January 2012
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December 2011
3 posts
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November 2011
5 posts
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“There’s just a tremendous amount of craftsmanship in between a great idea and a...”
– Steve Jobs
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The best web design of recent memory.
Nest
Square & Square Card Case
The Great Discontent
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October 2011
11 posts
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Move over IMDB
“Letterboxd is a social site for sharing your taste in film.”
This is the direction that IMDB should have taken: a way to make movies social for movie-lovers. (And who’s not a movie-lover these days?) Instead, IMDB continues to glop up their site with ads and other distractions. The biggest eyesore of all being their outdated design.
The user interface of Letterboxd alone...
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The day a thermostat wowed the design world
How bad do you want one of these thermostats? I’m waiting until we get home to Connecticut so I can see if we’re able to install one. Oh, and the Nest website is a thing of beauty as well: http://www.nest.com/
There’s a great article in the NYT about the company, formed by ex-Apple execs.
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Don Carlo, Oct 23rd @ Deutsche Oper
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A Chevy in Berlin
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What We Believe
That it takes a whole lot of effort to make something seem effortless.
That your identity is more than a logo, a typeface, and a color palette.
That if you buy quality you only cry once.
That, in an ideal world, you should be able to judge a book by its cover.
That you have to work hard in order to get it right.
That you can always learn more. And you should always try to.
From Alexander...
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September 2011
2 posts
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Berlin, the beginning
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“Professionalism goes a long way. Being prepared. Staying classy. Patience is...”
– – Naz Hamid
July 2011
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“The most critical time for designers to be involved in a digital product is all...”
– - Khoi Vinh
http://www.subtraction.com/2011/07/20/the-end-of-client-services
June 2011
9 posts
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The Impossible Cool
Just a select few photos from The Impossible Cool blog, go check it out!
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“Every device does not need to have the same experience. Trying to maintain the...”
– Jeffrey Zeldman
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(by Olly Moss)
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Advice from Ira Glass
Such great advice for anyone in a creative field.
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The Work of Jon Contino
Jon Contino does some outstanding hand-drawn type work, and a great new website to showcase it all. I can’t get enough of it.
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Typesketches.com
I dribbbled this a few days ago, but wanted to give it a quick mention here as well. I started the design for what will become a new blog to document my process in drawing typography. On the blog, I’ll focus mainly on producing new work and gaining feedback or critique by any interested parties, but also post inspiration and tips I’ve learned along the way.
My ultimate goal is to...
May 2011
3 posts
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Dribbble'd
I recently received an invite to become a player on Dribbble from the awesome Kurt Gannon, a fellow Connecticutian! As a prospect, I had been enjoying simply being a spectator of all the great shots coming in, but I’m excited to put my own work out there soon.
I love the high level of talent the Dribbble community brings to the table, and I think Dan Cederholm is doing a great job keeping...
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The work of Dustin Wallace
Lately it’s been such an overwhelming fad to simply take all of your inspiration from retro 50’s-style packaging, as showcased on sites like Grain Edit. Maybe Don Draper is to blame? However, in the sea of copycats and drones, the work of Dustin Wallace (aka Wallace Design House) definitely stands out from the bunch — great textures and great type.
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Ideal Sans
It’s always a treat when my favorite foundry releases a new type family. Last week, Hoefler & Frere-Jones introduced Ideal Sans, “a handmade typeface for a machine-made age.”
“Setting aside the easy pursuit of digital perfection, Ideal Sans favors handmade forms that help it achieve different goals: warmth, craftsmanship, and humanity.”
April 2011
9 posts
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Don't Fear the Internet
With a great-looking new site “Don’t Fear the Internet”, Jessica Hische and Russ Maschmeyer will attempt to teach basic HTML and CSS coding skills to non-professional web developers.
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The 50 Things to Know
I would describe this list as the 50 things you already know but likely forget on a day-to-day basis. It all seems like common sense, but I’m the first to admit it’s easy for common sense to elude us (and in some cases, completely disappear.)
Jamie Wieck’s “The 50 Things Every Graphic Design Student Should Know” reminds us how to be professional, how to be...
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Method & Craft
This is a great new design resource and tutorial site: Method & Craft is created by some of the most talented web designers in the business.
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Helvetica, the movie
I have watched the documentary Helvetica by Gary Hustwit a couple times now, mostly because it reminds me that there are others around the world as passionate about these things as I am.
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New Work - kathrynlewek.com
Finally spent a chunk of time this weekend further designing & developing my wife’s website, with more content coming soon: www.kathrynlewek.com
Since the design greatly revolves around such a giant image, I wanted to keep any other images to an absolute minimum… my solution was the utilization of web-safe fonts for all of the typography. At the moment, the site uses no other...
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Movie Title Stills Collection
Amazing collection of Movie Titles by designer Christian Annyas.
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Design Inspiration Sites
Here are four of my favorite design gallery sites this month. I am constantly turning to these for inspiration when I’m in a rut, check them out:
Designspiration
September Industry
Tomorrows Reference
Site Inspire
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The forthcoming FontFont.com
So about that redesign of FontFont.com? Here’s the real-deal, you’ve seen it here first, sneak peak into the homepage layout. Click on the image for a larger view.
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Sneak peek of FontFont.com
You know you’re way too deep into typography when you get excited about the long awaited redesign of FontFont.com, the typeface library by Erik Spiekermann’s FontShop International. Check out the cool little portal tool to “browse” the new design.
March 2011
2 posts
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Concrete Espresso Machine
If you’re like me and you love espresso, check out this solid design concept by Shenkar College of Engineering and Design student Shmuel Linski.
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Endless possibilities with CSS3
An interactive Apple wireless keyboard — it’s amazing what new tricks can be done with CSS3 and some javascript. Also, some people have way too much free time on their hands.
February 2011
5 posts
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Today's Photograph series
Been loving the “Today’s Photograph” series from mashKULTURE.net.
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Work by Jack Crossing
Really amazing photo manipulation / photo illustration or whatever you want to call it, by Jack Crossing.
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What's a typeface?
Great, easy to understand explanation of the difference between a typeface and a font by Jon Tangerine and the evolution of the term font.
“So these days, even people who understand clearly what the word “font” means have been known to use it to just describe a variant like Georgia Italic, or Helvetica Bold Condensed Oblique without reference to a particular size. That seems like a...
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Erik Spiekermann quote
Student work by Nick Coxx.