Flash Photo Viewers from AIRTIGHT INTERACTIVE
One of my most favorite things in the world are Flash elements that just simply do their job. Elements that can wow you with just the ultility of their design, the ease of use, the power of the simple functions. And most of all, I love when these things are free, downloadable, easy to maintain,...
To the Cinema! What Dreams are Made of Edition : Fantastic Mr. Fox
We all knew that one day, two of the greatest things in film making–stop motion animation and Wes Anderson–would come together, and the result would be so awesome that the universe of awesome would explode into a million awesome pieces, like stars of greatness, like that scene in The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy when...
Pretty Blog Design : Smashing Magazine
For your design enjoyment and inspiration, Smashing Magazine has 50 New Beautiful Blog Designs that really are, beautiful. Some are simple, some full of rich textures and collage elements, and some that gracefully achieve a pretty design. Check them out for sure! PS: Additionally, most of these blogs serve to inspire or share on their...
Illustration Thursday : ShareSomeCandy
(marc johns) Share Some Candy is a little online space for artists and illustrators; its “a curated collective of inspiring design finds and art. the content is appropriate for all audiences – 9-99. criteria for inclusion are finds that are universally inspiring, beautiful and thought provoking.” They have all types of gooey art goodness, all...
WOW : Typographic Paris Linocut
This is one of the most amazing things I’ve ever seen. Over at Design You Trust, Mark Webber has spent 6 months planning and creating this linocut of the city of Paris. AMAZING: Look how humongous this thing is! My sort of emphasis in college was printing making, and I’m just saying, this is some...
Etsy Tuesday : the blimp by brokesy
This laptop case is the tops! Found over at Brokesy’s shop on Etsy, this case features just enought room for your Macbook, a super felted blimp on the cover and even little elastics inside that hold your case to your computer. Awesome! She also has a bunch of other super cute electonic-case related items in...
The Whimsical Works of David Weidman
My dearest blog readers, Remember that time when I didn’t write for a really long time and then I came back and started writing things again and everyone stopped being sad and we because besties once again like the olden days of this blogtown? Remember that? Me too, but you know what I don’t remember? ...
Awesome Posters : Dirk Fowler
Dirk Fowler of F2-Design has a great collection of show posters he’s created, most with sly visual puns and super style. I found these over at GrainEdit, who pointed out that they, like many people, start into graphic design creating things like band posters, and I have to totally agree! That’s how I started in...
Illustration Thursday : Terrible Yellow Eyes
(Ana Galvañ) So a few years ago, my roommate in college dressed up like Max from “Where the Wild Things Are” for a school function about childhood, and ever since, I’ve had a renewed sort of fondness for this book I read when I was a kid. And as everyone knows, they are making a...
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Threadcakes
This is such a fun idea : Threadcakes is an online contest for bakers and decorators challenged to recreate a Threadless tee in the medium of cake. Some are awesome and some could use some work, but overall, the gallery of cake submissions features just a ton of great work. Sweet!
Illustration Thursday : Abner Graboff
Abner Graboff was an illustrater and designer in the 50s-60s with just an amazing style. He did everything from children’s books to book jackets to possibily the CBS ‘eye’ logo. Ward-o-Matic has a great interview with Jon Graboff, Abner’s son, about his father’s influences, history and work. Great read! Cheers! (‘Where are all the illustration...