immonen illustrations

In 1912, Robert Falcon Scott died in Antarctica, 11 miles from food and shelter, after leading an expedition of fellow Englishmen to the South Pole, only to arrive second, a month after a team of Norwegians led by Roald Amundsen. He left a letter to his wife, written shortly before he and his remaining two [...]

Oh, how I love Ed Emberley.
There’s no doubt that the man’s an exquisite illustrator; talented, innovative and keen of eye and hand. What intrigues me is his facility with the very specific language of instruction. Lookathis “how to” page:

Not only is it a charming series of drawings, but it is a seminal example of information [...]

Anyone remember mobiles disco? I don’t know when it was dismantled, but the founders went on to form a partially-for-pay pixel-avatar virtual-teen-chat-world called Habbo.
No, really.
Anyway, that’s not what this post is about. If you’re looking for wallpaper for your phone, please consider startmobile.net, and think about downloading some of my work, and thus putting [...]