A brilliant series of minimalist typographic tributes to scientists and their discoveries by Kapil Ghagat (on Tumblr at bhagatkapil)
Best thing since these minimalist posters celebrating women in science.
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Now this is a fine example of junkitecture — junk used as building material: License plates repurposed as shingles.
Built by Dan Phillips of Phoenix Commotion (mentioned in our post on the two-story, Houston-area office building constructed from salvaged material):
When folks return license plates for new ones at the tax office, Dan asks the office to save them for him. They make a dandy roof — reflective, which is a big deal in the Texas summer sun. The beefy galvanized metal yields a 75-year roof.
(via Phoenix Commotion)
See also: Earlier Unconsumption posts on aluminum cans and vinyl records used as roofing material, and posts on other uses for license plates.
Brilliant.
Courier gets a makeover - behold Courier Prime. (And remember why type matters.)
I’m not sure what I think of this.
For the 200th anniversary of Pride and Prejudice, Slate takes a look at the book’s best covers over the years, including ones by Jessica Hische and Coralie Bickford Smith.
Alphabet of Typography – lovely new homage to the wonders of serifs, hooks, diacritics, spines, ligatures and more from Pop Chart Lab, who have previously delighted us with visual takes on everything from the composition of classic cocktails to America’s bike lanes to the history of Apple.
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