Design Swap
I’m liking the idea of a Design Swap. Design Swap is interested in spreading camaraderie through good design, an interesting concept. Thinking about participating, anyone want to join me?! Read More
Steal Our Ideas
I don’t even know how I came upon this one (more than likely from Quipsologies) and just had to post about it. Steal Our Ideas is exactly as they write above. They post ideas for the advertising industry and put some humor into it, and I won’t forget to mention that each post is illustrated giving the site a completely unique appeal. Read More
Picture of Science
Do you wonder what it would look like if someone mapped the behavior of scientists’ when doing online research? Johan Bollen is attempting to visualize a new “map of science” with a high-resolution visualization of how information is accessed based on scientists’ downloading and browsing behavior, also known as clickstream data. Read the article over on SEED magazine. Read More
Joe’s Thoughts on IE6
Ha! I got a good laugh out of these confrontational pages for Internet Explorer 6 users by Joe Lifrieri. Take a gander and feel free to laugh out loud as I did. Oh, if you don’t like foul language, DO NOT view these because you probably won’t like them strictly for that reason. 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
A Bryan Photo
Celine & Brook 8mm from A Bryan Photo on Vimeo. I can’t even remember how I found the videos on Vimeo from A Bryan Photo, but I just love them and want to share them. Their work for weddings is gorgeous, especially their 8mm films and the Polaroid books. Check them out on Vimeo or on their official website. An Elevator Ride from A Bryan Photo on Vimeo. Read More
10½
Studio Ten and a Half has quite the impressive portfolio with strong graphic designs using type and color. It is a london-based studio started by two designers who met while working at Pentagram London, who further on down the line began this new studio with strong work as the foundation. The studio is run by it’s founders, Jessie Earle and Charlotte Bolton Read More
Tag Browser
I just found the Flickr Related Tag Browser, a project by Airtight Interactive where you can search tags put in by users on Flickr and receive visual results. It’s created in Flash, is interactive and when searching for the tags graphic and design I received 97,364 images. On the sides you have tags that can be added and when you move your mouse off of the browser it zooms out to reveal the tags in a circle formation. Have some fun and go browse... Read More
Hype for Type
hypefortype is an online digital foundry from Thinkdust. Every 3 months, the most sought after designers from around the globe will work together with us to bring you the freshest typefaces on offer. For volume one you an expect limited edition creations from the likes of Si Scott, Alex Trochut, HelloHikimori, Luke Lukas, and Jon Burgerman. I’m excited to see what they can crank out and really like what I see so far! Sign up for their Launch... Read More
Questionable Characters
A new website called Questionable Characters features questions by you and answers from Ben Barry and Frank Chimero. Who you ask? Ben and Frank are both graphic designers and illustrators and after receiving many of the same questions via email from aspiring artists they thought it would be good to share the information with you, the general public. Some address inspiration, some are completely silly. What was my question? Mashed potatoes or stuffing?... Read More