FPO: Giuseppe Profilio Business Cards.
“Giuseppe Profilio, a film director, came to Joan Massó for a set of new business cards. He did not need a large amount produced, and he was looking for something that spoke clearly and directly about his methodology and approach to his work. Inspired by the slogan Everything fits, Joan provided an in-the-moment experience for his client, who is able to assemble his business card while having a conversation with the receiver. ” Clever.
Jake’s company has a new website up: Usability First.
Very pretty. Great to have all this information in one place. I’ll be using it for a clear reference m’self.
Just Creative Design: Milton Glaser & Chip Kidd In Conversation.
”He mentioned how resistance to his work, for example a marketing department not approving a cover design, has actually served him well. Glaser’s process has been to work through the resistance and design new concepts. He feels that the end result has always been more successful than the original design.” ‘Work through the resistance.’ Sometimes it becomes an all-out war. Nice that he’s had success with it ... the name, no doubt, helps. And this is going to go over like a lead balloon: “Graphic designers shouldn’t use a computer until they’re 40-45.” There’s a distinct difference between an analogue designer and an all-digital one. My fear is, as with low MP3 quality, culture will just accept the change without considering it.
The Single Page Interface Manifesto.
Dude’s thinking too much. The single CMS template is possible.
Gizmodo: How iPad 3G Service Works (Or: Why You Should Buy the 3G iPad).
In opposition to this article, read the comments and save $100.
LastInterceptor.com.
For fellow “Road Warrior” fans. Replica Interceptors. Gotta have the supercharger with a clutch, though ...
ColourLovers: Calculating Color Contrast for Legible Text.
“According to the W3C, when you’re evaluating your web site for accessibility, you should ensure that foreground and background color combinations provide sufficient contrast when viewed by someone having color deficits or when viewed on a black and white screen.” This is one of my favorite bugbears. *Vital* when choosing colors for presentations on rear-projection screens. I used black levels to help separate and render text legibly, versus background colors.
Design You Trust: Buick Streamliner.
Now we’re talkin’. Put this at the top of my automotive ‘want’ list. It’s just stellar. Beautiful curves make my world spin.
Matt Legend Gemmell: iPad Application Design.
“We already have iPhone apps on the iPad (they can run at their native size in the middle of the screen, or be scaled up to fit). That’s useful, but it’s not particularly interesting. Far more relevantly, we can bring desktop-class applications to iPad — but we need to rethink our user interface and design in general.” I wonder how iPad-specific apps scale down to iPhone?
Design You Trust: YURI Sunglasses.
Are these really any better than those ginormous things you see old people wearing? Put a pair of these on, people might think you’re ... a little Gaga.
Creative Overflow: The Philosophy of Typography by Steven Acres.
Queness: Most Effective Method to Reduce and Optimize PNG Images.
Cute little trick.
MIssed this the other week.
A Ducati Chopper concept. I prefer the Monster, but this is still pretty neat.
Measuring Usability: Why you only need to test with five users (explained).
Makes a crystal clear case. Timely, too. Needed to test something.
I need me …
one of these.
COLOURlovers: Wedding Blog/Vintage Romance Lasts Forever.
Vintage wedding color palettes.
Design Inspiration: Vespa Rocking Horse.
The local coffee shop needs a few of these. And yes, I would sit on it.
insic designs: Create Social Media Icons in Pure CSS.
Vimeo: MTV Rocks! - Ident Series.
Wonderfully weird.
Fashion Gone Rogue: Denisa Dvorakova in Marie Claire Italia March 2010.
I really, really want to get a pair of these boots for my wife ...
Jalopnik: Dude, Where’s My Flying Car?
Ah, finally ... someone delivers.
Bike EXIF: Cafe racer Guzzi.
”The overall effect is molto bella; the perfect marriage of classic Italian style and subtle modern updates.” And Moto Guzzis run forever, too. I would’ve given an eye tooth in college to have one of these ...
Panic Blog: The Panic Status Board.
Brilliant. Via Bump’s Twitter.
Cameron Moll, LLC: Colosseo 24"×16” Signed Poster (Pearl).
The Roman Coliseum, in type. Via Splorp’s Twitter.
PHP Zone: Use jQuery With Other Libraries Like Prototype and MooTools.
Timely. I’m running across more and more sites with just about every library under the sun being called on the home page, top of the page, uncompressed, slowing everything to a crawl. A corner-rounder in MooTools, a collapsible box in Spry, navigation in JQuery, Dreamweaver rollovers ...
