Smashing Mag has a great round-up of blogs to inspire your inner typographer. Everything from type blogs, to digital foundries.
There’s even a Microsoft site dedicated typography. Not going to help them come back from this shame bath though. Also, why on earth does YouTube ask me to log in so I can watch the official version of that? Ugh.
As part of a generation that more or less witnessed the birth of portable music devices, this story is both hilarious and a little frightening. A 13 yr. old was given a classic Sony Walkman and asked to report on his experience with it.
My favorite bit from the article:
It took me three days to figure out that there was another side to the tape. That was not the only naive mistake that I made; I mistook the metal/normal switch on the Walkman for a genre-specific equaliser, but later I discovered that it was in fact used to switch between two different types of cassette.
Although, seriously, what type of 13 yr. old uses the word “aesthetically?”
And to finish out the week…some good tips to help you waste time on Monday by teaching you how to better sort your design files. You know you want to be organized, let the Outlaw Design Blog show you how.
As much as I liked Wall-E, my favorite part of the movie was actually the ending credit sequence. Art of the Title has an interview up with the Pixar people behind the awesome sequence. Hit the link for the interview, or hit the jump to watch a video of the end titles. Read the rest of this entry »
Pretty neat. Seems to have some great potential. I could see this working well in places like convention centers or even resorts and theme parks. Although, it seems like Schematic forgot that their audience wasn’t comprised of 10 ft.-tall giants. :)
With the small explosion a couple years back of light painting on the internet (and then subsequently via Sprint advertising) it’s neat to see another example of the same idea from a much older source. Check out the link for more images.
Great roundup of web design examples that (for the most part) incorporate nothing more than some type, slight graphical elements, and a slight image. A good visual argument for the case that your page doesn’t need to be an explosion of color and huge interactive flash pieces.
Beginning in 2002, the Department of Special Collections at University of California, Santa Barbara, began digitizing their collection of old cylinder recordings. Since then, they have created over 36,000 digital files. Pop over to the site and check out the project. You can listen to everything from hymns, to Hawaiian music, to Vaudeville performances, all from the early 1900s.
While the pictures over at Sugar Stacks weren’t necessarily purposed to be well-designed infographics, I believe they do a great job nonetheless. While the pictures could benefit from some improved composition, they communicate the idea quite clearly. I find designers often try to over-complicate things when sometimes a simple solution will communicate ideas just fine.
Brand New wants to know why you sketch logos. Your reasoning has the chance to be included in a Brand New mystery product.
Why do I sketch logos? It separates me from the hacks who purchase the cornerstone of their logo development from a stock art website. Clients pay for originality, might as well give it to them. Sketching helps purge ideas I’ve subconsciously seen somewhere else. It also allows me to happen across happy accidents after trying various small changes to other designs I’ve come up with.
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