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Design Knowledge
"Nice whiteboard here of things you should never say to teacher during your design critique." (Or to a client.)
Logo Trends 2005 (Last two links via core77)
Press check checklist for designers
God is in the Big Idea Really long comment thread on good and bad design quotes. "I also hate 'why reinvent the wheel?' Everytime I hear that one I quickly retort, 'because we'd still be driving on stone carved circles.'" Quoted from Joseph.
A review of the new Chrysler 300, with sections on "How car designs are selected (short version)" and "What good car design is supposed to be".
The Zoo
I went to the Brookfield Zoo. Here's what it looked like.
This is a shot of Binti's new baby. Binti is the famous human toddler rescuer.
Cookie, the 72-year-old Major Mitchell's cockatoo who has been a resident at Brookfield Zoo since it opened in 1934. They're having a birthday party June 25th for him.
Alicia
I haven't been able to form the right words to express how saddened I am by the death of Alicia Frantz. She's being remebered by many friends and acquaintances in many local blogs, and I think it proves that we've lost someone special when so many speak up to say they've been touched by her life, and not just by her death.
Random Bookmarks
A list of random stuff in my recent bookmarks.
Essential bookmarks for web-designers and web-developers
West North a good Chicago blog.
"Umberto Eco has made a name - and fortune - for himself in the role of thinking man to the masses. Not that we understand what he is going on about most of the time. Nigel Farndale asks him to explain himself."