The three films they have up now are excellent, each in its own way.

Notice that I didn’t reblog the image but instead linked back to the political cartoonist Daryl Cagle’s blog. I’m not making a statement here, I came close to reflagging the image with proper permission and attribution of course, but, I want Cagle to get the traffic, he’s the artist so best to just put in a link. It’s a great cartoon as you’ll see if you follow the link.

I saw this cartoon on the site Political Irony where the site’s author discusses his own reposting of the cartoon and goes on to discuss the difference between copyright infringement and stealing (they’re different).

My question is different and I posted it as a comment on Political Irony:

An interesting question is whether revenue generated by advertising at a site that has permission to reuse material ought to be shared with content providers, many of whom are traditional “analog” artists who may not know a referrer log from a lincoln log.

And, I think those of us who are consumers of reflagged content have an obligation to follow links when interested so that the content provider gets some traffic (and maybe a comment) too. Most of these folks draw these cartoons for their day jobs and while they may make money from newspaper syndication, as we all know, that medium of exchange is in trouble.

This is a wonderful film by the designers Charles and Ray Eames.

Zoom it out full screen and enjoy the colorful tops and bokeh.

[via core77]

LACMA has a great exhibit up: California Design, 1930-1965: “Living in a Modern Way”. Worth seeing if you’re in the area.

Deborah Sussman, whose work is included in the exhibition, talks about her early history with Charles and Ray Eames and her long career as an influential designer.

Lubalin’s narration is great in this short video on the history of the PBS logo.

[via Coudal Partners]

The Glass House happens to be in my backyard (New Canaan, Connecticut) and I’ve never been there. This is a nice piece at core77 on restoring and preserving a Donald Judd concrete sculpture that’s installed on the 47 acre grounds.

I wonder if tongue in cheek infographics like this reinforce and amplify stereotypes. Either way, it’s fun to read down the list. Guess I’m geek.

[via Coudal Partners]

DVF from Luis Aguirre on Vimeo.

Diane von Furstenberg’s narration makes this.

If you can figure out your suitcase, it’s pretty much you can figure out your life.

[via The Kid Should See This]

This is an incredible collection of machine-art and the Mad Max association is spot on.

[via core77]

Imus Geographics looks like the map lover’s dream come true. And, in my old home town of Eugene, Oregon.

[via Steve Splonskowski]