I’m a twenty-something designer and typographer. This is my online journal in which I collect and share links, images, thoughts and sometimes reflect on current work. Although I keep this diary for my own use, I hope that someone else finds it useful too.Tumblr (3.0; @nathansmonk)http://nathanmonk.com/<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l82srzIn391qzng5go1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://christianbaroni.me/?page=downloads#astra">Christian Baroni</a></p> <p>Wonderful UI work - sexy icons too!</p>http://nathanmonk.com/post/1048388349http://nathanmonk.com/post/1048388349Wed, 01 Sep 2010 17:07:10 +0100<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l82slwEF3z1qzng5go1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://365psd.com/day/165/">Ribbon PSD</a></p> <p>Loving being a Dribbble member - Found this downloadable gem today.</p>http://nathanmonk.com/post/1048374763http://nathanmonk.com/post/1048374763Wed, 01 Sep 2010 17:03:31 +0100<a href="https://www.airdropper.com/">AirDropper</a>: <p>A great service for requesting files and getting them into your Dropbox.</p>http://nathanmonk.com/post/1046967463http://nathanmonk.com/post/1046967463Wed, 01 Sep 2010 09:59:25 +0100<a href="http://www.fontshop.com/fontlist/alternatives/">Alternatives to Common Fonts</a>: <p>I need to remember this page!</p>http://nathanmonk.com/post/1046936883http://nathanmonk.com/post/1046936883Wed, 01 Sep 2010 09:47:10 +0100<a href="http://journey-to-zero.com/#/1">Nissan Journey to zero</a>: <p>Although I don’t usually like flash, I can’t help but be swooned by this wonderful website. Beautiful treatment of type.</p>http://nathanmonk.com/post/1021530605http://nathanmonk.com/post/1021530605Fri, 27 Aug 2010 22:21:26 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l7tr2ikkLf1qzng5go1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://iamfreeman.deviantart.com/art/Black-Background-Set-161870450">Black Background Set by *iAmFreeman on deviantART</a></p> <p>Some great textures in this pack.</p>http://nathanmonk.com/post/1020916668http://nathanmonk.com/post/1020916668Fri, 27 Aug 2010 19:51:54 +0100<a href="http://blog.rescuetime.com/2010/05/04/startling-data-are-men-32-more-productive-than-women/">Are men more productive than women?</a>: <p>An interesting blog post from Rescue Time (a company that deal in productivity tracking software) on how the statistics differ between sexes.</p>http://nathanmonk.com/post/997087599http://nathanmonk.com/post/997087599Mon, 23 Aug 2010 08:24:26 +0100<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l7gw5bsaCS1qzng5go1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Inspirational photography from <a href="http://www.colerise.com/">Cole Rise</a></p>http://nathanmonk.com/post/983797860http://nathanmonk.com/post/983797860Fri, 20 Aug 2010 21:12:46 +0100<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l6dqazDXOz1qzng5go1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rachywhoo/2906614374/">Bokeh!</a> (by <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/rachywhoo">rachywhoo</a>)</p> <p>Flickr Friday. Can’t wait for Autumn.</p>http://nathanmonk.com/post/880277083http://nathanmonk.com/post/880277083Fri, 30 Jul 2010 17:40:11 +0100“Then at last iPhones can be more like Droids, Macs can be more like PCs and Apple can enjoy the PC makers’ perennial sense of economic doom.”<br/><br/> - <em><p><a href="http://kensegall.com/blog/2010/07/the-ever-arrogant-apple/">The ever-arrogant Apple</a></p> <p>Sarcasm done right.</p></em>http://nathanmonk.com/post/849205515http://nathanmonk.com/post/849205515Fri, 23 Jul 2010 12:33:26 +0100<a href="http://www.saikatbiswas.com/web/Projects/Holga_D.htm">Holga D Concept</a>: <p>I’d buy one right now - regardless of cost.</p>http://nathanmonk.com/post/849139457http://nathanmonk.com/post/849139457Fri, 23 Jul 2010 12:09:30 +0100<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l5jsaiVEhr1qzng5go1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.todd-richardson.com/">Todd Richardson</a></p> <p>This photographic work is stunning. I love the jaded summer feel.</p>http://nathanmonk.com/post/810730833http://nathanmonk.com/post/810730833Wed, 14 Jul 2010 13:35:05 +0100jadedsummer<a href="http://calibre-ebook.com/">Calibre - E-book management</a>: <p>Nice little app for converting popular file formats including PDF’s to epub.</p>http://nathanmonk.com/post/774084975http://nathanmonk.com/post/774084975Mon, 05 Jul 2010 22:16:51 +0100<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l53ryuKc3Y1qzng5go1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.nando.me/#8">Nando: GUI designer and Illustrator</a></p> <p>Awesome icon work.</p>http://nathanmonk.com/post/774054273http://nathanmonk.com/post/774054273Mon, 05 Jul 2010 22:06:30 +0100<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l4xgtoW7Ao1qzng5go1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>What’s on your dashboard?</p> <p>I’ve had a good old clean-up of mine today, so these are the widgets I use on a daily basis and cannot do without.</p>http://nathanmonk.com/post/761242794http://nathanmonk.com/post/761242794Fri, 02 Jul 2010 12:20:12 +0100“If I’d asked my customers what they wanted, they’d have said a faster horse.”<br/><br/> - <em>Henry Ford</em>http://nathanmonk.com/post/750354087http://nathanmonk.com/post/750354087Tue, 29 Jun 2010 18:42:22 +0100<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l4gvatYesv1qzng5go1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I came across this nested away in my computer from my more illustrative days. I think I’ll make an effort to do something like this again soon.</p>http://nathanmonk.com/post/728863933http://nathanmonk.com/post/728863933Wed, 23 Jun 2010 13:13:41 +0100illustration<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l4ft2czfkh1qzng5go1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://glyphish.com/">Glyphish</a></p> <p>Some great icons for iOS designers.</p>http://nathanmonk.com/post/726813926http://nathanmonk.com/post/726813926Tue, 22 Jun 2010 23:27:45 +0100<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l4c40v7bUm1qzng5go1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.heystudio.es/proyectos/wallpapers/">Wallpapers</a></p> <p>Some really fit illustrated wallpapers for iPhone and iPad.</p>http://nathanmonk.com/post/719730698http://nathanmonk.com/post/719730698Sun, 20 Jun 2010 23:34:02 +0100<object width="400" height="251"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/3HHLNQ3BZEA&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/3HHLNQ3BZEA&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="251" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HHLNQ3BZEA&feature=player_embedded">Banned iPad Promo</a> (via <a href="http://youtube.com/user/ooJLEoo">ooJLEoo</a>)</p>http://nathanmonk.com/post/719723918http://nathanmonk.com/post/719723918Sun, 20 Jun 2010 23:31:30 +0100