Interview: Duncan Mitchell, Co-Founder, CEO, and Art Director at Someecards
News: Google Fonts – previously known as the Google Web Fonts project has done a deal with
Monotype font service that allows anyone to access its fonts for desktop use all for free! The fonts are delivered by Monotype’s
SkyFonts
software creating a directory of more than 600 web fonts for the world
to use. This quick and easy to access resource is great for designers
and web developers who are looking for professional and quality
typography for their web pages and applications.
The
George Eastman House is producing a series of nicely produced videos, each about 10 minutes long, demonstrating
every major technological development in photographic process
with guidance from historians, curators, and artists and illustrated by
objects from their collection. There are more to come, but you can
start now with
The Dageurrotype,
The Collodion Process,
The Albumen Print,
The Woodburytype,
The Platium Print, and
The Gelatin Silver Print.
Heather Dewey-Hagborg uses the DNA found on things like discarded chewing gum and cigarette butts to
recreate the faces of the people who left them behind.
