Daryl Cagle suggests the LA times has been transformed into a ransom note of sorts, with a massive 22 different typefaces above the fold on the front page following a recent re-design.

via Veer

Bureau for Visual Affairs have recently produced this simple flash portfolio site for photographer Andrew Hobbs. At a first glance the interface looks and feels pretty fresh, efficiently serving up detail views of the photographers work (might be nice if there was a full screen option?). The clever bit is when the site’s flash engine works out the size of your browser window and adjusts the presentation accordingly, nice.

Children of Men was one of my favorite films of 2006, so I was pretty happy to see that animation studio Foreign Office have compiled a showreel of the ad’s, films, displays screens etc. they produced for the film.

Link via the ideas blog at Veer.

I was going to write a post about Monocle a few weeks ago after a good impression of the first 20 pages, then I decided to wait and read the whole issue before commenting.

Unfortunately my reading stopped after that initial blast, not because it was no good, but because the week started and Monocle was put to one side never to picked up again, I am hoping writing this will spur me on to go back and finish what I started.

Anyway, my point is, If you get the occasional urge for a briefing on global affairs, business and international design stuff, and you would appreciate it presented with excellent typography, beautiful photography on nice
paper then Monocle could be very good for you, that is if you don’t mind parting with 5 pounds once a month. Plus you might like to know the world-wide-web property of the magazine offers the user suplimentary rich media content to the magazine’s lead editorial features.

Semi related to Dom’s earlier post, the Belfast chapter of Bearduary was founded in 2007 by University of Ulster lecturers Christopher Murphy and Nicklas Persson as part of the international Bearduary movement. They recently had a well publicised shave.. as covered on BB1 (…and Russian TV?)

Murphy and Persson (above) share a research interest in cultivating the return of the beard and are working together to spark a renewed interest in gentlemanly pursuits.

Chris Murphy pictured right, is one half of the design team working on the Glitch Book. The other half being Joe at Qubik Design.