architekt font

This is probably an unintentional product plug, but I can't help it. I ran across this 'font' today that is based off of 3-d spaces and cityscapes. What results is a figure|ground relationship between positive and negative, uppercase and lowercase [ie/neon green vs. black] and the mixing and matching between the two.

I think it's a really cool idea, and could be fun to do with abstractions one's own design projects... and I'm betting it would work with my current project that questions the notion of 'play' in the city. This might give my presentation that sleek|cool look it's been lacking.

Link: kapitza

A decent power point

While I am not that interested in "making money blogging" I really like the format of this power point presentation. Going to school, it seems that professors, presenters, and students are all notorious for giving talks that have power points full of small text and lack graphics of any kind.

This presentation style flips it. 1 thought per slide, placed over a related/witty graphic. It places an emphasis on the key thoughts of the presenter, rather than making him/her a narrator for what essentially becomes a 'digital hand out'.

I'm sure this also helps with the "reading the power point" problem...

Hopefully I can figure a way to relate this style to my own design presentations in the near future [read: next week].

Link: Making Money Blogging by Matthew Haughey