The design of Typefesse is motivated by the surprising combination of two vocabularies, that of the body and that of the alphabet.
Relevant: H ell ve ti c a.
The title references the ancient concept of "female hysteria," especially the Victorian-era medical treatments meant to "cure" it. At the time it was a catch-all diagnosis for almost any "disruptive" behavior in women, and a variety of treatments were used to cure it, from isolation, to hydrotherapy, to early electric vibrators. The past's confusion and shame attached to female behavior, especially female pleasure, was something I wanted to explore in a modern context, so referencing it was natural. That the word could also mean "funny" was lagniappe, since the videos are quite funny, and many of the subjects laugh at some point in their reading.
Relevant: Fette Sans.
The World's Most Famous Ghost Ship Is an Enduring Symbol of Empire.
“I have searched all digitally available Dutch texts published until 1800 (…) including a corpus of thousands of letters by seafarers, and there is no mention of the Flying Dutchman—ever. If it was a piece of lore, it was a British piece of lore.”
Die andere deutsche Teilung: Zustand und Zukunftsfähigkeit unserer Gesellschaft.
Wo stehen wir als Gesellschaft und wo bewegen wir uns hin? Für unsere Studie haben wir 2019 über 4.000 Menschen befragt, um eine andere Perspektive auf die deutsche Gesellschaft zu bieten und dadurch neue Ansätze für Zusammenhalt zu ermöglichen.
renk., das ist Türkisch und heißt auf Deutsch „Farbe“.
Als erstes deutsch-türkisches Kulturmagazin verbindet renk. mit einem hohen gestalterischen Anspruch auch einen Vermittlungsauftrag jenseits der gängigen deutschen Integrationspolitik.
Aha, das Lied, das wir uns in der Familie seit Jahren gegenseitig zum Jahrestag singen basiert tatsächlich auf einem Gedicht von Paula Dehmel: Rumpumpels Geburtstag.
There's a 12-foot-tall replica of the Washington Monument hidden under a manhole nearby.
Oh, Lacy & Carr sold Pando… Thank you for what you did there.
There are so many things that Pando did well beyond calling out Uber. Not only did Mark Ames blow the lid off the Silicon Valley wage collusion suit, our reporting was cited as evidence in the case that got animation workers their record-breaking settlement. (…) Hamish wrote one of the first investigations into how political machinations was tearing Silicon Valley billionaires apart back in 2013. (…) Then there was James Robinson’s expose of fraudulent health devices on Indiegogo, Yasha Levine on Surveillance Valley (which later became an amazing book of the same name), and David Sirota’s killer investigation into Chatham Asset Management and Chris Christie (…)
„a schprach is a dialekt mit an armej un flot.“ – Max Weinreich
The Gashlycrumb Tinies: or, After the Outing.
A delightfully dark vintage alphabet book from mid-century illustrator Edward Gorey, the Tim Burton of his day.
Reminds me a wee bit of The Lycette Bros’ “The Illustrated Alphabet of Unfortunate Chance” which I cannot find on the Intarwebs right now (an unfortunate chance, indeed).
