June 2008
69 posts
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-6-29) →
The Presets
The Offspring
The Good, The Bad & The Queen
Pendulum
Queens of the Stone Age
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr
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80/20 Studio →
I still reaaaally wanna see the ui for illy CS4
matthewb:
Ex-Apple and Adobe designers with a new studio and an impressive portfolio of UI design work. Is that a tiny thumbnail of Flash CS4? (via Naz Hamid)
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I totally rediscovered this song tonight, a great...
MAY 1ST REBOOT Winners →
It’s interesting flicking through the winners of this year’s round of the may1reboot. It appears that the calibre was somewhat lacking, in what was probably one of the bigger design comps back in the early 2000’s. I’ve watched the reboot come under fire a number of times for its heavy emphasis on the use of flash and the apparent usability nightmare that flash is…
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Thinking for a Living™ →
electricgecko:
Wonderful collection of design inspiration, both print and online. I love their feed for new books on typography and design.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-6-22) →
Pendulum
Coldplay
Crystal Castles
DJ Shadow
The Good, The Bad & The Queen
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr
Webbys_DC →
nice mix of infographics and motiongraphics
via theronin
chris benz →
stylist / designer, chris has a lovely site that showcases the unique materials he has in his work.
dare I say it
the moment you start selling your work, is when it drops the most in value.
The Man From UNKLE - A documentary on James... →
glossy reflection. I’m excited
I dont see this hitting nz cinemas anytime soon tho…
Spore "Creature Creator" trial →
jstn:
The game won’t be out for a while, but this is fun in the meantime.
HardRock Memorabilia →
filed under silverlight failures.
dont zoom out too far…
“Photoshop is “the professional image-editing standard”—or, if...”
– John Nack on Adobe: Photoshop + Fireworks: Where to from here?
or as i prefer to say -
Photoshop: like trying to hammer in a nail by driving a truck into a wall.
Welcome to cloud - The online portfolio of Pierre... →
The graphic design coming out of france at the moment is incredible, and this is no exception. Pierre uses some great custom typography combined with some interesting shapes and colors to make some tight graphic projects. Clean simple and with elegant use of space.
“To foster innovation and creativity, design sometimes needs to be divorced from...”
– Stopdesign | Choosing the right tool
Big words from Doug Bowman, over the ps vs css debate.
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WatchFeel Good Anyway » Work » FGA Reel
A real nice fusion of superb illustration with a cracked out motion style. I do enjoy studios with the “you know what would be really crazy/stupid/cool …” attitude.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-6-15) →
DJ Shadow
Pendulum
DJ Shadow& Cut Chemist
Modwheelmood
Marilyn Manson
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr
T Y P E F L A S H →
fun little animated and custom font generator in flash.
Google/Yahoo Search Partnership Announcement At... →
yahoogle?
seriously, what is it with search engines and bad names?
“iPhone 3G will be available via Vodafone on both prepay and contract price plans...”
– Apple iPhone 3G - Launching in NZ July 11 - Vodafone NZ
Prepay plans available. Sounds excellent, as long as data usage isnt billed at the usual pocket raping rate.
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IEBlog : IE8 Beta 2 Coming in August →
yay I guess.
so far beta 1 has broken every single website I have created by incorrectly rendering elements that use the fahner image replacement technique. Lets hope this is resolved…
Soundamus →
matthewb:
Provides an RSS feed of new and upcoming music releases from the artists in your Last.fm profile. (via Darren Wood)
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FL2 →
beautifully css styled design site, with an alternative layout twist. Site design based on some gorgeous large typography.
45 degree lines are back in yo.
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ROXIK's 3D engine, used to make Ecodazoo. Totally... →
(via nickfracture)
ok, this is pure nuts, and with no visible lack of systemwide performance or jerky frames. imagine that proce55ing
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WatchAwesome reconstruction of Radiohead’s ‘nude’ using various computer bits.
Big Ideas (don’t get any) on Vimeo (via Bad Assembly)
omg so rad!
