April 2010
2 posts
“The truth about logos is that they are not that hard to do.”
– Michael Bierut being interviewed at Facing Sideways. Lots of great advice therein.
March 2010
1 post
Design Metaphor Cheat Sheet
It’s so easy! Now you can do it too! When in doubt:
Make something that isn’t a map look like a map (e.g.: “Look, it’s the human body as the London Tube map!”).
Make something that isn’t a Penguin book cover look like a Penguin book cover.
Make a movie poster for something that isn’t a movie.
More to come.
February 2010
6 posts
“I’m always ready to take on anything and everything, if the client has an open...”
– Paula Scher being interviewed at Pr*tty Sh*tty on design, community, and practices.
“The iPad allows periodicals for the first time to do digital content with all of...”
– Chris Anderson, Wired Magazine Editor-in-Chief on how bringing print design to a screen will solve all their problems.
Listen, the web has been able to do what you’re talking about for at least a decade, but you’ve had your head in the sand. Now you think that the iPad will be your...
“Can you blame us? Have you seen how many things there to be disappointed about...”
– Mark Morford, Why are you so terribly disappointing? I love every word of this rant on American disappointment.
“I think some of the reason “Calvin and Hobbes” still finds an...”
– Bill Watterson, creator/illustrator Calvin and Hobbes in his first interview in 20 years. Sometimes even when something is so mind-bogglingly good, it needs to end in order to preserve that goodness.
January 2010
3 posts
A Faster Horse
Here we are, just hours before Apple’s event where they are all but confirmed to announce a new/revolutionary/breakthrough tablet device. With each year and each new release, the amount of punditry grows. Reporters and bloggers everywhere weigh in on what Apple’s unannounced product will or won’t do. Consumer’s won’t buy it. It won’t save old media. It...
The Feltron 2009 Annual Report
Nicholas Felton has done it again:
Each day in 2009, I asked every person with whom I had a meaningful encounter to submit a record of this meeting through an online survey. These reports form the heart of the 2009 Annual Report. From parents to old friends, to people I met for the first time, to my dentist… any time I felt that someone had discerned enough of my personality and activities, they...
Mr. Simon Collison's Redesign
Great attention to detail, charming illustrations inspired by the etchings from Scott’s Original Miscellany, and beautiful typography make Colly’s redesign an instant classic.