April 2008
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Twistori →
The first step in an ongoing social experiment, lovingly and beautifully hand-crafted by Amy Hoy and Thomas Fuchs.
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WatchSouth Bank by Philip Bloom. Glorious.
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“Ampersand, after all, is H&FJ’s middle name.”
– Jonathan Hoefler with more on the ampersand.
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WatchThe Things We Do For Love, a 44-minute documentary by Alex Gollner comprised of short anecdotes about dating and relationships. (via Ana Samways)
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“Instead of thinking purely in hierarchies, I wanted to also make the URLs...”
– Chris Shiflett on his use of URLs like omniti.com/does/security in a recent OmniTI redesign. At my day job we’re working to improve URL handling in our own CMS, and this change from the traditional about subfolder is a nice touch (about works too). (via Jon Tan)
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An Ephemeral Site →
Jon Tan describes the process of pulling together Flickr, Tumblr, Magnolia, Twitter, Upcoming and several other web services to provide all the dynamic functionality of a new site for Denna Jones.
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Del Toro confirmed for Hobbit →
The Mexican director of Pan’s Labyrinth will relocate to New Zealand for the four-year, two-film project, and producers Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh and Phillippa Boyens are expected to co-adapt Tolkein’s fantasy tale.
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“Yahoo’s new architecture, called YOS (Yahoo Open Strategy) proves that the...”
– Caption from an otherwise serious item covering Yahoo’s revelation that it is rewiring its entire platform to be open and social. (via Nige Horrocks)
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WatchAnother spectacular visual treat from Flight404, set to Radiohead’s “Weird Fishes”.
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“As recently as last week, it was reported that Soderbergh felt his double bill...”
– Salon’s Andrew O’Hehir confirms the surprise inclusion of Traffic and Solaris director Steven Soderbergh’s four-hour Che Guevara epic at this year’s Cannes Film Festival.
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“The three-piece suit has become sort of my trademark. You don’t see them...”
– The impeccably-dressed creator of the internet, Vint Cerf, tells Cal Fussman what he’s learned in 64 years.
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WatchI don’t read many novels, but Portuguese writer José Saramago’s Blindness sticks in my mind as a favourite of the last decade. The film adaptation by City Of God director Fernando Meirelles was originally to have starred Daniel Craig in the lead role, but his replacement Mark Ruffalo is a superior choice. I love the bleached-out look of this trailer; it’s even better in HD.
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“He needed a visual gimmick that would grab everyone’s attention so he shot an ad...”
– Adam Levy in a profile of influential 1960s adman George Lois, who rose to prominence working at DDB and was best known for creating some of Esquire’s most famous covers of the period.
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The Inspiration Room →
A well-presented showcase site with a heavy Flash UI, lots of eye candy to enjoy here.
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Graphic Design: The New Basics →
An online resource for Ellen Lupton and Jennifer Cole Phillips’ new book that takes “a fresh look at design basics”.
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“If you slur the words ‘Lucida Grande’ the right way, you can sound just like a...”
– Dean Allen on Twitter.
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Icon Resource →
Dutch icon designer and proprietor of Cocoia Sebastiaan de With has released a series of HD QuickTime (and iPhone-ready) screencasts detailing the icon creation process, as well as some history, standards and guidelines. I’m seriously considering paying the €95 price tag for this level of insight, if for no other reason than it may improve my waning Photoshop skills. (via Matt Comi)
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“Let us learn our lessons. Never, never believe any war will be smooth and easy,...”
– This quote by Winston Churchill ends a just-released report on the Iraq war from the Pentagon’s National Defense University. The report calls the war “a major debacle” with the outcome “in doubt”. (via Jonah Merchant)
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WatchGreat music video by Michel and Olivier Gondry who teamed up to to direct this one for the band Lacquer. The video is about a guy who has to drive across the US from Los Angeles to New York. To create the video, they shot it on 16mm film, shooting one frame every second during the day, and then one frame every 10 seconds at night. The overall effect is pretty sweet, compressing a seven day journey...
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“I’m almost positive the Underware EULA prohibits pink text on neon blue.”
– Typophile user aluminum in a thread identifying the Dolly typeface.
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WatchMinority Report-style user interface from LM3Labs. Look ma, no hands.
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“Well, I had to turn back.”
– David Vann’s attempt at a solo circumnavigation is over for this year due to cracks in his trimaran’s compression posts. He’s postponed the trip till December.
OS Form Elements →
Form elements from the major browser/OS platforms in anti-aliased PSD format, from Designers Toolbox. (via Jason Santa Maria)
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“If ever there was a web app that could be — should be — better on the iPhone...”
– John Gruber on the state of Twitter web clients for iPhone.
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“Of course he’s built his service on copyright infringement … so I’m sure...”
– Nathan Bowers on Muxtape. He’s wrong that the tracks can’t be downloaded, but bonus points for the Say Anything Lloyd Dobler reference. And this just in: Muxtape plays on the iPhone. (via Jakob Lodwick)
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“This is one double-dip I can tolerate.”
– Marty Langford will be shelling out for the new Robert A. Harris-supervised restoration of Francis Ford Coppola’s Godfather trilogy. How could you not?
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CSS Variables →
We’re way overdue for this functionality (and Safari developer David Hyatt’s name is attached to this proposal, which may give it legs). (via Shaun Inman, who’s done a little work on this sort of thing himself)
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The Art of the Title Sequence →
Some of my favourite titles are collected here, including those for Donnie Brasco, Gattaca, Vertigo and Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events. Digital Kitchen’s work on both Dexter and The Company are recent gems. Needs more Saul Bass! (via Michael Lopp)
