April 2010
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WatchNissan by Universal Everything
International design collective Universal Everything produced this piece for Nissan commissioned by TBWA digital arts.
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“There is no way to think up an original and extraordinary design—it can only...”
– Artemy Lebedev, Designer’s block, February 16, 2010
Via Flowing Data
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jQuery Masonry →
Masonry is a powerful new layout plugin for jQuery that arranges elements vertically and then horizontally according to the grid. This flowing layout tool is what powers Tumblr themes Scaffold and Astronaut.
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“In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like...”
– Thomas Jefferson
3rd president of US (1743 - 1826)
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Install Backburner Premium Theme →
It’s Finally Live!
My first premium Tumblr theme Backburner is now out in the wild. The theme is based on the design and structure of my current site, but it includes tons of new features that make it easy for anyone to customize and tweak the theme. By default it comes in three styles - ash (light color scheme), charcoal (dark color scheme), and royal (dark purple color scheme), plus it...
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The Win Without Pitching Manifesto →
A Call to Arms for Creative Firms
“The forces of the creative industry are aligned against the artist. These forces pressure him to give his work away for free as a means of proving his worthiness of the assignment. Clients demand it. Industry associations deride it but offer alternatives that are just as costly and commoditizing. Agencies resign themselves to it.”
As I’m refining the...
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0to255 →
A great tool for online designers to pick variations of any color. Although it’s a fairly simple tool, there are a lot of great UI details that are designed into the tool.
Via mikearauz
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WatchQuiksilver Cyber Board Shorts
San Diego based cinematographer and creative Garret Marks edited this piece for Quiksilver’s new board shorts line. To capture the amazing slow motion surf footage at 1,000 fps they used a Phantom camera (also see Pedigree: Catch) in an underwater case.
Via pete01010
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WatchHow to Buy a TV Ad at 3am on Fox News
Slate tested out Google TV Ads new service that lets you upload your 30 second spot, select which networks you want it to air on, pick the time slot, and determine your budget. In their test they submitted a spoof ad to play during a Glenn Beck rerun at 3am on Fox News for $100.
Google certainly has lowered the barrier of entry allowing virtually anyone to...
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Five rational arguments against Apple's 3.3.1... →
3.3.1 Policy a.k.a. Keep Adobe off the iPhone
Last week Apple updated their iOS application policy requiring all apps to be written with their version of C or JavaScript essentially baring all of the 3rd party cross-compilers like Flash CS5 Titanium, Gambit Scheme, MonoTouch, and Unity3D. In the middle of the heated debate surrounding the future of the platform, Flash, and developers, co-founder...
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Letterheady →
Great and interesting letterhead design from decades ago. Their collection includes Nikola Tesla (c. 1900), Star Wars (c. 1974), Albert Einstein (c. 1932), Adolf Hitler (c. 1934), and Robot Sales Men (c. 1930s).
via Cameron Moll
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gMap →
Small jQuery plugin by Cedric Kastner for taking the (admittedly minimal) pain out of Google Maps embedding. Supports multiple locations, each with its own custom image marker, in a single function call. (via Tim Dawson & Matthew Buchanan)
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“From 30,000 feet, creating looks like art. From ground level, it’s a to-do list.”
– Ben Arment
Via David Kaneda
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