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Design, Stuff I Like

Monocle

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Launched in February 2007, Monocle is a global briefing covering international affairs, business, culture and design. Developed for an international audience hungry for information across a variety of sectors, Monocle’s team of award-winning editors and correspondents have been drawn from The New York Times, The Independent on Sunday, the BBC, CBC and a host of other news and current affairs outlets.

More of a book than a magazine, Monocle’s designed to be highly portable (it’s lightweight and compact) and collectable (it’s thick and robust). On-line, the focus is on broadcasting with a wide array of films, slide shows and audio reports.

Some highlights:

UPDATE: Dan HIll’s personal site, City of Sound,  has a great write-up on the under takings of creating the site for Monocle.com.

Design, Information Architecture, Interactive Design

Visual Complexity

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“VisualComplexity.com intends to be a unified resource space for anyone interested in the visualization of complex networks. The project’s main goal is to leverage a critical understanding of different visualization methods, across a series of disciplines, as diverse as Biology, Social Networks or the World Wide Web. I truly hope this space can inspire, motivate and enlighten any person doing research on this field.”

Design

Box of Apples

Vintage artwork of crate labels from the early 20th century. Interesting and inspiring illustrations. Beautifully printed by stone lithography with eight- or twelve-color inks, they are now collectors’ items with a big following on eBay…also for sale on this site.