Archive for May, 2010

The unintentional beauty of making semiconductors

Thursday, 27 May 2010

via flickr.com At risk of the blog becoming stale already, I thought I’d fall back on some older material of mine. Back in the summer of 2007 I worked in a semiconductor research fab lab. Everything was pretty much focused on the engineering, and yet there were unintentionally beautiful things to be found here and [...]

Sharpie pokes fun at protestors

Sunday, 23 May 2010

While perhaps not exactly traditionally form+function, I thought this ad was interesting. Perhaps a subtle joke from some conservative-leaning ad agency? I don't think the function of this scene is the type of self-expression that most protestors are interested in. Posted via email from FORM PLUS FUNCTION

News as a stock ticker

Friday, 21 May 2010

No, I’m not trading mortgage foreclosures as securities. This is the start of a little project inspired by @lisawilliams about tracking long-term “news” events via unconventional means. News as a stock ticker? News as a signal? Posted via email from FORM PLUS FUNCTION

The Future is Backlit

Friday, 21 May 2010

Futura rather. And poorly kerned. But still beauiful. E38-300 Posted via email from FORM PLUS FUNCTION