Design Diary by Nathan Monk

2010

December

November

October

September

August

July

June

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April

March 1

February 30

January 48

2009

December 23

November 25

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

Well this is how it went down at the Fazeley Studio’s launch event the other night. This stop...

FF DIN minisite

Archer | Hoefler & Frere-Jones

When I got back from Fazeley the other night all was not...

Fazely Studio's Launch Party

Just got home from the launch night of Fazely Studio’s. We were there on behalf of Plus and it...

“Forget plastic discs. Downloading games to your console is...”
— David Kushner Wired 14.08: The...

Good design: The ten commandments of Dieter...

Iris Associates Ltd.

This book is genuine gold. If you’re thinking about...

Check this out. How good does my book look alongside all...

The Smile Website Dilemma

So as part of the Last/First project (uni project about Smile’s last uni project that’s...

Leicester Accountant people

I went (with Smle) to Leicester to meet some accountants on the recommendation of Sarah Coleman. The...

Saffron Brand Consultants

NO ONE CARES about your blog (via MrLomo) Fundamentally...

Suprb » Projects

Helvetica/Baskerville

I’ve been screwing around with Baskerville and Helvetica and trying to make them play nice...

Why I don't like Blogger.

First of all, these are my personal opinions and I am not trying to force them upon you nor do I...

“The carrier is as important as the message it contains.”
— A1 Envelopes - your first stop...

“Shit just got real.”
— Martin Lawrence Bad Boys 2

Last September I detailed my current favorite Typefaces....

Look at that left panel. Its so sexy. I want the Smile...

“A piece of 18th century intellectual piracy.”
— Simon Loxley Comment on...

“You really should set 16pt Helvetica with a 20pt line...”
— Balvir Nandra

"I Can Read Movies"

Advertising Brief

I have been working with Susan Coles & Umbreen Iqbal for the past 4 days on a brief set by MA...

I like big stats and I cannot lie...

I’ve been looking at my Google Reader trends after deleting some old stagnant rubbish. This...

Well I think that says it all really. Red = Twitter Blue =...

Today I had a meeting with the MA Design Management group...

Texture Time

Tonight I have been refreshing my Photoshop skills after doing some visualisation mock-ups for a...

Blueprint: A CSS Framework

Web Design tutorial for simple but powerful...

OSX Style Binder Address Book Icon Tutorial

The Google Sync

Today I avoided tidying the mess that is my bedroom productively tried out Google Sync for the...

“An Impersonable Typeface for Today and Tomorrow.”
— Axel Langer (on Helvetica)

I just can’t shut up about it! This book is...

Sue bought me ‘Helvetica Forever’ for my...

My Nan bought me the most amazing cufflinks for my birthday....

Have we found the Smile studio?

No. But I feel like we’re getting closer! After going to 2 large creative-industries...

“It’s what you do with the space that counts…”
— Matt Lees (Creative Director...

Map of Popular Super Bowl Words Used on...

Simple Web Management

The Infamous Foundry

The Impossible Project

“Don’t undertake a project unless it is manifestly...”
— Edwin Land

This week has been a snowy one. Whilst the view from my room...

Primary Domain issues fixed!

Phew, after hours of head-scratching I got the new domains working! What was the problem? An...

“There’s a lot of weather about this morning…”
— GMTV weather reporter

Primary Domain Woes

I’ve had a good run of minimal website problems. I started young and learnt areas to avoid. In...

Had a lot of fun today out in the snow for all of 30 mins,...

ShotCodes

Now this is cool. ShotCodes are similar to the QR-Codes I used a while back. This image however is...

Remember the Milk

I’ve been searching for a really good to-do solution for myself and Smile. I thought...

Five Simple Steps

Air Force Blog Assessment (via jeremiah_owyang)

Open Baskerville