Paul Shaw, letter designer, design historian, and teacher, who created the “top 100 typefaces of all time” list in 1998, has produced an addition, the top ten typefaces of the decade from 2000 to 2010. As before, it is not a list of my favorite typefaces, nor is it a list of the most popular [...]

Posters of British punk bands from the 1970s, including the Sex Pistols, The Clash, and the Buzzcocks. (Some are mildly NSFW)

Scenes from science fiction and fantasy movies created by Faith Pearson using little more than empty printer cartridges.

Though it’s not easy to tell by looking at statues that date from ancient times now, many Greek sculptures were once brightly painted.

People have speculated as to the reasons for the Mona Lisa’s mysterious smile for centuries, and while no one is any closer to understanding what she may be smiling about, scientists have at least figured out how Renaissance artist Leonardo da Vinci crafted her much thought about expression: The glaze, mixed with subtly different pigments, [...]

20 minimalist re-interpretations of iconic album covers by US designer Ty Lettau.

34 typographic sins (PDF)… watch your use of those “dumb quotes” (mine here should be correct).

Research by Macquarie University economist David Throsby has found many Australians who pursue artistic occupations are living below the poverty line, and are often supplementing their incomes with professional work in fields related to their creative interests. Not only are artists by necessity often multi-talented – singers are dancers, musicians are composers, dancers are actors [...]

Connecticut based Dalton Ghetti’s collection of miniature sculptured artworks… carved out of just the slender lead of pencils.

Awesome, a hand drawn panorama of central London, stretching from around Vauxhall through to Greenwich, published by the “Illustrated London News” – the world’s first ever illustrated newspaper – in 1845.