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 →
The present & future of web fonts is looking awfully bright. Quality and Quantity are increasing, though there are still a few fonts I have to pass over when designing for the web. While I don’t know if all of these are in the pipeline to become web fonts, I have to believe that all type foundries are moving in that direction so that their fonts remain useful.... Read more →
David Perel from Obox asked us to design a video & photo WordPress theme a few months back, and now it’s live! Reagan and I went with a simple, type-centric layout in 3 color schemes (dark, beige and white). Each variation has a subtle grunge background texture. You can also build your own background with the included texture-maker .psd file. We had a blast working with David and... Read more →
Blake Allen and Josh Sullivan contacted me last week, and invited me to make a mix for their new site. After perusing some of the other great mixes, I opted to go for an old-school country mix. If you follow me at Rdio, you’ll see that OG country is a staple here at the office. I think it’s because I find older music that lacks a certain over-produced... Read more →
