This image by Carl Andre has the amazing property that, if part of it sits below the fold of your browser, then, as you scroll down, it will appear as though you are also zooming in. That, I declare, is neat.
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Paul — Dec 9, 2011
My vote for Best Poster. Typography blog Fonts in Use shared these lovely UK Black Swan posters.
Black Swan Posters by La Boca
Props to Tom Carden for the head's-up.
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Nick — Feb 23, 2011
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Nick — Nov 23, 2010
It's time for Four Design Links, a curated collection of stories we've been reading this week.
1. Facebook Now Accounts For 1 In 4 Internet Pageviews(?)
Database marketing firm Drake Direct claims that Facebook represents 1 in 4 pageviews in the US. By comparison, Google gets 1 in 12 pageviews using the same dataset.
The data sounds questionable, but it made me think. These days, I probably visit Facebook at least as much as Google. I wonder how that traffic breaks down in terms of Facebook applications vs. socializing? How much of those numbers are games, for instance?
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Nick — Nov 19, 2009
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Four more Design Links this week. Same bat-time, same bat-channel.
1. Measuring the quality of visitors rather than the quantity
Marketing blogger Helge Tennø raises an interesting question: in the age of social media, what are we missing from our current web analytics?
It is easy to measure page views and sales, but that still leaves a lot of room in between. How do we track the number and activity of different user types that make online communities work? There's no good answer yet, but it's something to chew on.
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Nick — Aug 27, 2009
The latest poster for HBO's True Blood uses the face-vase optical illusion to good effect.
Optical illusions aren't just tricks. They're tricks that people's brains like, so they tend to make an impression on viewers.
((They're also hard to make, so I appreciate seeing a decent one.))
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Nick — Apr 28, 2009