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

Less than 12 DAYS LEFT on Kickstarter! We need $9,070 to reach our STRETCH GOAL. All 17 of our current flavors are now available as Kickstarter rewards. Please help us fund our two newest flavors — The Maltese Falcon & Doctor Watson! Link in thread!

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

Happy birthday Neil Brinkley. The influential artist and cartoonist, famous for creating the popular curly-haired 'Brinkley Girl', as well as for 40 years of comics and illustrations, was born today in 1941.

Working for Yourself is the Best Revenge

A new trendspotting mini-essay I wrote: The Return of the Generalist

A reminder that "online is forever" is a myth. I wrote about link rot a couple of years ago (gift link): medium.com/@wordworking...

Inspiration: "The most important thing is that you love what you are doing" Charles Eames (photo of Charles and Ray Eames working on a film)

Lucille Ball, 1938

TOMORROW! After a very long journey, SPACE CASE: THE GRAPHIC NOVEL finally launches into your favorite bookstore and online market store! A great, thrilling sci-fi mystery adventure written by Stuart Gibbs and illustrated by me! ✨🚀✨

Always be comfortable with your weak points, and look for a team who can compliment you — below is a memo from David Ogilvy from 1979. Source: www.instagram.com/p/DNDeRpqMAVa/

Vintage Volvo on the streets of Brooklyn

This video is really heartbreaking, it's about the creative wonderland of #NYC I came of age in which is now finally completely vanishing mostly due to greed youtu.be/1Z5x70CWfxM?...

Visiting the Fleischer Animation Studio (1938): This is a wonderful "behind the scenes" short which doesn't feature Disney. I love the shot where they're doing page flips of Popeye keyframes. #animation youtu.be/REABhE1RIh4?...

Here's a new Design Founder mini-essay I've just put together (I'm trying to start a community to share inspiration and ideas for creatives who start companies)

Instagram for iPhone in 2011 #MobileAppHistory

This is very cute animated video on how LEGO was founded, which includes a wooden toy company that gets destroyed up by a factory fire — not to mention dealing with the great depression and World War II. youtu.be/NdDU_BBJW9Y

I've started a Design Founders group at Reddit in hopes of building a community of creatives who are starting businesses — this can be anyone from someone getting started as a freelancer to someone who hopes to build the next Fortune 500 company. www.reddit.com/r/designfoun...

harsh reminder: if you're arguing with a troll on the internet it might be a robot

Every social media platform would be greatly improved by adding this feature to prevent people from wasting their time

Faced with her own life choices, Louise as Lucienne contemplates the plight of the caged bird in Prix de Beauté (1930).

sadly it always amazes me how much casual dumping i see in urban landscapes on a daily basis (also the impact of disposable plastic waste on the ecosystem)

1982

The Man in the White Suit (Alexander Mackendrick, 1951) DoP: Douglas Slocombe

"The Flag". Frank Lloyd Wright. 1927.

Sotheby's video for an Operational Apple-1 Computer youtu.be/XdBKuBhdZwg

I've waited my entire life to be an "expert" and now this youtube thumbnail confirms it 😂

Video worth watching: When Will Extreme Heat Become Unlivable? youtu.be/7hBMbQ9de1g?...

Advice: It's best to not to make Fran Lebowitz your enemy...