Scriptographer is a very cool plugin to Illustrator to generate imagery.
Scriptographer: this is not a monkey
jkaczmarek: Nicest portfolio interface
http://jkaczmarek.com/ this guy has the best interface for a portfolio I have ever seen. From accessibility of the navigation to the atmosphere created by the white bleeding background and motion to feel like your actually flipping through his work. What a great way to display your work. This is a canon of what a design portfolio should perform like. Well done without feeling over-designed. However, I’m not sure how well it fits on a 1024×768 resolution screen.
The Many Cuts of Garamond
I saw this a while back, but I stumpled on it again. It’s a great way to examine type design and the variations in each cut and for each reason.
Heinz Klinkon: Man, Myth, Legend
The man who’s constantly referred to for his great stories that he tells or creates has passed. He pushed more than anyone else to generate new ideas and to think about the work you do and to “GO! Go out and do it!”. He taught us more than we know. He will truly be missed, but never forgotten.
I think I’m in love with Stephanie DeArmond
Stephanie DeArmond creates delicious ceramic typography matching culturally-mainstream statements, seemed to be pulled from tabloids or MTV, and with kitschy imagery reminiscent of a time when these decors would cover country kitchens.
Staples Annual Report
Robert Holmkvist design Staples’ 2007 Annual Report with some great experiental goodies including a metal binding holding the pages together, tabs for sections, and a letter from the president in an envelope. This must have cost a pretty penny and it doesn’t seem to represent the Staples brand very accurately. I found this at this new blog: TypeNeu
Fashionably Sustainable
I was reading this poem that Dawn Maxey wrote for the Compostmodern conference and it got me thinking. The consequences of making environmentally conscious a fashionable thing is just that fashionable. The problem at hand needs to be consistently addressed or the efforts that have been made are hardly worthwhile. It seems realistic that my generation will have to deal with this problem for the entirity of their lifetime.