Thu. 08/12 - The Nickelodeon Design Aesthetic

<p><strong><em>How does a kid’s network establish their brand identity? Apparently, riff on a high brow architectural style and add heaping amounts of radioactive green slime. On the 30th anniversary of the first Nicktoons, a look back at Nickelodeon’s iconic aesthetic. Plus, a new––huge––study that upends a lot of what we thought knew about metabolism. And a fake website about fake movies.</em></strong></p><p>Links:</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.theringer.com/tv/2021/8/10/22617254/nickelodeon-network-style-slime-history-double-dare" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">How Nickelodeon Created Its Slime-Drenched ’90s Style</a> (The Ringer)</li><li><a href="https://www.theringer.com/tv/2021/8/12/22621204/best-nickelodeon-character-bracket-intro-elite-eight" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Best Nickelodeon Character Bracket: The Elite Eight</a> (The Ringer)&nbsp;</li><li><a href="https://www.theringer.com/tv/2021/8/9/22616293/nickelodeon-generational-divide-history-evolution" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Nickelodeon's Generational Divide</a> (The Ringer) </li><li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/12/health/metabolism-weight-aging.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">What We Think We Know About Metabolism May Be Wrong</a> (NY Times)</li><li><a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/metabolism-adulthood-does-not-slow-commonly-believed-study-finds-n1276650" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Metabolism in adulthood does not slow as commonly believed, study finds</a> (NBC News)</li><li><a href="https://nestflix.fun/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Nestflix</a>&nbsp;</li><li><a href="https://www.theverge.com/2021/8/11/22620679/nestflix-fake-tv-shows-movies-netflix-streaming" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Nestflix is a Netflix for fake movies and shows from real movies and shows</a> (The Verge)</li><li><a href="https://kottke.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Kottke.Org</a></li><li><a href="http://twitter.co