17.Mar.2010 Design for America
I really like the current trend of government opening up their “data” to the public so that they can play with it to make it useful to others. The MBTA has done this and developers have gone on to create apps that track when the bus is coming (I am a big fan of Catch [...]
26.Feb.2010 Olympic Pictograms
“Designer Steven Heller traces the evolution of the tiny symbols for each Olympic sport since their appearance in 1936″ – NYTimes
Juliet turned me onto this – great stuff. I love being able to look at how design evolves – how it infects and affects culture.
25.Feb.2010 Colored Pencils
I love finding creativity everywhere.
03.Feb.2010 Dedicated to Winston and Julia
For the first time, I am being compelled to censor my personal beliefs. On my own blog. This bums me out. It may be the “right” thing to do politically — but I am having a really hard time thinking it’s ok for me personally.
In honor of that:
22.Jan.2010 New HBO.com launches
The new site emphasizes community + video – and is simply gorgeous. More and more sites are going to feature video like this – front and center.
According to Creativity:
The Flash-based destination seeks to provide viewers with a deeper level of engagement with its shows: “The site features high quality streaming video, including clips and [...]
21.Jan.2010 FreshBump Awards
Another great tweet from Juliet:
05.Jan.2010 Art Direction
Juliet sent this around, love it.
