Iran hanged a man convicted of spying for Israel and another man accused of belonging to an exiled opposition group. Ali-Akbar Siadat was convicted of passing military secrets to Mossad agents over the course of six years, or, officially, with…
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Iran Hangs Man for Giving Secrets to Israel
From Atari to Zelda, video game typography Channeling his ingenuous passion for video games into ingenious graphic design, Brazilian illustrator and designer Maicon Costa created his “Alphabetical Poster” to spark a nostalgic conversation that aims to “stimulate memory and sensitize the audience.” With Mario, Pac-man and more in between, the inspired typeface spans the classic Donkey Kong barrel to the X-Box logo. It’s a piece that came to fruition over the course of one week, but is the upshot of meticulous research on archaic video game references and just one example of the pop culture iconography Costa plays with in all of his work. “It was a personal project. After I published it on my Tumblr it became an Internet phenomenon. People interact with it through a kind of game, trying to associate the name of letter to the figure.” Costa is carefully tracking the web response to his groundbreaking typeface, hoping that the conversation he started will lead to more play. The poster sells from DeviantArt for $6-19 depending on size. via
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Alphabetical Poster
Everything about Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark, which begins previews on Broadway next week, is epic: It employed 200 people, cost over $70 million, and has survived cast injuries, bankruptcies, and multiple producers over the course of a mythic 8-year…
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How Spider-Man Musical Survived
British composer Geoffrey Burgon, who won two Ivor Novello awards over the course of his career, has died at the age of 69, his publishers confirm.
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Film composer Burgon dies aged 69
National Geographic Channel is looking to steal a bit of thunder from Discovery with the launch of its new fall series called “Great Migrations”.
