August 2008
60 posts
Toko →
Some more greatness from Australia.
The Case for a Pause Button →
Merlin Mann (of You look nice today and lots of other fame) makes a follow-up point on Kottke’s remark concerning fake following.
Chris Clarke Graphic Design →
Chris serves some delicious work. Be sure to check out his work for Gravesend, it’s amazing. His understanding for type and layout blows me away.
Becker Lacour →
Unorthodox, great style.
“When I first started learning how to design, I often compared my work to that of...”
– Daniel Mall, on a similar issue.
“This is a little bit genius. One of the new features of FriendFeed (a...”
– Jason Kottke
morework →
Interesting visual concepts. And a … different website, too.
YouTube Comment Snob →
Firefox plugin that filters youtube comments based on spelling, punctuation and grammar. As somebody on Flickr said: we need this for the whole internet. Via Daring Fireball.
Loveworn →
Mario Hugo has designed lots of great album covers. And I love his about section sentence.
And then our Thoughts became old again →
Posted at electricgecko.
Melanchology →
Hugo Ahlbergs portfolio features some sweet screendesigns and inventive solutions.
Branding the Olympic Games →
Nice overview by ColourLovers.
The Paragraph in Web Typography →
Insightful article by Jon Tan on the role of paragraphs in web design. I enjoyed reading this a lot. Marked for further reference.
Just discovered: PicLens + ffffound! = there goes your afternoon.
My Top 5 Artists →
For the week ending 8/17/2008:
Black Devil Disco Club
MIT
Dean Dirg
These New Puritans
Jens Friebe
GraphicalHouse →
Very cool website concept and loads of rad work.
The Imagist →
Everything Is Image. A collection of great pictures.
KIOSK →
Kiosk sells interesting things from interesting countries. Indeed a great collection.
“Formerly, the task was to supply the things that men wanted. The new necessity...”
– Samuel Strauss, 1924 (via matthewb)
Memoranda, article by Gruber →
I highly enjoyed reading this write-up on the leadership styles of Steve Jobs and Steve Ballmer. This whole Apple-Microsoft thing has become a stereotype a long time ago. But still, Microsoft symbolizes the mainstream trend of maxing out features in all areas, at once.
I always thought that any good idea gets spoiled when it’s stretched to fit everybody and every scenario. To be successful,...
25ah →
Lovely portfolio, I especially dig those typographic posters.
Photoshop photo processing actions →
Those might come in handy when time is short.
My Top 5 Artists →
For the week ending 8/10/2008:
Thunderbirds Are Now!
Death From Above 1979
The Carps
Late of the Pier
Trashmonkeys
Rhythm’n'Punk →
Posted at electricgecko.
Sarah Bernhard Photography →
Another day, another launch. My girl’s new photography portfolio went live today, and you should check it out. I tried to come up with a subtle design that puts all focus to her breathtaking photos. You will love her work, so head over and have a look. If you like what you see – she also sells prints for very moderate prices.
Apartamento →
An everyday life interiors magazine. You all heard about it. I still need to find a place that sells it.
Perfect Order online store →
This has to be the best looking online store I’ve ever seen. Their stock includes some great things, too.
Just a quick info, because we’re still lacking a developer’s blog for twiturl: we’ve added support for bookmarklets! Just head over to b.twiturl.de and grab them. Up next: english version. Promise.
Working Empire →
Lovely portfolio site by Patrick Corrigan. The Super Collider identity is one amazing piece of design work.
Vitra.com →
I just discovered that Vitra have a very well-designed website. Who’d have thought.
synesthesiasounds muxtape →
This is one great mixtape, with a whole bunch of smashing remixes: Cut Copy, Mystery Jets, MGMT, just to name a few. This makes the soundtrack for my start to the day. Via tuneage.