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“Holst” sketches by @erikmusin for @holst_agency.

#StrengthInLetters #Goodtype

[typeworship]

Smoking’ Hot Type

While I’ve never smoked, and would discourage anyone from doing so, there was an age of innocence and exuberance around tobacco. Smoking pipes and cigarettes was a sign of sophistication and your choice of brand was another way to project your identity.  

I assume, like the perfume industry, the product was incredibly cheap to produce and sold for large profits, therefore consumers had to be convinced of its luxury through with catching packaging.

Many of the above packages above are from W.D. & H.O. Wills of Bristol, England, which was founded in 1786. These likely date from the late Victorian period, as the company merged in 1901. With this in mind, the vividness of colours, including metallics, the number of colours printed together and the lettering quality are very impressive.

These beautiful examples were collected in a scrapbook by an unidentified enthusiast and are now being looked after by Clint Harvey who kindly allowed me to photography them.

[jkheffernan]

Looking for design inspiration this Black Friday? Checkout these from the Invision team…

http://blog.invisionapp.com/reading-list-for-designers/?utm_campaign=blog-post-social&utm_content=41366407&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter

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How can we make react components even more atomic? Use a CSS preprocessor of course

[blazepress]

Landscape painted on cut log, by Alison Moritsugu.

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Beautiful idea. The life of a tree.. before and after.

[poems-and-words]

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Book of the day: The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt

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Book of the day:Not Yet by Laura Ward (Free Today)

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[jkheffernan]

I’ve put together a short list of photography resources from around the net. Personally I think getting out there with your camera and experimenting is the best way to learn, but sometimes you need a little motivation or inspiration.

Hopefully these resources will come in handy.

Creative Live

CreativeLive boasts a whole host of paid and free photography classes. A wide range of photography topics are covered from the nuances of portrait photography to fashion to Street. CreativeLive, also has courses for many other subjects in the creative field. Pop over to check it out.

2. The Guardian

B&H Words of wisdom from American camera equipment retailer B&H, with 44 tips to improve your photography.

SkillShare

Skillshare is a MOOC site created by like minded creative professionals. Originally focused purely on design the site has expanded to cover a myriad of topics from Photography to cinematography to cooking tips and DIY projects. Most of the worthwhile courses require a premium membership. A new member can join for 99c for the first three months, paying the standard fee of just 9.99 p/m thereafter. This isn’t a site full of small fry either there are some serious contenters here too, featuring well known names such as Seth Godin & Ellen Lupton.

– Books / blogs –

Photographing Shadow & Light

fStopper

NoFilmSchool

CreativeBloq

Vimeo Dslr for beginners

PhilipBloom While Philip bloom does lean a little more on the cinematography side of things than the photography, his knowlege of cameras, gear and technique is unmatched.

The Art of Photography: An Approach to Personal Expression

SLR Lounge

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iTrap

Stay away from the phones because it’s a trap & if you start using it. It's hard to leave :P Inspired by @Burnt Toast Creative - “ iDrown “

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Trouble finding mock up images?? Check out these from facebook!!

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Snowboarding in general is cool. Snowboarding in an abandoned snowy waterpark? SO much cooler.

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App Store Problems

The stage was set, native-React iOS javascript ready and an xcode project generated. Now to run... Build failed. What? Whoops I forgot to update xcode. So I popped open the App Store and hit update. And waited. Waited some more. Made a coffee. Came back and waited. Nothing happened. Hmm. The app store seems to be stuck. Where is the cancel button?? There didn't seem to be one. I went away out on to google. Nothing there either. Then I thought to myself this is a mac. The answer is probably glaring me in the face. I checked the menus, nothing. After an hour or so I found the solution. Was the solution intuitive? Nope. Is this what I expect from Apple? Nope. To solve the mac app store freeze I needed to cancel all the downloads and restart the process. To do this I magically needed to know to hold down the alt / option key on pause and it magically turned into a cancel. Come on Apple if your going to talk about good design and good user experience, can you please get the basics right??

[jkheffernan]

New IDE for React and Native React development from Facebook!!

GO

[jkheffernan]

This is the subscription and thank you page from Hacking UI. Absolutely love the gifs. Sorry Ricky nothing beats a Columbo gif!

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A graphic hommage to the beautiful street art that covered the walls of Windmill Lane recording studio in Dublin. James Heffernan deconstructed his photography into colour tones of Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and Key (with is black). In this light the work visually describes the rich Street Art legacy prevalent on Windmill Lane, Dublin. It was a place of rejuvenation and growth as artists constructed their masterpieces by adding to previous work or layering their work on top of their contemporaries. Sadly missed after its demolition this year, Windmill lane will be remembered fondly as a beautiful and inspiring place to walk through on the way to work. *If you enjoy this style let me know. I will be adding more pieces in the coming days. Part of a photography series on the famous Windmill Lane studio in Dublin. ------------------------- Products ------------------------- 17 individual products are available on James Heffernan's Redbubble page. Sales are made to Redbubble. International Shipping available.

[betype]

Sons of Liberty Playing Cards by Jeff Trish