Through his extensive knowledge and keen curator’s eye, Scott Lindberg was a constant source of inspiration to the design community in the Seattle area and beyond. You may know him as the man behind New Documents (@dcmnts) — an incredible collection of 20th-century album art, book covers, and design artifacts. He was a genuinely kind person and will be missed by many.

Scott’s collection is among the best we’ve ever seen, and we’re honored to be its new home.

Letterform Archive

Znak: Ukrainian Trademarks 1960-1980 is research by U, N, A collective (Uliana Bychenkova, Nika Kudinova, Aliona Solomadina) on the history of Ukrainian graphic design, in particular, on the area of corporate identity during the period of Thaw, Stagnation, and Perestroyka.

This essay, by Rokas Sutkaitis, is from the book.

"Worked 3 months with Neill before studio pulled plug. Work still locked down, however, design development was discontinued on this. Sky Crane variant Cheyenne Drop-ship."

TyRuben Ellingson, via Twitter

The Type Foundry Directory is a curated index of type foundries by Matthew Smith of Morning Type.

The worm is back. And just in time to mark the return of human spaceflight on American rockets from American soil.

The retro, modern design of the agency’s logo will help capture the excitement of a new, modern era of human spaceflight on the side of the Falcon 9 launch vehicle that will ferry astronauts to the International Space Station as part of the Demo-2 flight, now scheduled for mid- to late May.

NASA Press Release

The U.S. may end up with the worst COVID-19 outbreak in the industrialized world. This is how it’s going to play out.

The Atlantic

The company's technology uses lasers to trigger a nuclear fusion reaction in hydrogen and boron — purportedly with no radioactive fuel required. The secret is a cutting-edge laser and, well, an element of luck.

Popular Mechanics

You can now download 900 hours of Andrew Weatherall DJ mixes thanks to the fine work of a cadre of superfans who have collected together studio mixes, live recordings and radio shows spanning 1988-2020.

Mixmag

Satellites are so crucial that attacking them could be seen as an act of war. The bad news is, it may have already happened.

MIT Technology Review

The use of off-the-shelf components means bad actors can easily look for vulnerabilities.

Scientific American

I’m sure many of you remember these cute robots released by Japanese toy giant TOMY during the mid-80s.

via @nightliquid_Retro

What is Browso?

It's everything you needed to know about your device in one handy package. It also has some neat little technical guides for those that want to dig a little deeper in their system setup. Plus games. What more could you want?

A side project by Seán Halpin.

The government can’t keep its story straight about its involvement with UFO research. After a yearlong investigation, we bust open the files, break through the noise, and reveal the definitive, staggering truth.

Popular Mechanics

The prescient sci-fi writer on why the future shock of tech mirrors the Industrial Revolution.

Financial Times

Just days after the Earth saw its warmest January on record, Antarctica has broken its warmest temperature ever recorded. A reading of 65 degrees was taken Thursday at Esperanza Base along Antarctica’s Trinity Peninsula, making it the ordinarily frigid continent’s highest measured temperature in history.

Washington Post

In the 70s and 80s the Magnetic Novelties Co was the lone supplier of promo magnets to all of North America. This is a sampling of their output.

Jordan Nogee

The company is building a massive centrifuge to accelerate rockets and send them screaming into space.

Wired

On January 20, something rather strange happened in orbit. A Russian satellite suddenly maneuvered itself so that it was closely shadowing a US spy satellite. The pair are now less than 186 miles (300 kilometers) apart — a short distance when it comes to space.

MIT Technology Review