--- title: 3 design books & potato font & Wikipedia of you date: 2026-05-05 source: mailchimp original: https://mailchi.mp/pathwright/collider-may-5-26 retrieved: 2026-11-09 visibility: public author: /people/justin-hall.person.md --- # 3 design books & potato font & Wikipedia of you [![Nicole Nikolich crochets the Early Internet](./assets/hero.webp)](https://www.laceinthemoon.com/inside.html) *[Nicole Nikolich](https://www.laceinthemoon.com/inside.html#) crochets the Early Internet* The links just informed me that we’re already [in the month of May, in the month of May, in the month of May](https://youtu.be/eNINCykhR3I?t=22). This time we’re colliding a cursed clock, your personal Wikipedia, Charlize Theron, a potato font and three design books that should be on your shelf. More on that last one next. Please skip around, read what you want to. Find something interesting in your own internet travels? Send me a link —JH --- *From the Bookshelf* ## 3 Design Books That Should Be on Your Shelf ![I’m writing this to you right here](./assets/feature-1.webp) *I’m writing this to you right here* I’m moving away from Pinterest boards, saves on Instagram, etc. for design references. Platform content disappears unpredictably. The platforms themselves have became increasingly antithetical to the creative process (mine, anyway). They feel almost unusable to me now. It’s not a moral thing—they just don’t work creatively. My work spot at home is built into a wall of bookshelves. Above me sits a full-length row of volumes collected over many years for reference and inspiration. Here are three books that I think belong in your collection too. ![The Architect & Designer Birthday Book](./assets/feature-2.webp) ### *The Architect & Designer Birthday Book* With a page devoted to each day of the year, this shiny volume will introduce you to 365 unique human beings’ approaches to designing the visible world. I use it to keep my mind from fencing itself in too much about what “my thing” is. [Buy on Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/Architect-Designer-Birthday-Book/dp/1797224549) ![Weird Buildings](./assets/feature-3.webp) ### *Weird Buildings* From Brutalist blocks to organic-looking spaceships to cathedrals of careful intent, *Weird Buildings* gives you one gorgeous spread after another with just enough information on each project. I flip through this when I need to wind down after focusing on a screen for too long. [Buy on Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/Weird-Buildings-Hoxton-Mini-Press/dp/1914314891) ![Star Wars Super Graphic](./assets/feature-4.webp) ### *Star Wars Super Graphic* Data visualization has never been so fun. Come for the graph of how dangerous each situation actually was when Han said “I have a bad feeling about this”, stay for the minimalist shapes and bold colors. If you’re a Star Wars fan, some of the pages are genuinely insightful! [Buy on Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/Star-Wars-Super-Graphic-Visual/dp/1452161208) Whether you’re building your offline collection or just want to pick up something interesting to flip through this summer, consider these three. Invest in a collection you can hang onto, no digital content required. To quote *Your Friends & Neighbors*, it’s not yours if you can’t keep it. —JH --- ## Dead Cat *10 curious links that would have killed the cat* [@include](./01-the-accursed-alphabetical-clock.link.md) [@include](./02-whoami-wiki-turns-your-uploads-into-a-wikipedia-of-you.link.md) [@include](./03-maintenance-of-everything-part-1-explores-radical-and.link.md) [@include](./04-an-interview-with-charlize-theron.link.md) [@include](./05-ai-agent-deletes-entire-company-database-and-backups-in-9.link.md) [@include](./06-a-compendium-of-transit-tickets-collected-by-a-brand.link.md) [@include](./07-crocheted-early-web-textile-works-by-artist-nicole-nikolich.link.md) [@include](./08-hvd-bodedo-is-the-timeless-font-bodoni-but-made-with.link.md) [@include](./09-the-lunch-feeding-contraption.link.md) [@include](./10-wikipedia-wormhole-i-went-down-critical-mass-cycling.link.md) --- ## New at HQ *in Greenville, SC* Last week Joe shipped a behind-the-scenes update to Discussions that makes them faster, more oops-proof, and live: ⚡️ Faster: Creating, editing, or deleting a message is now instant. 🛟 Oops-Proof: Forgot to hit "Post"? Any unsaved post or response is now stored locally in your browser so you don’t lose it. 🟢 Live: When someone responds to a discussion you’re subscribed to, the new response appears automatically without requiring a reload. --- This week we began a new 6-week cycle of projects at Pathwright. I’m already filling up my notepad at a pace that would make a ballpoint-and-legal-pad-toting character in a John Grisham novel sweat. Between projects, I’ll be [relaxing in my backyard](https://www.usnews.com/news/offbeat/articles/2026-04-20/mind-if-we-drop-in-hot-air-balloon-with-13-aboard-makes-emergency-landing-in-california-backyard) if you need anything. High five, [Justin Hall](https://www.pathwright.com/about#humans)\ Editor, Partner at [Pathwright](https://www.pathwright.com/)