a silly song to cheer you up #sanrio www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dr98...

Before he was famous: Video of a 24-year-old George Lucas fresh out of USC film school, working on set with Francis Ford Coppola and dreaming up a feature film called THX 1138 #starwars www.youtube.com/watch?v=tW5S...

In 1964, when my father was 20 years old, he went to Mississippi to register voters as part of Freedom Summer. NPR interviewed us in 2021: www.npr.org/2021/07/14/1...

I never tried Assam tea until I walked into Trader Joe's and now it seems to be discontinued (according to the person stocking the tea shelves section at my local store), so can anyone recommend an alternative brand that comes close? 🫖☕️

A really well stated video: Is a Brand a Moat? 🌟 Rex Woodbury, Founder of Daybreak Ventures via The Information www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jmf5...

The Gatchaman movie (1978) was just added to the Criterion Channel #anime

🌙 a bit of sunshine on a rainy day...

Tina Modotti by Edward Weston, 1921. ⬇️

Today is the birthday of artist Bernard Krigstein (March 22, 1919-Jan. 8, 1990). He drew for EC Comics & Mad magazine, and illustrated books, magazines, & albums. Also a painter & teacher, he is best remembered in comics for Master Race, the 1955 EC Comics story about the horrors of the holocaust.

Meadow Gold Ice Cream ad from 1953 with illustration by Mary Blair. #wardsmorguefile

Sam Kieth's solo exhibition at the Cartoon Art Museum in 2013.

Not only was Martha the only true 5th Beatle, but she clearly had the best hair in the band Photo by by Don McCullin, 1968

Unsurprisingly Shinichiro Watanabe has really good taste in film! Here is his video of Criterion Closet Picks 🎥 #anime www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwoC...

The best art exhibit I've ever had the joy of poring over was a huge, inspiring Sendak exhibit visiting Columbus a few years back; I wrote about it on the Patreon (some pics, too): www.patreon.com/posts/mauric...

You know what's amazing about this illustration? The lady in purple is holding an old school computer printout which just came out around 1953 (and notice how the guy sitting down is clutching a slide ruler) #retrocomputing

To celebrate our 50th anniversary, we're bringing back some of our most beloved comics, including Naughty Bits #1 by Roberta Gregory: originally launched in 1991, it became the longest-running solo alternative comic book series by a female cartoonist--out 5/20! https://ow.ly/VWUr50YmLU4

Happy Valentines Day! Are these pink enough?? (All watercolor or ink and watercolor)

Arthur C. Clarke explains cloud computing and remote working over 50 years ago in 1974 www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTdW...

Inspiration for Creatives: You Can Do So Much More Than You Think You Can www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mrkj...

The story goes like this, in 1967 a little girl called Takara’s customer service number, and asked to speak to Licca-chan. Not wanting to crush a little kid’s dreams, the operator quickly replied “Hello, this is Licca-chan!” Very cute, totally harmless. …right?

Miklac TineMelk 2000-2014 To market their range of milk for schools in Norway, Tine hired Lars Fiske to design a series of quirky, angular characters, led by shapeshifting cow mascot, Miklac. They appeared on cartons of Skolemelk and on school equipment. Requested by @malcmanishere.bsky.social.

This ad for Claude is brilliant www.youtube.com/watch?v=De-_...

i owe a huge chuck of my career to flash, rest in peace old friend

Designed 99 years ago (1927), and I'm amazed to see that they're still manufacturing them today: "Otis Brannock played around with the idea for a couple of years and finally built a prototype using an Erector set. In 1926 and 1927, Brannock patented the device and created a company to build it."

Professor Tim Wilson on the lasting brilliance of the 70's BBC series I, Claudius — I think his insights into the series being a good example of leveraging the immediacy of television (over say the grand scale largeness of cinema) are dead on www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdJ1...

On January 29, 1920, 18-year-old Walt Disney,l started working at the Kansas City Film Ad Co. for $40 a week.

This is a wonderful video tour of the home of art collector Barbara Jakobson (1933-2025) www.youtube.com/watch?v=y--K...

This is an inspiring short video on artist Liliana Porter who creates artwork with her collection of miniature toys, her whimsical style reminds me of the some of the work of Charles and Ray Eames www.youtube.com/watch?v=EiKB...

This wonderful video is on Japanese names of colors which can be based on a time of day or even be the result of a textile design from years ago www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUUz...

Vintage TV Station identification WDR-SWF The fixed stationary patterns WDR-SWF mark the beginning and end of a film whose length can be adapted to time requirements. Scanned from Gebrauchsgraphik, 8, 1967. designreviewed.com/artefacts/ge... #gebrauchsgraphik #vintagedesign #digitaldesign

Soviet artists, Vladimir and Georgi Stenberg in their studio with a backdrop of some of their posters including Tamilla (1927), A Real Gentleman (1928) and The Three Million Trial (1926).

Last weekend to grab some art at the @hingeartists.bsky.social Holiday Open House! There’s still a bunch of pieces available! www.hinge-artist-collective.com/holiday-open...

News on the website: my episode of The Anime Business is live! Check it out: helenmccarthy.net/the-anime-bu...

🎨 My latest client work! It's always fun to be given an opportunity to animate a spaceship (Inclusive Investments screen) 🚀 www.linkedin.com/posts/women%...

yes i realize that they're demons, but they sort of look cute and know how to party #生はげなまはげ

Ahoy! New online exhibit just dropped! The @hingeartists.bsky.social Holiday Open House is now open, with lots of cool affordable art available! www.hinge-artist-collective.com/holiday-open... I have these three pieces for sale there!

This amazing interview gives both great insights into Stanley Kubrick's working process and provides a look at an NYC that has vanished www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSrQ...

George Harrison's original handwritten lyrics for 'Here Comes the Sun'

Yesterday morning, I made a pilgrimage to the NYC memorial park bench of MAD magazine founder and publisher William M. Gaines. After nailing down the location, I recorded this video so you'd be able to do the same. May you someday make a pilgrimage of your own! youtu.be/ifQa-7db9b0

Also, you get a comma. And a capital S which is usually a more useful test than T. Shorter phrases for font testing: library.typographica.org/short-phrase...

My humble Reddit group "Design Founders" just reached 1,000+ members. Since the Summer I've been posting insights, inspiration, and trendspotting for creatives who are starting a business. You can find the group here: www.reddit.com/r/designfoun...

Artist Wally Wood sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/wood_w... died on this day, so here's some examples of his early 1950's work: a couple of his covers for Weird Science and two pieces for 'The Spirit Sunday Supplement':

The New Yorker (1987)

Typophiles, Doug Wilson has digitized more industrial and other movies of old about typecasting and typesetting! realdougwilson.com/writing/new-...