Last week was the 4th of July, so I took the week off. The rest of the country had off, so why not me too? I took last Monday off as well, finally using an actual vacation day. The short weeks always throw me off and I’m paying the price this week. I’ve got a slightly more robust set of links for you all, enjoy.
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Liquid Death’s Greatest Hates: Volume 3
Bop to 10 delightful, spiteful tracks featuring lyrics written entirely by real internet haters
Graphic Design/Packaging
Wine bottle sizes and their names, all you need to know
With names that show off the rich history of wine, here’s how to identify the various bottle formats
AIGA 50 Books | 50 Covers of 2022
The juror selections for the 50 Books | 50 Covers of 2022 competition
A USPS® Generational Study: 4000 Consumers, 4 Generations
Mail & E-Commerce Through the Ages
Cansei de Ser Gato Branding
Translates to “I’m tried of being a cat”
Architecture
Sphere lights up Las Vegas skyline with massive LED display
That’s no moon… it’s a music venue
Industrial Design
Inside the Porsche Mission X: A Vision of Our Hypercar Future
Are we looking at the beginning of a new hypercar era?
I’m Obsessed With This Transparent Bluetooth CD Player
NINM’s Long Time No See Bluetooth 5.0 CD Player is pure retro fun
Art
James Cook
Typewriter artist
3D/Animation/Film
Porsche GT3 RS (992)
Cinematic achieved with Unreal Engine 5.2
I created a Mario game I always wish existed: Super Mario RTX
This is a satirical fan made gameplay video used to show off Unreal Engine 5 rendering
How Wes Anderson uses miniatures
In order to go big, sometimes filmmakers go small
Books
Skateboarding, Power and Change
by Indigo Willing and Anthony Pappalardo
Videogame Atlas: Mapping Interactive Worlds
by Luke Caspar Pearson, Sandra Youkhana
Random
Atari Is Back With a Brand-New Game
Mr. Run and Jump is a brand new Atari-published platformer video game that will be available for vintage Atari consoles in cartridge form