I met Yaron Schoen at SXSW in 2010— where we came up with the idea for DesignSwap. After launching the site with our own swap last year, and seeing a couple more great ones follow, we realized we want to see more swaps more often. Now DesignSwap is open to everyone. We’ve swapped the sign up list for an open invitation, and encourage you to partner up & get... Read more →
I met Simon Collison back in October at Brooklyn Beta. Shortly after, I got an email from him asking if I’d be interested in contributing to the newspaper he was having printed for attendees of the New Adventures In Web Design conference. Needless to say, I was thrilled & honored to get a full page to do whatever I wanted. After listing a few article topics out I... Read more →
Lettering.js was built to solve a problem. As web typography improves, web designers want the same level of control print designers have. Just as we’ve moved beyond Helvetica and Times New Roman, we’ve begun to think about web type in finer detail than <h1> or <span> tags currently (semantically) allow. For example, when Dave Rupert and I prepared to markup the 3 sites for the Lost World’s Fairs... Read more →
We were thrilled at the Paravel office to see such a great use of Lettering.js on Twitter’s 2010: Year In Review site- specifically on the headline for The 10 Most Powerful Tweets of 2010. Josh Brewer, and the rest of the Twitter design team used it to split up the words within the title h1 to resize, position and change fonts; achieving a none-too-shabby intro to the page. If... Read more →
I love old cars- especially all the badges, manuals, and logos that came along with them. I’ve even taken to recreating an old Ford logo & Shelby Mustang badge a few weeks back. Recently, while clicking around I hit the automotive design jackpot. The Old Car Manual Project is a regularly updated archive of scanned manuals. There are currently over 42,000 pages there now, so pace yourself! As... Read more →
I’ve always been impressed by how generous Reagan is with his time and talent. Over the past few months, he’s helped Dave and me beef up our own identities and personal projects, leaving his own site on the back burner- until now! His new portfolio site, powered by Cargo Collective, features a great set of selected works that provides a nice look into his personal style and capabilities. I’ve... Read more →
