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Paula Scher and the Geography of Design

In a few short interviews directed by Nicolas Heller and produced by former colleague Brian Collins for the Art Directors Club, Paula Scher talks about how the energy of the city affects her work. Part two talks about her maps, which are amazing renderings of the layers of perception that maps really represent.

She's doing the signage for our new office, which is really cool.

And part two

SOUR 'Tone of Everyday' (Hibo no neiro)

culled from the internet/twitter meme today, most specifically from http://mrgingold.tumblr.com

beautifully done video of Sour's 'Hibo no neiro'  Dozo

More advice, these via the armed forces

From a random conversation with a friend who's an ex-Marine (can you be an 'ex' Marine?), via a friend of his (I think) who is a full bird colonel in the Air Force.

Two pieces of advice:

When the balloon goes up it goes up fast

• in other words,  when change finally happens or when the thing you think was about to go down finally goes down it goes down fast. So always be prepared for the worst and be ready to move fast.

When the shit hits the fan, wind your watch.

• Pause before moving.  This is a lesson I've been remembering getting into playing tennis this summer. the first thing to do is wait, not swing. It reminds me of something Bruce Lee would say (yes, I just quoted Bruce Lee) about what made him a great fighter. He had the instinct and the speed to beat almost anyone, but what made him great was the learned ability to hang back and watch where others would attack.

I do like ice cream, but I did better in Spanish