1. 20 Worst Drinks in America 2010

I like this spread on unhealthy drinks by Eat this Not That. Illustrating sugar content via equivalent stacks of cookies and donuts is a powerful visual. I'll never look at bottled teas and water the same way again.

2. We, the users - Facebook users' Bill of Rights

If you wanted a set of principles from which to base a code of ethics for social media, I'd say look no further than this users' Bill of Rights from the San Francisco Chronicle.

3. Google Font Previewer

Google is breaking into web fonts with its new Google Font Directory and API, part of a collaboration with typekit. The selection is a little sparse at the moment, but it's great to think that we might have some more cross-browser fonts (as long as Google's servers are up).

The font previewer interface is nice, but it bugs me that the new fonts aren't properly anti-aliased in Windows. Until that gets ironed out (if it can be, as I think it's an OS problem), I'm not sure it's worth designing websites around them.

4. 10 Golden Principles of Successful Web Apps

We're very early into developing a web application, so I found this article and video helpful for wrapping my head around the mindset that accompanies these things. It covers the gamut from technology to branding and marketing with a few insights I hadn't considered before.

Check out this delightful Flickr set, in which Lars Willem Veldkampf asks, "what are your font choices saying about you?"

Some choice numbers:

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Via Sean's Google Reader and Design you trust.

Behold Werner Design Werks' nifty recent release: Alphabeasties: and other Amazing Types, a children's book featuring animals crafted out of typefaces: an alligator set in Volta EF, a dachshund made out of "d"s set in Bauhaus, and so on.

Grain edit (whose post tipped us off) appropriately notes resonances with Bruno Munari's Alfabetiere.

You can buy Alphabeasties at Red Balloon Bookshop.

I love 826 Valencia. Here are a few samples from their gallery of signs, which marketing idea I also love. Good copy, clean typography. Hallelujah.

Check out these spectacular new spreads from a recent campaign by Saatchi & Saatchi New Zealand for Sanyo.

They're advertising in these for a digital camcorder that can take video underwater. What I like so much about these in particular (aside from the fact that they're well laid out and the typography is impressive) is that they've got this great message, which I take to be as follows.

Isn't everything just weird? Why don't you take a minute and appreciate that?

I love it. It's not some vague promise or total non-sequitir. It's a totally open question that's not deeply laden with some sort or other of bullsh*t.

Thanks to Fubiz for the heads-up.

1. iStockphoto to Sell Logos

Big news this week from iStockphoto: the site plans to offer logos for sale in the near future. Commenters on their forum seem to favor the deal, while designers are (not surprisingly) much less enthused.

To their credit, iStockphoto is trying something different with the logos they plan to sell. Logos will be unique items, only sold once apiece. In addition, they will cost much more than stock photos. Whereas a decent sized image might run $7-$10, a logo could run $100-$750.

But tell me, who is going to buy these things and who is going to supply them? Is there really such a thing as a stock logo? I think we know the answer...

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