Sometimes, the simplest of things require effort than the designer doesn’t have time for in a crunch. Enter Webdesigner’s Toolkit, a compact, but highly useful site offering a basic set of handy tools for the designer including browser windows, form elements, buttons and copytext, all in Photoshop PSD format.
Came in handy today when I needed some form elements on the quick and didn’t have time to spare.
Supporting new techniques and ideas is nothing new to Radiohead as they vividly illustrate in the new video, “House of Cards” from the “In Rainbows” release. Innovative use of 3D scanners normally pressed into service for terrain mapping are repurposed for the construction of Thom Yorke’s face.
Brilliant capture of a fascinating story involving a 14-year old Beatles fan who managed to secure an audio interview with John Lennon. The animation style is brilliant, using a combination of 3D and hand-drawn disciplines, fused together in a fluid, seamless flow. This is a must watch.
I love it when poor Photoshop skills are outed in a major way. Not to say it’s good that these images make their way to the international press and are passed off as real. No, that’s not good. What’s good is that the fraud was exposed and that the creators and perpetrators are brought to justice in the world court of opinion.
Case in point, the New York Times covered a press release photo of Iranian missiles launching. The original image does appear to have come from an extension of the Iranian government, so whether it was “officially” sanctioned or not is questionable, but the point remains that fakery of this magnitude is photojournalistic blasphemy and needs to be fought as diligently as possible.
Friend and former co-worker James Tolentino always impressed with his artistic and graphic talent. From his early wizardry with a spray can working walls to his more recent foray into more traditional canvas-based works, he has developed a unique style which evokes another era, but is solidly current and relevant, stylistically.
Giving a new twist on the old stock resource site, newcomer Graphic Leftovers presents itself as “a haven where professional designers and illustrators sell or donate their unused, unsold or unfairly rejected pieces of art online.”
I think the idea has merit because most designers have elements or comps they’ve created that will otherwise go to waste. This gives them a way to re-purpose some of those “lost” elements and ideas and perhaps make enough cabbage to go buy a low fat, extra whip, no foam, extra hot double carmel Macchiato. A good idea whose time is past due, I hope G.L. is around to stay.
Welcome another high-end information design visualizer in the form of Virgin Eye, Richard Branson and company’s aggregator-slash-tracker-slash-gallery. It provides sweet eye candy and is functionally simple enough, though I’m not sure why the gallery is there. Its inclusion seems like an afterthought, melded on top of the experience, rather than integrated into it.
Performance-wise, it seems to be chugging along over my high-speed network and isn’t as responsive as I’d like. Perhaps that’s due to initial traffic hits. Otherwise, for a visualizer, it’s not bad, but it’s lack of features and additional views makes it a quick visit.
Hadn’t checked out Cuban Council’s site for awhile, so I dropped by and perused their latest. Latest being…*ahem*…2007. (Update your site, Toke!). The most recent post is for their work on NASA’s Astrobiology site.
They’ve delivered a clean execution, with a fresh take on the ol’ dynamic lead (which I’m always interested to see new thinking on). According to their description of the project, they’ve built a new article system and front-end template, which the NASA web team implemented.
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