March 23, 2012
The great Milton Glaser on failure. Basically success can be limiting, and failure helps you learn. Watching this, and this documentary, Glaser seems to have attained a unique mix of playful curiosity, calm deliberation, emotional awareness, and a little bit of the rascal. I hope to be so cool (without caring at all about being cool, which is kind of the same thing) when I’m older.
February 27, 2012
The Lively Morgue →
Really great design on this new New York Times photo archive blog. The backs of these photos are as beautiful as the fronts, and I love how the UI foregrounds that by allowing you to replicate the experience of flipping them over. It’s one of the best uses of CSS3 animation I’ve seen to date, going beyond novelty and creating a metaphor that delights the user and furthers the emotional connection with these beautiful objects. So yes, very well done.
February 8, 2012
“The most valuable thing my parents instilled in my brother and me is that if we’re passionate about something, or even interested in it, we should just do it and let it run its course and if it’s something we learn more about and decide we’re not interested in, that’s fine, but we didn’t decide that prematurely. Instead of one big moment, there were a series of moments, and those continue. That’s an ongoing thing with me. I probably chase those moments, to be honest.”
November 30, 2011
A London Street Scene (1840) by John Parry (via feuilleton)
November 21, 2011
Enjoying Museum Studio’s hyper-patterned identity for Marble, the new record label from ex-Institubes guys Surkin and Para One. Also, if you need some completely over-the-top, arena-sized, piano-banging dance music to start out your week, Marble can do that for you.
November 18, 2011
Not super interested in reading Gladwell right now, but if I was, I would so buy these great-looking books. Designed by Brian Rea and Paul Sahre. Bigger images here.
November 1, 2011
Enjoying the hand-drawn styles of the Smallville record label and shop. The new Moomin album they just put out is nice too — low key dusty house vibes.
October 20, 2011
Beautiful package design for Lark Cigarettes by George Tscherny, circa 1968. (via Container List)
September 9, 2011
Octave One - I Believe (Sandwell District Remix)
Deeply epic, windswept techno vibes. Woosh!
Also, Sandwell District has a Tumblr.
(via Fail)
July 19, 2011
Beatle boots, taken from this set of previously unseen Beatle photos. (via Subtraction)
July 6, 2011
Repeat - Lilt-A
Super subtle aquatic electronica from the Plaid guys plus Mark Broom. Slightly more info here, and you can stream the rest of the album via this convenient YouTube playlist.
July 5, 2011
And that’s a nice-looking album cover.
