an mfa candidate in communications design, sharing the things i like, and the things i make.Tumblr (3.0; @littleblacksquare)http://littleblacksquare.tumblr.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/2f27c7d8c0897433119e1347de764212/tumblr_mmjc12mWjI1qzih6bo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://errthng.com/post/50366135369/juilan-i-went-to-log-into-tumblr-and-this-came">errthng</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://juilan.tumblr.com/post/50013270917/i-went-to-log-into-tumblr-and-this-came-up">juilan</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>I went to log into tumblr and this came up…</p> </blockquote> <p>lol</p> </blockquote>http://littleblacksquare.tumblr.com/post/50379851241http://littleblacksquare.tumblr.com/post/50379851241Mon, 13 May 2013 20:07:08 -0400“My dream is to have people working on useless projects. These have the germ of new concepts.”<br/><br/> - <em>Charles Eames (via <a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://jacobbijani.com/">jacob</a>)</em>http://littleblacksquare.tumblr.com/post/48985190666http://littleblacksquare.tumblr.com/post/48985190666Sat, 27 Apr 2013 00:52:57 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/d54e0873b0876bbb8d1853c73949aa74/tumblr_mj5l07RsKK1qfn6l1o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>via humans of new york</p>http://littleblacksquare.tumblr.com/post/44559620752http://littleblacksquare.tumblr.com/post/44559620752Mon, 04 Mar 2013 15:31:00 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/4b6071b8d6efb6110daf352badcf7f0a/tumblr_mgrbnkk6tG1qchk7to1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://windypoplarsroom.tumblr.com/post/40748402185/n-c-wyeth-winter-death">windypoplarsroom</a>:</p> <blockquote> <div> <p>N. C. Wyeth</p> <p>“Winter Death”</p> </div> </blockquote>http://littleblacksquare.tumblr.com/post/41431392423http://littleblacksquare.tumblr.com/post/41431392423Fri, 25 Jan 2013 04:52:10 -0500<p><a href="http://rjnskl.tumblr.com/post/41400863824" class="tumblr_blog">rjnskl</a>:</p> <blockquote><p><span>“Saying things like we shouldn’t question other’s success because obviously they’re successful so “they must be doing something right”  is simply hiding in the shadow of economy as ethics. This thinking dangerously ignores the factors that allow for such success in the first place and undermines the progress that has been made so far</span><span>.</span><span>”</span></p> <p><span><a href="http://travisstearns.blogspot.com/2013/01/op002-for-good-time-call-sagmeister.html"><a href="http://travisstearns.blogspot.com/2013/01/op002-for-good-time-call-sagmeister.html">http://travisstearns.blogspot.com/2013/01/op002-for-good-time-call-sagmeister.html</a></a></span></p></blockquote>http://littleblacksquare.tumblr.com/post/41430994975http://littleblacksquare.tumblr.com/post/41430994975Fri, 25 Jan 2013 04:34:10 -0500<a href="http://confashion.tumblr.com">The 100 Most Beautiful Words in English </a>: <p><a href="http://ub14.tumblr.com/post/41403463454/the-100-most-beautiful-words-in-english" class="tumblr_blog">ub14</a>:</p> <blockquote><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://aditikhorana.tumblr.com/post/41345340326/the-100-most-beautiful-words-in-english">aditikhorana</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://confashion.tumblr.com/post/508605674">confashion</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><strong>Ailurophile</strong> A cat-lover. <strong><br/>Assemblage</strong> A gathering. <br/><strong>Becoming</strong> Attractive.<br/><strong>Beleaguer </strong>To exhaust with attacks.<strong><br/>Brood</strong> To think alone.<strong><br/>Bucolic</strong> In a lovely rural setting.<strong><br/>Bungalow</strong> A small, cozy cottage.<strong><br/>Chatoyant</strong> Like a cat’s eye.<strong><br/>Comely</strong> Attractive.<strong><br/>Conflate</strong> To blend together.<strong><br/>Cynosure</strong> A focal point of admiration.<strong><br/>Dalliance</strong> A brief love affair.<strong><br/>Demesne</strong> Dominion, territory.<strong><br/>Demure</strong> Shy and reserved.<strong><br/>Denouement</strong> The resolution of a mystery.<strong><br/>Desuetude</strong> Disuse.<strong><br/>Desultory</strong> Slow, sluggish.<strong><br/>Diaphanous</strong> Filmy.<strong><br/>Dissemble</strong> Deceive.<strong><br/>Dulcet</strong> Sweet, sugary.<strong><br/>Ebullience</strong> Bubbling enthusiasm.<strong><br/>Effervescent</strong> Bubbly.<strong><br/>Efflorescence</strong> Flowering, blooming.<strong><br/>Elision</strong> Dropping a sound or syllable in a word.<strong><br/>Elixir</strong> A good potion.<strong><br/>Eloquence</strong> Beauty and persuasion in speech.<strong><br/>Embrocation</strong> Rubbing on a lotion.<strong><br/>Emollient</strong> A softener<strong><br/>Ephemeral</strong> Short-lived.<strong><br/>Epiphany</strong> A sudden revelation.<strong><br/>Erstwhile</strong> At one time, for a time.<strong><br/>Ethereal</strong> Gaseous, invisible but detectable.<strong><br/>Evanescent</strong> Vanishing quickly, lasting a very short time.<strong><br/>Evocative</strong> Suggestive.<strong><br/>Fetching</strong> Pretty.<strong><br/>Felicity</strong> Pleasantness.<strong><br/>Forbearance</strong> Withholding response to provocation.<strong><br/>Fugacious</strong> Fleeting.<strong><br/>Furtive</strong> Shifty, sneaky.<strong><br/>Gambol</strong> To skip or leap about joyfully.<strong><br/>Glamour</strong> Beauty.<strong><br/>Gossamer</strong> The finest piece of thread, a spider’s silk<strong><br/>Halcyon</strong> Happy, sunny, care-free.<strong><br/>Harbinger</strong> Messenger with news of the future.<strong><br/>Imbrication</strong> Overlapping and forming a regular pattern.<strong><br/>Imbroglio</strong> An altercation or complicated situation.<strong><br/>Imbue</strong> To infuse, instill.<strong><br/>Incipient</strong> Beginning, in an early stage.<strong><br/>Ineffable</strong> Unutterable, inexpressible.<strong><br/>Ingénue</strong> A naïve young woman.<strong><br/>Inglenook</strong> A cozy nook by the hearth.<strong><br/>Insouciance</strong> Blithe nonchalance.<strong><br/>Inure</strong> To become jaded.<strong><br/>Labyrinthine</strong> Twisting and turning.<strong><br/>Lagniappe</strong> A special kind of gift.<strong><br/>Lagoon</strong> A small gulf or inlet.<strong><br/>Languor</strong> Listlessness, inactivity.<strong><br/>Lassitude</strong> Weariness, listlessness.<strong><br/>Leisure</strong> Free time.<strong><br/>Lilt</strong> To move musically or lively.<strong><br/>Lissome</strong> Slender and graceful.<strong><br/>Lithe</strong> Slender and flexible.<strong><br/>Love</strong> Deep affection.<strong><br/>Mellifluous</strong> Sweet sounding.<strong><br/>Moiety</strong> One of two equal parts.<strong><br/>Mondegreen</strong> A slip of the ear.<strong><br/>Murmurous</strong> Murmuring.<strong><br/>Nemesis</strong> An unconquerable archenemy.<strong><br/>Offing</strong> The sea between the horizon and the offshore.<strong><br/>Onomatopoeia</strong> A word that sounds like its meaning.<strong><br/>Opulent</strong> Lush, luxuriant.<strong><br/>Palimpsest</strong> A manuscript written over earlier ones.<strong><br/>Panacea</strong> A solution for all problems<strong><br/>Panoply</strong> A complete set.<strong><br/>Pastiche</strong> An art work combining materials from various sources.<strong><br/>Penumbra</strong> A half-shadow.<strong><br/>Petrichor</strong> The smell of earth after rain.<strong><br/>Plethora</strong> A large quantity.<strong><br/>Propinquity</strong> An inclination.<strong><br/>Pyrrhic</strong> Successful with heavy losses.<strong><br/>Quintessential</strong> Mose essential.<strong><br/>Ratatouille</strong> A spicy French stew.<strong><br/>Ravel</strong> To knit or unknit.<strong><br/>Redolent</strong> Fragrant.<strong><br/>Riparian</strong> By the bank of a stream.<strong><br/>Ripple</strong> A very small wave.<strong><br/>Scintilla</strong> A spark or very small thing.<strong><br/>Sempiternal</strong> Eternal.<strong><br/>Seraglio</strong> Rich, luxurious oriental palace or harem.<strong><br/>Serendipity</strong> Finding something nice while looking for something else.<strong><br/>Summery</strong> Light, delicate or warm and sunny.<strong><br/>Sumptuous</strong> Lush, luxurious.<strong><br/>Surreptitious</strong> Secretive, sneaky.<strong><br/>Susquehanna</strong> A river in Pennsylvania.<strong><br/>Sussurous</strong> Whispering, hissing.<strong><br/>Talisman</strong> A good luck charm.<strong><br/>Tintinnabulation</strong> Tinkling.<strong><br/>Umbrella</strong> Protection from sun or rain.<strong><br/>Untoward</strong> Unseemly, inappropriate.<strong><br/>Vestigial</strong> In trace amounts.<strong><br/>Wafture</strong> Waving.<strong><br/>Wherewithal</strong> The means.<strong><br/>Woebegone</strong> Sorrowful, downcast.</p> </blockquote> </blockquote> <p>This list made me smile.</p></blockquote>http://littleblacksquare.tumblr.com/post/41430973240http://littleblacksquare.tumblr.com/post/41430973240Fri, 25 Jan 2013 04:33:08 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/def6f46c0bf55a42e82e9a5b156b4c90/tumblr_mf8wfbJLlR1r5notho1_500.png"/><br/><br/>http://littleblacksquare.tumblr.com/post/41430832388http://littleblacksquare.tumblr.com/post/41430832388Fri, 25 Jan 2013 04:26:42 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/29f21cb82946f9f37d34014dd395dcf6/tumblr_mh3xjspmM21raf6xno1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://sevenoneblog.com/post/41362933587/assignment-7-ampersand-alan-chao-black" class="tumblr_blog">sevenoneblog</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>ASSIGNMENT 7 - AMPERSAND</p> <p>ALAN CHAO</p> <p>black && white</p> <p><a href="http://acd.gs"></a><a href="http://acd.gs"></a><a href="http://acd.gs"><a href="http://acd.gs">http://acd.gs</a></a></p></blockquote>http://littleblacksquare.tumblr.com/post/41430625404http://littleblacksquare.tumblr.com/post/41430625404Fri, 25 Jan 2013 04:17:28 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/088a24d06e3e398dd70a7fb6d21c1b90/tumblr_mfn3q03Jr81s1z87yo1_r1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://rjnskl.tumblr.com/post/39631681976">rjnskl</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://criticalgraphicdesign.tumblr.com/post/38864513973/via-high-comic-sans-with-against-is-betsy">criticalgraphicdesign</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>(via <a href="http://withandagainst.com/projects/high-comic-sans-/">High Comic Sans : With against is Betsy Medvedovsky</a>)</p> </blockquote> <p>eff yeah Betsy</p> </blockquote>http://littleblacksquare.tumblr.com/post/39690358213http://littleblacksquare.tumblr.com/post/39690358213Fri, 04 Jan 2013 17:51:47 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/1a60c7dad0eb2891b5f9a9b329f1dd34/tumblr_mfwx8foimD1re6kijo1_400.gif"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://errthng.com/post/39634871249/i-remember-my-uncle-on-the-phone-with-the-cable">errthng</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>I remember my uncle on the phone with the cable company trying to get his pay-per-view money back when this happened. I remember all of the snacks and food out on the tables and my dad holding an unopened bottle of beer.</p> </blockquote>http://littleblacksquare.tumblr.com/post/39690179664http://littleblacksquare.tumblr.com/post/39690179664Fri, 04 Jan 2013 17:49:39 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/f682d7ce1a01c75a8b4a57dd1bf1b77c/tumblr_mg3yxrJccG1qzptwgo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://bestrooftalkever.com/post/39660738806/scarlett-jo-hanson">bestrooftalkever</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>scarlett jo hanson</p> </blockquote>http://littleblacksquare.tumblr.com/post/39687673212http://littleblacksquare.tumblr.com/post/39687673212Fri, 04 Jan 2013 17:20:04 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/b3ada429d1f0dfc30d10f22dcc90131f/tumblr_mc98bifFN21qe31lco1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/4047356beb20bb94f728e1bcaf3e880d/tumblr_mc98bifFN21qe31lco2_r4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/6294a36f942e774c83eabd97b0075caa/tumblr_mc98bifFN21qe31lco7_r3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/7d977f338cd4c3b5bc9d211b37bf0daf/tumblr_mc98bifFN21qe31lco3_r2_500.png"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://likeafieldmouse.tumblr.com/post/39183001650/alfred-stieglitz-georgia-okeeffes-hands-1919">likeafieldmouse</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.nga.gov/collection/gallery/ggmodphoto/ggmodphoto-71867.html">Alfred Stieglitz</a> - <em>Georgia O’Keeffe’s Hands</em> (1919)</p> </blockquote>http://littleblacksquare.tumblr.com/post/39687385542http://littleblacksquare.tumblr.com/post/39687385542Fri, 04 Jan 2013 17:16:40 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m53wxh5zwi1r8t6imo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m53wxh5zwi1r8t6imo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/>http://littleblacksquare.tumblr.com/post/39686781150http://littleblacksquare.tumblr.com/post/39686781150Fri, 04 Jan 2013 17:09:32 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/85917b516e81e014c4fca9d00e7720ba/tumblr_mf6wc6DrKS1qfn6l1o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Love these parking lot markings at SFO (at San Francisco International Airport (SFO))</p>http://littleblacksquare.tumblr.com/post/38161545693http://littleblacksquare.tumblr.com/post/38161545693Mon, 17 Dec 2012 14:19:18 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_me6cw9VGp01qfn6l1o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>via the <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/27/health/clearing-the-fog-around-personality-disorders.html?src=me&ref=general">nyt. </a></p>http://littleblacksquare.tumblr.com/post/36706419816http://littleblacksquare.tumblr.com/post/36706419816Tue, 27 Nov 2012 20:45:45 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxy2gqdt3R1qgorv8o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://littleblacksquare.tumblr.com/post/36668727030http://littleblacksquare.tumblr.com/post/36668727030Tue, 27 Nov 2012 11:00:24 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_me464vvPLm1qzs3xio1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><blockquote> <p>Please advise. </p> </blockquote>http://littleblacksquare.tumblr.com/post/36668606360http://littleblacksquare.tumblr.com/post/36668606360Tue, 27 Nov 2012 10:57:22 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdtfco9pVc1qfn6l1o1_500.png"/><br/><br/>http://littleblacksquare.tumblr.com/post/36180772936http://littleblacksquare.tumblr.com/post/36180772936Tue, 20 Nov 2012 21:10:00 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdtfc1EzHo1qfn6l1o1_500.png"/><br/><br/>http://littleblacksquare.tumblr.com/post/36180747534http://littleblacksquare.tumblr.com/post/36180747534Tue, 20 Nov 2012 21:09:37 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_md8gz94Z9y1qz6f9yo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://thisisnthappiness.com/post/35347926848/carl-sagan">nevver</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>— <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/37275-but-i-could-be-wrong">Carl Sagan</a></p> </blockquote>http://littleblacksquare.tumblr.com/post/35366267717http://littleblacksquare.tumblr.com/post/35366267717Fri, 09 Nov 2012 18:24:53 -0500