Google Icon Design

A nice insight into Google's Icon development from the designers themselves - Images link to Part 1 & Part 2 respectively

A rather familiar London

From a promotional film in the 1920's demonstrating the potential of Claude Friese-Greene's new colour film process. He eventually lost this battle [along with many others] to Technicolor but the sights of our capitals streets remain strangely familiar.

Sonic Youth - Peel Session 1992

Pretty Amazing.

Dr. Beeching's Report at 50

It's 50 years to the day since the Beeching Report was made on British Railways and the National Railway Museum has some things going on to mark the date. The BBC news story however had this amazing map which I am now looking for a print of.

Blogs we like: Mid century modern freak

Nice little nod of the hat to a modern masterpiece form these guys at Mid Century Modern Freak

Food For Clouds

Been busy, haven't used Blogger in a long time. It's changed a lot. Been watching this over and over.

Streetview Go-Kart

Blogs we like: A weekly dose of architecture

All things architecture related. It is what it says and we like it, see more here.

Kuler

Cloud based colour. Been using this a lot since I discovered it and so many people I tell know very little about it, check it out for Adobe CS integration of colour magic!

La Concha Motel

If only we could still stay in the 'La Concha'. Designed by Paul Revere Williams and complete in 1961 it has a charm unlikely to be seen on the strip ever again.