April 13, 2011, 10:00 AM
The AIGA is sponsoring a 24-hour online conversation about Design (with an uppercase D). This is all happening on Twitter, moderated by some pretty big names like Alex Bogusky, Erik Spiekermann, Armin Vit and others.
I’m happy to see the AIGA doing this online and using social media. And I’m happy there are moderators that represent a couple of generations of designers.
Link: onedayfordesign.org
February 02, 2011, 12:34 PM
I discovered this project on Flickr via DesignScene. The artists in this collection were given a single dot as a template for their image. There will eventually be 100 in total.
Link: Dot Collaboration
January 21, 2010, 12:14 PM
My Beatles fanaticism has been re-ignited recently with the remastered box set. I’ve been going through the albums in the order of their release and am just floored by the clarity of the sound. It’s definitely like hearing all these songs for the first time again.
Because of the remasters, I’m sure the Beatles have enjoyed a renewed interest from audiences old and new. Which brings me to the “Hey Jude” flowchart and this infographic gem: Charting the Beatles. There are four great charts at that link. Apparently it is the start of an open collaboration project and includes a Flickr pool.
Link: Charting the Beatles
October 29, 2009, 11:58 PM
Being a Beatles fanatic, I cannot tell you how much I love this.
Link: Love All This: Inspired by jeannr, I flowcharted the Beatles classic, ‘Hey Jude.’ (via Kate McCagg)
June 18, 2009, 11:59 AM
eMarketer writes that Twitter’s recent meteoritic rise in the media, especially with recent Time magazine cover, will soon spell doom for everyone’s darling 140-character social media service.
I don’t think so. Because of Twitter’s API and how it’s been drilled into the consciousness of anyone who’s online, I don’t think Twitter will die easily. Nor will Facebook for that matter. The use of Twitter, Facebook and other social media to coordinate protests in Iran proves my point. There’s no putting the genie back in the bottle.
Link: Time to Write Twitter’s Tombstone?
June 18, 2009, 03:25 AM
Now this is pretty sweet for those of us who like to sketch things out on paper first. Mmm. I still remember my green plastic template of zoo animals when I was a kid.
Link: iPhone Stencil Kit from Design Commission
(via Shaun Inman)
April 20, 2009, 12:14 PM
Fascinating story of PepsiCo America’s CEO Massimo d’Amore, who spearheaded the rebranding by Arnell, and what he’s done to revive the brand.
One of d’Amore’s projects was to rebrand Tropicana, also done by the Arnell Group, which failed miserably.
One of my favorite design blogs is shutting down.
Conceptually it’s pretty literal. Still beautifully done though.
This is my current favorite commercial. Turns out that my former boss was the CD/AD on it. Great work, Christian! [Direct link to QuickTime movie]
April 03, 2009, 12:54 AM
If this actually happens, I bet Doug Bowman would be really pissed since he just left Google for Twitter.
Didn’t we all predict that this was going to happen?
Fascinating photo essay looking inside a Netflix warehouse.
Now you too can have your own Web 2.0 lookalike site! Most of the cliches originated from Apple of course, but there are a couple of good tidbits in there.
February 24, 2009, 03:51 AM
When us designers start off designing a home page, we invariably create at least one variation that’s based on the Apple.com home page: a large hero graphic and three or four smaller promo tiles below that. That basic framework that Apple perfected is essentially a reference design.
However, their pioneering is more than just skin deep. Spoonfed Design has a pretty good analysis on why Apple.com is so great.
I think it’s a testament to the quality of work that comes out of Cupertino that most of their designs, whether it’s product, OS UI, advertising, print or online is held as the reference standard. Having worked at Apple, I can assure you that seemingly simple and elegant design (product shot with a headline set in Apple Myriad on a white background) is not as easy as it seems. Besides, what other company can you name that has sparked such design trends such as colored plastic, gel-like buttons, and glassy navigation tabs?
Usability Analysis of Apple.com: Why is it so Good?
February 18, 2009, 05:47 PM
I have a lot of respect for great logo design. Some of the best ones are when the designer combines two pictorial representations to create something clever and memorable. Wes Wilson at Fuel Your Creativity showcases 30 of them.
(via @hellolawrence)
Although he has been designing since the seventh grade, Roger Wong officially began his design career in 1995. He is currently group creative director at LEVEL Studios in San Jose.
This site is an outlet for his musings on design, advertising and culture.
