Archive for December 2010
Reverting to Type
December 17, 2010 | No Comments | View
Well here we are, just hairs past mid-December, staring the holiday season right in its red nose, and as our favorite former resident of Apartment Q-258 said, “Christmas is approaching, and it’s later than you think.” Prophetic words from the 70s. In the spirit of looking back and forth for our last post of 2010, [...]
Treasure Trove: Vintage Matchbox Labels
December 9, 2010 | No Comments | View
After last week’s thinking about thinking about thinking (that we’re still thinking about), we were thinking a return to browsing some great designs of yore would not only please your prefrontal cortex, but feel right to your deeper processes as well. With that, we point you towards a vast, wonderful collection of matchbox labels spanning [...]
Tags: print > treasure
Deep Thoughts: Neuroscience and Free Will
December 2, 2010 | 2 Comments | View
As much as we love showing and talking about all of the cool design-ey advertising-ey stuff out there, it’s healthy every now and then to go deeper and get a better understanding of what’s what and what makes it what. So let’s make a clink and take in some deeper, richer subject matter. Let’s get into a little conscious vs. unconscious, or even better: conscious with unconscious. Thinking, feeling, deciding, free will, electricity, chemistry, predetermination, the measurable speed of thought: the good stuff.
Tags: neuroscience