semiotics from the edge of time

April142012

About Tattoos:

In the past there was one reason, and one reason only, to ink up: A tattoo confirmed your status as a scary outsider rebel carny outlaw sociopath. “Don’t mess with me because I am insane,” was the intended message. And it worked. Remember Robert Mitchum in Night of The Hunter? When he cuts Shelley Winters’ throat we are hardly surprised: We knew trouble was on the horizon as soon as we saw the words LOVE and HATE inked across his knuckles. Tattoos meant mayhem.
Cut to today: Having a tattoo has lost its original meaning. Having a tattoo now has no meaning. Having a tattoo means that you have a tattoo.

April22012

laughingsquid:

The Book of the Future

books

April12012

Jeff Gates’ (via Chamomile Tea Party Posters - a set on Flickr)

3PM

A classic: The MacWilliams Word Processor:

(via The ABC’s of Word Processing)

pencil

March262012

“Designer Chip Kidd spoke animatedly about the power of a well-designed book to relay a visual message about the story inside: “A book cover is a distillation: It is a haiku, if you will, of the story.” Reminiscing about the incredible smell of old books, he teased the audience, “I am all for the iPad, but trust me: smelling it will get you nowhere.” The Surprising Big Idea at TED: Turn Off Technology | TIME Ideas | TIME.com

7AM

How to name a web browser (by those who have) - thebeebs - Site Home - MSDN Blogs

Origins

March242012

(via Bill Murray In Full Ghostbusters Gear at Scream Awards)

March192012

(Source: thinkingintelevision)

8AM

thehurricanekid:

semiotic schema for the word “Neanderthal,” from The Role of the Reader by Umberto Eco, via biblioklept | Vladimir Nabokov, from Lectures on Literature

Nabokov literature wolf neanderthal Vladimir Nabokov quotes semiotics

March182012

thebulwellkid:

The Georgian alphabet looks like it was invented by aliens.

alphabet language semiotics Georgian

9AM

Listening to Leonard Cohen’s Bird on a Wire this morning end result found here: (via :: strix.org.uk :: mix poetry :: candycoated ::)

Leonard Cohen

March112012

Ephemera from the bathroom minutiae collection.

Hipstamatic

Matty ALN Lens, Pistil Film, No Flash, Taken with Hipstamatic

Hipstamatic Matty ALN Lens Pistil Film No Flash

March82012

“Language is a virus from outer space.” William S. Burroughs (via chroo)

semiotics language William S. Burroughs quotes

March42012

Death & eBay: I’ll see you on the other side… (via See You On The Other Side Cameo Silver Pin Pendant Death Raven Tattoo Rockabilly)

ebay death

11AM

Jeff Gates
World War II was a fertile period for the union of propaganda and design. Frustrated with contemporary American politics I began to remix old posters with current messages about the rancor so prevalent today. It’s my way of coping with the insanity.– Jeff Gates, Designer and Founder, Chamomile Tea Party (via (23) Fab.com | Political Prints)