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Search terms are replacing URLs as the suggested way to find out more about a product in Japanese advertising. (Requires that the site get indexed before … gulfstream/2418
Surprisingly charming, inventive, A-Z alphabet pop-up book. gulfstream/2420
Artist reckons he sent a suitcase filled with GPS equipment around the world in a route tracing out the shape of a head—very very unlikely I say. gulfstream/2440
Three reworkings (some quite radical) of the Bloomberg Terminal. gulfstream/2319
Have I posted this before? Small story on Sao Paolo’s near-complete eradication of outdoor advertising. gulfstream/2320
The design similarities between Braun and Apple products. (The Braun calculator and iPhone calculator are distressingly similar.) gulfstream/2321
Portfolio site of the designer of Shopsin’s website, the legendary Greenwich village restaurant profiled by Calvin Trillin in the New Yorker. gulfstream/2328
Great piece on Toronto’s subway signage, and public signage in general. gulfstream/2330
google.com, as if it were optimised for Google. gulfstream/2341
Explanation of the Chinese system of writing, by way of imagining that English were constructed in the same way. (Something similar: the documentation … gulfstream/2343
John Siracusa’s definitive review of OS X 10.5. gulfstream/2346
Collection of over 5,000 posters that have appeared over the years on London’s Underground. e.g. “Many or few it’s better to queue”; “England … gulfstream/2347
Nice post outlining some of the UI changes being suggested for Firefox 3, together with a good overview of browser UI challenges and issues in general. gulfstream/2351
The evolution of Mario gameplay via an interview with Super Mario Galaxy game director Yoshiaki Koizumi (surprisingly interesting): “There are issues … gulfstream/2355
(video) “Trajan is the movie font.” Trajan is used on a whole bunch of movie posters. The piece also observes that big red fonts have become associated … gulfstream/2365
Good, uh, “appreciation” of Facebook from Ben Brown: “Facebook’s crack engineering staff will continually release new applications and features … gulfstream/2372
Piece on typical mistakes made in the sign-up process. Mostly common-sense points—Mistake #8: Not Telling Users How You’ll Use Their Information—though … gulfstream/2374
You Suck at Photoshop #4—Photoshop tips (this one on the selection tool) from the depressed. gulfstream/2385
Strange little shop making and selling 1930s-style clothes. gulfstream/2391
Creative Review Blog on the new identity for the architects FaulknerBrowns. gulfstream/2393
Nice building: small weekend cabin in Mazama, WA. gulfstream/2394
Run-down auto repair shop converted into architects’ offices (pictures; associated story). gulfstream/2404
Target’s beautifully designed new pill bottle. (Flaws of existing designs on the previous page.) gulfstream/1734
Scrollbar art installation. gulfstream/1784
McDonald’s is wondering whether redesigning their uniforms will encourage employees to wear their uniformes outside work. gulfstream/1785
Wow, Nokia have gone for a splash page, with sound! How 90s! gulfstream/1814
Alice-in-Wonderland-inspired Leibovitz/Vogue picks. gulfstream/1828
Pretty reference maps. (Printable versions too.) gulfstream/1836
Business-related stock images. (e.g. equal opportunities.) gulfstream/1892
Typography humour. I would laugh at anyone who actually wore this, but it is cute. gulfstream/1903
“Everything I have ever”: poster containing “over 400 highly detailed silhouettes [um],” printed in bright orange, then overprinted in … gulfstream/1905
Pictures of Volkswagen’s extremely pretty “Glass Factory,” which contains the production line for the Phaeton. It has wooden floors. (Or … gulfstream/1926
Are take-away pizza menus good design, or bad? “The fact is, pizza flyers set up precisely the right expectations about the product and the service: … gulfstream/1929
Furniture in the style of minor historical figures: artist Paul Davies, inspired by a single image of a sturdy and stolid-looking 80s video-game … gulfstream/1931
Where map geeks and music geeks intersect… Map superimposes 20th Century musicians over London’s tube map; musicians at intersections … gulfstream/1965
The iPod, with packaging designed by Microsoft. gulfstream/1999
Good news, bad news: BBC news stories classified by mood. gulfstream/2005
“Africa and teamwork inspire me.” Street fashion from Helsinki. (I do genuinely like this, but there is also some quality amusement to be had. Another: … gulfstream/2012
Beaver Overthinking Dam: “After much thought, Messner decided to reconstruct the anterior section of the dam with poplar wood on Tuesday, after he finished … gulfstream/2062
The Apple II-style website of The Raconteurs, Jack White’s solo project. All Flash, and using the keyboard is mandatory! (“H for Home,” etc.) gulfstream/2082
A lot of work (and patents) have gone into the glass staircases at Apple Stores. gulfstream/2103
On the origin and revival of Matthew Carter’s font Georgia. gulfstream/2104
A short piece on airport signage and wayfinding solutions. (One of the reasons I like airports is that I like looking at the (generally excellent) signage.) gulfstream/2105
Milk crate Tetris. gulfstream/2110
Reviews of street fashion photo blogs. Big ups The Satorialist (suitably). gulfstream/2120
Fitts’s Law, usability, and making Office 2007 easier to use with a mouse. (Interesting side point about how an application like Office can be made … gulfstream/2146
High-performance Mini Cooper concept; a 160hp electric motor powers each wheel, and produces power upon braking: “The beauty of this dual-circuit, ultra … gulfstream/2148
Captivating: art made from cut up pieces of A4 paper. gulfstream/2152
Disappointing new Sony Bravia ad: a lot of it looks computer generated (though I don’t think it is) the paint explosions aren’t fun (and the clown … gulfstream/2178
Oh MySQL AB, why do you need to make things so difficult? As far as I can tell, it’s at least five clicks from the MySQL Workbench product information … gulfstream/2200
Designer Thomas Heatherwick’s Christmas Card. gulfstream/2209
The aesthetic qualities of image spam. gulfstream/2213
Interview with the designer of the pre-Euro Dutch bank notes, complete with revelations of secret embedded features. gulfstream/2224
URL design, and why the same piece of content should never be reachable by more than one URL. (See also Jacob Neilsen’s 1999 piece on the URL as UI.)(Listing … gulfstream/2225
Glowing account of Apple’s retail stores. “The interiors, too, have been distilled to a minimum of elements. ‘We’ve gotten it down so there’s … gulfstream/2256
Nice graph prepared by a bride and groom showing the relationship between guests at their wedding. (more info) gulfstream/2282
Writers name their favourite fonts. “Obsessing about fonts is a form of procrastination, so of course I have indulged in it ever since I graduated from … gulfstream/2283
Some interesting UI research projects. e.g. a way to increase speed and accuracy when using a finger on a touch-screen UI (YouTube video). gulfstream/2288
“Mad Mother Psychoshower Curtain.” gulfstream/2291
Apple’s ads—and the artists and commercials they ripped off to get them. gulfstream/2301
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Cycloc - Cycle storage solutions | Bike storage UK and worldwide
nice little bucket thing for holding/mounting bikes
Motoart Tables
really sweet chairs, tables made from parts of old aircraft. no prices, and the worst website in the whole world...
SCR | DROPCLOCK
screensaver clock: video of solid numbers dropping into water, in slow motion
Artecnica - Cosmos
24 hour clock with multiple hands (silhouettes of iconic buildings) to indicate the time
Christiaan Postma
clock that spells out the time in words using hour hands
Créez votre décor - ActeDECO - Stickers, Idées déco originales...
Charts | Worth a thousand words | Economist.com
A Chat with the Designer of the Google Logo | WebProNews
Design Police | Bring bad design to justice.
pdf of design stickers: "off brand" "clip art", etc.
Bad Designs - Table of Contents
{style:phreak;} - colormatch redux
Web Creme | Web design inspiration
Current style in web design
very much what web 2.0/open source companies are doing, not regular commercial companies but ...
Young Lovers Never Die - indie t-shirts for undistinguished gentlemen, lovers and rockers.
All Patterns - Yahoo! Design Pattern Library
Lovegrove & Repucci Established 2003
Adobe Design Center - Essays on design, culture and technology
UIE Brain Sparks » Blog Archive » Article: The Quiet Death of the Major Re-Launch
Liberty Explore the Store - Design UK at Liberty
Get A Free Song iTunes Promotion
er nice and easy 1, 2, 3 labelled steps to get your free song ... but the most obscure step is the unnumbered "do it now" link
Dynomighty Design: Products - Accessories
Algol TV | Richard Sapper | Brionvega | Shop
wow, 700 euro for a new, old-style tv. pretty though!
Technical Specifications - MQ-24-7BLL - CASIO Collection - Watches - CASIO
really plain and simple watch MQ-24-7BLL
Slide show: Adventurous visions - arts - International Herald Tribune
CR Blog » Blog Archive » Benetton Hits Middle Age
Functioning Form - SxSW: OSX and Longhorn Development
first os x had no user testing--decions made by senior designers and jobs
Wired 14.11: The Perfect Thing
30gms – A Visual Digest by Fibre | Designer Christmas Card
061113.critic.jpg (JPEG Image, 750x621 pixels)
bluefacedpixie » Nice Design & Lifetime Warranty
Notation for national and international telephone numbers, e-mail addresses and Web addresses
standards for writing phone numbers, email address, web address. (pdf documents.)
ColorBrewer - Selecting Good Color Schemes for Maps
suggests good (visually distinct) colour schemes for maps (but useful for other purposes too)
Eyetracking points the way to effective news article design
Web Typography Sucks | Slides and notes from SxSW 2007
creativepro.com - If You Can Read This, You're Hired
STANFORD Magazine: March/April 2007 > Features > Information Expert Edward Tufte
Real estate photos worth more than a thousand words - (37signals)
Andy Budd::Blogography: Airport User Experience
cityofsound: Starflyer (and service), Schiphol (and soccer), Stansted (and signage)
無印良品［無印良品の家］
pre-fabricated muji house
無印良品［無印良品の家］
pre-fabricated house by muji
Win, Lose, Draw: The Great Subway Map Wars - New York Times
alta bicycle
bicycle partly designed by graphic designers and an ad agency?! 600 euro for a single speed bike, beautiful though. (and the ads are good.)
Cool business card designs | creativebits
famfamfam: free icons
free icons, windows/ie-style, somewhat muted in style
Paul Buchheit: Amazingly bad APIs
An Inside Look at Philip Johnson’s Glass House - Home Design Spring 2007 -- New York Magazine
Magic Ink: Information Software and the Graphical Interface
essay on user interfaces, but mostly notable for the nice display of the article itself.
Web Design Practices | Home
pages on the design features of e-commerce sites, with illustrations of navigation techniques and graphs showing the location of the search box, etc.
Office Snapshots » Blog Archive » Craigslist HQ
craigslist offices (nice photos of a few other office interiors too)
Data Visualization: Modern Approaches | Graphics
examples of different "modern" visualization techniques
For McDonald's, a European redesign starts to pay off - International Herald Tribune
L A M P O N I ' S L A M P S - a r t w o r k s
A new breed of fashion magazines comes into vogue - International Herald Tribune
Reddish - Design Studio. Bath and Beyond Chair
Writers' rooms | Special Reports | Guardian Unlimited Books
Living in Dust: Gut Renovation on the Cheap - New York Times
small spaces renovation
At McDonald's, a take on the classic designs of Arne Jacobsen - International Herald Tribune
Poster and Artwork collection from the London Transport Museum
... all for sale
COMME des GARÇONS Guerilla Store Warsaw | Hypebeast
Time Out New York: Space craft
special on small spaces
Vitamin Features » Product pages: so much suck, so easy to fix
Designing Visualizations for Time-Based Data by Max Kiesler
Amron Experimental
curious design/art projects
ORK Posters! ...neighborhood posters
Lined & Unlined » Blog Archive » New Black Face: Neuland and Lithos as Stereotypography
