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Surprisingly charming, inventive, A-Z alphabet pop-up book. gulfstream/2420Impressive new UK coins. (One problem with the unified design is that it doesn’t deal very well with coins being added or removed from circulation, … gulfstream/2422
Bracelets made from the focus and zoom rings of old SLR lenses. gulfstream/2434
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
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Target’s beautifully designed new pill bottle. (Flaws of existing designs on the previous page.) gulfstream/1734
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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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Theme Magazine - Tobias WongCharts | 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.
Evoke™ v4 - Home
Graphic Design USA - Feature
kruger
Bad Designs - Table of Contents
Design Museum Shows How Pioneers Designed Modern Life - 24 Hour Museum - official guide to UK museums, galleries, exhibitions and heritage
{style:phreak;} - colormatch redux
Web Creme | Web design inspiration
Thinking With Type
news @ nature.com - Web users judge sites in the blink of an eye - Potential readers can make snap decisions in just 50 milliseconds.
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.
AIGA - Symbol signs
Housing Prototypes
All Patterns - Yahoo! Design Pattern Library
How to create an awesome logo
Lovegrove & Repucci Established 2003
Bootleg Objects
Adobe Design Center - Essays on design, culture and technology
Unto This Last
UIE Brain Sparks » Blog Archive » Article: The Quiet Death of the Major Re-Launch
The long road to simple: creating, debating, and iterating "Add an event" - Signal vs. Noise (by 37signals)
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!
Features : Radar Online
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
architecture.com.au - The Royal Australian Institute of Architects (RAIA), architecture, architects, design, australia
Sketch Furniture by FRONT
Joel on Software
30gms – A Visual Digest by Fibre | Designer Christmas Card
061113.critic.jpg (JPEG Image, 750x621 pixels)
Bad Usability Calendar 2007 is here! hos IAllenkelhet - Fagblogg om brukervennlighet skrevet av NetLife Research
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)
ColorJack: Sphere
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
12 ways to pimp your office
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
Patrick Baudisch's projects
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
Commune by the Great Wall
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)
Floorplanner.com - The easiest way to create and share an interactive floor plan of your room, house or office.
Behance :: Products
Data Visualization: Modern Approaches | Graphics
examples of different "modern" visualization techniques
» Cool Workspaces
SpiekerBlog (en): Braun Apple
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
Circus Maximus
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
CASTLE GIBSON | location
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
Ascender creates the new Droid font collection for Open Handset Alliance's Android platform | Typophile
Vitamin Features » Product pages: so much suck, so easy to fix
kenknight.com
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
