Design Diary by Nathan Monk

2009

December
November 5
October 30
September 88
August 74
July 6
June 17
May 3
April 1
March 17
February 55
January 22

2008

December 20
November 32
October 15
September 25
August 22
July 14
June 17
May
April
March
February
January
Alasdair Monk
Oct 1st
One of the best logos on the F1 cars this year. Who...
Sep 30th
Sep 30th
ECO HAB™ Homes — This is so cool! Take a look around the...
Sep 30th
“If you’re all appalled by this as me, why not vote in the...”
— Cervical cancer jab: how the...
Sep 29th
LOOKBOOK.nu
Sep 28th
“A ‘digital district’ for a ‘creative...”
— Type — I would love to read...
Sep 27th
Cheese or Font
Sep 26th
Thanks to Tom Martin for my TypeKit invite. It’s ace!
Sep 25th

want a typekit invitation?

deplorableword: drop your email in the answerbox :) Shit, I did’t read propperly and totally...
Sep 25th
I am so into drawing catwalk models at the mo.
Sep 23rd
I haven’t even finished my sans typeface and I’m...
Sep 23rd
Note to self: before installing mail/calendar/contact...
Sep 23rd
Love designing icons! First proper job with icon design.
Sep 23rd
Planing out video edits is fun.
Sep 23rd
Use Google Chrome in Internet Explorer
Sep 22nd
Google Sync: Now with push Gmail support
Sep 22nd
via cache0.bigcartel.com — Yum yum yum.
Sep 22nd
Talk Nerdy To Me #2 (via constantine✖graphics „¢) — :)
Sep 22nd
jjjjasmine: Jonathan Puckey — This is a nice break from a...
Sep 22nd
SNEEZE MAGAZINE
Sep 22nd
Warch Watch
The Old City of Dubrovnik (via JimanthaJ) Take that photosynth.
Sep 22nd
Design at Facebook
Sep 22nd

Posterous just upped its game

There’s no question that Posterous (the blogging platform that bills itself as super simple to...
Sep 20th
Warch Watch
BakerTweet on Vimeo (via Vimeo) — Things like this make me swoon. Simple idea, executed with...
Sep 20th
The Room Without A View
Sep 20th
Drop the mouse and step away from the...
Sep 17th

When Obama first heard about Kanye

Advisor: [jokingly] ...yeah and then he totally interupted and basically said that Beyoncé should have won the award.
Obama: [in a serious tone] Hold up. Kanye said what?!
Sep 16th
First subpixel typeface, ever
Sep 16th
I don’t know what this is, but I like it. (via...
Sep 16th
Warch Watch
2010 Aston Martin Rapide @ 2009 FAS (via InsideLineVideo) — I am now accepting PayPal donations...
Sep 16th
“We end up with a warming blur of sound, something far...”
— I Could Not Love You More by...
Sep 16th
InDesign: Hide/Show Baseline Problem
Sep 16th
Come again another day.
Sep 16th
20 Weird Logos That Work (and Why They Do)
Sep 16th
Screen WM - Driving innovation and excellence...
Sep 16th
Amazing colours in this sunset photo. (via aniquesinger)
Sep 15th
“I am not young enough to know everything.”
— Oscar Wilde
Sep 15th
Warch Watch
More HTML5 goodness from Google (http://code.google.com/apis/o3d)
Sep 15th
Google Talk chatback badges
Sep 15th
(via livejamie)
Sep 15th
Pennsylvania Station, New York, 1930s (via bobster855)
Sep 15th
(via fatalistichues)
Sep 15th
I know it’s cliché and all that, but it’s still...
Sep 15th
Love this style of photography. Tumblrs new popular...
Sep 15th
Warch Watch
deplorableword: Nearness — My first real reblog! This video is a brilliant display of RFID...
Sep 15th
Reader Notifier for Snow Leopard
Sep 14th
Media Evening
Sep 14th
BARG
Sep 14th

Thoughts on Richard Branson

Ricard Branson was at the Italian Grand Prix, probably because Virgin sponsors the Brawn GP team....
Sep 13th
If architects had to work like software...
Sep 12th
Derren Brown; Missing footage proves he...
Sep 12th
Warch Watch
Unseen Derren Brown Lottery secret revealed (via mrholymoly) — Derren Brown LIES! Either that or...
Sep 12th
If I owned a country, this would be its flag.
Sep 11th
Been driving quite a few miles recently and seen some really...
Sep 11th
I love our view from the studio. [Panorama link updated]
Sep 11th
“Be careful whose advice you buy but be patient with those...”
— Baz Luhrmann
Sep 10th
Warch Watch
Mini Augmented Reality (via gilesrhysjones) — More augmented reality goodness. This time, an...
Sep 10th
“Derren Brown is an idiot.”
— Hayley Royston — Not so much...
Sep 10th

A suggestion on revelation

@nathansmonk: I think I know how Derren did it!!!
@stef: write it down on small plastic balls and reveal the secret on ustream.tv at the same time as @derrenbrown :)
Sep 10th

How Derren Brown did it...

I believe his adverts for the events series are clues. Think back to the one where he is juggling...
Sep 10th
Miguel Indurain’s Hour World Record bicycle (via...
Sep 10th
Me and the rest of the SMILE gang went to see the worlds...
Sep 9th
Philips Aurea: 250 LEDs to Create Better Ambient Lighting —...
Sep 7th
Tea is for trouble
Sep 7th
R.I.P My faithful ‘I look like a graphic...
Sep 7th
“Bcc: lets you send a newsletter, too, or send a message to...”
— Cc: and Bcc — Life saving...
Sep 7th
Dirt Poster — Really really nice use of print finishing....
Sep 7th
(via SolargraphyGallery) — Solargraphy is completely new to...
Sep 4th
under the pool (via yuki)
Sep 4th

BP on discovering new oil

BP Fat Cat: Great news everyone, we've just found 3 billion barrels worth of oil!
Intern: Wow! Should we lower the price of petrol?
BP Fat Cat: Nah.
Sep 3rd
jQuery Function Builder
Sep 3rd
qTip - The jQuery tooltip plugin
Sep 2nd
jQuery
Sep 2nd
Hopeless Diamond on Typophile — New work from Barnbrook...
Sep 1st
Opened my Tumblr today and got this lovely surprise!...
Sep 1st