above: Amy Stein captures a broken down vehicle and passenger on Route 84, Texas.
Thanks to the New York Times' Wheels section, I have learned about photographer Amy Stein's collection of broken down vehicles and their passengers.
Stranded is a visual documentation of drivers in distress- accompanied by a Google map which documents the images and their whereabouts. Cars with their hoods up, passengers waiting for tow trucks, vehicles abandoned at the side of the road.
Peri, Route 64, Kentucky:
Steven, Route 10, Louisiana:
Walter, Route 90, Louisiana:
Route 14, New Mexico:
Clarence, Route 71, Ohio:
Man Under Overpass, New Jersey Turnpike, New Jersey:
Beth, Outside Tallahassee, Florida:
Car, Route 79, Pennsylvania:
Interstate 15, Cajon Pass, California and Truck Driver, Interstate 10, Florida:
Third Street, Memphis, Tennessee:
Family, New Jersey Turnpike, New Jersey:
“I’m interested in the idea of a breakdown as a sort of existential failing,” she said in a recent e-mail to the New York Times.
Inspired by the government's failed response to the flooding of New Orleans in 2005, she has spent the past 5 plus years driving across American photographing stranded motorists.
Cheerleaders, New Orleans, Louisiana:
Phil, Route 93, Idaho:
Car on Fire, Route 17, New York:
Route 10, Texas:
Courvassi, Interstate 95, Georgia:
Six Flags Park, St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana:
Freddy, Outskirts of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania:
Her Interactive Google Map
These and more photographs from this series can be found on this Google Map that Amy created which documents her travels across the US.
Amy has several other fabulous series of photographs that are most certainly worth checking out at her website.
Freedom Of Creation (FOC) has launched the production and distribution of the world's first 3D font and made one further step towards its dream of totally customized industrial production available to a global public.
Kashida-arabic and Kashida-latin are the two versions of the three-dimensional font, developed by Yara Khoury and Melle Hammer in collaboration with FOC and upon invitation by the Khatt foundation for Arabic typography and design research.
With the innovative Kashida-arabic and Kashida-latin 3D fonts, and the Kasheeda online app, the customer can type his personal text, word or acronym on the computer and order his sculptural text directly from the 3D printers of Freedom Of Creation.
This means 100% customization: the very first opportunity to have a standardized basis product personalized to every single one’s needs, fabricated just in time in an industrial way and distributed all over the world.
Customize and order your own 3D text online:
Below is a screen grab of the Arabic interface, followed by a close up of my having typed in my last name, Sweet, along with the price and size for ordering.
The Font
The font is based on the concept of a thin and wide ribbon, bending freely through space. Just from one perspective the text reproduced by the ribbon can be read. All other points of view just offer suggestive visions of a banner floating in the air and bending on the ground in order to create a visually dynamic sculpture.
Cultural content
The new Kashida-arabic and Kashida-latin 3D fonts transform the characteristics of the Arabic and Latin letterforms and invert them. The sloping Arabic letterforms become straight and strict and vice versa, generating a fusion of the two cultural backgrounds. This is enhanced by the fact that in 3D typewriting the result is non directional: neither from left, like Latin writing, neither from right, like Arab writing. The FOC expertise
Materializing the Kashida-arabic and Kashida-latin 3D fonts as a sculptural object in traditional ways, like bending metal ribbons or similar, would have been artisan work and undergone the influences of the skills of every single craftsman. Choosing the FOC expertise in 3D printing is the will to make the 3D font available at standardized aesthetic and material quality to everybody thanks to rationalizing the production. Letters just will be typed on a computer, which will do the rest about connecting them in a fluid way. After having calculated in order to transform them into a single CAD file, the additive layer manufacturing process can start, the polyamide shape can materialize.
Based on the aggregation of billions of search queries people typed into Google this year, the video below, Zeitgeist, captures the spirit of 2010 by showing us the top events and moments in 2010 from around the globe through search, images, and video.
Fastest Falling 1. swine flu 2. wamu 3. new moon 4. mininova 5. susan boyle 6. slumdog millionaire 7. circuit city 8. myspace layouts 9. michael jackson 10. national city bank
Fastest Rising in Entertainment 1. justin bieber 2. shakira 3. eminem 4. netflix 5. youtube videos 6. lady gaga 7. kesha 8. nicki minaj 9. grooveshark 10. transformers 3
Fastest Rising in Sports 1. mundial 2010 2. olympics 3. espn3 4. fifa 11 5. randy moss 6. miami heat 7. mourinho 8. wayne rooney 9. cricket live score 10. david villa
Fastest Rising in Consumer Electronics 1. ipad 2. iphone 4 3. nokia 5530 4. htc evo 4g 5. nokia n900 6. blackberry apps 7. duracell mygrid 8. 트위터 9. otterbox 10. pdanet
Fastest Rising in Food & Drink 1. masterchef 2. 食べログ 3. cupcakes 4. jimmy johns 5. как жрать суши 6. dominos pizza menu 7. tudo gostoso receitas 8. guacamole recipe 9. applebees menu 10. rachel ray
Fastest Rising Maps Searches 1. anhembi parque 2. wm gucken 3. world cup 4. bundeskanzleramt 5. rio branco 6. mt everest 7. kew gardens 8. tour eiffel 9. oxford street 10. nürburgring
Fastest Rising People 1. justin bieber 2. katy perry 3. selena gomez 4. kim kardashian 5. eminem 6. lady gaga 7. miley cyrus 8. taylor lautner 9. megan fox 10. robert pattinson
In the News 1. haiti 2. besiktas 3. chile 4. earthquake 5. lady gaga 6. iphone 4 7. jörg kachelmann 8. menowin fröhlich 9. mobile technology 10. oil spill
Fastest Rising Translations 1. vancouver 2010 2. apprendimento automatico 3. ресторан нью-йорк 4. машинное обучение 5. beijing apartments 6. comercio electrónico 7. st. petersburg restaurants 8. منتزه يلوستون الوطني 9. energia solare 10. dubai tours
Fastest Rising Health Queries 1. hcg diet 2. dr oz 3. aspergers 4. mcdonalds nutrition 5. vitamin d deficiency 6. appendicitis symptoms 7. cholera 8. nfp 9. vacina h1n1 10. whooping cough
Fastest Rising Humanitarian Aid 1. donate to haiti 2. donate to pakistan 3. text to donate 4. doctors without borders 5. download to donate 6. red cross canada 7. blood donation restrictions 8. donate blood australia 9. donate now button 10. csl plasma
The following are for United States Queries only:
Quirky:
Fastest Rising Costumes 1. snooki costume 2. katy perry costume 3. avatar costume 4. iron man costume 5. buzz lightyear costume 6. lady gaga costume 7. antoine dodson costume 8. hit girl costume 9. sock monkey costume 10. kenny powers costume
How to… 1. how to draw 2. how to kiss 3. how to knit 4. how to meditate 5. how to dougie 6. how to flirt 7. how to hack 8. how to fight 9. how to sing 10. how to dance
What is… above image: smkserian.blogspot.com 1. what is love 2. what is skype 3. what is lupus 4. what is gluten 5. what is gout 6. what is twitter 7. what is autism 8. what is 3g 9. what is k2 10. what is hpv
Strangest Searches from the Year 1. can a horse have ocd? 2. am i bipolar or overachiever? 3. why are americans afraid of dragons? 4. ninjas are better than pirates 5. why is a raven like a writing desk? 6. why does brian wilson dye his beard? 7. should i marry him? 8. i wish i could speak whale 9. why couldn't you stand on the sun's surface? 10. why does my baby grunt?
Most Popular People 1. justin bieber 2. lady gaga 3. kim kardashian 4. nicki minaj 5. miley cyrus 6. katy perry 7. lil wayne 8. taylor swift 9. eminem 10. megan fox
Fastest Rising People 1. justin bieber 2. kesha 3. wiz khalifa 4. nicki minaj 5. christina hendricks 6. heidi montag 7. katy perry 8. kid cudi 9. kim kardashian 10. lindsay lohan
Rest in Peace 1. gary coleman 2. alexander mcqueen 3. casey johnson 4. corey haim 5. paul gray 6. peter steele 7. teddy pendergrass 8. dennis hopper 9. leslie nielsen 10. jd salinger
I Thee Wed (Fastest Rising Weddings) 1. rush limbaugh and kathryn rogers 2. hilary duff and mike comrie 3. chelsea clinton and marc mezvinsky 4. carrie underwood and mike fisher 5. katy perry and russell brand 6. alicia keys and swizz beatz 7. carmelo anthony and lala vasquez 8. megan fox and brian austin green 9. emily blunt and john krasinski 10. bethenny frankel and josh hoppy
Breakups 1. sandra bullock and jesse james 2. melissa etheridge and tammy lynn michaels 3. chelsea handler and ted harbert 4. halle berry and gabriel aubry 5. charlize theron and stuart townsend 6. susan sarandon and tim robbins 7. jake pavelka and vienna girardi 8. salman kahn and katrina kaif 9. miley cyrus and liam hemsworth 10. kim kardashian and reggie bush
Haircuts 1. l'il wayne 2. emma watson 3. janet jackson 4. willie nelson 5. rihanna 6. willow smith 7. dorothy hamill 8. hayden panettiere 9. heidi klum 10. joe jonas haircut
TV Show Hosts 1. sarah silverman 2. conan o'brien 3. craig ferguson 4. oprah winfrey 5. ellen degeneres 6. dave chapelle 7. george lopez 8. jay leno 9. tyra banks 10. david letterman
Twitter Accounts 1. justin bieber 2. kim kardashian 3. kanye west 4. lady gaga 5. demi lovato 6. drake 7. lebron james 8. lindsay lohan 9. miley cyrus 10. perez hilton
Entertainment/movies/tv/music/gaming/gadgets:
Fastest Rising Gadgets 1. ipad 2. iphone 4 3. evo 4g 4. palm pre plus 5. sony google tv 6. duracell mygrid 7. nokia 5530 8. sony ereader 9. kindle 10. ipod touch
Fastest Rising Lyrics 1. b.o.b - airplanes 2. nicki minaj - your love 3. travie mccoy - billionaire 4. katy perry - california gurls 5. chris brown - deuces 6. justin bieber - eenie meenie 7. katy perry - firework 8. far east movement - like a g6 9. eminem - space bound 10. katy perry - teenage dream
Fastest Rising Memes 1. forever alone meme 2. inception meme 3. keanu meme 4. tumblr meme 5. frog meme 6. ducreaux meme 7. amber lamps 8. cigar guy 9. deal with it meme 10. double rainbow
Movie Trailers 1. twilight eclipse 2. harry potter and the deathly hallows 3. iron man 2 4. a team 5. alice in wonderland 6. avatar 7. dear john 8. despicable me 9. expendables 10. green lantern
Hot Video Games 1. black ops 2. halo reach 3. mass effect 2 4. starcraft 2 5. poptropica 6. red dead redemption 7. fallout new vegas 8. google pacman 9. pokemon soul silver 10. fable 3
Hottest Seat in Town 1. justin bieber 2. minnesota twins 3. lady gaga 4. oprah 5. super bowl 6. jack johnson 7. chelsea handler 8. texas rangers 9. miami heat 10. sf giants
TV Shows 1. lost 2. american idol 3. snl 4. family guy 5. the office 6. big brother 7. real housewives 8. star trek 9. 24 10. glee
Commercials 1. ipad commercial 2. tebow commercial 3. old spice commercial 4. tiger woods commercial 5. axe commercial 6. doritos commercial 7. lebron james commercial 8. kia commercial 9. black ops commercial 10. geico pig commercial Sports:
Spirit of the World Cup 1. paul the octopus 2. vuvuzela 3. world cup concert 4. espn 3 5. shakira 6. ghana 7. netherlands 8. espn radio 9. univision 10. abc
Fastest Rising Sports Queries 1. world cup schedule 2. olympics 3. lebron james 4. espn 3 5. ufc 6. world cup scores 7. ryder cup 8. curling 9. randy moss 10. shaun white
Winter Olympics Queries 1. ctv olympics 2. olympics medal counts 3. olympics luge crash 4. vancouver olympics schedule 5. curling olympics 6. hockey olympics 7. lindsey vonn 8. ski cross 9. men's halfpipe 10. kim yuna
Coaches 1. mike krzyzewski (duke basketball) 2. wade phillips (dallas cowboys) 3. bruce pearl (tennessee basketball) 4. wendell hudson (alabama football) 5. josh mcdaniels (denver broncos) 6. brad stevens (butler basketball) 7. jim caldwell (indianapolis colts) 8. rex ryan (new york jets) 9. phil jackson (la lakers) 10. erik spoelstra (miami heat)
Most Popular Athletes 1. chael sonnen 2. lorenzen wright 3. scotty lago 4. diego forlan 5. brett favre 6. vincent jackson 7. darrelle revis 8. apolo ohno 9. buster posey 10. sidney rice
Fastest Rising Baseball Players 1. tim lincecum 2. armando galarraga 3. colby lewis 4. ubaldo jimenez 5. cody ross 6. edinson volquez 7. tyler colvin 8. cliff lee 9. roy oswalt 10. lance berkman
Fastest Rising Basketball Players 1. amare stoudemire 2. carmelo anthony 3. donte west 4. lebron james 5. nate robinson 6. chris bosh 7. lorenzen wright 8. mel turpin 9. tracy mcgrady 10. steve blake
Fastest Rising Football Players 1. vincent jackson 2. randy moss 3. miles austin 4. drew brees 5. reggie bush 6. wade phillips 7. colt mccoy 8. brett favre 9. tim tebow 10. andre johnson
Fastest Rising Soccer Players 1. david villa 2. mesut ozil 3. kevin prince 4. sami khedira 5. cristiano ronaldo 6. miroslav klose 7. manuel neuer 8. jesus navas 9. diego forlan 10. gonzalo higuan
Fastest Rising Tennis Players 1. venus williams 2. francesca schiavone 3. mikhail youzhny 4. john isner 5. tsvetana pironkova 6. nicolas mahut 7. ryan harrison 8. samantha stosur 9. teymuraz gabashvili 10. paul annacone Humanity:
Fastest Rising Charitable Giving 1. donate to pakistan 2. donate to haiti 3. text to donate 4. download to donate 5. doctors without borders 6. donate medical supplies 7. red cross 8. unicef 9. donate now button 10. donate bone marrow
Nobel Prize Nominees and Winners 1. barack obama 2. al gore 3. albert einstein 4. dr. louis ignarro 5. elie wiesel 6. andre geim and konstantin novoselov 7. greg mortenson 8. john nash 9. liu xiaobo 10. marie curie
Most Popular Health Queries 1. heart 2. nutrition 3. diabetes 4. blood pressure 5. medicare 6. herpes 7. anxiety 8. back pain 9. hiv 10. thyroid
Fastest Rising in Books & Literature 1. pretty little liars 2. stieg larsson 3. jd salinger 4. sookie stackhouse novels 5. water for elephants 6. robert louis stevenson 7. sherlock holmes 8. ar book finder 9. eragon book 4 10. free ebooks
Data and methodology as per Google:
Methodology
To compile the 2010 Year-End Zeitgeist, we studied the aggregation of billions of queries people typed into Google search this year. We use data from multiple sources, including Insights for Search and internal data tools. We also filter out spam and repeat queries to build out lists that best reflect the spirit of the times. All of the search queries we studied are anonymous—no personal information was used.
A word about how we describe the lists: except where noted, all of these search terms are most popular for 2010—ranked in order of the queries with the largest volume of searches this year. In some cases, we list the “fastest rising” queries, which means we found the most popular searches conducted in 2010 and then ranked them based on how much their popularity increased compared to 2009. Conversely, “fastest falling” queries were very popular in 2009 but flattened in popularity in 2010.
Dig deeper
Our Year-End Zeitgeist is just a small sampling of the queries and search trends that we found interesting this year. If you want to go beyond what we’ve shared here, try using these tools to discover more about global and regional search terms over time (in some cases, as far back as 2004).
Google Trends – For a broad look at search query data, enter up to five search terms to see relative popularity over time. You can use Trends to compare terms in any language from any country—the interface is currently available in U.S. English, Chinese and Japanese.
Trends for Websites – Google Trends for website traffic data. Type in a website address to see visitors by region and related sites visited. Currently available in U.S. English only.
Insights for Search – A closer look at search query data for power users. Create your own lists of “most popular” and “fastest rising” queries for different geographic regions over time and by topic. Insights for Search is available in 40 languages.
Hot Trends (India, Japan, Singapore and U.S. only) – The top 40 fastest-rising search queries right now, updated continuously throughout the day.
Personalize it
Perhaps you just want to take a closer look at your own web behavior over the past year. While the data we used for our Zeitgeist is anonymous and in aggregate, there are a few places you can look to examine your own personal search trends if you have a Google account.
Web History – If you’ve chosen to enable Web History in your Google Account, you can get an interesting glimpse at your own web activity, such as top queries and peak activity over time. To try it out, log into Web History with your Google Account and click on the “Trends” tab. This might not account for all of your web activity, but it can be a fun look back at your query and browsing history over time.
Google Reader – If you use Google Reader to read blogs and other RSS feeds, you can view your reading trends by going to the “Trends” tab under “Your stuff” in the lefthand menu.
Let it live on
Stay up to speed on hot topics from this year and catch the latest new ones as they crop up in 2011. We offer a variety of ways for you to keep up to date on your favorite topics and get more information about them.
Google Alerts – Keep track of the topics that matter to you most by signing up for Google Alerts and receive email updates about the latest relevant Google results (web, news, etc.) for that query.
Realtime Search – Stay up to speed on the latest conversations around your favorite topics with our Realtime Search results. See up to the second tweets, status updates, and more about any topic you care about.
This year, more and new Pantone related products are out for the holidays. Pantone Christmas cards, Pantone gift bags, Pantone gift tags and Pantone wrapping paper will make any designer or artist turn red 032c with excitement.
Pantone Christmas Cards (individual or boxed set)
A Pack of 8 Pantone Universe Christmas cards - 2 of each card in four colours, Gold, Silver, Red and Green.
Eight cards // Four Colours // Eight Envelopes
Individual Card measures W 12 x H 17 cm buy them here
Pantone Gift Bags
Small Pantone Silver Snowflake Gift bag and tag: buy it here
Medium Gold Pantone Snowflake gift bag and tag. Buy it here.
