Matthew Buchanan

The Dutch Icon collective, headed by Hemmo de Jonge, has an...

Tue, 15 Nov 2011 21:36:00 +1300

The Dutch Icon collective, headed by Hemmo de Jonge, has an impressive collection of royalty-free work for sale. The examples above are just two of the 99 sets they’ve drawn to date, all of which are sold exclusively through iStockPhoto (which sadly means there’s no way to buy the complete series as a single set). The consistency and proportions are perfect throughout — alongside Drew Wilson’s Pictos sets, these are among the best stock icons I’ve seen.

For more similar resources, Meagan Fisher posted a great round-up of alternatives a month or two back.

The new Readability

Tue, 01 Feb 2011 18:35:00 +1300

The new Readability:

Instapaper creator Marco Arment on Readability’s new service which enables users to financially compensate the content providers whose material they read:

Trust me, these guys really know their stuff, and their heads are in the right place: there are no sinister motives or shady practices. It works exactly the way you’d expect, and is one of the most positive, constructive efforts I’ve seen in the online publishing world in a long time.

Watch the promo video to see how it works.

Portland illustrator and designer Frank Chimero is kickstarting...

Tue, 01 Feb 2011 08:47:00 +1300

Portland illustrator and designer Frank Chimero is kickstarting a book about why people make things, entitled The Shape of Design. If you’ve read his blog or seen him speak you’ll know he thinks deeply on this and related topics. I predict he’ll breeze past his target ~~in the next few days~~ today: consider me signed up. Also: ecstatic that Frank is a last-minute addition to this year’s Webstock speaker lineup!

Smooth. Even. Steady. Jackson Walker is my hero.

Fri, 08 Oct 2010 10:14:45 +1300

Smooth. Even. Steady. Jackson Walker is my hero.

New in the Rifle Paper Co store. (via Meagan Fisher)

Wed, 16 Jun 2010 23:55:06 +1200

New in the Rifle Paper Co store. (via Meagan Fisher)

New theme: Solaris

Thu, 25 Mar 2010 00:07:00 +1300

From today, my new Solaris theme is available as part of Tumblr’s premium themes collection, to be officially launched later this week. Here’s a little rundown of what it offers:

Configurable icon sizes and colours
Optional “dark” palette, set in the Appearance menu
Option to display tags on summary and/or post pages
Option to display post authors
Lightbox for high-res images
Pages, Submissions & Ask support
Custom display of audio artwork and artist/track name
Custom display of like, reply and reblog notes
Display of liked posts and followed blogs
Support for Disqus and Google Analytics
Custom copyright message

The dark mode, visible in the wild on Nudge Up, seems to be a hit. Solaris is nine bucks via the super-slick new e-commerce process in the Theme Garden.

Big thanks to David, Peter and the team for inviting me to be part of this pilot, which I hope to see opened up to more of Tumblr’s design community soon. On that note, don’t miss my colleague Mike Harding’s delicious Scaffold theme, also for just $9.

Almost forgot: I’ve released National Park from my own site as well.

Update: there is now a version history page that lists new features, bug fixes and improvements to the theme.

Daniel Box: Kyle Jones just released another hit with Haäfe...

Tue, 02 Feb 2010 14:19:00 +1300

Daniel Box:

Kyle Jones just released another hit with Haäfe & Haph, a set of gorgeous ampersands, not to mention a really lovely site to display them all.

Provided in EPS and Opentype formats for $10. Simply beautiful.

Ollie, now for sale.

Tue, 12 Jan 2010 14:35:00 +1300

Ollie, now for sale.

Brooklyn-based illustrator, typographer and designer Jessica...

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 11:18:00 +1300

Brooklyn-based illustrator, typographer and designer Jessica Hische has launched a store as part of her new site, where you can purchase her printed works including this type specimen sheet for the Daily Drop Cap project. Want!

Edit: Jessica also has one of the most in-depth Q&A pages I’ve ever seen, under the sweet title of “overshares”.

Big news overnight is the launch of Square, a mobile app...

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 09:47:00 +1300

Big news overnight is the launch of Square, a mobile app supporting multiple devices that enables anyone to take credit card transactions without the hassle of merchant accounts or complicated fee structures. It’s the brainchild of Twitter inventor Jack Dorsey and with the likes of Buzz Andersen involved, it’s going to be huge. Impeccable website design by Bobby Andersen.

As pointed out in the notes by Max Wheeler and Lachlan Hardy, part of the solution is a physical card reader mechanism that sends magnetic data from a credit card to a supported device through its audio input jack, generating the power to do so from the swiping motion. Clever.