January 2010
48 posts
Maylight →
I met Mary from Birmingham Jazz last night. She plays Saxophone in Maylight. I would never have guessed that this was her sound. I’ve had it on repeat all morning.
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Torrent tracker for browsing fonts, collections? →
Seriously? Read the comments if you fancy a giggle.
Jan 26th
How effective is typography on mobile devices? →
This is my dissertation that I wrote in 2009 for my BA(Hons) in Visual Communication. I’ve been sending it round to lots of different people and I have decided to publish it online using Google Documents. I’d love to know what you think.
Jan 26th
Power, Redesigned: Innovative Folding Power Plug... →
How do you redesign the plug? I want to buy some right now.
Jan 24th
Realism in UI Design →
An essential read if you are interested in UI design.
Jan 24th
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Identifying System For The Color Blind →
An interesting concept for a proposed non-colour based language to distinguish colours
Jan 24th
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Jan 24th
“Ideally it’s a round space. It’s made up of three or four concentric circles. At...”
– Erik Spiekermann on the perfect studio There’s a diagram on the blog too. The whole article is brilliant.
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“Dream no longer, because the first step toward realizing a Flash-free internet...”
– Via TUAW
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Jan 21st
“It seems normal, but it’s exceptional.”
– Tahar Rahim
Jan 19th
iconpaper →
A good source of user submitted UI and icon design. Some great stuff here.
Jan 18th
SlipCover →
A great little app to make media case icons!
Jan 18th
Dustin Schau →
Fantastic UI & icon design work.
Jan 18th
Remember Aol?
Aol: Come see what everyone's talking about...
Me: Trust me Aol, it's not your search engine.
Jan 18th
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Review: Billing Manager
I am the guy in control of invoicing at SMILE and up until now it’s been something of a nightmare. I had been using a program called Express Invoice. Free software with a very good set of features. The problem? Well, SMILE doesn’t end when I leave the studio - there’s a good chance I’ll need to send an invoice when I’m somewhere other than our studio. Express Invoice...
Jan 15th
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Jan 13th
Extending Brands in the Mobile Space: A Response... →
Very marketing based but excellent article on branding in a mobile world.
Jan 13th
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Daniel Flösser →
Solid brand work.
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Browser Size →
Nice labs experiment from Google to see what your users see.
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“If you set your goals ridiculously high and it’s a failure, you will fail above...”
– James Cameron (via strake)
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960 Grid System →
Yes please!
Jan 7th
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Jan 6th
Commercial Type →
A type foundry so good it hurts.
Jan 5th
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Glaser Vs. Barnbrook Interview →
Awful website but one amazing interview!
Jan 5th
“One of the things that bothered me about the First Things First Manifesto was...”
– Milton Glaser
Jan 5th
The Bachelor Cookbook: A year of journalism and... →
Ouch. PR annoyances named and shamed!
Jan 5th
Birmingham Tumblr Meetup!
deplorableword: It’s happening! When: 6:30pm, Thursday 11th February Where: The Victoria (2 mins away from Birmingham New Street), they do excellent Beers and Cocktails. Reblog and RSVP to tom@devart.org I am so there!
Jan 4th
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