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I’ve been making my way through this video series called California is a Place. It really is insightful and beautifully made. I really appreciate the care taken in the details of each piece from the lettering of the titles, to the depth of field in the shots and the colors….

Double-packaged Kenya Gaturiri Reserve roast from Stumptown.
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The water has been shut off for a couple blocks on DeKalb Ave. Bittersweet’s making due with cold-brewed iced coffee today, brewed for over 18 hours. It’s a smooth, mellow alternative to their usually amazingly rich coffee. Nicholas Felton just posted some new work. Check it out. Pick up Michael Bierut’s Seventy-nine Short Essays on [...]

Catching up on blogs and came across new work from Pentagram. Now that NY’s two public TV stations are under the same banner, they’ve rebranded the identity as WNET.org. I’m especially a fan of the use of Flash in the interactive annual report. Neat idea. What I thought was going to be hard to navigate [...]

From Milton Glaser.

Rolled out of bed on this fine Saturday morning and strolled over to the farmers market to find that the cold had kept even the farmers in bed. Neither buyers nor sellers were out in their usual numbers. That was enough to convince me that today was best spent indoors.

Just came across this classic post on Craigslist. The first paragraph is priceless and the furniture isn’t a bad deal either. “Pretty much, here’s the story. My husband, bless his heart, is an indecisive design snob. We have changed the look of our home drastically within two years. He went from Zen Asian meets Mission [...]