Salmonella typhi font
I love creativity and, admittedly, have a bit of a font fetish. Which is why I thought this experimental project which involved printing with bacteria is really interesting.
Nice manhole covers
My friend Gijs is currently on tour in Japan, promoting the new Wouter Hamel album Nobody’s Tune.
I’m sure he’s having a good time (they went there last year as well and had a blast). I’ve always wanted to go to Japan, I find it such a fascinating country. Even their manhole covers are much funkier than anywhere else I’ve seen. My friend Martijn once took a bunch of photos of different manhole covers in NYC (but I cannot seem to find his blog post) and they were not even half as funky. Nor are they here in Leiden I might add (via).
Recession? Let’s spend!
I was digging through some old bookmarks and came across this British Royal Mint’s page and the winning design for the new GBP.
It was a while back when I saw the design originally and am wondering whether these new coins have actually already gone into circulation? With the British economy in a slight slum it might induce the Brits to increase their spending. I’m actually thinking about helping them a little, with exchange rate being very favourable at the moment and all. Not to mention the fact that it’s been absolutely ages since I went to the UK.
Logo evolution
An interesting post about the evolution of tech companies logos.