The (somewhat unexpected) elegance of triangles.
Graphic design that was created mostly not via computer.
Refreshing.
I found a stack of I Can Read All By Myself Beginner Books the other day.
A crumbling beautiful stack of nostalgia more than half a century old.
The whole stack of them are wonderfully harmonious.
Time has been good to them - time has faded all the colors to the same shades; now they all share the same color scheme.
Pretty scrolling.
Pretty words.
Oh, and let’s talk about how great color schemes were in the 60s.
Album art by Swiss-Italian-American artist George Giusti (1908-1991) from the 1960s.
Find more gorgeous mid-century album art at Aqua-Velvet.com and here.
I will never study using anything else.
This website is pretty.
It is user-friendly.
It is useful and effective.
There are infographics and flashcards involved.
Just go look at it.
But if you want to know more:
You can make your own flashcards,
and organize them in your own handy folder system.
Then you can study them,
or StudyBlue will create a quiz for your from them,
and give you a graph telling you how you’re doing,
and how often you get certain questions right.
It’s great. And pretty.
Sometimes, most times, almost always, simple is best.
Sometimes Futura does a damn fine job.
Sometimes book covers are the most gorgeous things I see all day.
(via anthropologie)
