This is soooo cool: Eye-Fi Adds Wi-Fi to Almost Any Digital Camera — meaning automatic uploads to Flickr, Facebook et. al. The future is here and you can buy it on Amazon.
TripAdvisor, the travel site that has never let me down, has cracked the lid on their new site — see it here. Overall, it’s a huge improvement — the effort and planning involved are evident in the information design and user experience. It’s much easier on the eyes thanks to the wider layout, increased whitespace, rounded corners and more. Congrats to the design team, whoever you are.
Refill7 is a very cool project from Refill Magazine (I’m not afraid to admit I’ve never heard of it.) — they’ve asked 50 artists to design their own decks by lasering through 7 layers of plywood.
There’s a ginormous gallery of the decks at Flickr that highlights the really cool and highly detailed designs with Laser cutting by Precision 20|20.
I finally made it to the new Puma store at my local mall to grab a fresh pair of kicks and when I got them home I was pleasantly surprised to find this clever message on the bottom of my shopping bag:
It reads:
“CAUTION: THIS IS NOT A TOY. Obviously, it’s just a bag. OK, we didn’t really think you would mistake it for a games consol. [sic] All we mean is don’t fool around and put it on your head, you’ll just look silly.”
It’s always fun to find little bits of unexpected humor in seemingly mundane places… kudos to the copywriter! Shame on the proofreader though… unless there’s an alternate spelling for “console” that I’m not aware of.
The results of A List Apart’s Web Design Survey are available now. If you’re a web professional, take a look at how you stack up against 33,000 of your colleagues… get ‘em here.
The Sony Bravia spot you haven’t seen (probably) - watch it. Made for Egypt after balls, paint and bunnies.
A couple of nice recent examples of motion design: Clif Bar 2 Mile Challenge (bonus: it’s a great idea) and Stella Artois. Both throwbacks to the progenitors of the style, MK12
Last but not least, a great read that suggests climate change issues look a lot like design problems. Which means designers can make a difference - read it for yourself.
