I just picked up the latest issue of the San Francisco Panorama today from Green Apple. McSweeney’s has proven that the American newspaper is still viable. It just takes a team of writers five months to produce a single issue, which sells for $17.52 :)

TAP Plastics, originally uploaded by tiki.robot.

near 12th and south van ness

Elsa Mora’s flower girls are so pretty, they make me wish I had a garden (or want to raid my neighbor’s garden :)

I bought this necklace on etsy last week and it just came today. I love it! The necklace was designed by n-e-r-v-o-u-s system using a particle system applet they wrote, and then cut out of silicone rubber with a waterjet. The necklace has an imperfect clasp so I got it for $20 instead of $75. There are 3 more left at this price. Here’s more of their jewelry designs.

“the best way to stay updated with the design encyclopedia is through our ass”

design rule #1: choose a font that doesn’t make you look like ass.

It might have looked like this! (This was a school project by bhilmers)

Stefan Sagmeister is one of the most influential graphic designers in the world working today. Since 1993 Sagmeister Inc., has focused on all things printed, including posters, brochures, books, and graphics and packaging for music clients…He’s created iconic album covers for Lou Reed, the Talking Heads, and the Rolling Stones…

Also, here’s a talk that he did at TED in 2004 that I recently watched while on the train. It’s called “Yes, design can make you happy.” I don’t know if design always makes me happy but this talk definitely did!

Apparently the pet keys are shortcuts for webkinz. Via Shifted Librarian

If I had programming chops, I would have created some bot-thingy that automatically pulls stuff out of craigslist and formats it like you see on the site I came up with. But, since I have no programming chops, I used something called wists, which is a visual-bookmarking-tool that creates thumbnails of things I bookmark and organizes them into a nice little grid. It’s pretty neat. Although it’s still tedious for me to go through craigslist, since I have to bookmark something in order for it to appear on the site…but look! I’ve made it less tedious for you! :-)

Check out these neat illustrated playing cards. I ordered 3 different decks so we need to have a poker party when they arrive. You can order them here if you want a deck too.