I Read That Somewhere

You can read Field Tested Books online but for portability and ease of use pool-side you can't beat the book. A second printing is in the works but there are still a few dated and numbered copies of the First Edition of the Field-Tested Books Book available to ship right now.

The New Exhibits At The MoOM

Collective Intelligence

Tons of new listings and exhibits have been posted for the summer at our Museum of Online Museums. The MoOM was featured on All Things Considered and in the NY Times. It was also selected as one of Time Magazine's 50 Coolest Websites and was discussed on a recent episode of NPR's Hello Beautiful! Consider joining our Museum Board, a subscription comes with a coffee mug but none of the snootiness so often associated with the patronage of cultural institutions.

CP Infrequently

Puzzled

Einstein's Fish, Booking Bands, Which Porn Star Ate The Most Hot Dogs? and Cover Me all started as subscriber-only contests in one of our Infrequent Mailings, which go out about once a month. Join the list here. We won't ever abuse the privilege.

Field-Tested Books Live

Pack Carefully, Books Are Heavy

Announcing our biggest, best edition of Field-Tested Books yet. We looked over the shoulders of lots of smart people while they read lots of interesting books in lots of familiar and unfamiliar places and now you can too. All the Field Tests from this new collection and previous years are online. Plus, we've created a sweet, new, limited-edition poster with Spike Press and we're totally excited to say that the first-edition of The Field-Tested Books Book, a paperback containing 143 selected reviews, is also available for purchase. We'll be making a donation to First Book for every one we sell, so order a book for yourself and help us buy a truckload of new books for underprivileged kids. The First-Editions are shipping now. Buy one today we'll ship it today.

News: Thanks to everyone who came to our recent live Field-Tested Readings, in Chicago and New York City.

How Do You Spell Courage?

Inaction Heroes

For the proper effect, check the trailer first and then please take a few minutes (eleven actually) to watch our short feature film about words, pictures and bravery, Copy Goes Here. In case you missed it, here's what our home page looked like when we debuted the movie.

A CP Labs: Film

Shift Option Rinse

Can you really clean your computer keyboard in the dishwasher? With the help of the RinseCam 9000, Michele created a short film to find out.

An SD Film Regrets

Passing Fancy

From JC's talk at Seed Conference 3. If you're at all like us and are better suited for starting things than you are for finishing them, you ought to pay attention to the fifth film in Steve's "Regrets" series, Hobbies.

Made In the U.S. of A. Field Notes

Places Of Note

Our newest brand was created in combination with the unstoppable Draplin Design Company of Portland Oregon. The first offering from Field Notes Brand is a super durable made-in-the-USA memo book inspired by vintage farmers' planting books and other practical, historic, mostly-midwestern American design. The notebooks are showing up in lots of interesting places, including in a recent issue of Lego Magazine!

Layer Tennis The Final Fiasco

Forth and Back

It was a long, amazing Layer Tennis Season, relive it here while we start planning the next one. The matches were presented by Adobe® Creative Suite® 3 , the weapon of choice for creative people and Layer Tennis players everywhere. The project has just been shortlisted for Cannes Lions in two categories, "Best Use of Internet/New Media" and "Business Products & Services." Winners are announced Wednesday.

Each Row A Minute 2001 Redux

Cinematic DNA

If you're looking for an endorsement as to why you should purchase one of the few remaining Brendan Dawes' 2001 Cinema Redux prints here's some news. Brendan's project is currently on display at The Museum of Modern Art in NYC as a part of their Design and Elastic Mind exhibition. The photo above is from this week's opening reception. If that doesn't impress you perhaps the fact that the prints are luscious, large, limited-edition continuous-tone Lamda proofs will.

Brendan's thoughts on Redux, The Things Around Us.

Heather Is The New Black

The Tee

We have made tee shirts for a variety of projects but until now we have never made a simple Coudal Partners shirt. And this one is about as simple as it gets. A tee, perfectly constructed tee from a sweet new blend with just our "Crois" logo on the front. That's it.

July Guest Editor Lincoln Cushing

The Power and
the Image

Our Guest Editor for July is Lincoln Cushing (lch) the force behind Docs Populi, that rare personal site that combines a serious mission with an infectious enthusiasm for the subject at hand. It's a huge categorized repository of posters and images created for a cause. Lincoln describes his aims as a commitment to "documenting, cataloging, and disseminating socially and politically significant graphic material which otherwise might be left behind in the digital revolution." Right on.

A list of all the brilliant people who have helped us by guest editing Fresh Signals can be found here.

Other recent features are listed on Page Two.

Fresh Signals

Enter at your own risk, Freak Circus. ms-today

Love this, the Delete fly swatter. ms-today

"After only a few issues (two months), she was fired by the editor who wanted less of an ethereal dreamer and more of a hardnosed reporter." Steven Heller on working with Patti Smith, the rock journalist. sd-today

You know the economy is bad when celebrities start appearing on dollar store products. Thanks Claire. sd-today

Our interview with Armen Antranikian, director of the short film Kubrick, which aired last month as part of Channel 4's Kubrick Season. sd-today

Sigur Ros live at MoMA. ms-today

Every time a new Harry Potter trailer comes out I have to go back and watch French and Saunders spoof. dw-today

Skate, a short video. se-today

25 Lessons "The Simpsons" Taught Me About Cheap, Healthy Eating bb-today

Jody Rosen's "Dude, You Stole My Article," about a plagiarizing alt-weekly in Texas. sd-today

For SE, who loved it in the movie, a guy built his own Tumbler. ms-today

"The language is so lugubrious, like Edward Gorey or Lemony Snicket. Every tile has something, a name or a place or a word that places it firmly in the past." I Like's visit to Postman's Park to look at plaques commemorating people who died saving others. Each one feels like a Decemberists song waiting to happen. sd-today

A nice round up of official Olympic web sites from countries around the world. ms-today

Thanks to Sublog for the kind words about our Field Notes notebooks. Why not get some of your own? ms-today

The Evolution of the Fight Scene. Doesn't get much better than that first one from The Big Country. sd-today

Although the "people in animal costumes" idea has long since worn out its welcome, it's refreshing to see that it's still very funny when it isn't intended to be funny: Polar Bear Escape Training at a Tokyo Zoo. sd-today

New trailer for the movie Pride and Glory. ms-today

Do yourself a big favour and browse the amazing photography of Michael Eastman. Via bb. se-today

For the CP studio where a lot of IMing occurs, the i-Knock. dw-today

Les Machines de l'Île. More details here. dw-today

Rich people rooftops in NYC. dw-today

A global warming rug. dw-today

Conversations with Paul Rand. Via swissmiss. dw-today

For Spencer, The. Best. Cupcake. Ever. ms-today

For DW, BB and SD, the kittypod. I will never have three of these in my house. ms-today

"A Book Town is a small rural town or village in which second-hand and antiquarian bookshops are concentrated." Find the book town closest to you. ms-today

For my niece Raegan, the second trailer for the movie Twilight. Btw, nice job on the trailer page redesign, Apple. ms-today

Screw the bicycle built for two, I want this tub built for two. ms-today

Fantastic, the American Museum of Natural History's online photo collection. Thanks Jeff. ms-today

For your inspiration, some great examples of creative navigation. ms-today

Just so, so beautiful. The Journal of Urban Typography. Via me3dia. se-today

Interesting Grain Edit interview with Matte Stephens. se-yesterday

Cool tiled background maker, BgPatterns. Via Authentic Boredom. se-yesterday

Simple and charming cardboard shadow box. se-yesterday

I Am Rich, a completely useless iPhone app that costs $999. sd-yesterday

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Inline Studio
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Alexander Muse
Dan Rubin
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Ben Edwards
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Bill Keaggy
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Drew Stauffer
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Christopher Ebmeyer
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Robert D. Whitson

Your Name Here

the pitch

You can be an Executive Producer of our new short feature film, 72°. If you've always wanted to be a hotshot Hollywood player, or you just want to lend a hand to the project here's your chance.

A Thing We Made:
Jewelboxing

We hated the options available for custom packaging DVDs and CDs so we created a brand that gives creative professionals and hobbyists the tools to make great stuff. Here's a bit from the latest Jewelboxing weblog entry:

"After four years and more than 200 entries to the Jewelboxing blog, we realized that the archives had grown a bit unruly and it was time to do some organizing." Read the entire post.

Some Other Things We Made:

Field Notes Brand "I'm not writing it down to remember it later. I'm writing it down to remember it now." A CP/DDC joint.

Pinsetter: Spell with buttons.

Limited-edition, professionally mixed and mastered, custom-designed live performances on CD. That's The Show. With partners like The Pixies and Dead Can Dance. More news soon.

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