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Web Design Wednesday:
Indianapolis Museum of Art
The Indianapolis Museum of Art, which has had the pleasure of being awesome for over 125 years, has always been one of my favorite places to visit in the grand ole city of Indy. And after thier massive renovations in 2004-2006, the museum not only holds a great collection of art but also looks just...
Sweet Gifs
Ok, so I stumbled upon something awesome today while searching for illustration that stirred the tiny 12 year old from 1997 inside of my heart. Sweet GIFs is a magical place where the spirit of the Hamster Dance lives on. Created by the guys behind Rainbow Dropshadow, these hypnotic gifs, titled like its ’99, are...
Olly Moss: Film Poster Remakes
Utilizing the strong themese already present, Olly Moss recreates the posters of some classic films, and the result is very stunning. Very simple and classic design, the posters are much like the mid-century posters of movies or book covers. You can see more of his work over at /Films or at his website, which has...
Web Design Trends for 2009
What’s up, 2009? Smashing Magazine has started the year with a great post of the upcoming trends for 2009 in web design, and it’s a great list. Includes letterpress style, huge type, magazine formatting, and many more. They will also be putting out 15 more next week, so stay tuned.
Web Design Wednesday: Our Type & group94
Too often anymore, Flash is (dare I say it?) over-freakin’-done. Yeah, I want to be able to be interactive with this website, but I don’t want to have to do a bunch of other Flashy crap to make it happen. Come on, they’re not animated .gifs, for crying out loud! Anyway, this week I wanted...
Web Design Wednesday: Poolga
Ok, I can’t go so far to say that I’m one of those snobby iPhone users, whom I love, but I can say that I could be apart of an even more exculsive group of people-snobby iPod Touch users. And in honor of that, the post this week is a great site called Poolga, which...
24 Ways: the advent calendar for web geeks
Ok, this isn’t wednesday, but this site/site design is too good to pass up. 24 Ways.org is the self-proclaimed “advent calendar for web geeks”, bringing an interesting or helpful web tip or process throughout the Christmas season. Great information and layout; super site. Cheers!
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Illustration Thursday: Great Gifts to Give
For this week, here’s a list of not only cool illustration, but stuff you can make your own-or give to a friend! 1. Totally typographical, totally cool. Check out Ork Posters. They take the geographical locations of neighbohoods of some of America’s coolest cities, and put them together in a great piece of art. Lots...
Web Design Wednesday: Error! 404 Pages
As the painters who have been in our office for the last week or so sand deadly paint dust into my office right outside my door-and ps: why does the painter have a mask and I do not?-here’s the nerdest post I’ve ever posted: Pattern Tap over on their website has a collection of 404...
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.
Web Design Wednesday: Design Trends
As someone in (sort of) the field of media and design, I have always been keen to observing everything in my environment and noticing change and trend in design. This was even true when I was a kid (I always noticed with the Indy Star change their font). And I love reading and trying to...