Lined & Unlined was launched on 28 November 2006, but there are essays and articles archived here dating from 2000 and even before that. At the launch, I described the site as “a portfolio of writing, resources, and ideas,” which is pretty accurate. But if you pop over to Delicious, which is maybe my favorite web tool ever, you can read some other great descriptions of the site there. My favorite comes from FI$H 2000 who describes L&UL as “Rob Giampietro’s remarkably comprehensive secret brain dump,” which is both more accurate and more entertaining than my original description.
Since the site launched, it has grown to 500+ posts on subjects ranging from mushrooms to mergers. If that sounds intimidating to you, fear not. There are plenty of places to start. (Maybe I could even offer you a postcard?)
Most popular posts
According to Google Analytics, the five most popular posts since the site’s launch have been:
The Typographic Modern
Graphic Design & Critical Thinking
Form-giving
The Fonts of Summer
Collected Words
Re-Recommended Readings
The majority of the content on the site takes the form of Recommended Readings, which are shorter daily posts. Here are my 10 favorite Recommended Readings from each of the last 100 posts.
1 to 100: 55 · 57 · 58 · 63 · 65 · 66 · 84 · 90 · 98 · 99
101 to 200: 100 · 108 · 130 · 153 · 169 · 176 · 179 · 182 · 194 · 197
201 to 300: 209 · 233 · 244 · 245 · 252 · 256 · 261 · 274 · 283 · 285
301 to 400: 308 · 326 · 332 · 335 · 342 · 345 · 355 · 374 · 378 · 388
Looking at these lists above, my inner nerd can’t help but be reminded of
the numbers.
FFFFound images
FFFFound is a tool that allows users to post and share their favorite images from the web. Here are a few images from the site that people have saved. Clicking the images will take you to to the articles they come from.
Above: Flier / Crack-n-peel sticker by Gran Fury, 1988. Saved by ethan.
Above: M/M No Ghost Just A Shell, 2001, 120 x 176 cm. (Image courtesy mmparis.com.) Saved by laszlito, uccimaru, fish2000, liekedevink, mitamamma, rda, and pannell101.
Above: Richard Hamilton shows himself reflected in a mirror for the poster of the 1982 Tate show “Image and Process.” Saved by tobycurnow and westphalie.
Above: Snowflakes, a poem inspired by the work of Emmett Williams. Saved by renda, nicedream, and twelveplusone.
Above: “Select, Arrange” catalog by Cornel Windlin for Vitra, 2006. Saved by samuelsherman, rileyhooker, bisceglie, thierry, xenorzehnuhr, aisleone, loper, ola, tobycurnow, benjamien, peterrentz, crabtree, and mimeartist.
