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Weekend Links: Black Friday Edition
Friday November 26th, 2010
It takes a lot of ingenuity to make a good logo. Making bad logo may be just as creative a pursuit.
Is life in New York getting you down? Even if you can’t leave the city, you could always learn to talk like you come from Connecticut.
If you're going to change your accent, why not go all the away and assume the identity of a no-nonsense celebrity? (Photo by Jesse Rieser/Los Angeles)
Ever been stuck in a boring meeting about mail and packaging materials? We have the perfect solution.
It may take you a little while to figure out what this page is doing. When you do, I’m pretty sure it will blow your mind.
Google Maps isn’t just a way to figure out how to get from the doctor’s office to Red Lobster. It’s also raw material for art.
If street view photos can be art, can computer-generated animations of fruits falling in slow motion also be art? Why not!
Falling fruit combined with street view would make the best art. (Photo by Javier Pierini/Argentina)
Finally, remember this about toilets. If you can see out, they may not be able to see in. (Even if they can’t, the big Other is still watching you.)
Photographer Update:
- Justin Mott‘s photos of the recent tragedy in Cambodia on the NYT site.
- Josh Anderson‘s photo of a quiet shopping mania in the Times.
- Tamar Levine‘s photo featured in the The Printed Blog.
- Kurt Stallaert reminds you of the difficulty of shopping lists.
-Asad
