A Blog List

Back in March 2007, Elmanco and Fubiz collaborated on A Blog List, which is pretty much what it sounds like. They've recently updated the list and I couldn't be more excited. Their efforts were in hopes of compiling the best blogs out there in the categories of design, graphics, fashion, marketing, and new technology.

Over at Please Sir, Diana recently asked her readers what they consider makes a blog successful and why they read blogs. Both of which are important questions to consider if you blog. The updated list definitely gives insight into the makings of a successful blog and I'll be cruising them all for inspiration.

Top 5 Unconventional Urban Graffiti Executions

There's been a lot of buzz the past week about ephemeral art. The Cans Festival just concluded in London, where local street artists were encouraged to come out and stencil in designated areas around the city.

Similarly, Brain Pickings just compiled a list of the Top 5 Unconventional Urban Graffiti Executions. I liked what they had to say of their list:

"What bigger mark of a city’s self-expression than its graffiti culture? The tricky thing is that much of urban graffiti has become contrived, sliding by our attention as expected graphic clichés. The ones that break the norm manage to leave a cultural mark bigger than the physical paint-on-concrete one."

I'd considered posting several of these installments individually in the past, but never got around to it. I particularly love the storm drain graffiti of Brazilian duo 6emeia.

(Found via Brain Pickings)

26 Hand Drawn Websites

Hand drawn websites inspired by personal sketches and handwriting have become an ever growing trend in design. While the idea of having a website appear hand drawn is a complete dissonance, I think it's utterly fantastic and promises a near unique appearance. Inspiredology
has complied a lits of 26 Hand Drawn Websites definitely worth a look.

(Found via Inspiredology)

50 Brilliant Photos and Stunning Pictures

Smash Magazine has rounded up their list of 50 Brilliant Photos and Stunning Pictures. Brilliant and stunning don't even do some of these photos justice. They're truly amazing. Check out their list and let me know if you have a favorite, mine are pictured above.

(Found via Smash Magazine)

10 Most Creative Business Cards

-business card for a second hand store-

I look forward to the day I have to get personal business cards. For whatever reason, it's part of my adult-life fantasy. There's just something so legitimate about it. Oddee compiled a list of what they consider to be the 10 Most Creative Business Cards. I'll be sure to keep them in mind for future inspiration.

(Found via Oddee)

10 Brilliant Office Interiors

(Three Rings)

(Google, Zürich)

Deputydog's latest installment, 10 Annoyingly Brilliant Office Interiors, is awesome . I'm a soon(-ish) to be college graduate, this just gives false hope to my future work place dreams. As an aspiring journalist starting at the bottom of the barrel, I don't think anywhere I'll be getting a job will look like these, but a girl can dream right?

(Found via Deputydog)

110 Best Books

What are the makings of the perfect personal library? According to Telegraph, it's the books on their 110 Best Books List. I like lists (especially 'best of' lists) and I like books, so clearly this is right up my ally. They categorize the books according to the following: classics, peotry, literary fiction, romantic fiction, children's books, sci-fi, crime, books that changed the world, books that changed your world, history, and lives. I would love to make my way through this list, top-to-bottom, or really any 'best of' literary list. Oh if I only have endless amounts of free time.

(Found via Gawker)

30 Most Creative Bookshelves

Continuing with my recent overload of book related posts...Back in February Freshome posted a compilation of the 30 Most Creative Bookshelves they'd found. I saw this post a while back and forgot to save the link. For the past month I've been trying to find it again, then today (obviously) I did. These bookshelves are wild. What I would give for one!

(Found via Freshome)

100 Best Last Lines From Novels

I post about books or items related to books quite a lot I've realized. There was this one...and this one...oh and we can't forget this one. Ok, you get the idea.

I've had a long standing love affair with the written word. My first real job was at a library, I'm an English major, and truthfully I'm more concerned with adding to my bookshelf than my closet (says I with a snort while pushing my glasses back up onto the bridge of my nose).

So naturally when I saw that the American Book Review released their list of what they consider to be the 100 Best Last Lines From Novels I got quite excited. Making their list:

52. Don’t ever tell anybody anything. If you do, you start missing everybody. – J. D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye (1951)

77. Tomorrow, I'll think of some way to get him back. After all tomorrow is another day. - Margaret Mitchell, Gone With The Wind (1936)

(found via Design Crush)

5 Incredible Works of Architectural Genius

Over at WebUrbanist they've compiled a collection of 5 Incredible Works of Insane Architectural Genius. From "wooden skyscrapers to recycled wonderlands," these constructions are unbelievable.

Top 10 Physically Modified People

And I thought one tattoo was enough. Over at Deputydog they're running a featured post on the Top 10 Physically Modified People. Check out the interesting and often shocking pictures and back-stories.

(Found via Deputydog)

Coolest Water Towers

I'm not sure what, but something inspired me to Google search artistic and creative water towers. In doing so I found the Kilgore Memorial Library of Nebraska website had an impressive compilation of photos and links to some of the countries most interesting water towers. Take a look for yourself: Artistic Water Towers.

There is also an entire site devoted to water towers with information and images at Water Towers of the World.

9 Strange and Unique Structures

Over at Deputydog they've compiled a list of 9 Strange and Unique Structures that are either in construction or about to begin construction.

Structures and Architects' Websites:
1. Aqua - Chicago, IL
2. The Chicago Spire - Chicago, IL
3. CCTV Headquarters - China
4. Regatta Hotel - Jakarta
5. Residence Antilia - India
6. Russian Tower - Russia
7. Penang Global City Centre - Malaysia
8. Gazprom Headquarters - Russia
9. Burj Dubai - Dubai

9 Brilliant Outdoor Ads

InventorSpot has posted the images of what they consider 9 Brilliant Outdoor Ads. After seeing all 9, I can only agree.

(Found via Core 77)