Say it with an icon

The Noun Project is crowd sourcing the heiroglyphics of contemporary times.  Icon graphics are developed by contributors and available to the common man for download as scalable vector graphics (meaning it won't lose resolution when scaled up) free of charge.  If pictures say 1000 words, icons can at least amount to a few.  Start speaking in pictographs here.

Ice Cube on Design, LA and the Eameses (Round 2)

As it turns out, we can still rely on Ice Cube to convey how design is straight up gangster.

Michael Graves is Dignifying Accessibility

Not only has he found a really great house to renovate, Michael Graves is re-defining universal design as a moral imperative.  He just hopes that he'll be around long enough to begin to make an impact.

When Imagination Goes Wild

This elementary school kid named Caine spent his summer building an arcade our of cardboard boxes in his Dad's East-LA Autopart Shop.  His creativity didn't land him many customers until a small-time filmmaker stopped in for a car part and ended up making a short film about Caine's work.  The result of the film is a new foundation created by Caine to promote youth creativity.  Over the course of one week since this video's release, the foundation has raised nearly $200,000.

Think Like a Kid

Ever think about how you think?  Wonder what's really possible when you let yourself stretch?  Consider this video from Sir Ken Robinson, education and creativity expert.  There's an added bonus of nifty graphics.

Taking Notes

A stop motion epic that also illustrates (no pun intended) that there are many methods to learning.

Take the Shot!

The latest winners of the Military Photographer of the Year competition, via foreignpolicy.com:

"As fewer Americans serve in the armed forces, the difficulty of translating the experience of military service to a wider public becomes increasingly challenging. But sometimes a picture tells a thousand words, as in this selection of winners from the 2011 Military Photographer of the Year competition, which was recently judged at the Defense Information School at Ft. George G. Meade, Maryland. Combat photography began in earnest during the Civil War, when President Abraham Lincoln commissioned Mathew Brady to document the war, eventually leading to an invaluable trove of photographs used by generations of historians. Today, hundreds of U.S. military photographers, videographers, and artists continue to document armed services activities around the world. These photos were chosen from thousands of entries and adhere to the same standards as photojournalism (meaning no posed or electronically manipulated images)."

See the images here.