A transmission from the deep south.Tumblr (3.0; @matthewb)http://matthewbuchanan.name/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lhl2fwmEcq1qz6jndo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>“Haircut” is Ken Garduno’s <a href="http://scissorhands20th.blogspot.com/2011/01/haircut.html">contribution</a> to Seb Mesnard’s <a href="http://scissorhands20th.blogspot.com">Scissorhands 20th</a> blog, a tribute for the anniversary of Tim Burton’s 1990 fairytale, dedicated to the memories of Vincent Price and Stan Winston.</p>http://matthewbuchanan.name/post/3662941660http://matthewbuchanan.name/post/3662941660Sun, 06 Mar 2011 08:03:21 +1300filmdirectortim burtonblogIllustrationtribute<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l950l05aCn1qz4sk0o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://stewf.tumblr.com/post/1166145196/rarely-do-i-see-photographs-as-pure-and-clear-as" class="tumblr_blog">Stephen Coles</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>Rarely do I see photographs as pure and clear as those of <a href="http://pete.hoang.com/">Peter Hoang</a>. See his <a href="http://thenewdomestic.com/">blog</a> for more.</p></blockquote>http://matthewbuchanan.name/post/1166459250http://matthewbuchanan.name/post/1166459250Wed, 22 Sep 2010 21:41:53 +1200photographynatureblog<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l4z9ok5CDj1qz6jndo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Jasper Hauser <a href="http://www.madebysofa.com/blog/kaleidoscope/">shares</a> some of the thinking that went into the icon for Sofa’s file comparison app, Kaleidoscope. Beautiful <a href="http://www.kaleidoscopeapp.com">site</a> too. (via <a href="http://delicious.com/url/50deff95251b7c66d05d55f9353e388a">Wilson Miner</a>)</p>http://matthewbuchanan.name/post/765121154http://matthewbuchanan.name/post/765121154Sat, 03 Jul 2010 22:41:08 +1200iconsdesigncolourblogapplicationmac<a href="http://52weeksofux.com">52 Weeks of UX</a>: <p>A discourse on the process of designing for real people, from <a href="http://bokardo.com">Joshua Porter</a> and <a href="http://jbrewer.me">Joshua Brewer</a>. 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.</p>http://matthewbuchanan.name/post/322492157http://matthewbuchanan.name/post/322492157Fri, 08 Jan 2010 15:06:00 +1300uxwebdesignblogtumblr<a href="http://paulirish.com/2009/bulletproof-font-face-implementation-syntax/">Bulletproof @font-face Syntax</a>: <p>Useful tips from Paul Irish.</p>http://matthewbuchanan.name/post/181916996http://matthewbuchanan.name/post/181916996Tue, 08 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +1200Typographyblogreferencewebweb standardswebfonts“Look, don’t sweat it, Dan. You’re writing for <em>Newsweek</em>, the premier magazine Americans turn to for week-old news when they’re sold out of <em>Time</em>. That’s what counts.”<br/><br/> - <em>John Gruber does some <a href="http://daringfireball.net/2009/08/so_dan_lyons_called">pwning</a> of his own.</em>http://matthewbuchanan.name/post/176180754http://matthewbuchanan.name/post/176180754Mon, 31 Aug 2009 22:05:50 +1200applemagazinehumourblog<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://assets.tumblr.com/swf/audio_player_black.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/121412640/oUVPjZYNook70vcbvbeUIo62&color=FFFFFF" height="27" width="207" quality="best" wmode="opaque"></embed><br/><br/><p>“Come Monday Night” from the forthcoming eponymous album <em>God Help The Girl</em>, a new girl-group side project imagined by Belle and Sebastian’s Stuart Murdoch and fronted by vocalist Catherine Ireton. Some <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblog/2009/jun/09/stuart-murdoch-ultimate-girl-group">background</a> from Murdoch is on his <em>Guardian</em> blog. The <a href="http://www.godhelpthegirl.com">album</a>, which includes a couple of Belle and Sebastian covers, is out June 22. From the <a href="http://www.godhelpthegirl.com/about">PR site</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>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.</p> </blockquote>http://matthewbuchanan.name/post/121412640http://matthewbuchanan.name/post/121412640Thu, 11 Jun 2009 11:04:00 +1200musicbandblogcover version<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/5rz1mflKzof17lh3a8ktbB43o1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Hayden Hunter has <a href="http://log.acryliccowboy.com/post/120455448/a-long-time-coming-prologue-click-here-to">released</a> Prologue, a new <a href="http://prologuetheme.tumblr.com">theme</a> for Tumblr. Great looking, and he’s gone the extra mile by including seamless styling for Disqus comments, as well as new and old Tumblr features: integrated Twitter, post notes, group tumblelogs and high-res images.</p>http://matthewbuchanan.name/post/120480943http://matthewbuchanan.name/post/120480943Tue, 09 Jun 2009 22:10:00 +1200tumblrthemestumblelogsblogdesign<a href="http://weloveyouso.com/blog/">We Love You So</a>: <p>Spike Jonze’s <em>Where The Wild Things Are</em> blog just launched. (via <a href="http://www.rubinrecommends.com/2009/05/we-love-you-so-spike-jonze-wtwta/">Matt Rubin</a>)</p>http://matthewbuchanan.name/post/106407725http://matthewbuchanan.name/post/106407725Tue, 12 May 2009 09:01:58 +1200filmdirectorbooksblog<a href="http://new.typographica.org">Typographica</a>: <p><a href="http://www.davidkaneda.com/post/99013662/typographica">David Kaneda</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>One of the best typography sites around realigns, no longer following a strictly-blog format. Gorgeous.</p> </blockquote> <p>“Unchanged since 2002. Now completely new.” And worth waiting for, what a superb new look. Plus, they’ve snuck out their <a href="http://new.typographica.org/2009/features/our-favorite-typefaces-of-2008/">Favourite Typefaces of 2008</a> unnoticed by me.</p>http://matthewbuchanan.name/post/99027701http://matthewbuchanan.name/post/99027701Thu, 23 Apr 2009 09:09:00 +1200Typographyblogtypefacebest of