The Denver Egotist - their mission: Attempting to make Denver suck less, Daily. Maybe KC needs something like this…
I like this shirt simply because they use Bello — a font I love even though I still haven’t found a place for it in any of my projects. Someday.
Oh, and those Bluetooth things look ridiculous.
What’s Plaguing Viral Marketing - I don’t really agree with the argument here, but it’s an interesting read; the researcher posits that viral marketers are targeting “Influentials” who can quickly spread messages and ideas like, uh, a virus. He argues that “normal” people are just as influential, and marketers focus on large groups of sheep. Meh, back to the lab.
10 Things You May Not Know About the Web Developer Toolbar - everybody loves a list, me included. I’ve found 5 out of 10 of these tips really useful in the past week.
Icon Design: Anti-Aliasing - great write up, and it reminded me of a underused little setting in Illustrator, Pixel Preview (option-cmd-y).
The new MK12 is here! the new MK12 is here! The best part of the site? They’ve posted a huge archive of their work — you’ll be in a daze for days.
Just Do It South Africa — a fantastic new Nike campaign from W+K Amsterdam. Check their blog for samples of the print work, which features beautiful photography and pitch-perfect copywriting (the real star of the show). Similarly, the TV spot (below) looks stunning, but the VOs and sound design make it sing.
For all the Transformers nerds out there wondering whatever happened to the most evil tape deck ever, look no further:
Nice touches include an appearance by Ravage and his affair with Mr. Coffee.
The regular reader of this blog may notice a slight change in the design. That’s due to the new design, dubbed ‘monsterism’, which debuted today. I’ve had this idea swimming around in my head since February, and thanks to a recent holiday and vacation day, I finally had time to put my ideas to pixels.
Feed subscribers should be none the wiser, but you might want to drop by the site to keep yourself in the know.
I know there’s a bug or two to work on, but let me know if you see anything really odd.
Now back to my regular intermittent blogging schedule.
Quiet Structure - Great article by Andy Rutledge on grids, vertical rhythm, and the clear presentation of information, using the newly redesigned CNN.com and the chaotic USAtoday.com as visual aides.
The best cigarette - Visual poetry.
FreeBurner for Everyone - FeedBurner Pro is now free… thanks Google!
