Paul Mison’s random stuff that doesn’t go elsewhere. Is it microblogging, or microactivity? (Previously known as ‘tumblr is my sock drawer’, for reasons that are somewhat unclear.)Tumblr (3.0; @blech)http://notes.husk.org/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_loloxf5BlM1qz4vjro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>NASA Graphic Standards Manual and applications, at the <a href="http://designarchives.aiga.org/#/entries/NAsa/_/detail/relevance/asc/0/7/21332/nasa-graphic-standards-manual-and-applications/1">AIGA Design Archives</a>.</p>http://notes.husk.org/post/7817670657http://notes.husk.org/post/7817670657Tue, 19 Jul 2011 22:56:00 +0100imagelogotypemanualnasarichard dannebruce n blackburn<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmwrfelxu01qz4vjro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>NASA never placed their logotype on the Vehicle Assembly Building, but they did use the same designer’s American Bicentennial logo, which survived until 1992.</p>http://notes.husk.org/post/6604289119http://notes.husk.org/post/6604289119Fri, 17 Jun 2011 01:16:26 +0100imagenasalogovehicle assembly buildingarchitecturedesignbruce n blackburn<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmwqxlApfc1qz4vjro1_r1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>The American Bicentennial logo from 1976, as designed by Bruce N. Blackburn.</p>http://notes.husk.org/post/6603935639http://notes.husk.org/post/6603935639Fri, 17 Jun 2011 01:05:00 +010017761976bicentennialdesignimagelogominimalismunited statesbruce n blackburn<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmvkloTCvy1qz4vjro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>The NASA Logotype standards manual.</p> <p>The logotype was designed by Bruce N. Blackburn, and used from 1975 to 1992, when, shamefully, <span>Daniel Goldin, then </span><span>NASA Administrator, reverted to the previous design.</span></p> <p><span>In Creative Review’s recent <a href="http://www.creativereview.co.uk/cr-blog/2011/march/cr-april-logos-issue">Logos issue</a>, it was the only entry in the top 20 that was no longer in use.</span></p>http://notes.husk.org/post/6603874952http://notes.husk.org/post/6603874952Fri, 17 Jun 2011 01:03:00 +0100imagelogonasaspecificationbruce n blackburn<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_llw8xv730j1qz4vjro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Bruce Blackburn’s modernist playing cards for MoMA NY, 1972 (via <a href="http://hemisferiodiestro.wordpress.com/2010/04/16/las-cartas-sobre-la-mesa-de-diseno/">Las cartas sobre la mesa</a>).</p>http://notes.husk.org/post/5923521843http://notes.husk.org/post/5923521843Sat, 28 May 2011 08:03:00 +01001972bruce blackburnbruce n blackburncardsdesignhelveticaimageplaying cards