Thinking there was some complicated trick to this cold-brewed ice coffee craze that is taking coffee shops in warmer climes by storm (probably due to the elaborate siphon machine setup photo in an article that @bluebottleroast retweeted from @Eater), I did a bit of a Google and found an article from the trusty Smitten kitten that proves there is no trick and nothing elaborate about letting coffee and water sit together for 12 hours. Just great, smooth iced coffee.
Ugh, spread the word. RT @Coudal @TrentWalton Urban Oufitters looks very bad. Again. http://bit.ly/kvbMdt
Roundup of the goings on at the @TYPOconf Berlin this year. I Especially like Georg Seifert's Azuro typeface that you can get hold of for around the bargain price of €20. Very nice for on-screen work indeed. Via @designrelated.
Too many businesses overlook the benefits of just making sure their writing is well thought out, humourous (where applicable – funeral home websites take careful note), engaging and well-written. Admittedly, it makes more of a difference to a company like @Groupon than it does to say, a website for a local meat-packers, but there really isn’t any excuse for filling your brand new site with the kind of drivel that has long passed as acceptable web copy.
Here are a few of my favourite things: Old buildings, repurposing existing spaces, sports events, extreme sports videos and advertising done really well.
Nike’s 6.0 arm did a fantastic job converting these old council swimming baths in Dagenham, London into a “popup” sports arena and pulled off both a great bit of marketing, some lovely design work and a top-notch BMX competition.
The best bit for me? All those crazy tricks that worked in the original diving board. In the parlance of the baseball-hatted comptitors themselves, in a word: Sick.
Via @NsyDcntGrphcs.
Shocked at finding a truly insightful and interesting blog post comment. Re: Microsoft & Apple’s business models http://bit.ly/jgWdNU.
Who says flea markets are just full of junk? http://t.co/pl4fMq1
Very of-its-time looking iPad magazine app. This issue: #3 Moral Tales.
Both the Pinball Hall of Fame and the Neon Boneyard in one Alterna-Vegas article? Spot on by the @nytimes.
Following @kottke's link to the Serious East Hamburger Battle, my wandering left-click finger took me on to this exhaustive documenting of the @innoutburger secret menu. Very timely as they have just arrived in Texas.
Hey @bowsplusarrows, saw this and thought of you guys http://bit.ly/lpYEOU (via @scandb).
Nice collection of photos and blurb about the "Neon Boneyard" in the Nevada desert where countless old neon signs go to die. As a big boneyard fan (see also the aircraft original Boneyard), it's the sort of place that would be a dream to pay a visit to with a camera... and maybe also a U-Haul. Via @dwell and @idsgn.
Not wrong, speechless… RT @thesuitcase Love it when we’re blown away by technology! The Word Lens app: http://ow.ly/4ReRm
Ah, there’s nothing like a Dublin Dr. Pepper. Provided by the ever-accommodating lot @onceovercoffee.
Very nicely curated collection of vintage, mid-century modern furniture and housewares. Prices available POA for those lucky enough to be shopping for a London home.
And 2 mins of Googling later I get my answer: Bruno Pollak design from the Bauhaus era. Any more info? Surprisingly not finding on Wiki.
Does anyone know what these chairs are called? They’re so familiar and yet hard to find without a name/designer. http://twitpic.com/4z1ynp
Fascinating slideshow featuring some of the grand, old buildings currently laying vacant in Detroit, which from what I've heard, is an urban explorer's dream. Posted by the BBC but the real credit goes to @BuilingsOfDet.
Beautiful letterpress greeting cards and other printed materials from Portland, OR.
Very nice image gallery plugin that uses CSS3 animations to render the slide-to-slide transitions. Which serves to make it visually much more impressive than your standard fade/wipe and provides the added benefit of much smoother transitions on low powered devices (like iPad and iPhone). One to keep an eye on for sure, via @cameronmoll.