Month: March 2011

iPad2 Teardown

iPad2 Teardown

The folks over at iFixit did a number on the latest from Apple. Giving the iPad2 a repairability score of just 4/10, highlights on this teardown include a switch from clips to heavy use of adhesive and a crappy rear-facing camera. On the upside, Apple chose to stick with standard phillips screws rather the pentalobular screws introduced recently.

Linocut Letter-A-Day

Linocut Letter-A-Day

Brooklyn-based graphic designer Aymie Spitzer is challenging herself to carve a linocut letter every day for the month of March. Her typeface of choice? Champion Gothic because of her “deep rooted affection with its ampersand.” [via swissmiss] More: 30 Days of Creativity start today Instrument-a-Day project

Buildings in Illustrations

Earlier this year Natalie posted about a CasaSugar interview with illustrator James Gulliver Hanckock as he attempts to draw all the buildings in New York. I’ve been a big fan of his blog ever since, so I was excited to see last week’s post showing you that you can find buildings in the most unusual […]