Web Design Wednesday: No Days Off
No Days Off is a studio in London that churned out a pretty classy site. Very minimal, very straight forward. What really got me was the navigation tool used to scroll through their work. Check it out: you won’t be dissappointed.
History of Helvetica & NYC Subway
AIGA has a great (lengthy) article about the type used throughout the history of the rail system in NYC. Today, Helvetica is the standard used throughout the system, but it wasn’t until almost the 90s that this was so. Great read if you have some time. [the link above is for the "print" verison of...
More Super Sweet Illustration
1. A little vintage, a lot of awesome: Damien Correll rocks my face. I discovered his portfolio a long time ago by checking out the artistic behind a certain Threadless shirt that I still to this day don’t own. He has a great typographical style and the illustration is just great. It’s awesome what one...
At the Corner of Lime and…
Great advertising pieces by Dan Tobin Smith. I love the above, with everything neatly arranged in rows and arches. Everything in it’s proper place. Great stuff.
Keep Calm & Carry On
I’ve been trying to hack into one of our department’s computers today that someone locked up, so after doing that with now avail for about an hour, I thought I’d share a little something that makes me happy : the Keep Calm Gallery. Based out of London (a place I’ve never visited, but flew over,...
New Layout
Astridandinez.com, the site where my portfolio and such lives, now has a new layout. Right now, there’s not a lot of info listed; that will be happening soon. But, you can check out my Flash portfolio (with some wait time…but it’s worth it!) and the Astrid&Inez store on etsy.com.