This Lower Manhattan Restaurant Doubles as an Immersive Black-and-White Sketchbook
An optical illusion restaurant sounds like an intriguing concept, but it could also be absolutely dizzying. New Yorkers, please report back to me.
Fragments Archives
The Public Domain Cinematic Universe Edition
In recent years, beloved characters like Mickey Mouse and Winnie-the-Pooh have entered the public domain, meaning that anyone can create anything with them. Yet, adaptations have been mostly wacky gore and horror movies so far. But, I must say Popeye: The Slayer Man is a banger title.
AI’s latest trick? Decoding the language of elephants
One of the first AI implementations I've seen in a while that made me go, "Oh this actually makes sense and is super helpful."
Lazy Blocks
If you like the idea of Tetris but get stressed about the blocks (called "tetrominoes") falling faster and faster, this variant might be for you. It has no timer, no score, and no gravity. Just move the next tetromino when you're ready.
Ten super-cool posters for the Winter Olympics and Paralympics have just been unveiled
The industry people love to talk about each iteration of the Olympic brand, but the posters don't always get the attention they deserve. Take a look at the 10 posters for the upcoming Milano Cortina 2026. So full of personalities.
Talking Heads - Psycho Killer (Official Video)
To celebrate its 50th anniversary (!), Talking Heads released a new music video for their iconic 1977 single. It's directed by the industry vet Mike Mills. Saoirse Ronan is so very good in this.
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The Future of Data Preservation - Arctic World Archive
Located deep within the Arctic permafrost, the Arctic World Archive provides a stable, VERY long-term data storage through climate change, potential nuclear warfare, and whatever else might happen in the next 1000+ years. I don't have anything worth preserving, but maybe you do.
The Punctuation Guide
As I have to write more as a creative lead these days, this is a good, no-nonsense reference guide to remind me how weird English can be. I still cannot believe I graduated from a journalism school as a non-native speaker. I must've been smarter back then.
Historical Tech Tree
A neat interactive experience that showcases our technological history from 3 million years ago to today, currently containing over 1800 technologies and 2000 connections between them.
Universe expected to decay in 10⁷⁸ years, much sooner than previously thought
Not to be a downer or anything, but Dutch scientists recently calculated that our universe could perish in about 10^78 years, much, much earlier than previously estimated 10^1100 years. We should all make plans.
For The People - Meander Valley
A great branding project by the Sydney-based creative agency For The People. There's a lot to love, but it's pretty ballsy for a municipality to go all in on a very unique look & feel. Their blanket design is just 🤌🏻
How Seattle's signature hot dog got its cream cheese
Unless you're a Seattleite, you've never heard of our city's signature drunk food, the Seattle Dog (a hot dog topped with grilled onions and ...cream cheese). I always wondered about the origin story of that puzzling concoction. Now I know. And so do you.
Browser.dating
You are what you browse, I suppose. Belgian artist Drees Depoorter built a service that matches users based on their browser history. It's one of the "I cannot believe nobody has done this" ideas. Genius.
The Constipation of Culture: Why Nothing New Gets Through and Nothing Old Goes Away
With so many sequels, prequels, and spin-offs, uniqueness and obscurity are celebrated on the surface level but increasingly rare. The short answer is (of course) late capitalism, but there's much more behind why it feels so stagnant.
Winamp Skin Museum
This glorious archive of over 100k (!) Winamp Skins will make you feel about graphic design in the 1990s-2000s.
Genders.WTF
Yes, I identify myself as "Unable to obtain".
Tractor Beam
I really have no idea why a beverage company decided to do this, but Tractor Beam is an intriguing quarterly sci-fi online magazine dedicated to farming, food, and earth science.
Knitting Through Digital Decay: A Collection of Digital Preservation Jumpers No One Asked For (But…
There's something really wholesome and interesting about combining disappearing digital media and knitting as a form of preservation.
Everyone I know is worried about work
Everything about work has been super weird. The journalist and writer Rosie Spinks beautifully articulates the collective dread we're all feeling lately.
Quote Investigator® – Tracing Quotations
This is the kind of nerdy stuff I love. Quote Investigator is determined to find out who actually said known/popular quotes first in what kind of context.
IBM Design Language
Brands publishing their style guide is a fairly new trend in the design world, and one that I really enjoy. Some are just to show off, but this is one of the most complete and comprehensive public-facing style guides I've ever seen.
The best Microsoft Songsmith mash-ups, from an age before generative AI - CDM Create Digital Music
Microsoft Songsmith was an experimental tool to auto-generate music for a vocal track way before generative AI. Just listen to some of the examples. As one YouTube commentator says, it's Comic Sans for music.
The 100 Best Sports Moments of the Quarter Century - The Ringer
As a room-temperature sports fan, I very much appreciate these "Let's explain these important moments to people who don't care as much as we do" articles. But, I'm sure the actual sports fans have strong opinions on a lot of things on here.
Why, in Egypt, creatives are returning to calligraphy in their droves
I don't even understand calligraphy in my own language, so the Arabic script is absolutely beyond me. That said, I love how the young talents are combining the traditional format with their modern sensibilities.
NASA’s Voyager 1 Revives Backup Thrusters Before Command Pause
While I'm even too lazy to swap a lightbulb, a team of NASA engineers recently managed to successfully repair thrusters on Voyager 1 that were deemed unusable for 20+ years from 15 billion miles away. If you don't think that's cool, we cannot be friends.
Finalists Gallery 2025 - World Food Photography Awards
With 10,000 entries from 70 different countries, this awards celebrates the lives of people around the world through the lens of food. So many vibrant, tantalizing shots in ther
CARI | Aesthetics
This is a neat community project dedicated to the analysis of aesthetic trends in graphic design from 1960s to present day. Some of the names are kinda brutal, but hey, now I can say I'm a Nu-Brutalism man.
One Minute Park
The title explain pretty much everything. You'll get to visit random parks around the world (217 and counting), one-minute at a time. A pure, wholesome case of crowdsourcing. Just what it should be.
Client Feedback on the Creation of the Earth
An oldie but a goodie.