Thoughts on Design

[wildemoonleather]

When clients send me cool gifts as part of a custom job it makes me feel all warm inside.  A Gerber Shard, Field Notes, and Pencils.  

Thank you!

► EDC Additions : Wilde-Moon Leather

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BE BOLD OR ITALIC NEVER REGULAR.

Wasted Rita

[potatoes-forever]

start something that matters

[plaintshirt]

Blake Mycoskie of TOMS for GQ

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Robin Dave

[yanilavigne]

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5 WAYS TO LEAN IN WITHOUT BURNING OUT

While this article was written for women it seems like these five suggestions are a good idea no matter which sex you are. - Alexander Kwapis

THE ANSWER TO GETTING MORE DONE AND LEADING A BALANCED LIFE ISN'T IN BEATING YOURSELF UP ABOUT AMBITIONS.

1. BE AUTHENTIC

2. BE CLEAR ON YOUR VISION

3. PRACTICE SELF-COMPASSION

4. PRACTICE MEDITATION

5. ALLOW IT TO BE EASY

Check out the full article here at Fastco.

BY VANESSA LODER AND LISA ABRAMSON

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75% Of Ikea’s Catalog Is Computer Generated Imagery

I read this article from Fast Co. over the Labor Day holiday and thought it was interesting to hear how much of Ikea's catalog is computer generated. 

Made sense when Mark Wilson wrote

The CG artists learned studio photography, and the photographers on staff learned 3-D rendering software. A sensitivity to real-world conditions grounds what could be cold, lifeless computer-based imagery.

The crispness of the photos and the attention to detail is amazing. I wonder what the ROI is on using CG photography instead of standard photography techniques? - AK

Check out the full article here at Fastcodesign.com

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HOW JENNA LYONS TRANSFORMED J.CREW INTO A CULT BRAND

Jenna Lyons is in her corner office sucking on an iced coffee as if it were manna. The room looks like a cross between a boudoir and an artist's loft, with a peach fur draped over a white leather eames chair. The industrial windows stretch up and up, like Lyons's legs, which are punctuated by a pair of metallic, sparkled 3-inch stilettos. But the coffee just isn't cutting it. "I'm so hungry. I haven't eaten in 10 days," says the executive creative director and president ofJ.Crew, not hyperbolically. "I was like, errrr! errrr! with every pair of pants," she adds, making that grunting sound familiar to all women at some point in their lives. Turns out even the most fashionable manager in America can have a bad clothing day. "The inside button would pop before I even zipped it. I was like, Oh, God!" So Lyons went on an organic-juice-cleanse-plus-Isogenics bender and has consumed nothing but liquids for more than a week. "I'm a little bit mangry. Hangry mangry," she confesses, within five minutes of my arrival.

Read the rest of the artile here... fastco.

Check out Jenna Lyons' office in 360 here.

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Can't wait to see the Wombats on November 1st

The Wombats are an indie band from Liverpool, UK. They comprise two native Liverpudlians; Matthew Murphy, provider of vocals, guitar and keyboards, drummer/vocalist (also plays synthesizer and flute, banjo and commonly whistles) Dan Haggis and bass player/vocalist (plays guitar with Matthew on acoustic versions) Tord Øverland-Knudsen, a Norwegian who has made his home in the city.

[jonathanmoore]

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All five of these habits are easy to pick up but will squeeze out every bit of your effectiveness.

[weandthecolor]

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weandthecolor:

All You Need is Love

Ribbon type by Sean Freeman as part of a collaborative piece with the lovely Pomme Chan for Bangkok’s Design Festival.

More typography inspiration.

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[weandthecolor]

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weandthecolor:

Typographic poster design

by Seb Lester, a London-based type designer, illustrator and artist.

More typography inspiration.

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thecreativebridge:

Tip of the week: Be more obvious. 

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weandthecolor:

Alphabet Illustration

by London-based designer Jing Zhang.

Check out more here.

More typography inspiration.

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weandthecolor:

REVERSE / A SPACE ODYSSEY 2011

by Helmut Kool.

“The movie “Reverse“ has been exclusively produced by means of analogue techniques. Hence, all object movements are based on physical forces within their real environment. Purpose of this cinematic experiment is to circumscribe 3D simulation, thus showing which possibilities we as designers can find in reality. Contemporaneously, the movie is oriented towards digital simulations by adopting their specific look, thereby creating an atmosphere which, at a first glance, does not allow for a distinction whether the images are of digital or analogue nature. Since the movie reverses the typical approach of most 3D simulated movies, in particular to purport reality, it is named “Reverse”. Its additional subtitle “a space odyssey 2011” refers to the shown journey through theories of time and space.”

More motion graphics inspiration.

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