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Feb 5th / Sunday / '12
apparently that ambigram i made a couple of years ago naturally tessellates a bit. so of course i had to see how 1,400 square pixels of this looked. (it looked awesome) and i got to name a photoshop layer “the outer niks”. more on ambigrams: ambigrams are words/phrases that can be read from more than one direction. the image above is a rotational ambigram, which can be read when rotated 180°. typographic doppelgängers great article on what makes an ambigram work and the process of creating one. jon langdon is known for created the set of ambigrams in dan brown’s angels and demons. he also offers information and advice on how to approach and construct them.

apparently that ambigram i made a couple of years ago naturally tessellates a bit. so of course i had to see how 1,400 square pixels of this looked. (it looked awesome) and i got to name a photoshop layer “the outer niks”.

more on ambigrams:

ambigrams are words/phrases that can be read from more than one direction. the image above is a rotational ambigram, which can be read when rotated 180°.

typographic doppelgängers
great article on what makes an ambigram work and the process of creating one.

jon langdon
is known for created the set of ambigrams in dan brown’s angels and demons. he also offers information and advice on how to approach and construct them.

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Jan 28th / Saturday / '12
epic craft supply find: limited edition 3mm washi tape by mt. they are just under 1/8” wide and extremely delicate, but oh so very handy. this means no more cutting tape strips1 in half! this is an extremely difficult and frustrating task, i would not recommend it. it also requires a bottle of goo gone and/or coated scissors. ↩

epic craft supply find: limited edition 3mm washi tape by mt.

they are just under 1/8” wide and extremely delicate, but oh so very handy. this means no more cutting tape strips1 in half!

  1. this is an extremely difficult and frustrating task, i would not recommend it. it also requires a bottle of goo gone and/or coated scissors. ↩

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Jan 27th / Friday / '12

nailpolish + wind up key

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Jan 27th / Friday / '12

technik:

There is no adequate word in English to capture this complex entanglement of humans and technology. The German word Technik comes closest: It means not just technology, but the mastery of the methods and processes that shape and steer it. In today’s emerging world, Technik can be something of a broad index of preparedness for the future Hybrid Age. It rejoins the scientific and mechanical dimensions of technology with a necessary concern for its effect on humans and society. So while today we talk about promoting democracy, tomorrow we will realize we should be promoting good Technik.

from: technology will take a life of its own

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Jan 25th / Wednesday / '12

and sometime soon be better than you were

  • jihad: i hate this humanity 2.0 shit
  • jihad: it's like, care about everyone or just kill yourself
  • jihad: because [otherwise] you're just shitting on everything
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Jan 16th / Monday / '12

i really love revisiting old things…

this weekend i played with some old images from relations, ships & wrecks (maps of time + sex) and added some new posts. also tweaked the map key, the tumblr theme, added proper labels to the final maps and made this poster-ish thing1 pictured above. heck, i might even make some more maps.

➊ the maps: complete set of six labeled + presented in pairs
➋ the gallery: paper fanciness and my graduation night
➌ the process: the final steps stressful printing + mounting

  1. view a larger version of the poster.
    this was extra fun because i wasn’t trying to make anything specific, just pushin’ pixels around. ↩

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Jan 15th / Sunday / '12

made these a long time ago and still can’t decide what to do with ‘em. current status is that they may end up as jewelry.

there was a very brief period1 where i was adept at stabbing felt with a needle until it became a fluffy, cute thing. sadly, it has passed. at least i got these out of it :)

  1. these are specifically brought on by the excitement of using new things to make new kinds of things. however, they only last as long as it takes me to find a new thing. ↩

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Jan 14th / Saturday / '12

holy crap i miss my ibook sometimes

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Jan 12th / Thursday / '12
room of making

room of making

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Jan 11th / Wednesday / '12
heartpile

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