David DeSandro it seems would be one clever man.

Now anyone who has been through some design education would have played with pen on paper to make a typeface (probably even without the teaching too), but Dave has gone that extra leap.

If you have ever done any HTML or CSS coding you will know it’s limits are the limits of your knowledge, and Dave has managed to script this typeface purely from code. It uses black/coloured blocks and circles mixed with white/background coloured blocks creating a geometric font. It hasn’t been created for practical use, more just to see the possibility. Over on the face’s page you can see an ‘Inspect’ display where you can see each block overlap and form.

Going another leap, he has created four point sizes: 28px, 56px, 140px and 280px.

Another personal interactive film. Though I must say; this one’s more than worth the time.

I’m not completely sure on why this has arrived. But it is either for Arcade Fire’s new album released last month, or Google showing off what they can do without flash, or possibly Chris Milk sharing his skills – whichever reason, I’m not interested. All I’m interested in is that it works. I like the song, I want the album; I like HTML5, I’m sold away from flash; I like the design, I’m now interested in looking for more of Milk’s work.

I think at this time you should open the site yourself, check out the video and return for the rest.

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So hopefully you haven’t cheated, and you have watched the Wilderness Downtown.

One thing that really impressed me was that it didn’t ask you for where you live now. It asks us for where we were brought up, now it wouldn’t really matter what place we put in – but the song is supposed to remind us of our past and HTML5 is supposed to be showing us we don’t need to rely on flash any longer. I felt having somewhere we may not have visited for many years an original step, I could easily imagine someone saying lets ask them where they live and we can insert clips around their current life.

Some effort must have gone into this piece and it has become one of my favourite interactive works instantly.

Another to add to the series I’m watching, Mad Men, networked by amc. It is based around a 1960′s ad agency called Sterling Cooper in Madison Avenue, New York. Although the company is fake, they include real accounts and competition from the time.

Don Draper (Creative Director): “Advertising is based on one thing, happiness. And you know what happiness is? Happiness is the smell of a new car. It’s freedom from fear. It’s a billboard on the side of the road that screams reassurance that whatever you are doing is okay. You are okay.”

Jon Hamm plays Don Draper, a strong minded creative who has a reputation with the ladies. He, as with all the cast, plays his role perfectly – everyone has a purpose and really makes you (well at least I) feel that we’re back in 1962 pitching to Lucky Strike or American Airlines.

There are four seasons so far, and it’s still running. I’m currently as far as season two and loving each episode.

To add to this, last night they won their third consecutive Emmy for Outstanding Drama Series.

Mad Men is currently playing on BBC Four, and so you’ll be able to catch it on the BBC iPlayer.

There’s many mini flash games across the web, and I think the advertising versions – you know the ones, where you shoot 5 ducks to win a house – are slowly disappearing. Replacing this is Facebook games, apparently 90 million people were playing FarmVille last March (I’ll post about that later).

Simple flash games are good though, when you want to take a break from work. Or in the case of this game, when your account team get on your back.

Go throw some pencils. Since you wouldn’t get away with it in reality – you can in ‘virtuality’.

It’s a really nice way to show a name change in a positive way.

There’s a strong relation to a company changing their name and them going bankrupt or trying to turn over a new leaf. However, a nice short clip, can change someone’s mind on the subject – well at least it did with me.

I’m not sure on why they are changing their name, but their ad made me smile.

I also like how short the ad is, all too often do we get adverts bridging towards 2 minutes – clearly it doesn’t take that long, so why do it when it can be shorter? A book I’m meaning to review, ‘Can I Change Your Mind?’ by Lindsay Camp, told me not to over do it when persuading someone. Not only do you come off as desperate, people aren’t interested, just get to the point.