It’s another Thursday Afternoon With Edith, and here are a bunch more comics from my journal! I’m publishing everything through my new baby’s birth, because it seemed silly to draw it out any longer than I have! She’s now four months old. 👶 ( Previously .) Tags: diary
Sam Rodriguez sorts his works into three categories: nouns, verbs, and typography. Nouns comprises his portraits that zero in on a singular person and their expressions, while verbs takes a step back to portray figures in action. Typography is more abstract and centers on
“I maintain that the trash compactor onboard the Death Star in Star Wars is implausible, unworkable, and, moreover, inefficient .” 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
“For me, the studio is a place of discovery,” says Jason Boyd Kinsella ( previously ). “It maybe sounds silly, but it’s a little bit like a Christmas morning when you get a gift, and you’re excited to open it because you don’t know what’s inside… Something is going to be
In 1885, Karl Benz built what’s now considered the first modern automobile. According to the Mercedes Benz website, the car featured a “compact high-speed single-cylinder four-stroke engine installed horizontally at the rear, a tubular steel frame … and three wire-spoked
Does your brand have a personality? When people expect you to act a certain way, you have a brand. And that expectation is worth understanding. Can you help us understand whether you’re a cat or a dog in the way you react, respond, delight or sneak around? And if you’re a dog,
Today, Steve Albini, the musician and producer of important albums by Nirvana, PJ Harvey, the Pixies and many others, passed away in Chicago, at the all-too-early age of 61. In tribute, we’re bringing you this classic 2013 post from our archive. Journeyman record producer
Rupert Friend, Jason Schwartzman, and Wes Anderson star in an Anderson-directed commercial for Montblanc pens. You know the drill: it’s twee, it’s charming, it’s art-directed to within an inch of its life. Me personally? I love it. Tags: advertising · Montblanc · video · Wes
Staff at the private contemporary art museum, founded by billionaires Mitchell and Emily Rales, say they want fair wages and an improved work environment.
It’s Time to Tax the Billionaires . In 2018, “for the first time in the history of the United States, billionaires had a lower effective tax rate than working-class Americans”. 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
As someone who reads almost exclusively on an ereader (a Kindle Paperwhite ), I have been intrigued by Craig Mod’s recent evangelism of the BOOX Palma , a pocket-sized e-ink device that he’s been using as an ereader. In the latest issue of his Roden newsletter , he explains why
Following their lauded 2018 monograph , South African artist and activist Zanele Muholi has released a second book collecting the most recent additions to their series, Somnyama Ngonyama, Hail the Dark Lioness. Volume II features 80 self-portraits shot in Muholi’s signature
Hackers can reprogram NES Tetris *from within the game* , which may lead to new high scores. The hack involves “reading the game’s high score tables as machine code instructions”. 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →