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Bobby Aaron Solomon
Personal blog · thefoxisblack.comdesignculture
Bobby Aaron Solomon writes The Fox Is Black, a personal blog at thefoxisblack.com about design and culture. Since 2011, 10 different Hacker News readers have linked it 10 times, most often “Saul Bass Poster Sketches for Stanley Kubrick’s ‘The Shining’”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-02-17, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (3) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link Bobby Aaron Solomon's art and design blog, including posts on poster and logo design such as Saul Bass's sketches for The Shining poster. One commenter calls it a favorite.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 3 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
The life and times of Bobby Aaron Solomon a creative director and designer. Highlighting the best in creativity and travel with a focus on culture, design, food, and music.
Most-linked posts?
- Saul Bass Poster Sketches for Stanley Kubrick’s ‘The Shining’2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2012-12-13
What Hacker News says?
First off: tu quoque. You're changing the argument, which I'll take to mean you've conceeded the point. But since you ask, it's very much the same, and people have very much had a problem with that, which raises a second fault with your argument: false premise. Noam Chomsky. Pretty much his life's work. Jerry Mander, Four Arguments for the Elimination of Television . (NB: Mander is a former ad executive himself). Ha…
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on “Introducing the Invisible reCAPTCHA”Submitted Saul Bass Poster Sketches for Stanley Kubrick’s ‘The Shining’ as a story · 5 points
HN discussionHis sketches and the back-and-forth with Kubrick on The Shining's poster are pretty fascinating: http://www.thefoxisblack.com/2012/12/11/saul-bass-poster-ske...
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on “The Makings of a Great Logo”Submitted The Desktop Wallpaper Project as a story · 2 points
HN discussionhttp://www.thefoxisblack.com/ is a favorite art and design blog of mine.
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on “Ask HN: What non-Tech sites do you read daily?”Submitted The Fox Is Black mark used without permission for new NBC show, ‘Revolution’ as a story · 2 points
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