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Helen Green drew all the hairstyles worn by David Bowie from before he was a star in 1964 on up to the present day. Here's they are in a glorious animated GIF:

Green also did a one-sheet of the B&W drawings. See also every Prince hairstyle from 1978 to 2013. (via @Coudal)

Tags: David Bowie   Helen Green   illustration   music

“Wait, is that a Battlestar Galactica ringtone on your phone?!” *throws phone out 5-story window into the river*

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Responsive web design is a technique used by web builders where the design adapts to different screen sizes. Designer Joe Harrison has built a page with responsive logos for several well-known brands, including Coca-Cola, Nike, Disney, and Levi's. If you resize the page, you can see the logos change. Here's how the Disney logo looks as your browser window gets smaller (from L to R):

As the browser gets smaller, the logos lose detail and become more abstract. By the time you get to the smallest screen width, you're down to just the Disney "D" or Nike swoosh or Heineken red star, aka the bare minimum you need to render the logo recognizable, if only on a subconscious or emotional level. Which reminds me of Scott McCloud's discussion of iconic abstraction (and The Big Triangle) in Understanding Comics, which is still one of the best books on design and storytelling I've ever read. Here's a bit of the relevant passage:

Defining the cartoon would take up as much space as defining comics, but for now, I'm going to examine cartooning as a form of amplification through simplification. When we abstract an image through cartooning, we're not so much eliminating details as we are focusing on specific details. By stripping down an image to its essential "meaning", an artist can amplify that meaning in a way that realistic art can't.

The reason why those particular logos work responsively is because they each have abstract representations that work on that meaningful emotional level. You see that red Levi's tag or Nike swoosh and you feel something.¹ I think companies are having to design logos in this way more frequently. Contemporary logos need to look good on freeway billboards, on letterhead, as iOS icons, and, in the case of the Facebook, Twitter, or Pinterest logos, affixed to tiny tweet/like/pin buttons. (via ministry of type)

1. I've talked about this elsewhere, but in designing the "identity" for kottke.org (such as it is), having an abstract logo identifying element has been an important part of the process. I wanted to have an element (currently the blue gradient) that if you saw it and recognized it, you had a reaction to it on a emotional level. Here's what I wrote about an older kottke.org design: "The yellow-green thing at the top is a tag. Like the red tag on Levi's jeans or even the red stripe on Prada shoes. It's small, out of the way, but when you see it on something, you know exactly what you're holding in your hands." It's my favorite design trick and likely influenced by Understanding Comics more than I realize. ↩

Tags: books   design   Joe Harrison   logos   Scott McCloud   Understanding Comics

Lots of folks got excited by the Google Cast for audio announcement earlier this week because it’ll make beaming music to your speakers (so long as they’re compatible) super easy. However, there is one company that’s not super into Google Cast for audio.

Spotify has confirmed that it doesn’t plan to support Google Cast for audio. Instead, it’ll continue to push Spotify Connect, its own offering that lets you push your music from your phone or tablet to a compatible speaker or receiver. Spotify explains that it believes that Connect lets it delivered the best home music experience and that Connect is already “optimized for ease-of-use and audio quality.”

While most speakers and receivers will likely support both Google Cast and Spotify Connect, it’s still kind of a bummer to hear that Spotify won’t just show love to Google. After all, there are already a number of other music services and device manufacturers signed on to support Google Cast, and it’d be nice to have to deal with just one beaming service instead of multiple ones.

Have you ever used Spotify Connect?

Artist's Note:

I now officially love bunnies. They are the best things to draw for serious~

Writer's Note:

The term “artist” here is being used in the broadest possible sense.

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The Reddit comments on this t-shirt are an interesting mix of “this is awesome” and “Gee, this is stupid”. Me? I like it. A little Batman, 8 bit, PacMan goodness is good for the soul and mashed up pop culture references are kind of my thing. Your mileage may vary.

Product Page: (£14.99 / Variant available in the US for $24.89)

This chinchilla appears to be preforming autofellatio. Not exactly shy, is he? http://ift.tt/1yQtNyJ

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Meet the man who turned his life-altering accident into a fun game

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“But why does Optimus keep choosing a truck. Does he feel the weight of responsibility? Does he feel like he has to carry the whole team on his back?”

Android TV is Google's second attempt to bring Android to TVs (the first one was Google TV). After Chromecast's success and the launch of Nexus Player, Google partnered with a few TV manufacturers that will launch Smart TVs powered by Android TV.

"This spring, Sony, Sharp and TP Vision, with its range of Philips TVs, will start shipping televisions powered by Android TV. These have all the goodness of Android TV built in so you won't need to plug anything extra into your television. You can use a single remote to watch live TV channels and play games, movies or shows from Google Play and your apps. These televisions feature voice search, to help you quickly find what you want, and they're Google Cast Ready so you can cast your favorite entertainment from your phone or tablet to the big screen," mentions Google.

From The Verge: "Live at CES 2015, Sony's CEO Kaz Hirai announced that the company's new smart TVs will run on Google's new platform for television, Android TV. The remote control for the TV is essentially a giant trackpad, so that you can navigate the Android TV interface more easily. The remote also comes with a microphone, to make searching easier." According to Sony, "all new 4K and some new Full HD BRAVIA models will come equipped with Android TV."

Other manufacturers use different operating systems: Samsung uses Tizen, LG uses WebOS, while Panasonic launches Firefox OS Smart TVs. It's interesting to notice that Samsung and LG use their own operating systems to power smartwatches, smart TVs, smart washing machine, smart vacuum cleaners, cars and more. "The OS of everything - Tizen is the open-source operating system for all device areas," mentions Tizen's homepage. Having their own operating system allows them to control their own destiny and launch new devices without relying on software from Google.

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Actress Nicole Kidman made a guest appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon last night to promote her new film, Paddington. However, when Fallon casually decided to talk about the first and only time the two of them previously met at his apartment, Kidman revealed that the meeting was intended to be a romantic setup because she liked him. She then recounted how the completely oblivious Fallon proceeded to serve cheese and crackers, put on a video game, and loaf around in a baseball cap and sweats.

“You wanna play Mario Bros.? Let me show you my new Nintendo, it’s pretty cool!”

Smooth, Fallon. Needless to say, the rest of the Paddington interview was a lost cause.

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A new program on the TLC cable channel to air later this month, titled "My Husband's Not Gay," has generated significant news media coverage this week.

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William Nye The Science Fellow

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Women in STEM of WWII - The real “Rosie Riveters”

In most countries women were not permitted to fight on the front lines of the war. Instead, they supported the war effort by learning, training and taking up jobs usually held by men.

These women did a lot more than rivet, they designed, built and tested thousands of aircraft in factories across Canada and the US.  Prior to the war, women would have been mostly banned from taking up such jobs.

Sources: Library of Congress

The Google Chromecast became extremely popular last year, having broken into the mainstream market at a pace unusual for Google hardware. Thanks to the low price tag, ease of use, and recommendation of countless websites, Chromecast use has skyrocketed.

But while Google Cast can currently cast music and video to TVs using Chromecast or Android TV, Google wanted the Cast protocol to do more. The company has now introduced Google Cast for audio, which is a new standard for embedding Cast support in standalone audio devices. This will allow you to stream music to sound system with the same ease as to TVs.

Support from Sony, LG, and Denon has been announced and we should the first Cast supported speakers this spring. And as with normal casting, it can be done from Android, iOS, or a computer. For those with a taste for dedicated music systems, this will definitely be awesome. And it seems a lot easier than a Bluetooth speaker.

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