Hyejung Bae, a graphic designer whose work is new to me, made this great poster displaying the evolution of the QWERTY keyboard and the typewriter’s contribution to that evolution.  Plus, the post includes some super cool shots of deconstructed typewriters.  Sadly, it doesn’t look like Bae has prints for sale… Too bad, because this would [...]

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Mark Twain left a comment about Huckleberry Finn, in his copy of The Pen and the Book by Walter Besant.
Image via the New York Times.
I discovered this poem after reading an interesting piece in the New York Times, “Book Lovers Fear Dim Future for Marginalia.”  Although I do not agree with some of the author’s [...]

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“The Current War,” an infographic from Good magazine.
I’m loving this infographic from Good about the development of electricity, Tesla and Edison (click for a larger image).  Ever since I saw “The Prestige,” I’ve been fascinated with rivalry between Tesla and Edison.  I feel like there has got to be a great book about this, kind [...]

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I participated in a really great Swap-Bot swap for “A Nice Pair” of artistamps.  This swap was loads of fun, it gave me a lot to think about and an excuse to pull out some of my fake postage cancels, USPS stickers, etc.  What made me happiest, however, was this note I got from my [...]

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Heather K. Phillips designed these Stamps of Disapproval.  I’m a fan– there are times in my personal and professional life that these would come in handy.  Oh, and if you used StazOn ink, you could even disapprove of all sorts of public signs…  They are available for purchase from Schooled.  Now, which one really captures [...]

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(Image via culch.ie)
Unlike the last two postal service redesigns I’ve shared with you, today’s is real!  By the way, I’m as surprised as you are to learn that I actually a) care about Irish postal uniforms and b) used this Irish Times story about them as a stepping stone an excuse to learn a bit [...]

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Just a few months after the (suggested) USPS rebranding, a team of Mash Creative’s designers has taken on the UK’s Royal Mail.  While I’m an admitted Anglophile, and have increasingly found myself wishing I could spend a year poking around London’s libraries, design shops, and BBC programming, this is a much more appealing postal identity [...]

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