Marta Bernstein

So this is happening next week: John Maeda and myself will be talking about «The state of design» on a panel organized by AIGA Seattle. No pressure, none at all. www.eventbrite.com/e/state-of-d...

When your cat accidentally turns into a Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade balloon.

My latest @newscientist.com cartoon

There are people out there who not only think we should solve music, but think that they have solved music, and we have put these people in charge of our entire world.

On process, criteria and generative AI letterror.com/ai

For nearly 14 years, you’ve been adding location info to your Uses. We’ve always wanted a visual way to see this data. Rob Meek built it for us. Introducing the Fonts In Use Map: fontsinuse.com/map

I feel seen 🌎🌍🌏

New issue of the newsletter is out: A mind-blowing archive of old maps, a book about street signs, coffee and belonging, interesting things I watched and listened to. mspace.beehiiv.com/p/m-002-get-...

great to see books in their natural habitat for once

I wrote about the Nolan Odyssey for the LRB. I'll summarize some of my main points below, in case you don't feel like reading all that. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

The work of Italian designer Pino Migliazzo. Scanned from Idea 057, 1963 designreviewed.com/artefacts/id...

Type design peaked with Winona Ryder’s drawers in Heathers

On the language of Homeric Greek, and the language of a certain forthcoming film: here are a few simple observations.

I respect France's commitment to not working on a holiday.

There are loads of curators on here. How do you mount a head with a hollow neck? Head about the size of a big grapefruit in terracotta. Any ideas appreciated.

More watch parties for everything!

Directness in headline copywriting, this morning in 1922, Minneapolis Tribune

🧵 Mark Zuckerberg sta censurando le attiviste per i diritti delle donne e delle persone LGBTQI+ nell'UE. Lo denuncia l'eurodeputata verde Alexandra Geese, che da mesi chiede conto alla Commissione Europea di quello che sta succedendo su Instagram

Roland-Garros poster by Gilles Aillaud, 1984

Join me for a Typelab talk > Fearless Research: How an Intermittent Historian Organizes Her Material. I’ll talk databases and other tools. Wed June 24th at 6pm CEST / 12pm Eastern / 9am Pacific. 2026.typographics.com/typelab/as part of @typographicsnyc.bsky.social

Latest issue of my newsletter is out: my report from Atypi Stanford, with a focus on historic research and design accessibility. «A case for conferences» can be read here mspace.beehiiv.com/p/m-001-a-c…

RIP Mark Rothko. You would have loved how the hydrogen peroxide bleach is only turning the Reflecting Pool blue around the perimeter

It is so Seattle to have a local beach named by an indigenous tribe... followed by a beach named after a tech corporation

Feels like a lot of STEM guys believed coding was the hardest thing a human could do, and assumed that once somebody invented an AI that can code, it would follow naturally that the AI can do all of the lesser non-coding things that other dumber people were doing

First issue of «m—space», my infrequent newsletter, it out: why and what is coming next, some thank yous, a minimal illustrator, an impressive watercolor painter, some type. You can read it here: mspace.beehiiv.com/p/m-000-here...

Pictured below are some mid-century examples of àdìrẹ eleko (starch-resist), àdìrẹ alabere (stitch-resist), àdìrẹ oniko (tying raffia around the cloth, sometimes with small seeds or stones to create a pattern), and even hand painted cloth. The last really turns cloth into art.

A livestream of a volcano in the Philippines captured a meteor crashing to Earth today. What are the odds? Mayon Volcano, Location: Albay, Luzon, Philippines

I am frustrated with social media and I strongly believe it’s the right time for small well-crafted things, made by humans for humans, with love and care. I am starting a newsletter: mspace.beehiiv.com

I am frustrated with social media and I strongly believe it’s the right time for small well-crafted things, made by humans for humans, with love and care. I am starting a newsletter: mspace.beehiiv.com

This piece is so great!

Take away the bubble and we'd call the things AI can do "plug-ins." Some would use them, and others wouldn't, and some uses would be productive, and others would be foolish, but we wouldn't bet the economy on them, nor squander our last dribbles of potable water to cool their data centers. 23/

“In his view, the medal is not a forgery. A forgery implies that there is a genuine medal. As the genuine philology medal does not exist, his medal cannot be a forgery.”

Sometimes inviting people to touch grass is not enough.

My latest books cartoon for the @theguardian.com

We have finally completed the digitization of this unique work, so as of now it is available online for all #earlymodern #rarebooks #bookhistory people to enjoy! ☞ dams1.antwerpen.be/asset/KIataT...

In our hypervisualized world of ubiquitous networked cameras, we expect to immediately see perfect images of whatever is happening. #AIslop delivers. Regardless of the existence of actual footage, the AI versions are often more dramatic, cinematic and optimized for social media clickbait 2/

“We just brought 4 humans back from the Moon! Yuhuuuuuu!” The joy of scientists is the f*ing best!

i like that the artemis parachutes were striped! they didn’t have to be, they could have been anything. someone thought about it and decided “it should look jaunty as it descends.” it’s so human

Splashdown! Vehicle is stable and upright. “A perfect bulls-eye splash for Integrity and its four astronauts!” #Artemis

The level of competence on display is disconcerting.

As far as I know there is literally no reason for this, it is just an incredibly lucky coincidence that we get to enjoy for free

I have a new favorite account and I feel seen

this wikipedia editor is orbiting the moon right now!