Dope.

I recently stumbled upon On the Grid, a podcast hosted by these...

Sun, 21 Apr 2013 21:01:00 -0400

I recently stumbled upon On the Grid, a podcast hosted by these three really great designers. One of the topics in this episode is how Penguin books purposefully “uglified” the covers of a lesser sub-series to prevent them from overshadowing the higher quality originals. You can read the article here, but essentially, the company printed the covers with a stale, lime green color in order to de-value the cover design, which was previously acclaimed and lauded.

With design standards being pushed higher and higher, it seems that any attempt, let alone intentional, to debase a good design would be completely absurd. But if we look at the bigger picture, the decision was absolutely warranted. Why? Well, because design should be honest, and in order to be honest to the customers, Penguin had to reflect that in the quality of the book covers .

The message is a good reminder of how to approach design - form must meet function of not just the product but of the whole system.

Can Bud’s New Beer Can Become An Icon Like The Coke Bottle?

Sat, 20 Apr 2013 23:15:00 -0400

Can Bud’s New Beer Can Become An Icon Like The Coke Bottle? :

My verdict is….no. Cans are never laid on the side, so why design the shape for this orientation?

repost

Cans are *usually* not laid on the side

Pixate - styling iOS apps with CSS

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 02:31:00 -0400

Pixate - styling iOS apps with CSS:

goodbye cumbersome objective-c

No to NoUI

Tue, 19 Mar 2013 13:44:50 -0400

No to NoUI:

“Invisible design propogates the myth that technology will ‘disappear’ or ‘just get out of the way’ rather than addressing the qualities of interface technologies that can make them difficult or delightful.”

The Value of Staying Power

Tue, 17 Jul 2012 15:16:00 -0400

“We all have our distractions. Don’t let those distractions side-track you from what you do best and what really gives you a lot of pleasure and self-esteem: your career. Stay focused and let that talent keep shining through.”

The Most Under-rated Key to Long-Term Career Success: Staying Power

supersonicelectronic: Tran Nguyen.

Tue, 19 Jun 2012 12:17:37 -0400

supersonicelectronic:

Tran Nguyen.

Surface by Microsoft (by surface) Not going to lie, this is a...

Tue, 19 Jun 2012 12:12:28 -0400

Surface by Microsoft (by surface)

Not going to lie, this is a pretty sick ad

2009 Black Slate Garnacha/Cabernet Sauvignon ~ 2009 Calder...

Wed, 06 Jun 2012 01:24:37 -0400

2009 Black Slate Garnacha/Cabernet Sauvignon ~ 2009 Calder Charbono ~ 2009 Steele Zinfandel ~ 2000 Highway 12 Meritage #winejournal (Taken with Instagram at San Francisco, CA)

teaim: The Censorship Towel, concept by Carmichael...

Tue, 29 May 2012 14:23:17 -0400

teaim:

The Censorship Towel, concept by Carmichael Collective.

cute

springwise: Plastic surgeon partners with luxury hotel for a...

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 12:06:13 -0400

springwise:

Plastic surgeon partners with luxury hotel for a bespoke post-op recovery package

We’ve already seen New York City’s Marmara Manhattan hotel target expectant mothers from abroad with “birth tourism” packages, and recently we came across another hotel with a medically inspired offering. The spotting this time is the result of a partnership between New York’s The Pierre hotel and a local plastic surgeon to create a luxury post-operative recovery package. READ MORE…

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Tue, 24 Apr 2012 12:05:08 -0400

wetheurban: THE GLASS SMARTPHONE/TABLET (CONCEPT) Designer:...

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 16:47:40 -0400

wetheurban:

THE GLASS SMARTPHONE/TABLET (CONCEPT)

Designer: Andrew Solesbury

Some of these design concepts we’ve been seeing lately are seriously mind blowing. Today we bring you “The Glass Smart Phone/Tablet” by UK designer Andrew Solesbury:

The Glass Smart Phone/Tablet is a concept for the future smart phone; edge to edge, and totally transparent.

It has front and rear facing 3D cameras for tracking motion of both the scenery and the user. Together they can create fully tracked augmented reality, and couple with a 3D screen that needs no glasses, everything will look as if it is actually there.

The screen is also totally transparent. All the electronics are held in the tiny multifunctional on/off button, thanks to advances in microscopic electronic components.

Future of touchscreen technology? Illusional brilliance.

Sun, 15 Apr 2012 17:56:00 -0400

Future of touchscreen technology? Illusional brilliance.

"Work with the smartest people you can find, do something you’re not ready to do, find an..."

Thu, 12 Apr 2012 19:08:00 -0400

““Work with the smartest people you can find, do something you’re not ready to do, find an environment in which you’re very comfortable so you can find your voice, and work for someone who believes in you — because when they believe in you, they’ll invest in you.””

- Marissa Mayer #mce_temp_url#

staceythinx: Helen Pynor has a way of making unpleasant...

Mon, 12 Mar 2012 18:55:16 -0400

staceythinx:

Helen Pynor has a way of making unpleasant afflictions look sublime in her red sea blue water series. The photographs above represent headache, constipation, head cold and ear ache.

About the project:

In the ‘red sea blue water’ series, threads from embroidered home remedies drift downwards and tangle with bodily organs that float in apparent suspension. The mysterious potency of these images emerges partly from our strange identification with them: as we gaze at the images, our own interior is silently reflected back. The works enact tensions between their potential perversity, their suggestion of the healing gesture, and their calming beauty.

You can see more of her maladies on her site or you can see several of them on display through April 14 at the GV Art group exhibit Polymath.

photojojo: Alejandro Cartagena cleverly snapped these photos of...

Mon, 12 Mar 2012 18:52:45 -0400

photojojo:

Alejandro Cartagena cleverly snapped these photos of men in Monterrey, Mexico traveling to work in the beds of trucks.

Carpoolers - Trucks Photographed from Above

via Gizmodo

catscientists: In order to use the litterbox, you must first...

Mon, 12 Mar 2012 18:47:26 -0400

catscientists:

In order to use the litterbox, you must first create the universe.

kashmoney: i would love to have this i definitely envisioned...

Thu, 08 Mar 2012 00:53:55 -0500

kashmoney:

i would love to have this

i definitely envisioned this in my dream home for architecture class senior year.

This Instagram-Printing Party Box Could Soon Be Yours

Tue, 06 Mar 2012 13:55:59 -0500

This Instagram-Printing Party Box Could Soon Be Yours:

A peculiar lunch-box sized device called Instaprint popped up at insider events from the Grammy Awards to South by Southwest last year — spitting out Instagram photos into the physical world. Now its creators are working on bringing the box to the masses. “Holding a physical photo in your han…

Not much of a lite traveler

Fri, 24 Feb 2012 16:39:26 -0500

Not much of a lite traveler