Ivrea, Italy

Just a sampling from a very nice Flickr collection of design for Olivetti…

(Thanks to Danielle Autran in Montreal for the link).

Verona, Italy

I came across this lovely idea for a collective project (which Jason Kottke calls Geotypography) here.

Barcelona, Spain

Javier Jaén just keeps them coming…

(source)

Oporto, Portugal

Lots of wit, acerbity, pathos, and considerable illustrative talent on display in this virtual cartoon museum founded in the home of port wine back in 1997… thanks to designer/climber friend Antonio Coelho (Toze) for the link.

Johannesburg, South Africa

The last i-jusi Magazine was published just a little over 2 years ago (i-jusi translates loosely as “juice” in Zulu)—begun in 1994, it was an experimental graphics magazine by longtime designer friend Garth Walker, born along with “the New South Africa” and posing the question: What makes me African?

By dent of being on the i-jusi mailing list, I received notice today of the launch of the first i-jusi Portfolio (which recently made its debut at the Joburg Art Fair). The portfolio consists of 10 lithographs (7 graphic, 3 photographic; each signed by the artist) in an edition of 50. The selected works are by renowned South African artists who have been featured in i-jusi Magazine and include David Goldblatt, Pieter Hugo, Anton Kannemeyer, Mark Kannemeyer, Brandt Botes, Conrad Botes, Garth Walker,  Wilhelm Kruger, Bride Vosloo, and Mikhael Subotzky.

Sales have apparently been brisk… with just over 20 of the 50 editions sold (buyers include San Francisco MOMA, the library of the International Center of Photography in New York, The Institute of Contemporary Arts in Boston, and the Minneapolis Art Institute).

More information here and here.

Unknown location* (and unknown original image source)—but I like it!

*Update: on 14 May 2010 I heard from Steven Hamilton, who writes: “I was browsing your blog and noticed a photo from my backyard! Just thought I’d let you know the photo of the face on the wall with the hanging ivy hair is in Columbus, OH, in Pearl Alley between Paterson and Oakland Ave., just North of Ohio State University… I pass it every day on my way to class.”

Thanks, Steven!

Somewhere in misfitland…

Finally someone has successfully defined the difference. This simple nerd/dork/geek/dweeb Venn diagram should save us all a lot of time and frustration in the future—without the need for exhaustive explanations. Now imagine adding a red dot with a “You Are Here” call-out…

(thanks to Bruce M Campbell for introducing me to what seems to have become a popular memetic infographic some time last year—original source of the diagram is unknown)

A good idea, no?

(image by Darren Scott—thanks Toze)