Hummingbird takes on centuries of sheet music tradition.
And while it is on the aesthetically pleasing side, it’s hard to imagine the establishment suddenly abandoning their set-in-stone ways and embracing the new markup.
May 142013
Feb 112013
A demo is worth a thousand empty accolades.
And as Stately shows, the technique goes far beyond toolbar icons.
Stately is just the beginning of geographical fonts, I hope, a corresponding solution for the countries of the world (with ligatures for continents and such) would be a very good complement.
Jan 202013
Compared to the rather meagre pickings of a WordPress-blog’s annual report, the one provided by mailchimp is quite something else.
Yeah, it’s a product report and not an user-specific one, but that doesn’t diminish its edge.
Jan 152013
Thus far Andrew DeGraff’s gallery contains the original Star Wars and Indiana Jones trilogies.
Would be very nice indeed on a wall.
Jan 052013
Even though the domestic chinese restaurants don’t have much of a choice of dim sum dishes available, this buzzfeed guide on the subject will be of use some day, I’m sure.
And there definitely should be an app for this, after all, you never know which back alley of Chongquing the information proves vital (and even if the reception is all right, the roaming charges for such a image-heavy page will be murder).
Jan 052013
Below the Boat creates awesome bathygraphic maps.
Maps that have been laser carved from wood.
Maps that would look awesome on the walls of the den.
Maps that do sadly not have shipping information beyond Canada yet.
Jan 022013
Dec 312012
The Royal Mail celebrates 50 years of Doctor Who with a stamp issue containing the faces of all the doctors.
A followup with some of the classic villains and enemies would be appreciated as well. After all, who wouldn’t want to lick a dalek!
Dec 072012
The Hobbit-skinned Moleskines are not yet available locally, so it’s hard to say how awesome these really are.
My bet is on “very”.
Oct 022012
How come no-one mentioned Kasper Strömman Design Blog before?
He takes a sarcastic view on Finland and on finnish design. With a daily posting schedule.
Sep 062012
As an inveterate Fincher fanboy and an appreciator of well-designed title sequences, there’s no way I could omit Art of the Title’s retrospective on the director.
Sep 022012
Jul 302012
Dorothy, an english design company, has published an absolutely awe-inspiring map.
A fictional map.
A fictional map populated entirely by names of movies, and by names of streets in movies.
I’m sure we have a wall that would be infinitely improved by one such poster.
Jul 242012
A List Apart’s summer reading issue provides plenty of interesting articles. Some of them more than a decade old, others containing ideas that are still very much top-shelf quality.
It would have been even more interesting to have a commentary track for the individual articles, pointing out details that have been taken care of by standardization or browser evolution, of newer documentation supplementing the original and so on. But even as it is, the collection is a treasure trove.
Apr 022012
Eight groups of LEGO figures from their advertising campaign, renderings of figure more or less familiar from popular culture.
This image shows half of them, the rest (including the toughest bunch for non-Americans) is available from the original source.
And there’s bound to be followups, too.
Feb 042012
This spring’s limited editions of Moleskine feature LEGO designs.
They arrive in March, and I’m seriously considering picking up two.
Nov 132011
Averia is an average font.
Not quality-wise, but mathematically, the first stepping stone on the path of generative typography.
Jul 142011
Strange decanters displays the weirdest wine-aerating/pouring devices. This beauty is Grand Coeur, and its price a smooth 2500 euros.
Mar 192011
Mar 142011
Awesome poster. And I will, certainly will.
Mar 012011
Furious Fowl, as provided by Threadless.
Feb 142011
Feb 102011
Feb 082011
Today’s Google doodle is an interactive homage to Jules Verne, an interactive submarine viewport with distinctively 19th century aesthetics.
Feb 082011
Nicholas Feltron’s annual report is out. And it’s quite out of the ordinary.