Some weeks there is just a lot out there. Maybe it’s the energy of the new year, maybe it’s random. Either way, enjoy the link bounty.
Photography
The Stunning Winners of the 2024 Close-Up Photographer of the Year Contest
The Top 100 winners gallery of Close-up Photographer of the Year 5 (2023)
A New Book Reveals Ernest Cole’s Clear-Eyed Photos of Civil Rights America
Cole kept this body of work largely secretive, and it was thought to be lost until 2017 when it turned up in Sweden. And now for the first time, the images are compiled in a book published by Aperture
Art
Shepard Fairey and Randall Poster Keep The Birdsong Project Going Strong with a New Art Print Portfolio
The Birdsong Project: Art Print Portfolio is available now via Fairey’s Subliminal Projects shop with proceeds benefitting the National Audubon Society.
A Master Printer Makes His Final Print
This video from MoMA follows master printer Jacob Samuel as he makes his final print before he retires.
TokyoBuild
Creating ultra-realistic Japanese buildings
Typography
‘Seeing the responses has been really uplifting’: How we made the Wonka movie typography
We caught up with designer Alexandria Vernon.
Industrial Design
The Wallet 3.0 Is Discommon’s Take on Quiet Luxury in Your Pocket
Look closer and you’ll notice the compact, thermoformed stitch-less form that gives an effortlessly sleek, elevated look to a daily necessity.
These Beer Bottles are Designed With Bottlecap Openers In Their Bases
Clever package design from Mongolia’s Fusion beer
Disney Imagineering Showcases Incredible ‘HoloTile Floor’ Which Could Change VR & Theme Park Experiences Forever
The floor is made up of small circular pieces that shift and rotate as the user walks upon it, allowing for omnidirectional movement.
Web Design/UX/UI
The Essential UX Books That Nobody Talks About
A non-exhaustive list of UX books that are not getting enough attention
Understanding Accessibility
A tool for web designers.
Architecture
Harudot by Nana Coffee Roasters / IDIN Architects
A stand-alone café in Chonburi, a famous beachside town in Thailand.
Rear Window – BMX Racing Grandstand / hyperSity architects
On the one hand, it is the high place next to the BMX field for the referee stands on the high point to watch and judge the game, and the vision should be broad enough. At the same time, the BMX grandstands project is also a development opportunity for the countryside in the post-race era, introducing new people into the countryside.
Random
The Emoji Kitchen
The Emoji Kitchen is a Google feature that allows Android users to send merged or elaborated sticker versions of Google’s emoji designs.