Image of the Day: Swallowtail Beach

Observed on the beach in Poe Valley State Park

Image of the Day: Fuse Box Rust

Found in Poe Valley near some old camps.

Beach Poetry

via we love typography
See the original image on Anoukrandag’s Flickr Site. I wonder what it says...

Wayzgoose

via wikipedia
“A wayzgoose was at one time an entertainment given by a master printer to his workmen each year on or about St Bartholomew’s Day (24 August). It marked the traditional end of summer and the start of the season of working by candlelight. Later, the word came to refer to an annual outing and dinner for the staff of a printing works or the printers on a newspaper...”

I seem to forget about this holiday every year, but will try to get an early start for 2012.

Wayzgoose for Coventry printers at Stonebridge, c. 1907.

Images of the Day: Poe Valley Moss

With my camera nestled in some great moss behind the concession stand 

at Poe Valley State Park, I’m not sure which of these I like better.

Typographic Transit Maps

via a two winged fairy
“TRNSPRTNATION” is a series of typographic transit maps by Fadeout Design. The transit lines are made up of strings of text that list the stations of the transit system. Prints are available for sale on the website of Boston, Chicago, London, NYC, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C.
Visit the site here.

Bookbinding: Everything you ever needed to know

via felt and wire
Craft Stew has more than 115 bookbinding projects, tips and tutorials that include stitching methods, glue methods, “unusual” methods, big books, little journals, and even how to bind a book by recycling an old book.
Visit Craft Stew here.

Seneca Lodge Postcard

One of our favorite vacation spots. 

I love this hand-tinted image of the main building and surrounding cottages.

Erasable e-papers

via printeresting
“Geek.com profiles a new erasable e-paper, which costs about two bucks for a single A4 sheet, but is good for 260 uses.”
Read more here.

Edison’s Mimeograph

via letterology
“Thomas Edison’s Mimeograph machine was licensed by A.B. Dick who invented the Mimeograph stencil in 1884. With Edison’s support the two of them began advertising in 1888 and sold the machines for $12 to $30 depending upon the size…”
Read more here.

Trust Your Soul

via the art of hand lettering

Image of the Day: The Printers Sink

Sink in our offset area splattered with Gojo cleaner
used to wash off the offset inks 

Image of the Day: Mouseover Hand

via a two-winged fairy and a raven who were searching for sparkly objects
When a cursor hovers over a hyperlink, a mouseover event changes the cursor into a hand with an outstretched index finger. This hand icon now graces my keychain. An online search revealed links to artist Susan Kare’s original Mac icons limited edition prints.

Raven & Crow

From Raven & Crow’s blog: “Since they started scavenging from all those dead people during the Black Plague, crows and ravens have gotten some pretty harsh associations slapped on them. Harbingers of death, bringers of doom, jerky black birds, etc. Which is why, to this day, groups of crows are known as murders. Likewise, a group of ravens is called an unkindness. At our design company, raven + crow studio, we're proud to say that we make a point to work with companies and non-profits who are out to make the world a better place.”
Their blog is dedicated to all things kind in the realms that fascinate them: Design, music, culture, fashion, and, of course, vegan food. Visit Raven and Crow’s blog here, and their design studio here.

Image of the Day: Rooftop Sunset 2

Color Swatch Door

via a two-winged fairy, Design Sponge, and Gizmodo
Architects are designers, too, and Armin Blasbichler’s home in South Tyrol is a great example. The floor-to-ceiling stained glass windows are designed as Pantone-like swatches that reflect the colors of the landscape outside.
See more here.

The Subjectivity of Color Perception

via brain pickings
“How do ‘normal’ people see ‘normal’ color? Turns out, the answer isn’t as black and white. From the fine folks behind BBC’s excellent Horizon series — who have also pondered the nature of reality, the age-old tension between science and religion, how music works, what time is, and how money came to dominate the world — comes Do You See What I See, a fascinating look at the subjectivity and divergence of how we each see the world and the surprising power colors can have on our mood, cognition, emotion, and entire lives…”
Read the rest here.

Image of the Day: Rooftop Sunset

Emerald Green or Paris Green, the Deadly Regency Pigment

via jane austin's world
“Once upon a time green paint literally killed people. In 1814 in Schweinfurt, Germany, two men named Russ and Sattler tried to improve on Scheele’s green, a paint made with copper arsenite. The result was a highly toxic pigment called emerald green. Made with arsenic and verdigris, the bright green color became an instant favorite with painters, cloth makers, wall paper designers, and dyers…”
Read the rest here.

Deconstructing the Color Wheel

via neatorama
The colors we use today have fascinating origins based in treachery, lust, and mythology. Find out more as Mental Floss (via Neatorama) deconstructs the color wheel. Next time you use green, remember that pigment maker Carl Wilhem Scheele died of arsenic poisoning.
Read the rest here.