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Nails    (2006.01.07)

“Metropolis” nail sculpture, City Hall.

Aqua    (2006.01.06)

When did it become OK for consumer-grade pharmaceuticals like moisturizers to list the ingredient water (eau) bilingually, monolingually, or interlingually as aqua?

Presumably rather a long time after this grating was forged.

Burnt orange    (2006.01.05)

You need that much visibility when dappled with slush.

By the way, I know an Australian who almost walked right into a lake of slush in Boston, so unaccustomed to the substance was he.

Failed Redesigns    (2006.01.04)

Failed Redesigns of 2005: “Because You Should Have Known Better”

Neville Brody in a can    (2006.01.03)

Yes, that is indeed Insignia by Neville Brody (q.v.) debossed on a Chinese-made chocolate tin.

0 for 2 with the ponies    (2006.01.02)

Wherein I blow yet another photo shoot

Off to a great start    (2006.01.01)

EuroCoryWatch, first instalment

Full Stop    (2005.12.30)

The line between the right and wrong kinds of tacky is too easily crossed with everyone’s favourite novelty font, Cooper Black.

But if it’s a “novelty” font, why does it continue to be used decades later, sometimes well? I actually like this sign.

Night of the long ſ    (2005.12.27)

Using the German long s ſ to label dealcoholized wine is like using a yogh ȝ or a thorn þ to label an iPod.

Great to look at nonetheless. I wonder what font they use for the barcode?