THOUGHT TUNNELS: Archive

Skill Bridge: how time bartering can make things...

Would it be possible to create a market where “low” skill workers trade time with “high” skill workers? That is, blue collar workers barter skills like carpentry and landscaping for time with lawyers, educators, therapists, accountants and financial advisors… Members of both groups could then rate the other on the quality of assistance. The program would allow...

Oct 15th

Sep 20th

TYPEFACES PACKAGING on the Behance Network →

Pure craft.

Sep 9th

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Amran Inc., NYC →

Cool packaging company. Something to keep in mind when branding. -ts

Sep 3rd

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Jun 29th

Amazon.com →

This is just more of an abstract question open to debate than a post-something-cool, but what do you guys think about Amazon.com’s design? Don’t you think it looks kind of terrible? The design doesn’t speak to how much money they’re making. Could they make more money with an aesthetically-better page?

Jun 29th

Henrik Vibskov Boutique: The Future Mapping... →

Ultra high quality maps. I love maps. Everyone should. -TS

Jun 18th

“McCarthy has said the only book worth reading is Moby Dick and that he’s...”

– Blood Meridian: Leonard Pierce’s comments | Books | A.V. Club

Jun 12th

Photo Journal: From Retail to Reality →

Moving out of my apartment already taught me what these photos have to say. Worth a look.

May 30th

“I was too heartsick to enjoy my foie gras”

May 23rd

May 7th

“From March 30th to April 4th 2009, at the invitation of Matthew Stadler, I lived...”

– Phil Elvrum, on the concept for his new album. (This is a good example of coming up with a concept. - Ed.)

May 6th

May 5th

“Open your mind to the past. Art, history, philosophy. And all this may mean...”

– Picard

May 5th

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Home | Wonderwall →

I don’t care about celebrity gossip, but this site is well designed and probably represents some kind of future.

May 4th

Judge a book..... →

Awesome book cover blog. Love this style of design.

May 3rd

May 2nd

Apr 29th

“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it’s time to pause...”

– Mark Twain, via Anomaly

Apr 26th

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Apr 14th

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Apr 9th

Apr 7th

The Tarnac9 →

The revolution is out there. And it’s not weak, it’s just nascent. Terrifying and exhilarating.

Apr 2nd

“We used to get more negative reactions when [we] didn’t have as loud of...”

– Brian Gibson of the band Lightning Bolt

Mar 29th

Mar 26th

Fake brands shopping centre set to open in China -... →

Mar 22nd

Origin of KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON →

For those that didn’t know (I only had a vague notion).

Mar 22nd

Mar 21st

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I think this is ahead of its time because I am behind the times.

Mar 20th

Mar 16th

The demise of View-Master | The Economist →

I will always think View-Masters are cool.

Mar 14th

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My favorite trailer from last year: Revolutionary Road, set to “Sea of Love” by Cat Power.

Mar 14th

“The most common comment you hear from filmmakers after we’ve done our work is...”

– The Art of Marketing Movies, via the New Yorker

Mar 14th

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A nice still-fram camera fills in for a much more expensive 30 fps camera. Anyone with an SLR and a weird filter could be doing this. Actually, that filter is more than cool.

Mar 13th

Deconstructing the Missing Weeks of a Teacher’s... →

Fascinating story of a young woman suffering “from dissociative fugue, a rare form of amnesia that causes people to forget their identity…”

Mar 2nd

Dark Was the Night | Pitchfork →

Good review that touches on the dichotomy in modern indie music. It’s in the last, oh, quarter, if you’re interested.

Feb 27th