I’ve got two maps for you. The first is the slippy map above from London Town: I like the…hand-drawn feel of the map. Venues are shown in indicative locations rather than being geographically correct, as the details of London between the venues are missed out. This makes it a very poor map for navigating …
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Of all the instances in which graphic communication is necessary to transcend language barriers, the Olympic Games are, if not the most important, probably the most visible. We take the little icons of swimmers and sprinters as a given aspect of Olympic design, but the pictograms were a mid-20th Century invention—first employed, in fact, …
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Images from the book “A Century of Olympic Posters” by Margaret Timmers: As snapshots through time, Olympic posters provide a fascinating record of our world, a lens through which we can explore links between sports and art, politics and place, commerce and culture. A Century of Olympic Posters offers an intensely visual representation of the modern …
Facebook has created a special page pulling together all the hundreds of athletes, teams, and sports covering the London 2012 Olympic Games. While the sports and teams are information hubs, the athletes pages are amazing pieces of self-promotion. Many of them are soon-to-be icons in America, like Michael Phelps, and getting several thousands ‘likes’ can’t …
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Welcome back for another exciting season! This year the Bruins face 5 away games and 7 home games. The times for all the PAC-12 games are not yet set, nor are the television schedules. In general, the times will be set 12 days before the game. UCLA Football 2012 Schedule Thursday, Aug 30 – 4:30 p.m. …
A bit overdue as it was way too hard to find apps in Facebook, also highlighted in bold is the ability to block all those app requests. Facebook recently launched App Center, offering a centralized place to find more than 600 Facebook and Facebook-related apps. Think of App Center as one part showcase for mobile …
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