The Crisis of Credit is a fantastic example of informational graphics at its best. The project was created by Jonathan Jarvis as part of his thesis work in the Media Design Program at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California.

The video (below) does an artful job of exampling the credit crisis. The visuals are essential in the explanation of the credit crunch.

The Crisis of Credit Visualized from Jonathan Jarvis on Vimeo.

You can read more about Jarvis’ Crisis of Credit project and others at http://jonathanjarvis.com/.

Katie James, owner of KJ Dogs, has posted this very cute critter for sale on Etsy. His name is Boulder.

I think these sock dogs are the cutest things ever. Actually, I already own two. Katie has informed me that I am no longer allowed to purchase her sock dogs. So sad.

Joseph Sullivan has made a list of his favorite book covers of 2008. Some of these are really quite fantastic. My favorite (from his favorites) is All the Sad Young Literary Men:

Via Kottke.

Here’s a great Flickr set on interpretations of the different HTTP Errors:

I’ve been looking around for sites with photos of today’s newspapers. There are a couple of good sites with lots of pictures:

• Newsdesigner.com | Top 50 U.S. front pages
• Newseum | Today’s Front Pages

Overall, the quality of front page designs is excellent. There is one newspaper cover that stands out to me though, is the Chicago Sun-Times.

I really think this is the perfect cover. A great photograph. A simple two words. A grand statement, wrapped in restraint. Beautiful.

The runner-ups are the St. Petersburg Times, Statesmen journal, and Virginian-Pilot.

Honorable mentions go to the following covers:

Lastly, I have to make mention of the Boston Herald and its never-ending pursuit of the perfect tabloid-style front page.