With 2009 coming to a close, it seems like everyone is making a list and checking it twice…from the high-brow to the low a smattering of findings below:
The Top 10 Everything of 2009 via Time Albums, Animal Stories, Apologies, Art Exhibitions, Awkward Moments, Best Business Deals, Breakups, Children’s Books, Crime Stories, Editorial Cartoons, Facebook Stories, Fashion Faux Pas, Fashion Moments, Feuds, Fiction Books, Fleeting Celebrities, Gadgets, Green Idea, Heroes, iPhone Apps, Late-Night Jokes, Magazine Covers, Medical Breakthroughs, Movie Performances, Movies, New Species, News Stories, Nonfiction, Oddball News, Pariahs, Pictures of the Year, Plays and Musicals, Political Gaffes, Quotes, Religion Stories, Scandals, Scientific Discoveries, Sports Moments, T-Shirt-Worthy Slogans, TV Episodes, Untruths, Viral Videos, and lastly Worst Biz Deals.
Best of Lists from The New Yorker
- Ten Great Photographs, 2009 , by Vince Aletti
- The Ten Best Dance Performances of 2009 , by Joan Acocella
- Who Knew? The Year in Musical Surprises , by Kelefa Sanneh
- The Year of the Songstress , by John Donohue
- The Top Ten Moments in Theatre of 2009 , by John Lahr
- The Best Theatre of 2009 , by Hilton Als
- Goings On About Town’s Best Off Broadway Theatre Shows of 2009 , by Shauna Lyon
- The Eleven Best Museum Shows of 2009 , by Peter Schjeldahl
- The Best Museum Shows of 2009 , by Calvin Tomkins
- The Best Non-Museum Art Goings-On of 2009 , by Andrea K. Scott
- Books of the Year , by James Wood
- Memorable Fashion Statements of the Obama Era , by Judith Thurman
- The Ten Most Positive Architectural Events of 2009 , by Paul Goldberger
- 2009, as seen on TV , by Nancy Franklin
- The Best Films of 2009 , by Anthony Lane
- The Ten Best Films of 2009 and The Best Films of the Decade, by David Denby
- The Best Films of 2009 and The Best Films of the Decade , by Richard Brody
- Ten Exceptional Recordings and Ten Memorable Performances , by Alex Ross
- Classical Notes: Alarums and Excursions , by Russell Platt
- The Best Recordings of 2009, plus annotations , and The Best Shows of 2009 , by Sasha Frere-Jones
- The Ten Best Cultural Events of 2009 , by Claudia Roth Pierpont
- The Top Ten Books of 1709 , by Jill Lepore
- The Top Thirteen People of 2009 , by Zachary Kanin
- The Five Best Ten-Best Lists , by Ben Greenman
Google’s 2009 Zeitgeist
Each year, Google examines the billions of queries people around the world have queried, taking a moment to look back at the happenings of 2009 to shed a little light on the spirit of the times.
DESIGN RELATED
The Best of the Web by ArtFag City
New York Times’ Favorite Book Covers of 2009 Part 2
New York Times’ Favorite Book Covers of 2009 Part 3
Best & Worst Logo Designs
The Best of Twitter 2009: Graphic Design Edition
Best New Blogs of 2009
Movie Posters of the Decade
Wallpaper’s 35 Year Review of Pentagram’s Holiday Greetings
2009 Year in Review by It’s Nice That
Amazon’s Best of 2009
MENTIONS
The Top ‘Nontroversies’ Of 2009
Top 10 IPO Candidates
