The Mid-Century Modernist has launched a new side project called Chromeography that compiles all sorts of images of chrome logos and chrome lettering on vintage vehicles and signs.
A site full of eye-candy if there ever was one. Enjoy!
How to dial phone numbers with letters on the BlackBerry
September 19, 2009 @ 5:42 pm
If you own a BlackBerry device with a keyboard, you’ll know how frustrating it is to dial a phone number that has letters in it (for example: 1-800-CALL-ATT) because the numbers on the BlackBerry keyboard do not have the traditional touch-tone telephone letters on them.
Up until this point, I just figured it was one of those things I had to deal with, but as it turns out, dialing phone numbers with letters is as easy as holding down the ALT key and typing in the letters like normal. And then when you push CALL, the BlackBerry automatically converts those letters into the right corresponding numbers on a traditional touch-tone telephone. PROBLEM SOLVED!
Map of Manhattan made out of letters from advertising and commercial products
September 15, 2009 @ 6:01 pm
This is Michael Albert’s map of Manhattan made entirely out of letters taken from advertisements and commercial products. The whole collage was completed in Fall 2008 and it measures a whopping 32″x40″. By using these letters, Michael Albert spells out the locations of places and districts in Manhattan. The artist says that there is a spelling mistake in the map and challenges people to look for it.
Check out a PDF of the map here. I would love a huge print of this to hang on my wall. :)
Beautiful U.S.-Canada border station sign being dismantled for security reasons
August 13, 2009 @ 12:36 pm
In a move I can hardly understand, the Customs and Border Protection agency is choosing to dismantle a brand-new, beautifully designed sign at the United States-Canada border because they believe it attracts “undue attention” and risks the lives of the employees working at the border station.
The sign in question, consisting of large yellow letters that spell out “UNITED STATES”, are hidden partially by the architecture of the border station which was designed by Smith-Miller & Hawkinson. The building itself will remain standing and serve as the border station between Canada and the U.S. and it is just the large signage that will be taken down. I don’t understand how this is going to make it safer for employees and less conspicuous to terrorists. I mean, could this building be anything other than a border station?
Fast Company has a few more words with the designer of the sign, Michael Bierut, and why he thinks it’s being dismantled by the government.
Topography to typography
April 27, 2009 @ 5:23 pm
Rhett Dashwood of Melbourne, Australia spent 6 months combing through Google Maps in Victoria, Australia to find land forms that resembled letters of the alphabet. Here are his results.
Thanks Q!
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