That was an unexpected really good Saturday. Which got better with almost every hour.
Some of the better parts: I skyped with R, discovered that I had totally underrated Dupont Circle, was weirdly successful at H&M, stumbled upon the cutest park I’ve seen so far in DC and hat an extremely overpriced but also fairly delicious bagel with salmon and avocado.
The three absolute highlights, however:
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I went to “Second Story”, a book store that a friend of mine recommended, and found a fantastic LIFE Pictorial Atlas from 1961. For four dollars. It’s a pretty big book. With lots of great maps and photos. It’s really awesome.
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While doing my laundry in our basement I found ca. 15 issues of “Scientific American” from the 60s and 70s that somebody left there for the public. I’ve never seen a “Scientific American” magazine before. The one color graphics are amazing and I will scan all these graphics because the world needs to seem them.
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Thanks to a Medium article from Paul Ford I came across the “Internet Atlas”, which is the most interesting designed and at the same time interesting website I’ve seen in a long, long time. I was reading through the whole thing. That doesn’t happen so often. Also, the “Internet Atlas” brought me to daywreckers.com which is a really awesome collection of really awesome websites and projects.
So: good day. I had almost forgotten how happy discovering good design can make me.
Input? 8
Output? 1
Learnings?
The New York Times Magazine gets published on Sundays (i tried to buy it today).
The Internet is everywhere (on the planet) but only in one point; in one mental space (as a concept).
Water shutdowns are not awesome when they’re not announced (there are renovations happening in my apartment right now).
Questions?
Are German paper harder to read than American ones or is that just my impression? I think I’ll do some analysis tomorrow or next week.