the Art of Catalin Bridinel
I just stumbled upon the customized WP site of Catalin Bridinel featuring his wonderful pieces of art. So many cute ones that I would want to hang on my wall, what about you? I love the header on the site, it suggests the work he does immediately. Technorati Profile Read More
Multicolr Search
I’m having way too much fun with the Multicolr Search Lab by Idée that allows a user to select up to ten colors and it will search all of Flickr for those colors. Above is a screen shot of the results using the colors from this site! Again, it’s too much fun and if you have a moment, give it a try. Read More
DIN Website
Font Font has dedicated a complete site to FF DIN, an industrial looking sans-serif developed by Albert-Jan Pool exclusively for Font Font. The site contains the story of how FF DIN came to be, technical specs, a gallery of the lovely typeface in use and much more. Oh, and don’t forget to purchase it while your visiting the site if you don’t already have it. Read More
Paul Rand
A new site has surfaced dedicated the life and career of Paul Rand. Who is Paul Rand? Shame on you if you’re a designer, but if you’re not a designer he is one of the most well known American graphic designers. He is most known for his corporate logo designs for IBM, ABC, UPS, and many more. Under the link Thoughts on Design you can read articles, view videos, and find information on events and exhibitions having to do with Mr. Rand. A... Read More
Fountain
Fountain is ending the year with a new website and four fresh typefaces! In an email I received this news and immediately clicked-through to view the new online presence of Fountain type foundry. Take a look at their new Type Catalogue shown above, very nice! The new typefaces include Atlantik, Dessau, Flieger and Tycho. My favorite has to be Tycho. Read More
Spool
Are you crafty, can you sew? I for one probably could but just choose not to. My mom on the other hand is amazing at sewing anything you can throw at her. That’s probably why I like Spool, a Philadelphia-based place for sewing enthusiasts or the newbie. They offer classes, a store to buy your fabrics and more. Located at 1912 South Street in Philadelphia, learn more by visiting the website. Read More
Design Work Life
DesignWorkLife There are some great gift guides over on the blog designworklife.com. The blog was created by Seamless Creative, a NYC-based design studio to catalog and share design-centric inspiration. A nicely designed site and good content.Who could ask for more? Read More
Typography for Lawyers
A site with a self explanatory title. See for yourself, Typography for Lawyers. Read More
The Designers Review of Books
A new blog-style site has entered the web world and it’s The Designer Review of Books. Their most recent post is about the argument of whether they should have or have not, an apostrophe in the site title for the word Designers, evidence that this is a site for designer’s. The site is pretty self-explanatory, they review books on design. My only question is if it is indeed for designers, what’s up with the ad hanging off of the... Read More
Web Type
Seed Conference site The practice of good typography on the web is growing and there are some interesting examples out there. For one, the Seed Conference web page is very nicely done with the use of hierarchy, color and styles. They know what they’re doing there. Read More
