Pantone have designated Classic Blue the colour of the year 2020.
(Via Brand New: Pantone 2020 Color of the Year)
Noted by Damian Cugley .Discipline, a 65% DIY keyboard kit by Coseyfannitutti that can be assembled using only through-hole components. (No longer sold as a kit but the plans and bill of materials is open source.)
(Via DISCIPLINE 65% DIY Keyboard Kit — CFTKB)
Noted by Damian Cugley .“Tartan # Through Hole” is a 60% keyboard made by through hole components only, designed by hsgw, the designer of the Plaid.
Medium is (for the moment) a publishing platform that pays writers from paying subcribers. I'm attracted to the idea of being a micro-patron of the arts. But Medium insists on tracking me via either my Google or Facebook account, which makes me hesitate.
Here’s a fun demonstration of the relative sizes of a succession of things you might find in space, starting with an astronaut.
(Via CSS-Tricks on Twitter)
Noted by Damian Cugley .Photographs of the insides of musical instruments.
Tutorial on making your own keyboard PCB.
The lost art of paste-up: Bryony Dalefield of the London Review of Books demonstrates the meticulous manual process from the days when it involved literal cutting and pasting with cow gum. I remember my father doing the same when I was small.
(Via Joanna Penn on Twitter)
Noted by Damian Cugley .December 2017’s issue of the Font of the Month club is a stylish uncial-inspired typeface called Klooster.