I’m excited that Bureau of Trade is finally back and will be releasing its own products (with the help of Esquire). I got turned onto this group a few years ago. They present an amazingly fun daily digest of (generally men’s) products around a theme – from sailing the Cape of Good Hope to playing [...]
The third and final style tile, this one is a departure from the rest with a much more colorful, warm feel. I’m using another Google Webfonts Project font called Contrail One. This is a much softer palette but one which could lend itself well to more playful patterns.
Here’s the second tile I’ve done recently – I think this one might be the winner. I’m loving how soft and slightly retro everything is with this. I’m not 100% on the font, but only because I so love Helvetica. Open Sans is part of the Google Webfonts Project and looks great on mobile devices [...]
This is the first style tile I did for my upcoming redesign – it’s a much darker theme with Helvetica and bold lines. The colors are much bolder, darker, and classic than other styles I’m working on. I’m also sketching out some interesting business cards that will be in the style of a boarding pass [...]
I’m working on a total rebrand – business cards, paper systems, web, etc. I’m working on Style Tiles right now (I’ll post them soon) but have put together some inspiration boards. I’m trying for a retro jetset theme that incorporates a feeling of the midcentury modern style of air travel. I think this era and [...]
I finally got the shirt that I ordered off Fab (FYI, if you want an invite, I’d be glad to send you one) from the wonderfully creative Out Of Print clothing company. They make amazing shirts featuring artwork from out-of-print editions of great works. They also have a mission (from their site): Out of Print [...]
So Chris made these two all pretty-like! It might be cliched, but I’m a huge fan of Helvetica (can’t you tell?), and I plan on using modern fonts in addition to the bug. Evenly spacing the letterforms in the name helps block out the design. Chris threw in some color after looking at the black-and-white [...]
Many thanks to Chris Harris for helping me out with some amazing logo sketches. I’m really loving the one on the lower right. I’m trying to go for a bug that will work over several themes and still look pretty bold on the Web. I’m still going through a lot of the Web stuff too [...]
As the wonderful Mr. Fry points out, the secret to being gorgeous is in one’s attitude of mind. By being mindful of good design choices and good interactions, users will tell us that we are wonderful. The secret is really in mindfulness – the more time and effort we put into designing quality interactions with [...]
A conversation transpired the other day in which a colleague of mine remarked that he’d had it with “hacks” in our industry – that is, those who call themselves developers and designers but still use recycled code, un-secure scripts, and kludged together markup. He complained that there should be an education requirement (like that of [...]