Take Action: Defend the Internet Archive
https://blog.archive.org/2025/04/17/take-action-defend-the-internet-archive/
"At a time when digital information is disappearing, being rewritten, or erased entirely, the tools to preserve history must be defended—not dismantled."
I've signed the petition.
Smart Interface Design Patterns
• Vitaly Friedman
https://verisart.com/blog/art-and-ai-a-timeline-of-sales-auctions-and-shifting-boundaries?utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8_68P00vrxJydkdbVA7Xcj3SZKJTD6gneLUbbCbx43cyOQu1lWXSL82H3YIcG03FtoMBASC5ikFAyrLLi-gg7xNxoHlw&_hsmi=357177648&utm_content=357177648&utm_source=hs_email
Can generative #AI write contextual text descriptions?
https://tetralogical.com/blog/2025/03/24/can-generative-ai-write-contextual-text-descriptions/
By the way: now is the time to get your ticket for one of Europe’s finest conferences on art, design, creativity, the Web, and so much more. A genuinely fantastic experience every single time – inspiring, empowering, and with a lovely, inclusive community! ☺️
https://beyondtellerrand.com/events/dusseldorf-2025/tickets
Working on my talk for @btconf (🙀😁) and can’t wait to see so many good friends again! 💚 Who of you will be in Düsseldorf in less than three weeks? 👋
Martina Flor’s Open Studio
• Martina Flor
Hello and welcome to another episode of Open Studio. I'm your host Martina Flor and in this show I have honest conversations with artists, designers and creatives to uncover their story and the specific tactics they use to build a successful career around their skills and the work they love doing.🌟 Ready to Join to The Lettering Seminar?Enrollment is open now until Tuesday, April 15.🔗 Sign up at theletteringseminar.comTo access the full show notes for this episode, click here: https://martinaflor.com/podcast
Posted last week's round-up at lunchtime! Grab a brew and have a read! https://jamfactory.ghost.io/weekly-roundup-011/
From The Den
• Gavin Strange
Bonjour! A bit late with this roundup, but that's 'cause it's been a busy one this week. Still busy on secret things up at Aards, but plenty busy in the wee hours with the Beyond Tellerrand titles, as the event is just a few weeks
FROM THE ARCHIVES: Back in 2018, at Aardman, I had to create a 'user manual' for the alien spaceship in 'Shaun the Sheep: Farmageddon' movie!
Just a few weeks until Beyond Tellerrand [ @beyondtellerrand.com ] and I’m busy crafting the titles! I’m hoping to play the titles - live - via a combo of an OP-Z, GoPro, OBS and Unity!
Serious question: what does a “Global Head of AI” do at an agency and why does it somehow feel like it is just a regular creative director with a cringey job title? 🥴
Spray tan, hollow gaze.
Generative Financial Crash Haiku Cut-ups
Financial crisis Haiku generatively made cutups.
Hear me out: a children’s book called “The Tariffalo” 🤔
Markets crash mashup. Another example, this time with Trump imagery. Haiku’s created from local LLM.
Local LLMs. Inspired by the @entagma tutorial by Christopher Kopic on using local LLMs inside Houdini, I made this little experiment inside Touch Designer which creates Haiku’s in the style of Will Self about the financial markets, in real-time, integrated with my type cutup machine. It uses Ollama to run an LLM on my local machine. Lots of potential to explore here.
Martina Flor’s Open Studio
• Martina Flor
In today’s episode of the Open Studio Podcast, host Martina Flor shares everything you need to know about The Lettering Seminar — her signature, once-a-year program that helps creatives turn their passion for lettering into a thriving career. If you've ever dreamed of becoming a lettering artist, this episode might just be your sign.🌟 Ready to Join?Enrollment is open now until Tuesday, April 15.🔗 Sign up at TheLetteringSeminar.com💬 Want to hear student stories?👉 Visit the testimonial page at TheLetteringSeminar.com📲 Connect with Martina:Website: martinaflor.comInstagram: @martinaflor🎧 Don’t forget to like, subscribe, and review if this episode inspired you!
