Wow : IdeaPaint
This is one of the most amazing ideas ever : IdeaPaint creates a white, dry erase board anywhere it’s painted. I thought it all stopped with chalkboard paint, but boy was I wrong. IdeaPaint comes in up to 10 different colors and just rolls right now and can be painted over with no hassle. It’s...
To the Cinema! : Brain Candy
So, yesterday, I headed down to my local library to return some stuff and get some new movies. And I just recently rediscovered/discovered my like for the legendary Kids in the Hall, a great Canadian export of the early 90s, so I was stoked when I came across Brain Candy. The movie features the Kids...
The Futura Tenenbaums
Mark Simonson has a great write up about the use of fonts in various movies (search “Son of Typecasting“), including The Royal Tenenbaums. The film uses primarily Futura, which Wes Anderson uses in all of his films, for everything from the titles to the credits. Simonson also points out the use of Helevetica in the...
Know Your Type : idsgn, a design blog
idsgn is an awesome new blog that I found today, linked over at Brand New, and so far, so awesome! They have been running some great articles called “Know Your Type” about the origins and uses of some pretty awesome typefaces. This month, it’s Futura. The article is informative, very thuro and a fun read. ...
(Pizza) The Hut
I’m not really one, at least on a professional or even sort of knowledgeable kind of way, to discuss branding or branding changes. We have great people like Brand New to do that–duh! But I’m just going to have to comment about this: Coke is to Coca-Cola as The Hut is to Pizza Hut. Uhhhhhhh….no. ...
Alexander Girard @ Urban Outfitters
Look what in my mailbox today: Alexander Girard home furnishing can now be found over at Urban Outfitters. How classy!
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There goes your afternoon : Paul-Rand.com
Paul Rand, who is probably my most favorite modern designer (well, apart from the Eames), left a legacy of work, theory, and methology that matches no other. He gracefully and bravely changed the way we think about idenity and design, advertising and convention. Basically, he’s the boss. He’s the Charles in Charge. (what?!) Paul-Rand.com is...
Web Wednesday : The reason I haven’t called…
So when I’m not working, making stuff for Etsy or writing in this here blogorama, I’m doing design work for my lovely church, Dialogue Church, here in town. It was started about a year ago by some good friends of mine while I was still in college, and I started helping out on the design...
Autumn Story, an animation in chalk
This is amazing! A little video done in chalk animation. Fantastic! (Found over at SwissMiss)
Pardon My Hindi : Mumbai Smoke Silkscreen Print
Lovely poster from Pardon My Hindi, which is sort of like a dude and a group-input, and sort of ezine collective (?-I’m making this up) that produces prints, shirts, and buttons and other random stuff for the internets. ANYWAYS, the stuff is super cool. I really like this poster. I don’t know if its the...
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The Beatles : Rock Band
So, like most every other American, European, Canadian, or some one with access to a radio or another human being, I become a fan of the Beatles in middle school. I was 12 and had just watched “A Hard Day’s Night” at my grandparents with an older cousin. And at that point, I knew that...