“Haircut” is Ken Garduno’s contribution to Seb Mesnard’s Scissorhands 20th blog, a tribute for the anniversary of Tim Burton’s 1990 fairytale, dedicated to the memories of Vincent Price and Stan Winston.
Rarely do I see photographs as pure and clear as those of Peter Hoang. See his blog for more.
Jasper Hauser shares some of the thinking that went into the icon for Sofa’s file comparison app, Kaleidoscope. Beautiful site too. (via Wilson Miner)
52 Weeks of UX
A discourse on the process of designing for real people, from Joshua Porter and Joshua Brewer. I love seeing this sort of project built on Tumblr, and Brewer has included some sweet design details, including the 1–52 navigation in the header, linking to articles tagged for each week.
Bulletproof @font-face Syntax
Useful tips from Paul Irish.
Look, don’t sweat it, Dan. You’re writing for Newsweek, the premier magazine Americans turn to for week-old news when they’re sold out of Time. That’s what counts.
— John Gruber does some pwning of his own.
“Come Monday Night” from the forthcoming eponymous album God Help The Girl, a new girl-group side project imagined by Belle and Sebastian’s Stuart Murdoch and fronted by vocalist Catherine Ireton. Some background from Murdoch is on his Guardian blog. The album, which includes a couple of Belle and Sebastian covers, is out June 22. From the PR site:
The result is a breathtaking record from one of pop’s most singular voices, combining the strengths and feel of the early Belle and Sebastian records in a broader musical palette, which draws equally on musicals, sixties’ girl groups, eighties’ indie and, most of all, classic pop records.
We Love You So
Spike Jonze’s Where The Wild Things Are blog just launched. (via Matt Rubin)
Typographica
One of the best typography sites around realigns, no longer following a strictly-blog format. Gorgeous.
“Unchanged since 2002. Now completely new.” And worth waiting for, what a superb new look. Plus, they’ve snuck out their Favourite Typefaces of 2008 unnoticed by me.
