Grab your wallets! Reagan just opened up the shop section of his website. He’s been designing & screen printing posters this spring, and two are available for purchase now. I’ve got both, but have to admit I’m partial to this one as a fantastic visual representation of AFI’s top 25 movies of all time. It’s a poster and a game—a game in a poster!
This weekend I got carried away browsing The Old Car Manual Project yet again. Here are some of my favorite finds. Oh, and I got that Chrysler advert from fulltable.com. It’s worth a few minutes of your time as well.
Issue #1 of Offscreen Magazine just landed here at the office. Kai Brach has done a fantastic job assembling all the interviews, essays, and profiles. I wish all magazines looked like this. Subscriptions (and one-off purchases) are available through their website.
Our pals at United Pixelworkers asked us to design a t-shirt to accompany the launch of their lovely new responsive site. Reagan came up with this design inspired by old union logos, and kindly let me slap some texture on it before sending it off to print. You can get your very own shirt here.
Mark Boulton on the challenges we face when incorporating traditional ad spaces into responsive layouts: The template > slot > ad mental model is engrained both in advertisers, planners and web sites. Providing space for ads needs to be broadened into multiple spaces for one ad concept. This requires closer collaboration between advertisers and web sites, designers and marketeers and sales teams. It’s clear that Mark has gotten his hands... Read more
“I want ________ to be as simple as my iPod/iPhone.” I’ve said this about lots of things: my car’s dashboard, my washer & dryer, and yes, my thermostat. Meet Nest, a learning thermostat launched by a team lead by Tony Fadell, who also lead the iPod & early iPhone teams at Apple. I just may pre-order one and test it out here in the office. Video made responsive /... Read more