What people buy online differs substantially from what they buy in-store. According to a study by the US Census Bureau, not only are the bulk of sales still in-store, but virtually every category has more in-store purchases than online. There are, however, several categories in which online sales dominate each product marketplace. These include: books and magazines, clothing, and electronics. Below, we have broken down the sales for each category, to show the percentages of both online and in-store sales as a part of the total marketplace, as well as a comparison of the two in absolute terms.
Permuto Discoveries » What are People Really Buying Online?.
Designer Steven Heller traces the evolution of the tiny symbols for each Olympic sport since their appearance in 1936.
I’ll be showing this in class on Monday…
via Olympic Pictograms Through the Ages – Video Feature – NYTimes.com.
Ross Elliott from London, UK wrote: “I thoroughly enjoy your blog, and would like to respectfully submit my work for inclusion on it. These two skulls are a part of a series made from the font Fette Fraktur. All characters are not modified and are simply rotated and scaled into position.”
Skull-A-Day: Fraktur Skull.
Muscle magazine journalist and one-time owner of the original Venice, CA Gold’s Gym, Ken Sprague, covers Arnold Schwarznegger’s training as Schwarznegger attempts to take a sixth consecutive Mr. Olympia title in 1975. He did.
via If Charlie Parker Was a Gunslinger,There’d Be a Whole Lot of Dead Copycats: This Sporting Life #15.
Snowed under in the most epic way (somewhere in Switzerland):
via Dark Roasted Blend: Lots of Snow!.
