I’ve only checked out one of these Pleasureable Troublemakers so far but I’m throwing this here as a reminder for me to visit them all. Love the concept of the Keymoment, the keychain rack that subtly encourages you to bike instead of drive. In short, if you grab your car key it spits your bike…
Excerpted from Seth, circa 2006. If you want average (mediocre) work, ask for it. Be really clear up front that you want something beyond reproach, that’s in the middle of the road, that will cause no controversy and will echo your competition. It’ll save everyone a lot of time. On the other hand, if you…
You might remember a year or so ago when I wrote about the fantastic gift I received from a well-known designer named Cameron Moll. At the time, he had created a work of art for his employer and saw the rave reviews it had drawn from the community so he decided to get more printed…
“Case Study” is an oft-used term by many design firms as a part of (or in lieu of) their portfolio of work but I would consider it mostly misused in each situation. A case study, as I understand it, comes from the field of science or research that usually includes experiments, surveys and/or analysis on…
Illustrator Patrick Moberg built a workout plan tailored to his Internet usage. Although I may change one or two of the sites out, I could see this being a benefit. “In Essence: burn some fat, not yo’ brain” The New (Media) Workout Plan
End of week internet goodness for 09/25/09 The web wasn’t particularly funny this week but it did provide some some well-built infographics – which I can never seem to get enough of. Click the images to see the full graphics. First up, ever thought of printing out the Internet? Umm, me either. But if you…
My original intention for AFT this week was to do an all-shoe rundown. That immediately went out the door when possibly the worlds’ best fitting button down shirt came across my desk. I’ll keep an all-shoe post on the to do list for another week. Band of Outsiders : button down – sea island As…
It’s Thursday again. AFTv4 is upon us. As much as I’ve enjoyed it so far, I’ve got to find a better way then waiting until midnight to get them put together. All menswear this week. Ladies, you’ll get your fair share soon enough. Lost? A look back: AFTv1, AFTv2, & AFTv3 The Gray Two-button A…
Back on my game with a condensed version on purpose. Loving the responses I have received so far, from those that have mentioned anything it seems like a portion of you might be digging AFT’s. Feel free to comment, disagree or send me an email if you’ve got something to say. In anticipation of a…
It wasn’t that I planned on dropping the ball this early into the adventure, it was really just the fact that I didn’t know it was Thursday. For this edition of AFT, I am introducing fashion for both women and kids. And there’s more going on behind the scenes that I’m not a liberty to…
Loving this logo by Stephen Layfield of Sydney, Australia based Layfield Design. Not a huge fan of the all-Flash site but there are some other good finds there as well if you take the time to look around. Can any typophiles tell me the font name of the What’s Next project under his Logos section?
Admitting publicly – like I am about to do – that I follow several blogs related to fashion ultimately raises my rating on the gay-ness scale one full notch. One notch doesn’t sound like that much until you realize that the scale only goes to seven. I’m not at seven yet but I might have…
Once or twice in the last year I’ve gone searching for a pair of cufflinks. Unfortunately, these weren’t carried in any of the stores I ventured into. At $50, I’m not inclined to order these right now but I am adding them to my when-I-strike-it-rich list. Or to my buying-something-will-cure-what-ails-you list. Either way, they’re making…
The Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board is here to help: http://www.cheeseandburger.com/ Great design. Tasty photography. One of the few places where an all Flash-based site is workable.
Interesting thoughts from Jason Zimdars over at 37 Signals today. Of course it is totally understandable to take the ideas of those that pay our bills as gospel. But we should also be reminded that those same people hired us for our expertise. If they just wanted someone to follow orders, they‚Äôd probably have hired…
I don’t hide the fact that Adobe Illustrator and I aren’t necessarily friends. I’ve never been one to have the ability to draw much. And for being a related field, I feel like I should be better at logo design, but it just isn’t my forte. Which is probably why videos like the following capture…
If this clock is in production by Christmas, you can add it to my list. Minimal, functional, beautiful. Battery operated, individual pieces, set time by touching each number and auto-adjustment to light to determine white or black numbers. More design like this, please. (via swiss-miss)
I need to find a laser printer somewhere so I can download and print all six parts of this free, open-source toolkit “created to assist those organizations providing services for communities in need.” Created by IDEO and the Gates Foundation among others. At a glance it looks to be a road-map in how to setup…