The Awesome Architecture-Inspired Typography

 I have to confess I am a bit of a font nerd. I have a folder in my hard drive that contains around 1000 fonts (of which I only fool around with about 1/3 of them). Okay, maybe 'font nerd' is not right, 'font hoarder' is more like it.
Anyway, there are several fonts that I love to use on daily basis. For my architecture/CAD works I love to use Damned Architect because it's free, representing my hand written drafting font close enough and can be found here.

Architect today...according to people 100 years ago

It's retro-futurism and it's awesome!
What is retro-futurism? According to this copy/pasted Wikipedia entry :

Batman Married Wonder Woman

Now I know what my wedding day would be like.
Us who read Blackest Night or watched the Justice League cartoon know that Diana have feelings for Bruce. Who knew they'll get serious?

Batman Married Wonder Woman: "



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Teach Your Children The Alphabets...With Uncle Logan And Friends!

Sean Murphy is my newest favorite comic book artist. He's currently doing a project with superstar writer Grant Morrison entitled "Joe The Barbarian", published by DC's mature publishing line, Vertigo. Beside the awesomely dark yet poetic story that Morrison writes, the book's selling point for me is Sean Murphy's ability to render beautiful and moody interior shots.

Design Is...

William Pena summed it up best : programming is problem seeking, design is problem solving. Thus, design is not merely a process to create something unique or avant garde. First and foremost, design must solve problem(s).
But, what is design according to the Internet?

Dutch Football Team Fan Shirt, so simple yet so creative!

As a fan of the Dutch's national football team, I approve this!

Hello, Ms. Hardy!

Added from my tumblr account: Adam Hughes. Black Cat. Nuff Said!

Architects and Animals

CAD monkey is a term to describe an architect hired by a firm not for his/her design ability but rather because of his/her computing skills, CAD-proficiency to be exact.
For long this practice has been a traditional breeding ground for design firms to 'forge' the fresh grads, but some thinks it's a waste of talent.
Don't want to argue about that, just wanna share something that perhaps in the days before the computer, the CAD monkeys are called 'drafting cows'.

Another Lego I geek out about...

Post #50!
Time sure flies when you're having fun!
Thank for joining the ride everyone and thanks for never complaining about my geekish stupidity.

Rivalry? Not so much!

Cain and Abel, Superman and Lex Luthor, Liverpool and Manchester United, we all have heard (or even have been going through) some sort of rivalry. Rivalry breeds from competition, and we all are competitive beings. It's not necessarily a bad thing. From competition and our eagerness to be the top dog come innovation, and ideally that's supposed to make our lives getting better every day.

Scooby Doo : A Gritty Reboot

If you read a rumor that said Warner wants to make a Superman reboot that is both darker and grittier than his previous movie incarnation, well it's not a rumor, it's true. You can read it here.

Tron : Legacy is directed by an architect!

Quick update as I am now getting a nerdgasm from this awesome news!

How To Draw Stuffs When Your Only Weapon Is A Spreadsheet

What makes a nerd a nerd?
For me it's dedication, passion, and creativity.

And That's Where I Put All My Spider-Man Trades

Ready to show your geekiness to the world?

A time not too long ago, comic book is still considered the bastard child of art and literature-proper only for childish and juvenile materials, never suitable for serious stuffs. Even at one time, comic book materials are considered immoral.

Architecture Inspired by Tetris

Years ago, Indonesian market was flooded with palm-sized Tetris. For a geeky kid like me, it was almost like owning those fancy scientific calculator but instead of doing trigonometry, you get to play one of the simplest yet addictive game of all time.
Apparently, I'm not the only one fascinated with Tetris...

How to Say "Unbreak My Heart,Undo This Hurt" If You're Not Toni Braxton

What is it?


It's an "Undo relationship wrongs apology card". According to the source, it's finely printed with hand-mixed ink on 100% cotton extra soft paper and priced at $3.75.


Pretty neat, isn't it? Still showing off your geekiness while apologizing.


For me it can only works when and if the receiver can appreciate your sense of humour, no matter how geeky it is. If not, well, it's probably not a good idea. Sending this card is probably like saying, 'Here honey, to apologize for spending more time with my [insert addictive gadget/geeky pastime here] than with you, I bought you a computer-based humour apology card to make up for it! Great huh!...h-hello?'


Or imagine if she is a hardcore Mac fanatic! This card can only make her angrier.


Remember, if things don't work out better after this, you're probably better to ctrl-alt-del so she doesn't retain any memory. make sure you delete the temp files too so it doesn't get thrown in your face next time you open her up.


And oh,if that happens, the purchase of the card cannot be ctrl+z'd.


via Gizmodo

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Avatar movie posters! No, it's the other Avatar movie.

I really loved The Sixth Sense when it first came out, but right now I feel M. Night Shyamalan has lost a lot if his magic; The Village and other of his supposedly sophisticated mashup of horror/fantasy/sci-fi movies are really, really disappointing. So when Night was announced as the director of the Avatar cartoon movie - carefully retitled The Last Airbender so James Cameron wouldn't get pissed off at Nickelodeon - I assumed airbending fans were in for a mass suicide. Then the trailer came out, and it looked awesome. Seriously, just take a look at it :





Now the movie posters have come out, and they're equally as awesome and stylish as the trailer. How is this possible? How is Night not fucking this up? Also, isn't that our first decent look at Zuko, and doesn't he look kind of badass? What the hell is happening here? My brain tells me the movie will be a disaster, but my eyes keep telling me something different. It's all very confusing. (Via /Film)


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The world's most screw-up URL

I could not stand not to take the picture above because it's so funny. Sorry for the lack of technical skill because it was a spontaneous effort using my cellphone camera. As you have noticed, this is a signpost of the West Java (the Indonesian province where I live) chapter of IWAPI.
Apparently being savvy businesswomen doesn't mean being savvy in IT as well. Just take a look at the URL address next to the word 'website' (as always, click the picture to see the larger version).

Here is the 'URL' if you want to make sure you read it right : www.iwapi.jabar.@ymail.com.

Madness...

Anyone who can access that web page is a certified genius or mad scientist...

Sweet Asgardian Poster

Recently Marvel published Tales of Asgard limited series. Basically it's a collection of old Thor series by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, re-colored with today's technology (something lovingly named Photoshop, maybe you're familiar with that?).


What's cool about this limited series is the covers by regular Thor artist, Olivier Coipel. What's even cooler is that Marvel decided to release a poster, combining all these covers into one awesome vinyl spread of 10 feet (approx. 3 meters) long! Check out below, and click to enlarge it, as always :





There's a who's who poster in Marvel website, but unfortunately it's not that clear to me.


If you're interested in knowing one or two characters' names, you can download the above picture, circle the face you want to know and re-send it to me via e-mail.


Now, excuse me while I make a phone call to my favorite shop.

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Top 10 Reasons To Date An Architect

This has become some sort of internet meme, copy-pasted in various mailing lists, and online forums, but since this joke may not be as popular as, say, Chuck Norris jokes because of the somewhat limited exposure of the joke (well, I found this mostly on architects' forum, to be honest); I feel this is my obligation as an architeture graduate to spread this funny list below.




Top 10 Reasons To Date An Architect :


1. all night long, all night strong.


2. we are damn good with our hands.


3. if we can commit to chipboard, relationships should be easy.


4. you should see the things we errect.


5. use to doing things over and over again.


6. finishing early never happens.


7. we know the true meaning of interpretation


8. creative positioning.


9. work well in groups


10. entry and passage are always exciting.




What else is the reason do I post this? Apparently, there are many people that thinks that being architects are sexy, like the scanned article below (click to make it larger), but since I haven't met anyone told me how sexy I am; well, let's just say I need a confidence boost.

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