Now that the blog doesn’t look somewhat hideous anymore, I made a promise to a fwend (cough, cough, Collin) that I would blupdate more.
I’m going to start with something for the ladies. And lady iphone users, at that. If you’re like me- and obsessed with paper. And stationary. And pens. And pretty things. This app may be for you. I’m pretty pumped for it’s release mid-month. I’ve never been so excited for an app release date before. Nerd.
{via Design*Sponge}
Posted in Kaitlyn, design, just lovely
Don’t ask one of us to design a poster for your missing cat, because I have a feeling that the exchange and the result might go a little something like this:
I’d really just read the whole thing…
Posted in Ellie, I wish I did it, SOS-SAD-FART, UltraViolence, design, large animals
via McSweeney’s. Duh.
By: Mike Lacher (mike@mikelacher.com)
Listen up. I know the shit you’ve been saying behind my back. You think I’m stupid. You think I’m immature. You think I’m a malformed, pathetic excuse for a font. Well think again, nerdhole, because I’m Comic Sans, and I’m the best thing to happen to typography since Johannes fucking Gutenberg.
You don’t like that your coworker used me on that note about stealing her yogurt from the break room fridge? You don’t like that I’m all over your sister-in-law’s blog? You don’t like that I’m on the sign for that new Thai place? You think I’m pedestrian and tacky? Guess the fuck what, Picasso. We don’t all have seventy-three weights of stick-up-my-ass Helvetica sitting on our seventeen-inch MacBook Pros. Sorry the entire world can’t all be done in stark Eurotrash Swiss type. Sorry some people like to have fun. Sorry I’m standing in the way of your minimalist Bauhaus-esque fascist snoozefest. Maybe sometime you should take off your black turtleneck, stop compulsively adjusting your Tumblr theme, and lighten the fuck up for once.
People love me. Why? Because I’m fun. I’m the life of the party. I bring levity to any situation. Need to soften the blow of a harsh message about restroom etiquette? SLAM. There I am. Need to spice up the directions to your graduation party? WHAM. There again. Need to convey your fun-loving, approachable nature on your business’ website? SMACK. Like daffodils in motherfucking spring.
When people need to kick back, have fun, and party, I will be there, unlike your pathetic fonts. While Gotham is at the science fair, I’m banging the prom queen behind the woodshop. While Avenir is practicing the clarinet, I’m shredding Reign In Blood on my double-necked Stratocaster. While Unviers is refilling his allergy prescriptions, I’m racing my tricked-out, nitrous-laden Honda Civic against Tokyo gangsters who’ll kill me if I don’t cross the finish line first. I am a sans serif Superman and my only kryptonite is pretentious buzzkills like you.
It doesn’t even matter what you think. You know why, jagoff? Cause I’m famous. I am on every major operating system since Microsoft fucking Bob. I’m in your signs. I’m in your browsers. I’m in your instant messengers. I’m not just a font. I am a force of motherfucking nature and I will not rest until every uptight armchair typographer cock-hat like you is surrounded by my lovable, comic-book inspired, sans-serif badassery.
Enough of this bullshit. I’m gonna go get hammered with Papyrus.
Posted in Sara, design, nerd alert, typography, bitches
This blew my mind. Then I read how it’s done, and now I just feel stupid for not thinking of it.
The pattern appears to be random, but indeed it is not. When you fill the glass with different colors, it reveals the label.
Why doesn’t my brain work like Cipher’s?
The Pantone Hotel opened up in Belgium. And is a part of the ever expanding Pantone world that all of us designers are (forced) to live in. The hotel has 7 floors, each inspired by a different color palette.
Dear Pantone-
Maybe instead of making a hotel, you can invest in expanding your color palette.
You own my soul. -KP
Posted in Kaitlyn, design, nerd alert
Out of print, deadstock oversized Pantone swatches. Get ‘em while they’re hot!
Posted in colorz, design, easy on the eyes
I didn’t know I was sick of Chaquita’s branding until I saw this. Created by the lovely DJ Neff.
Stickers:
This past summer, the New York Times Magazine got a beautiful redesign by Design Director Arem Duplessis and his staff. For me, I think I really noticed it’s beauty in issue on the First Marriage, as well as the Screens Issue (Megan Fox on the cover). If you’ve got time today, read through this wonderful and succinct Q & A with Duplessis. Some goodies:
These are the covers Arem feels were most successful thus far in the redesign.
New typefaces for the magazine: Lyon for body copy, Nyte for serif display, and Knockout for pretty much everything else.
It’s a great read to understand the strategy and limitations in the redesign, as well as to understand the before and after transformations of each of the sections. After focusing on more digital design lately, it’s nice to read a carefully crafted and explained article about Arem’s approach to upgrading an already fantastic piece of print.
Via SPD
Posted in Elizabeth, design, just lovely, typography, bitches
Hello Fwends and fwends of fwends AND fwends of fwends of fwends,
I’m doing a bit of shameless promotion here. I’ve been working with some friends who are starting up a submission-based triannual publication. They are all photographers as well as curators, editors and photo editors.
Here’s an excerpt on what it’s all about:
We, as Trifecta, are a submission-based triannual publication. We curate a collection of multimedia works by diverse artists and offer a broad range of perspectives on a simple idea. Our intent is to create a contained archive for collectors. Think “treasure box.”
Trifecta manufactures each individual archive by hand. We design the inside of the book around what you submit. We strive to work with our artists to create something unique, so we ask participants to be creative with the presentation of your submission and challenge us.
Each issue has a theme, which can be interpreted in any way you see fit.
They’re accepting submissions now on the theme ” BAMBOOZLED” and you can find the full brief at trifectapublishing.wordpress.com/
It would be a great project to get involved in if anyone is interested in doing some new work!
Posted in Ellie, Painting, Photography, Tell Your Friends, design, this + that, videos
