MEKA: Putting the Fab in Pre-Fab
The folks over at MEKA Modular Luxury Housing have developed four pre-fab luxury habitats without the luxury price. If pre-fab and luxury seem like an oxymoron, have a look at these beauties. The concept is that these pre-fab units are built from shipping containers so they’re easy to transport and set up. Since they’re fabricated […]
Web Designers vs. Web Developers
Are you a web designer? A developer? Or a client that’s trying to figure out who’s responsible for doing what at your web design shop? Here’s a great infographic that can help you sort out the hipster creatives from the techerati. Yep. That looks just about perfect. (via Sixrevisions)
Linotype: The Movie
With the success of Helvetica: The Movie, and the forthcoming Herbert Matter movie, it would seem natural that someone would create a film about the rise and fall of Linotype. For those who don’t know, Linotype revolutionized the typesetting industry in the 19th century allowing vast amounts of text to be set quickly by a […]
20 Things I Learned About Browsers and the Web
The folks over at Google have written an online guide for everyday users who are curious about the basics of how web browsing works. Called “20 Things I Learned about Browsers and the Web,” this online guidebook is also built as a showcase of HTML5, Javascript and CSS3. With great illustrations by Christopher Niemann, it’s […]
For The Geek Typographer
We love typography. We love Star Wars. So what’s not to love about these series of Star Wars inspired typographic posters? Using only typographic elements, the folks over at H-57 have created a series of posters entitled, “May the Force of Typography be With You.” Obviously, they’re just our “type” of thing.
So Much Typography
Typographer and type designer Seb Lester has created three striking screen prints using his unique typographic gifts. Over at iLoveTypography.com, he discusses the process he went through in creating these unique pieces. While at first, the pieces might seem straightforward, upon closer inspection, his attention to detail is superb. My favorite (and the one I […]
Facebook Messaging: One Inbox to Rule them all
The blogosphere is buzzing about Facebook’s proposed messaging system. But is it DOA or the future of online communications? History is littered with solutions to problems we never knew we had. Betamax was a better alternative to VHS tapes, Sony Mini Disc was more portable than CDs, HD DVD was cheaper to implement than Blue-ray […]
Fast Food Ads vs. Reality
I always love the way the food in the fast food ads looks—juicy, beefy, big and delicious. And I’m always a bit disappointed when confronted with the realities of the actual product on the rare occasion that I eat in a fast food restaurant. Now I know why. Over at Alphaila.com, they have a series […]
Finally, a Visual Search Engine for eBay
There is nothing wrong with eBay’s search engine and in many ways, it approaches information search in the best way possible. But sometimes, particularly when you don’t know exactly what you want, a visual search is much, much better. Enter StoreSlider (storeslider.com), which allows users to perform keyword searches and returns a page of simple […]
“Relics” by Cody Hamilton: Classical Grecian 80s Retro
Back in August on Core77, many an aesthete’s fantasies were shattered by the news that Grecian statues, the beacons of elegance and sophistication that we so love and cherish, were in fact, originally, quite a romp of multicoloured kitsch (on Core77 here). Talented Texan photographer Cody Hamilton, inspired by this finding, has created a deliciously […]
The (Sad) Story of Electronics
The Story of Electronics animated film launched today. This is the latest film in the incredible Story of Stuff series (aka Cliff Notes for the armchair environmentalist), which includes the Story of Cosmetics, the Story of Cap and Trade, and the Story of Bottled Water. The goal of the project is to bring awareness to […]
We Interrupt this Package…
Today the FDA proposed a series of required warnings for cigarette packages and advertisements. Initially, 24 concepts were proposed of which 9 will ultimately be adopted. The basic formatting devotes half of the package or advertisement to a public service announcement alerting the user that, in no uncertain terms, smoking is really, really bad for […]
Legibility, Readability and Memorability
Would you rather be remembered or would you rather be understood? The question is legitimate for written messages and points out the difference between legibility, readability, and memorability. Legibility and readability are different tasks required by typographers. Legibility refers to the quality of the font, the proportions of the characters, consistency of the set as […]
Disfluency: The Art of Making Things Difficult
Speech disfluencies are any of various breaks, irregularities, or utterances that are often not consistent with any specific grammatical construction and occur within the flow of otherwise fluent speech. These include, for example, words and sentences that are cut off mid-utterance, phrases that are restarted or repeated, repeated syllables, grunts or unrecognizable utterances occurring as […]