Now this is a song. Sweet Disposition, by The Temper Trap.

Metropolis, by Josip Kelava, is nice. Love what he does with it in the type samples.

New:

Collateral:

Love this HealthEd brand update by Michael Molloy.

Loving Peter Donnelly‘s line quality.

I greatly enjoyed Woodard’s American Nations. I’ve been recommending it even since before reading it, and now that I’ve finished it, will continue to do so. However, I think it’s important to note that Woodard’s initial observations are perhaps better than his final conclusions. The history he has compiled is fascinating, and the regional identities are instantly recognizable to any American. However, once he gets into the modern era, his personal bias towards his own nation becomes increasingly transparent.

To paraphrase/satirize the tone in the final third, to this reader he came across as saying, “The worst things about Yankeedom are that they’re too pushy about wanting paradise on earth for peoples of all creeds and colors. The worst things about the Deep South are that they hate non-whites and want to keep people stupid and poor and miserable.”

This book, although thoughtful, well-written, and insightful, would have benefited from a Southern co-author who could provide a balancing perspective from outside Woodard’s native Yankee viewpoint. Surely all nations have qualities that are equally admirable, as well as failings that are equally distressing. Nonetheless, it remains a fascinating read and one that I will continue to go back to and recommend, albeit with qualifications.

I’m not going to say I love absolutely everything about the Offset 2012 site.

I’ll just say that there’s nothing I don’t love about it.

(Found via the incomparable SwissMiss)

Have you ever confronted this problem in design? If so, do you have any ideas how I could improve my work?

Wide open to any and all suggestions! I’d love your help, if you can spare the time.

• Battleship: The Movie
• The “You Are Your Stuff” ad campaign by Norton
• Cars 2
• Twilight
• Legends of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole in 3D
• The line outside Georgetown Cupcake
• Nicolas Cage
• The term “Belieber”
• Toddlers & Tiaras
• The unending parade of “Keep Calm” posters
• The film career of Katherine Heigl
• Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter