tomatolounge

check out the bank logos page. I’m partial to the Banco O’Higgins logo, but that may be because of the great name

I came across an article today about a new exhibit at the MoMA entitled “Design and the Elastic Mind”, however one particular piece of it attracted my attention. Some researchers from MIT created a project that takes a look at how New York communicates with the rest of the world. The project, called New York Talk Exchange (NYTE), is based around an analysis of telecommunications traffic flowing to and from New York City.

“It is like showing how the heart of New York pulsates in real time and how it connects with the global network of cities,” said Carlo Ratti, director of the senseable city laboratory and associate professor of the practice of urban technologies at MIT.

“We are interested in visualizing and exploring the connections that New York entertains with the rest of the world, how they change over the course of a day, and how the city’s neighborhoods differ from each other by maintaining special and distinct relationships with particular cities and countries,” said Kristian Kloeckl, project leader at the senseable city laboratory

You can read more about it here

taken from the book “Hagakure”. i would recommend all to read it.

to play with

Parallel Strokes is a collection of interviews with twenty-plus contemporary typeface designers, graffiti writers, and lettering artists around the world. The book is introduced with a comprehensive essay charting the history of graffiti, its relation to type design, and how the two practices relate in the wider context of lettering.

Interviews within include conversations with pan-European type design collecitve Underware, Japanese type designer Akira Kobayashi, American graffiti writer and fine artist Barry McGee/Twist, German graffiti writers Daim and Seak, American lettering artist, graphic designer and design eductor Ed Fella, among others. Parallel Strokes is an enquiry into the history, context, and development of lettering today, both culturally approved and illicit.

I think Mac fans will like this. Dave Veloz from SteamPunkWorkshop transformed a standard Mac Mini into a steampunk-style computer. This Mac Mini features a custom paint job and engraving, and comes complete with a custom keyboard and monitor with granite base.

Apparently he made this for his wife on their wedding day.

have you ever sat around, wondering to yourself, what would the StarWars title graphics look like if they’d been done by Saul Bass?

Well wonder no more.

Penn Station is a great lab for company to give a shot at getting attention from zillion of morning commuters.
I have to admit that this one caught my attention. No I wasn’t that hungry to make it a morning snack, I am kind of old school so i’ll stick to my butter croissant.

Quite a few artists have been putting their touches on spongebob lately. I’m not sure why they picked on this particular guy, but it is pretty cool.

Here are versions from Kaws, Bathing Ape and WrongWroks (who combined Doramon and SpongeBob to create DoraBob):