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-...

Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water ふしぎの海のナディア

The tech bros are wrong: If everyone on the planet can generate Hollywood quality video based on a text prompt then the ability to creatively write a text prompt is what's going to make the difference between fan fiction and something that people really want to watch.

The only thing better than a cuddle from a big dog, is cuddles from *two* big dogs. Jean Arthur in Easy Living (1937).

My little Reddit group Design Founders just reached 500+ 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...

Too many games www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

Really well done video that explains how 2D time would work, alas it seems that there's no evidence for alternate timelines www.youtube.com/shorts/6L9Zs...

almost 20 years ago you could actually get a full time graphic design job at a newspaper *with* benefits — a lost golden age

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In the early early early 90s there was that brief magical period of time when desktop publishing wasn't affordable for many at home, yet you could go to a place like Kinko's and rent time on a desktop computer hooked up to a laser printer

Inspiration: Jim Henson Making Muppet Magic, 1971 www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXj9...

"He "didn't want to write about Massachusetts because [he] didn't think the word was musical" en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Take_Me...

A really wonderful NHK video on color #anime from the 1930s that was on "paper film" www.youtube.com/watch?v=OG6m...

This is a wonderful mini-documentary on the life of 1920s cinema actress Colleen Moore — sadly many of her films are lost and she never gets the same attention as other actresses from the same era, so it's nice to see this video youtu.be/cEswpjsmJRQ