I still think it’s weird when people use Flickr (Photo. Sharing.) for art or design portfolios, but dang if Matthew Feyld doesn’t have amazing paintings and illustrations.
Typical from Mute Math, proving that backwards is the new forwards. (Reminds me of that fantastic Jack Johnson video for Sitting, Waiting, Wishing.)
My friend (dotcomrade, but we’re working on making it real life) and occasional doppleganger Joshua Longbrake just got back from Uganda, Africa and he has lots of stories, thoughts, and photographs to share. Go peruse. Forget you live in America, if only for a few minutes.
Mike Davidson asks you to be an ambassador in the name of good taste on the web by inviting your friends to VIRBº and “[seeing] if we can prove…that better craftsmanship, better taste, and better effort will always win out in the end.”
Quote, “Are you bringing any websites with you? Do you have any websites in the car, sir?” Interesting article from Jesse Bennett-Chamberlain about redesigning the Expression Engine website, but the initial border-crossing anecdote is hysterical. Jesse has great work, and the more I play around with Expression Engine, the more I like it.
Quote, “Having a beer with Chase, reminiscing about the good ol’ times, like when I lopped off his arm to save the world. Poor guy has a fear of axes now.” Jack Bauer on Twitter.
Naz Hamid lets us peek under the hood of the recently-redesigned AIGA site’s content management system. Interesting stuff, well-thought-through information architecture, and a pleasant design to stare at everyday when creating and managing content. (I’ve been thinking through a CMS to run this site and its various subpages for a few months now. I am daunted, but at least newly-inspired.)
12 Stone Art is an online art gallery specializing in museum-quality fine art prints of Christian artwork. Before you immediately block that sentence from your mind and stop reading, I’d encourage you to go view the work they have so far, as it stands on its own apart from the label.
The art is top-notch, without slipping too far into the overtly literal, typically terribly-executed territory most “Christian art” lives in. And the site itself, from Atlanta-based dotcomrade Timothy Gray, is a thing of simple, functional beauty.
I’m looking forward to seeing the gallery grow.
Quote, “Design Online is electronic library containing a digitised record of Design journal for the years 1965 to 1974.” An amazing wealth of inspiration… spread after spead of well-designed magazine layouts and wonderful articles. I’ve made it through ’68 so far.
From videoblog superstar, to DuPont spokeswoman. Teflon-coated pseudo-comedy from Amanda Congdon. Weird. (But strangely still more entertaining than Rocketboom is these days.)
Poetically enough, considering yesterday’s Dunkin’ Donuts post, I had an alarm clock catastrophe this morning.
Simmy has a new justwatchthesky splashpage. It makes me smile.
The family tree of all the Greek Gods. I want to do an illustrated version of this some day, just for kicks.
Empowerment Temple is a church website. Anthony’s comment was “I wish the doors opened on the car, I need to jump to my death.”
The Steampunk Keyboard is quite possibly the coolest functional computer keyboard mod I’ve ever seen. Custom brass and old typewriter keys make for one slick DIY project.
I admit I kinda like the copywriting on Hungry Suitcase from Royal Caribbean.
There’s a WordPress plugin directory. I would be swimming in a sea of comment spam if not for Askimet, though I’m sure there are other quality plugins in there too.
“Raymond D. Nasher, who left an indelible stamp on Dallas by developing NorthPark Center and giving the city a sculpture collection worth more than $400 million and the museum that serves as its permanent home, died Friday at a local hospital. He was 85.”
excerpted from his Dallas Morning News obit
I benefit from Nasher’s artistic passions almost weekly, as the NorthPark Mall is one of my favorite indoor places in Dallas to just walk around. By all accounts, he was a remarkable man and one of the city’s most influential cultural icons. In a city so lacking in history and culture, his legacy is incredible.
Related: the Nasher Sculpture Center, Nasher Tells Chamber To Keep Art in Business
Ze Frank waves goodbye to the internet with the last episode of The Show.
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I'm a graphic designer and sometimes writer living in Anderson, South Carolina. I serve as the Design Director for NewSpring Church. I love Jesus, my wife, Levi's Jeans, good Tex-Mex, and 8oz glass bottle Coca-Cola Classic. On good days I love them roughly in that order. Email me.