Animated Typefaces

Robert Capa's surprising color photos, Google's 2013 Zeitgeist, Nico Muhly's review of Beyoncé and more

While many tend to question the real value of the ever-entertaining GIF image, designer Jono Brandel imagines a time when the format allows individual letters to tell a story. In his new project Anitype, Brandel has opened up the virtual floor for anyone interested in creating their own moving letter. Using the provided code, creative thinkers can animate each letter or check out other submissions, …

Nico Muhly’s Glorious Beyoncé Review

Robert Capa's surprising color photos, Google's 2013 Zeitgeist, Nico Muhly's review of Beyoncé and more

Composer Nico Muhly works well beyond the confines of classical music, collaborating with everyone from Diplo to Bjork. The breadth of his musical taste is as strong as his skills in creating it, and from his recent review of Beyoncé’s new album, writing about it as well. While in rural Iceland, he was awoken in the night to join hundreds of thousands online in downloading …

Architect Dream Homes

Robert Capa's surprising color photos, Google's 2013 Zeitgeist, Nico Muhly's review of Beyoncé and more

Though architects aren’t ones to lack creativity, they’re sometimes unable to express it at its full potential. It’s only in dreaming up their own homes that they can draw and build without construction and client restrictions. So why not ask them to build their dream homes? In his “Solo Houses” experiment, developer Christian Courdais gave 10 architects a blank slate to work from for fantastical …