Marching up the wrong tree
A fascinating quote about Rudolph Zallinger's iconic (and problematic) March of Progress representation of hominin evolution. Once again, it feels like ignoring the experts has caused […]
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The initial pitch for After Man
I'm a huge fan of Dougal Dixon's After Man and even managed to attend the 2018 (re)-launch party for the reprint of the book. That means I was lucky enough to see the original pitch […]
Illustrated modular people
What a cool idea 😎 A set of line illustrations (SVG etc. goodness) that you can mix'n'match to create avatars, all fully modular. Currently it's an open-source graphics resource, but I could […]
Hamonshu
A really like Eric's latest redesign. I'm a huge fan of ink drawings in general, so it figures I'd like this, but more than the graphic elements I feel like the layout manages to strike a great […]
Deno 1.0
There has been a lot of web chatter around the launch of Deno, the new JavaScript runtime engine. Their introductory blog post does a great job of explaining when you should use it (and conversely […]
The Parisianer: A (Hopeful) Future of Paris
I have to admit, after a particularly awful experience well over a decade ago I have deliberately avoided travelling through the Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris. As a result, I had no idea about […]
Hamlions and the Importance of Colour
The Logo Smith recently reblogged a selection of fun, quirky and often informative infographics put together by Stephen Wildish. Amongst them are some very interesting illustrations […]
How Do I Join Hell's Anthropologists?
Science Gang Tattoos by Tom Gauld, created for New […]
Earth Day Octo-Doodle
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2 Kinds of People
Occasionally, StumbleUpon truly comes through for me, providing a tiny internet gem that I'm certain I'd have never found otherwise. Today, that accolade goes to 2 Kinds of People, the type of […]
Gouty-Stem Trees For All
Ah, the good old "Gouty-Stem Tree" of Australia! Actually, I honestly had no idea that Baobab's had reached the Great Land of Oz; I have (mistakenly) always assumed they were endemic to Africa, but […]
A Re-Wilder Future
Rewilding Britain just launched it's new/first website, which I'm far too excited by. Philosophical fanboyism aside, I really like the web design they've created. Plenty of green; stunning […]