Here’s to the power of big concepts. Inundated with statistics and information as we are, its amazing to see global figures presented as if the world had a population of 100. I appreciate the fact that these infographics deal with the the thoughts and feelings of humanity as well as it’s rate of disease, wealth and hunger. These infographics were brought to our attention by our friend Shilpa Sankaran at Zeta Communities.

Thank you Toby  Ng! World of 100 is awesome.

Instead of banging your head against the wall, you may have more luck finding the solution to a problem, or coming up with good ideas of you leave the work station for a while and try to clear your mind. I often find myself inundated with ideas as I try to fall asleep at night. [...]

We loved this letter from Chattanooga, TN. The designers who are seeking to give Chattanooga a distinctive flavor through it’s very own typeface are on a similar mission as some of our clients, like the County of Marin and the Metropolitan Transportation Commission with its OneBayArea initiative. As all brand-managers, designers, artists an marketeers know, [...]

Fast Company writers talk about the real reality of the new New Economy. Guess what folks? It’s fast, its furious, and we don’t know what’s next. What. A. Rush.
This article is the hallmark of Silicon Valley tech culture. Half of my brain buys in. The other half wants to be more critical, to point out that [...]

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…Quantify it!
That’s not how the song lyric goes, and it’s not a given for most of us to think about happiness as a measurable, tractable metric like our heart rate or a nation’s Gross Domestic Product. But now happiness is something that social scientists and economists are looking to measure and record. The latest issue [...]

Though they are inherently obnoxious and oversimplified, I love these kinds of lists. (I’m also really bad at reading and like to boil things down) Turn to GOOD for a snapshot of what’s painfully, embarrassingly current. If you see yourself reflected in this mirror of new thises and thats, you may consider yourself an historically [...]

There has been a lot of grumbling about the expense of the proposed high speed rail line that would link Northern and Southern California. As with any massive infrastructure development, the issues are complex, effecting landscapes, people, and a myriad of special interests and the cost seems impossibly high for our poor, bankrupt state. That [...]

PART TIME PRODUCTION ARTIST WANTED:

L Studio, a Sausalito-based design + communications agency is looking for a freelance digital production artist to join our team in a permanent, part-time position. 1-2 days a week onsite, at the start, with the possibility of increased hours (depending on studio workflow).
Candidates should have 2+ years of experience, excellent production [...]

In this article, McKibben envisions a decentralized future where multinational corporate solutions are replaced by small-scale, locally-serving producers of food, energy and healthcare. The difference between the cottage industries of the past and the farms, renewable energy generators and local clinics of the future? They will all be connected by grids of ideas and energy.
The [...]