Paul Beige

Obama vanity plate in Melbourne

Sun, 19 May 2013 17:30:05 +1000

Obama vanity plate in Melbourne

Murrawarri Republic seeks support from United Nations And their...

Fri, 17 May 2013 12:44:46 +1000

Murrawarri Republic seeks support from United Nations

And their cool flag is here.

How a Working-Class Couple Amassed a Priceless Art Collection

Wed, 15 May 2013 10:25:35 +1000

How a Working-Class Couple Amassed a Priceless Art Collection:

Herb Vogel never earned more than $23,000 a year. He spent nearly 50 years in a one-bedroom apartment with his wife. They had just one indulgence: art.

An inspiring and fascinating story of art collection.

‘Uni Cuts, Dumb Cuts’ rally in Melbourne today. I...

Tue, 14 May 2013 18:25:25 +1000

‘Uni Cuts, Dumb Cuts’ rally in Melbourne today.

I took heaps of photos, but I love this one cos it shows today’s uni students ARE passionate about education and prepared to take to the streets.

thelandofmaps: Nations with inland capitals vs. nations with...

Tue, 14 May 2013 10:59:23 +1000

thelandofmaps:

Nations with inland capitals vs. nations with coastal capitals [OC] [2753x1400]
CLICK HERE FOR MORE MAPS!
thelandofmaps.tumblr.com

Hmm, but Italy’s capital Rome is not coastal, nor is Thailand’s capital, Bangkok (close, but no cigar… or beach). And New Caledonia’s capital, Noumea is definitely coastal (unless you take its capital as Paris).

jtotheizzoe: Oh, and one more treat to celebrate the end of the...

Mon, 13 May 2013 09:37:32 +1000

jtotheizzoe:

Oh, and one more treat to celebrate the end of the Cmdr. Hadfield era on the ISS as he readies for his return tomorrow.

Here he is singing David Bowie’s “Space Oddity”, in space.

Your head now has permission to explode.

WOW! Probably the most beautiful, poignant - and expensive - music video ever made.

“Lock your Soyuz hatch and put your helmet on”

Old skool social media (postage stamps) used in a beautifully...

Fri, 10 May 2013 10:49:33 +1000

Old skool social media (postage stamps) used in a beautifully simple and smart way to infiltrate and influence the minds of South East Asian people on the evils of the rhino horn trade.

Love it!

bin4trash: World Map in Southern Hemisphere Ahhh, right way...

Fri, 10 May 2013 10:29:10 +1000

bin4trash:

World Map in Southern Hemisphere

Ahhh, right way up!

jockohomo: Anonymous, British Empire Games, 1938, Australia’s...

Thu, 09 May 2013 09:32:00 +1000

jockohomo:

Anonymous, British Empire Games, 1938, Australia’s 150th Anniversary Celebrations. Offset lithograph in colours.

Imagine trying to get a naked guy on a public event poster past a managing committee these days. OH, THINK OF THE CHILDREN!

fyeahgis: “…show that we care how the map looks…” Everyone go...

Tue, 07 May 2013 11:09:00 +1000

fyeahgis:

“…show that we care how the map looks…”

Everyone go read < this article > now!

Cartography has always needed better designers more than it needs better technicians, no more than now. But technicians are always more bullish and pushy than mere artists. When I studied cartography in the early 80s, my course as split into the “Maths” stream and the “Graphics” stream. Those of us in the latter group felt looked down on by the faculty as lesser, as not smart enough to do the techy stuff.

When cartography started to become computerised in the mid 90s, ugly maps were seemingly universally accepted by the industry because they were new and shiny technology. ESRI, ARC-INFO and other such programs were lauded, despite their shitty type placement, garish colour palettes, inappropriate fonts and all-around unattractiveness.

I’m no longer a practicing cartographer but hopefully this new era will let the designers - or storytellers - rise to the fore again. The current options seem to be ugly digital maps with no design input, or pretty maps by graphic designers that fail basic cartographic rules (like, um, accuracy).

Olympic Doughnuts - untouched since 1956. Footscray, Victoria,...

Mon, 06 May 2013 14:14:46 +1000

Olympic Doughnuts - untouched since 1956.

Footscray, Victoria, Australia

Photo by Brenton.

A comfortable dance party outfit

Fri, 03 May 2013 15:20:37 +1000

A comfortable dance party outfit

Daunat Rugby Calendar 2008 In 2008, French food company Daunat...

Wed, 01 May 2013 16:46:02 +1000

Daunat Rugby Calendar 2008

In 2008, French food company Daunat did a Dieux du Stade with the publication of a rugby player beefcake calendar. It definitely had a lot more humour than the real one!

Cluster: Exploring the stories and patterns behind Melbourne...

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 13:49:33 +1000

Cluster: Exploring the stories and patterns behind Melbourne street names

Images from the Clusters exhibition at the Melbourne Town Hall. It highlights some of the many groups of suburban streets named on themes, such as authors, royalty, The Beatles or the 100 Years War.

Curated by Stephen Banham

Clusters website

So, the Australian Christian Lobby didn’t renew its domain name...

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 08:57:04 +1000

So, the Australian Christian Lobby didn’t renew its domain name in time, and it was taken over by the Australian Cat Ladies.

Remember, don’t confuse “cat-holic” and “Catholic”… http://australianchristianlobby.org/

Delivery map, Australia

Sun, 28 Apr 2013 15:55:14 +1000

Delivery map, Australia

#carto fail I picked up 3 mistakes (two suburb names in the...

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 11:48:00 +1000

#carto fail

I picked up 3 mistakes (two suburb names in the wrong spots and a water polygon broken and flooding whole suburbs) on this map of Melbourne from a restaurant review book. And all from a lo-res image.

Sometimes graphic designers should just let cartographers draw maps.

mjtj: Poke @Andren PRINT.PM / FB / TWT Beautiful layout and...

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 11:32:00 +1000

mjtj:

Poke @Andren

PRINT.PM / FB / TWT

Beautiful layout and typography. The cartography could’ve done with a bit more oomph, though.

Eureka Flag in the Aboriginal colours (black, yellow, ochre).

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 10:09:36 +1000

Eureka Flag in the Aboriginal colours (black, yellow, ochre).

Chrissie Amphlett with the Divinyls, “All the Boys in...

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 16:04:42 +1000

Chrissie Amphlett with the Divinyls, “All the Boys in Town” (1981).