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designer's quote

"Typography has one plain duty before it and that is to convey information in writing. No argument or consideration can absolve typography from this duty."
Emil Ruder

designer's quote

�The more uninteresting the letter, the more useful it is to the typographer.�
Piet Zwart

typographer's quote

"We are interpreters � not merely translators between sender and receiver. What we say and how we say it makes a difference. If we want to speak to people, we need to know their language. In order to design for understanding, we need to understand design."
Erik Spiekermann

designer's quote

"The designer�s field is that of communication, but to be meaningful to the designer, communications must embrace aesthetic�
Rudolph de Harak

It's interesting how de Harak's logic of communication in this quote filters through the value system of the designer.

square-ish shaggy dog

He's square-ish. He's shaggy. He's a square-ish shaggy dog with a mysterious object floating above his head.

minifig fun

I love LEGO minifigs. I love the secretive nature of feeling around the package trying to guess which in the series of 16 is in that little delightful bag of secrecy. (Note: It's not a mystery. Mysteries aren't revealed, secrets are.)

It's best when I buy a package at lunch time, bring it back to the office and have co-workers guess its contents. It's great fun and is encouraged for any office environment.

Here's a photo of all 16 figures from series 6.

official guesses:

Erik: Minotaur
Keane: Genie
Kevin: Skater Girl
Crystal: Intergalactic Girl
Jon: Bandit
Rochelle: Roman Soldier

This was the most guesses ever! And everyone had a different guess. Drama!
My years of Lego minifig guessing experience paid off. It was indeed the Minotaur. I was quite pleased (more so that he's pretty cool and not as much as I was right).

previous min-fig posts on this blog:
worst mini-fig in series 2 2/6/2011
mini-fig grab bag 2/9/2010

photo by StuartWhite on Flickr

missed auction

Bummer. I missed out on an ebay auction for a beautifully composed baseball card. It's the 1950 Bowman Stan Lopata #206. It sold for only $2.57 plus $1.75 shipping. Under five bucks! It may even challenge this other 1950 Bowman card that I bought and blogged about in terms of its visual appeal.

Blast it!

cantilever mania

Now's that's just asking for trouble.

Buildings with cantilevers have made prior appearances on this blog. Put "cantilever" in the search tool.

photo by Vesper Hsieh via Creative Commons licensing.

weird note

I found a Post-It note in my boiler room with the following note:

No time for cameras. We'll use our eyes instead. I see flashes.

I have no idea what this means.

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That's what my son typed into the url field. He seemed pretty excited about the site.