May 2009
76 posts
Jonathan Jarvis has created a really nice presentation using Illustrator and After Effects, Crisis of Credit Visualized, which is not only informative but really nice to look at. I really need to learn After Effects…
April 2009
92 posts
What would it be like if Texas was divided into five separate states? FiveThirtyEight’s Nate Silver goes in depth of what it would look like to mess with Texas and it’s potential effects to, not only the country, but each of the five new states as well.
WatchSilkscreening with Zack Klien
Note to Self: Start silkscreening again.
Kim Holtermand has updated his amazing photography site. I love his visual style and he is quickly becoming one of my favorite photographers.
Two new well designed portfolio sites I discovered today: Cameron Daigle.com (which actually just launched) and IAmKory.
These are the kind of things I just completely nerd out on: Adobe Creative Suite Icon Pillows.
Related to the previous: The Making of the Honda Insight “Let it Shine” commercial. Fascinating stuff.
A great 3D animated short film showing the creating of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater. Really nice animation and modeling.
File this one under the coolest thing you will watch all day: Amazing Honda Insight “Let it Shine” commercial on Vimeo. I am in awe.
Not sure how I missed this, but apparently today is World Graphic Design Day.
I’m loving the design work of UK based design firm MARK. Slick flash navigation as well.
Incredible new photos of Saturn and the moon.
WatchVideo for MuteMath’s Spotlight. So awesome – I love this song!
Quote: “I’m not saying it’s easy to write a good Twitter client. In fact, that’s the point — that it is not easy to write a good client for something as small in scope as Twitter hints at just how hard it is to write a good app for anything, let alone something truly complex.” John Gruber on the various Twitter client user interfaces.
Having recently participated in my own portfolio review, I found these 5 Tips for Design Students to be spot on.
Macworld has a great interview with atebites, the folks behind Tweetie, my new Twitter client of choice. Looks like it’s just going to keep getting better!
Jason Kottke defends Twitter.
Possibly the worst logo design ever.
One of the best typography sites on the web, Typographica has finally redesigned and it is beautiful. Go take a look.
Jeffrey Zeldman is working on a redesign of his much-praised personal site and share some interesting thoughts on the process.
Quote: “And if we can find a way to deliver an innovative product that really makes a contribution, then we’ll do that. We have some interesting ideas in this space. The product pipeline is fantastic for the Mac.” Apple COO on the possibility of an Apple “netbook.”
J.J. Abrams on The Magic of Mystery. I don’t care what you say, J.J. Abrams is a genius and if you disagree, I’m not sure we can still be friends.
A List Apart has two pretty good articles this week: In Defense of Eye Candy and Real Fonts on the Web. Both are worth reading.
The Apple Form Factor Evolution: 1976 – 2009. I could stare at this for hours.
I just came across the work of MorseStudio and am loving it. Really great, clean style.
John Nack on making Adobe software into one unified suite: “So here it is. The Worst Idea Ever. Combine ‘em all. All of them…. What I want is to open a .adobe file in my Adobe.app, click a “Mode” dropdown, select Photoshop, and get my photoshop windows. Edit all my layers with bitmappy precision. Then, when I need to edit something in vector, I don’t use the pathetic excuse for vector tools...
MUJI has finally launched an online store! They currently were only available in NYC, so it will be nice to pick up things without having to go into the city.
Grain Edit has a great interview with Andre Andreev and Dan Covert of Dress Code where they discuss their new book Never Sleep. This is book that’s extremely high on my “to-be-read list”.
atebits have released Tweetie for Mac, a desktop version of their popular iPhone application. I’m trying it out right now and although it’s really nice, I’m not sure I can get into a Twitter desktop application.
I love Leigh Nash’s voice and I love her...
Your Business Card is Crap. I love this video!
WatchI love this guy!
I love these graphic design heroes t-shirts, but I’m upset there is no Massimo Vignelli one. I’d settle for the Brockman or Glaser one though.
“A PC is no bargain when it doesn’t do what you want …. The one thing that both Apple and Microsoft can agree on is that everyone thinks the Mac is cool. With its great designs and advanced software, nothing matches it at any price.” Apple responds to Microsoft’s recent (terrible) ad campaign.
“A PC is no bargain when it doesn’t do what you want …. The one thing that both Apple and Microsoft can agree on is that everyone thinks the Mac is cool. With its great designs and advanced software, nothing matches it at any price.” Apple responds to Microsoft’s recent (terrible) ad campaign.
Jeffrey Zeldman’s popular book Taking Your Talent to the Web is now available as a free PDF download. I tried to buy this book a few years ago but it was already out of print so I’m looking forward to finally being able to read it.
