Don’t these new media guys read The Design Of Everyday Things?

Matt Jones points out a hilarity on the doors of the BBC’s New Media office (and like Matt, it’s a constant source of irritation for me)

Putting a “pull” handle on the push side of a door. Here seen with the classic “hastily-laserprinted-correctional-signage” in the BBC New Media reception area.

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Deep Thoughts by Naomi Judd

File this under “weirdest celebrity spew letter of the month”. Naomi Judd has a very special message for you:

Star Search is a fabulous Americana experience. It provides unheard of opportunity for talented Dreamchasers to spread their wings and then fly! One of the privileges I have as a judge is watching these youngsters and young adults building on their self esteem. Most young people their age are afraid to jump off the high dive! Yet somehow they step out solo onto a stage and take the plunge before a live audience as they perform their art. Not to mention they?re on CBS prime time, live TV. Or that they?re also subjecting themselves to be rated by a panel of judges. Wow, could you do it? I love being part of it since my life has been devoted to raising the self esteem of people of all ages and races.

Best Products buildings – Where are they now?

best_productsLong before the current era of pre-fab outlet mall concrete blockhouses, electronics retailer Best Products contracted with design firm SITE to create some fun architecture that messed around with traditional suburban retail looks. Buildings appeared to fall apart, be grown over by trees, have bites taken out of them – anything to make the suburban wasteland look interesting.

Metropolis magazine takes a look and wonders “where are they now”?

[via Scrubbles]

 

Super squid caught in Antarctic

Giant squids are no longer king. Make room for colossal squids!

This quote is terrific:

“Now we can say that it attains a size larger than the giant squid. Giant squid is no longer the largest squid that’s out there. We’ve got something that’s even larger, and not just larger but an order of magnitude meaner.”

I love the BBC’s size graphic on that article. “London Bus”… “Colossal squid”.