Apps
Backer Camp: “Launching a crowdfunding campaign is really hard.”
Sound Transit is “a collaborative, online community dedicated to field recording and phonography.”
Books
“Book Your Trip: Select Your Mode of Transportation”
by NPR Books
“Shop Class As Soulcraft: An Inquiry into The Value of Work”
by Matthew Crawford
“Archetypes in Branding”
by Margaret Hartwell
“Unruly Places: Lost Spaces, Secret Cities, and Other Inscrutable Geographies”
by Alastair Bonnett
“Your Call Is (Not That) Important To Us”
by Emily Yellin
“Make It Mighty Ugly: Getting Creative Even When It Ain’t Pretty”
by Kim Werker
“Iconic: A Photographic Tribute to Apple Innovation”
by Jonathan Zufi
Design
Website for The Vetted Table designed by Mother Sponge, San Diego
“Palestinian Architects Break the Mold” by Emily Harris
Lettering by Brittney Backos
Events
Etsy Panel Talk held by Forth Chicago
Exhibition “American Metal: The Art of Albert Paley”
at Corcoran Gallery of Art
Conference “Experimental Interfaces for Reading 2.0”
Films
“Typesetting: See where type lives”
by Donovan Brien and Matt Budelman
“Boyhood” written and directed by Richard Linklater
“To Be Takei: A Star’s Trek for Life, Liberty, and Love”
directed by Jennifer M. Kroot
“ParticleFever” directed by Mark Levinson
Illustration
Captain America painted by Andy Peninger
Film poster designed by Keorattana Luangrath
for movie “Guardians of the Galaxy”
T-Shirt “S is for Submarine” hand-lettered by Neil Tasker
“Deep Sea Cyclops” by Adamandia Kapsalis
Drawings by Oriana Fenwick
In Memoriam
Walter Dean Myers, Author, died at 76
Louis Zamperini, World War II Veteran, died at 97
Music
Folk-music duo Luluc
“‘FOIL’ (Parody of ‘Royals’ by Lorde)” by “Weird Al” Yankovic
Ceci Bastida: “Punk Roots, Pop Sounds and A Political Mind”
Jenny Lewis’ performance as part of Newport Folk Festival 2014
Photography
“People, Places, and Petites” by Meredith Frost
“A photograph every day for the rest of my life!” by Woody Campbell
Products
Kickstarter Project: State x State—“travel guides and curating an assortment of locally-made products across the 50 states”
“Wooden Hand Painted Pineapple Necklace” and “Wooden Hand Painted Carrot Brooch” by Zealous Bee
Stories
“Living 63 Feet Underwater: Cousteau Team Conduct Experiments”
by David Greene
“U.S. Goalie Tim Howard’s Heroic Effort in the World Cup”
by Denver Nicks
“A Woman Wrestles with A Disturbing Family Memento”
by Michele Norris
“‘Drunk History’ Serves an Educational Cocktail, with Comedic Twist”
by National Public Radio
“Passing The Torch: A Firefighter Dad’s Legacy”
by Story Corps
“The Letter That Kicked Off A Radio Career”
by Tamara Keith
“Rainbow Rowell Does Romance With A Subversive Twist”
by Neda Ulaby
“For Many Americans, Stress Takes A Toll On Health And Family”
by Richard Knox and Patti Neighmond
“Chrissie Hynde Steps Out, But She’s Not Alone”
by Kelly McEvers
“Underwater Meadows Might Serve As Antacid For Acid Seas”
by Christopher Joyce
“Was The Green Turtle The First Asian-American Superhero?”
by Hansi Lo Wang
“Physicists Crush Diamonds With Giant Laser”
by Geoff Brumfiel
“Evaluating The Benefits and Costs of Patents”
by David Kestenbaum
“Listen to Comcast torture Ryan Block and Veronica Belmont as they try to cancel service”
by Xeni Jardin
“There are seven reasons not to write novels (and one to write them)”
by Javier Marias
“Better Culture Could Have Prevented Viral Comcast Call”
by Elise Hu
“A Note to Our Readers: ‘a summer-long free-for-all’”
by Editors of The New Yorker
“Why we don’t speak up at work”
by Claire Lew
“Military Dogs Aren’t Pets—They’re Vets”
by David Welna
“At Some Venues, iPads Take The Place Of Opera Glasses”
by Arun Rath
“Labels: Easy to Read, Not Always Easy to Trust”
by Arun Rath
“Being a Better Online Reader”
by Maria Konnikova
“For Rare Languages, Social Media Provide New Hope”
by Lydia Emmanouilidou
“Why We Think Ignorance Is Bliss, Even When It Hurts Our Health”
by Shankar Vedeantam
“The Rise of Fangirls at Comic-Con”
by Eliana Dockterman
“Launching An Audio Company in A World That Doesn’t Buy Music”
by Ilya Pozin
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