Meanwhile #028

The jagged teeth of the city – The ley lines, the hallowed dome of St Paul’s, packs of hungry dogs and a tipsy surveyor in the 1930s; invisible forces shaping London's skyline.

All I Want for Christmas Is You, converted to MIDI – Horrifying yet kind of beautiful. Can you hear a voice that shouldn't be there? 

How typography shapes our perception of truth – Filmmaker Errol Morris reveals why he now types all his manuscripts in Baskerville.

Lego colour chart – 182 colours in total. 

Longform interview Chip Kidd – "The curious thing about doing a book cover is that you're creating a piece of art, but it is in service to a greater piece of art that is dictating what you're going to do. I may think I've come up with the greatest design in the world, but if the author doesn't like it, they win. And I have to start over."

Beep boop – Ben Burtt and the incredible sound design of Star Wars. 

Changing the story – Why Andre Anderson and five writers made a book about their London estate and delivered a copy to every home on it.

From A to Z  – 13 miles of typography on Broadway, from neon lights to mom-and-pop shop signs, from theatre marquees to building names.

Architecture waiting for a future – New Scientist on China's infamous “ghost cities”, sprawling wastelands of empty streets and uninhabited megastructures, without a human being in sight.

Plans, trains and automobiles – Monocle founder Tyler Brûlé shares his thoughts on travel, from what makes a good airline to the problem with the UK’s rail stations and why it might be time to revive the road trip.

That is all