob Dylangraphic design<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mb10qkh4bD1qer9w3o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><blockquote> <p><strong>Vive les Stick Figures</strong></p> </blockquote>http://jamkim.tumblr.com/post/32411875093http://jamkim.tumblr.com/post/32411875093Thu, 27 Sep 2012 13:54:20 -0700arthistory