Archive for May, 2008

Is beautiful design always good?

Wednesday, May 14th, 2008

When I first saw the above piece of furniture by Takeshi Miyakawa, my first thoughts were: wow, what a brilliant design! Then I did some more practical thinking and realized that it wouldn’t fit in most standard appartments, as well as I wouldn’t know what to put in it.
A question that I never could answer [...]

When infographics get funny

Monday, May 12th, 2008

Infographics are surely a great topic for a thesis, but they get even better when they are funny, like on the above picture comparing the effect of LSD and alcohol. This one is part of an amazing serie of graphics showing different substances and how we behave towards trees after using them (not sure if [...]

Design links for the week

Sunday, May 11th, 2008

The baby giraffe is here
CSS shorthand guide
Daily drawings from the New York Times crosswords
SEO guide for designers
Zebra striping, does it really help?
Brilliant ad for knives
The most dangerous species in the mediterranean

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Information design patterns

Saturday, May 10th, 2008

The information design patterns application is a collection of 55 design patterns that describe the functional aspect of graphic components for the display, behavior and user interaction of complex infographics.
For each pattern, you’ll find an extensive description, a layout example and a real-world example. A left menu allows you to see other patterns that have [...]

OurType: fine typography from Europe

Thursday, May 8th, 2008

Founded in 2002, OurType.be is a collaborative font publishing website initiated by Fred Smeijers, a first generation digital type designer.
The website, all in flash (argh…), can seem a bit strange to navigate at first, but is very nice. In fact you can easily try the font live and see it at different sizes.
Every font you’ll [...]

Things that the little fly in urinals can teach you about design

Monday, May 5th, 2008

Sometimes you mind wanders in the most unusual places. It happened to me the other day as I was releasing the few extra beers I drank, and found myself concentrating on that little fly in the urinal. Then I thought about how that little insect made life a little better for the cleaning people who [...]

This week on my link blog

Sunday, May 4th, 2008

The awesome yogurt spoon
Posters based on Macs shortcuts
8-Bit, Beck’s new album’s packaging
What type are you?
Corner frames

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