April 2010
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Qubik Design
I was curious who did the new Grafik site. Pleased to see it in the portfolio of Qubik Design.
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Using cutouts from skate magazines was a great idea.
March 2010
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Eco Coke Bottle
CCS student, Andrew Kim, has an interesting concept for eco friendly bottles. Be sure to check it all out on his blog.
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Embeddable Lookbook for Adidas
Just came across this embeddable lookbook and was impressed. You can view the full sized version here.
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Sometimes, users do read down an entire page.
Jakob Nielsen on Scrolling and Attention
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It seems to me that designers are relatively good at staying out of legal...
– –Matthew Butterick, Typographer at law.
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Lego Boardroom Table
Via Design Milk
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MoMA Acquires @
MoMA has acquired the @ symbol. Full story on MoMA’s blog.
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Aeropress Coffee & Espresso Maker - $25
I really, really, want this. Aeropress Coffee and Espresso Maker.
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Subsist / Michael Kosmicki
Nice design and art direction from Michael Kosmicki of Subsist.
Simplicity in Product Packaging →
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Drawings by Misaki Kawai
Love this piece from Misaki Kawai. See more on Booooooom.
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Photography by Juergen Chill
Interesting photo series from Juergen Chill featuring photos from a top-down perspective.
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Graphic Design: A User's Manual
Just added to my list of books to buy is “Graphic Design: A User’s Manual”. If you own “How to be a graphic designer without losing your soul”, you will likely enjoy this book too. Head over to FormFiftyFive for a quick review or purchase a copy on Amazon.
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Illustrations by Bec Winnel
Stunning works; aren’t they? Visit her site for more.
http://www.tunto.com/design_keinu.php →
In the future, my backyard will have a swing attached to a tree. It might look something like this.
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Skateboarding & Fashion
Andrew Reynolds on Altamont Apparel
Brandon Westgate on Zoo York and CCS
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Opening for MTV Debate
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How Canon Prototypes
Layer by layer, with balsa wood. Learn how here.
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Eames Century Modern
House Industries has just released a new font, Eames Century Modern, and I couldn’t be more excited about it. This typeface is beautifully designed. The letterforms from thin to black are all well considered and with alternate styles, ligatures, and ornaments I can imagine good potential for editorial and type compositions.
Take a closer look on House Industries. The above is but one weight...
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Sketchbot Custom show
If your into character design, be sure to find your way over to the Sketchbot Custom Show starting March 26th at My Plastic Heart NYC.
http://fillinn.com/funny-dear-god-notes/ →
Funny Dear God Notes
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Mysterious Double Axis Tourbillon Watch
Thomas Prescher designed this watch, and it scares me.
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See what goes into making a pair of Grenson shoes. Very inspiring craft.
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Artwork by Valentin Fischer
Take a minute and click through this portfolio. Nice work.
A euphemism originating from Newcastle, UK, Walking the Dog means going down to...
– –http://newcastlebrown.com
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Recipes from an Italian Summer
Recipes from an Italian Summer from Phaidon is beautiful. Stunning photography and well considered page layout design. I would gladly add this to my bookshelf; hell, maybe I will even be compelled to cook a thing or two.
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Luke Bott
Seriously amazing logo work from Luke Bott. View his portfolio.
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Les Aventuriers by Shun Hirayama Architecture
This home by Shun Hirayama Architecture has 10 different levels and quite the view. More information and pictures on Totonko.
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Ferm Living
Spring is here. Ferm has some new graphic wallpaper.
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Bradford Gregory Photography
Bradford Gregory has a very nice fashion photography portfolio. Visit his site or his blog.
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iA's Facebook Redesign
Fine, I admit there are a few things Facebook can do to improve their site design as far as usability and aesthetics goes, but when I see design concepts like the one above, I can’t help but wonder if the designers getting these RFP’s were designing for themselves or the people that will be using the beast of a site.
The biggest complaint I hear when Facebook users run into a new...
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3D Characters by Jeff Miller
Take a look at his portfolio.
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Polygoon
By the very talented photographer, Cody Cobb. Check out his flickr.
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Photography Roundup 3 on Unstage
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Fashionary
Fashionary is a sketchbook for fashion designers.
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Villa BH by architect Ramon Knoester
Ramon Knoester and his still young architecture firm, WHIM, has created this very nicely done and airy home. The villa was designed to be as accessible as possible for the client, an older couple. Excited to see what’s next from this architect. Read more about it on Me Design Mag.
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This is an awesome music video recreating famous paintings. The music isn’t bad either!
http://bigassmessage.com/ →
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