Books, Design & Culture The World?s Greatest LP Album Covers, 45?s too GENETICIST Obstructed artery. The stenosed section of artery is represented by the break in the dark red vessel at top center. Foods imaged with a scanning electron microscope. Guess what foods they are. (Source: geneticist) A monument at the Institute of Cytology and Genetics to all lab rats used for DNA research (via) Aqua regia, literally meaning “King’s water”, is a highly corrosive mixture of acids; it is the only mixture of acids that can dissolve gold. Hungarian chemist George de Hevesy dissolved the nobel prizes of his peers in aqua regia during the German invasion of Denmark in WWII to prevent Nazis from looting the prizes. Genus Mycena Time lapse of melting ice over 50 minutes. Stem cells (via) High resolution hypersaturated photo of the moon by Noel Carboni. A mix of mouse stem cells that have been encouraged to develop into specialized cells. X-ray of a healthy lower spine. Fantastically nerdy Valentines Day cards made by David Friedman over at Ironic Sans Blood
The Ministry of Type 35 Beautiful Music Album Covers - Smashing Magazine Advertisement Album cover art is often considered to be one of the “extincted” fields in modern graphics design. In times when digital copies are cheaper and quicker to get, album covers have somehow lost their importance as less and less customers actually buy CDs and LPs in the stores. That’s a pity because album covers can be extremely expressive and convey the message of the album in a number of creative ways. Music and art go hand in hand. Below we present 35 excellent examples of beautiful, creative and impressive album covers that will certainly inspire you to head down to the local record shop and start browsing through records and labels. This post was updated. Album Covers The Mars Volta “Frances the Mute”1 Danger Doom – The Mouse and the Mask3 Michael Jackson: Dangerous by Mark Ryden5 Devil’s Gun – Raising The Beast6 Smashing Pumpkins: Zeitgeist by Shepard Fairey8 Keane: Under The Iron Sea by Sanna Annukka10 Kisschasy: United Paper People by Debaser12 Arcade Fire: Funeral
Nerdcore Design inspiration from around the world » Blog Archive » Designer headstones Designer headstones When asking my Creative Director if he’d seen Tony Wilson’s headstone, I was quickly directed to Paul Rand’s. Are there any more examples of well designed headstones? More info on Peter Saville and Ben Kelly’s memorial (photographed by Jan Chlebik) to Tony Wilson on the CR blog. Paul Rand’s headstone was designed by Fred Troller in 1996, image taken from Steven Heller’s book, Paul Rand. Filed under Sleevage ? Music, Art, Design. Sharks Creative Calendar Designs | Inspiration How many creative solutions for calendar design are out there? If you take a look around you’ll find out that most calendars are designed in a “standard” linear fashion. Calendar cards usually have the same structure: the month is designed in bold while the days are placed below within a rigid grid structure. Indeed, designers sometimes risk unique design solutions. This post showcases creative examples of calendar design. Please notice: this post is rather about information visualization than nice graphics design. You may want to take a look at our related posts Beautiful and Creative Calendars Magnetic Calendar6Eternal, easy customized magnetic calendar. Tielen perpetual calendar9Designed by Sander Tielen from Netherlands. A-Calendar11Fun little project: this calendar displays the daily hours of sunshine 30 years ago, projected onto the year 2008. Too cool for wordsIt’s actually extremely simple: you just need to commit to memory that .|..|…|~|,,,|,,|, > January to December. Last Click
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