This Article, about the Perfectly Preserved Pooches of Castle Bitov, struck a [creepy] chord with me. Growing up with my grandmother’s old cat, Tequila, forever resting under the staircase, a pair of parrots that no longer sang, perched on top of the refrigerator and countless other taxidermic artifacts from the past – I can’t help but wonder what is in store for the after-life my precious dog, Catfish.
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This awesome new resource just launched earlier this month. You can explore and post data visualizations and infographics. Go there. 
Even though I’m super busy getting ready to move in a few weeks, I’ve decided to make a more concerted effort to make a lil sketch each day. Since this isn’t really a ‘project blog’ I’m not going to post every one here, but maybe I will do something else with them later. Time William Tell.
5.09.2011
5.11.2011
This is my theme song for at least the next two months.
I stumbled upon this post from February 2008 on Design Observer. The long list reads like a who’s who manual for Big Design Names. If someone is on this list you’ve never heard of, you probably should spend a little time and at least google them. Plus it is really fun to put faces to names and then famous faces to faces.
Who would play you in a movie?
Wishful Thinking?
The Phraseology Project is where Drew Melton uses user-generated phrases, to explore the sweet spot where type meets illustration. Looks like he’s got some inspiration from some of today’s hot typographers.
Brings up an interesting question: how do you visually quote something without coming off as a copycat?
