OHFUCKYOUMOTHERFUCKERSYOUFUCKINGMOTHERFUCKERS.

This entry was written by admin, posted on 02/18/2010 at 9:57 AM, filed under Design, Flash, Life and tagged Flash, Wefail. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink.

Electric Pulp. Good, solid, design work.

This entry was written by admin, posted on 02/17/2010 at 9:29 AM, filed under CSS, Design and tagged CSS, Design, Studio. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink.

We often hear bold statements like “welcome to the future”, or “the future is now”, but despite these catch-phrases, the “future” really is looming—and fast. I think I’ve seen 2 recent examples of what we can expect in the not-so-distant—and both have to do with money, how we manage it, and from the devices we manage it with. The 1st is our financial instituion. Our bank has just released a great iPhone/iPod Touch application that can do just about anything the browser—or even the ATM—can do. All from your couch. For all the short-comings we’ve experienced with our business banking over the past 5 years—this is 1 area they seem to be leading the way in. Mobile banking. I love it.

The other mention is “Square”. Square is going to prove to be a genuine game-changer. I’ll shut up, and let the website do the talking.

This entry was written by admin, posted on 02/15/2010 at 4:19 PM, filed under Design, Future, Mobile and tagged Future, iPhone, Mobile. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink.

No bullshit, to-the-point, clean, beautiful, accessible—simple.

This entry was written by admin, posted on 02/03/2010 at 10:34 AM, filed under CSS, Design and tagged Design. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink.

I read this brief entry on the 37signals blog “Signal vs. Noise”, and felt it was worth sharing, in it’s entirety. I admire almost everything 37signals does—’specially the blunt (but almost always bang-on) opinions of founder, Jason Fried. Once again, I couldn’t agree more. I’ll rip the entire article and post below…

There’s more to building a great product than just studying the market or the technology or competitors. You need to have taste too. You need to understand what “great” means in a big picture sense, not just in your chosen field. At least that’s what Steve Jobs thinks:

Great products, according to Mr. Jobs, are triumphs of “taste.” And taste, he explains, is a byproduct of study, observation and being steeped in the culture of the past and present, of “trying to expose yourself to the best things humans have done and then bring those things into what you are doing”.

Want to build a great iPhone app? Go listen to Billie Holliday. Trying to design a piece of hardware? Visit a Frank Lloyd Wright house. Aiming to write great marketing copy? Read Aldous Huxley. Need a color scheme? Go to the museum and check out some Mark Rothko paintings.

Studying masters in a wide range of fields is how you learn greatness. Their creations may not have a direct, instant benefit on whatever you’re making, but soaking them in will change the way you think and the decisions you make. Side benefit: you’ll be a lot more interesting person too.

This entry was written by admin, posted on 02/02/2010 at 9:33 AM, filed under Business, Design, Life, Technology and tagged 37signals, Inspiration, Taste. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink.

It’s been done a million times—but I’m still a sucker for this look-and-feel.

This entry was written by admin, posted on 01/28/2010 at 12:26 PM, filed under CSS, Design and tagged CSS, Design. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink.

This book has a spot devoted to it on our coffee table.

This entry was written by admin, posted on 01/27/2010 at 10:02 AM, filed under Design, Typography and tagged Helvetica, NYC, Subway. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink.

Dinoto, by Hyperakt, is a great example of an agency website done well.

This entry was written by admin, posted on 01/21/2010 at 8:51 AM, filed under Design, Flash and tagged Design, Flash. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink.

Big fan of the watercolour aesthetic. Always have been.

This entry was written by admin, posted on 01/20/2010 at 10:14 AM, filed under CSS, Design and tagged CSS, Watercolour. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink.

Firstborn rocking it once again with a site for Sobe, one of Pepsi-Cola’s brands.

This entry was written by admin, posted on 01/14/2010 at 9:00 AM, filed under Business, Design, Flash and tagged Design, Firstborn, Flash. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink.