#66 — Boom

• Joy Division artwork? Tony Wilson mosaic? Menus made out of bits of Hacienda sign? Or  … how about some decent restaurants? On the theme parkification of Manchester.
• Simon Sinek on intensity versus consistency. Wise, wise words, plus fab animation by Jocie Juritz.
• Axonometric illustrations of London tube stations. We take these for granted so much, but when you look at them in a different way, the complexity is mind-boggling. How does one even go about designing underground?
• In search of lost time in Europe’s sanatoriums. Like strange, beautiful colonies on distant planets.
• This Eye/Anne Miltenburg interview with book design legend Irma Boom from 2014 is well worth revisiting. I just wish I could afford any of her books. 
• Present & Correct’s Old Books We Saw At Markets But Didn’t Always Buy is a wonderful resource of mostly non-English mid-century graphic design.
• Disney’s script to screen videos are excellent little lessons in the art of screenwriting. The Anton Ego speech from Ratatouille – arguably one of the best films about design – is particularly good.
• Ralph Steadman visits Disneyland. 
• Have you see Lady Bird yet? Why not? If you have, you’ll almost certainly want Girls On Tops’ Greta Gerwig tee.
• The second season of Legion is almost upon us. Very excited – the first season managed to blend the usual Marvel comics nonsense with some of the most experimental television this side of Twin Peaks. And it was FUN.  
• Print Stuff is returning to York next month. Well worth a visit if you want to spend lots of money on lovely printed loveliness. 
• WAR. What is it good for? Illustration.

That is all.