JULIAN GLANDER

Makes tasty animated things and then some / via We Make Money Not Art

julianglander.com

Lubalin’s American Flag

This is like eating delicious cake with the eyeballs / via Coudal

readymag.com

Greyscalegorilla

Cinema 4D Tutorials and Tools for Motion Graphic Designers. Because one day I want to 3D. / via Swiss-Miss and an interview with the founder

greyscalegorilla.com

Adobe Experience Design CC

User experience, prototyping app. Nice to see this shaping up. Must try.

adobe.com

At Work with Wolff Olins’ Humble, Non-“arsehole” Designers

Being humble speaks to having the wisdom to look around the room, wonder what everyone else is bringing to the table, and ask ‘what can I learn from them?’ / via @meganmdeal

eyeondesign.aiga.org

Design Facts

It took Adrian Frutiger three years to complete the twenty-one sans-serif fonts that make up the Univers family. I got sucked in. / via Swiss-Miss

designfacts.org

Lingo

This looks interesting and important

lingoapp.com

Record Envelope

A reference for vinyl geeks and graphic artists. Ms Kavel Rafferty's collection of company sleeves. / via Yewknee

crossedcombs.typepad.com

Backbone Branding — MØS Gastronomic Smart & Casual

Lovely and minimal. / via BrandNew

backbonebranding.com

From Film to Poster

Clips of movies that inspired their posters

yewknee.com

Book cover designs of Le Corbusier

Nice. / via Coudal

fondationlecorbusier.fr

Issue N°4 — Lubalin’s Oh! & Ah!

I could look at this oh! and ah! all day

readymag.com

Seth’s Blog: On saying “no”

"If it's going to distract you from the work that truly matters, pass."

sethgodin.typepad.com

It’s not you. Bad doors are everywhere.

"Don Norman's seminal book on design, The Design of Everyday Things, was motivated by the issue." Great video and insight.

vox.com

Flat File — Herb Lubalin Study Center

I don't know what this is, but I am transfixed by the Flat File logo / via Mike Essl

flatfile.lubalincenter.com

Facer – watchfaces for Android Wear

I had an Apple Watch. It was clunky and didn't measure my heart rate properly when I worked out. So I sold it. Now that I see these round faces of Android, I have that itch again. (For now I'll stick with my Swatch).

facer.io

A Friend of Mine

I think this is a great name for a design practice. Excellent (and delicious looking) work to boot.

afom.com.au

David Pearson’s collection of type as image

So many good things here / via Yewknee

flickr.com

Library of COngress WPA Posters

932 pages of results. / via Coudal

loc.gov

2015 – Album Colors Of The Year

Great way to peruse album art / via Yewknee

albumcolors.com

Design Brawl: Carolina vs. Denver

I don't know football, but i like beer and these can designs are swell!

designbrawl.com

New Logo, Bottle, and Packaging for Rivella

How was it I studied in Switzerland and never tried this. I guess I have to go back!

underconsideration.com

1970 Pontiac Firebird brochure

Some nice spreads in there. / via Coudal

storm.oldcarmanualproject.com

Robinson’s Accident Repair Centre in Adelaide

I want to get my car repaired here. / via UnderConsideration

parallaxdesign.com.au

IBM Design Thinking

This looks meaty, with nuggets like "Empathy: first with each other, then with our users.” / via Yewknee

ibm.com

Matt W. Moore Throws

I quite like these blankets.

mwmgraphics.blogspot.com

New Packaging for Bud Light by Wieden + Kennedy

There have been some exceptionally putrid Bud Light can designs over the years. Revolting really. This new design is nice.

underconsideration.com

Swiss in CSS

Fun to click through

swissincss.com

Logopedia

I could get lost in here!

logos.wikia.com

PillPack – Pharmacy Simplified

Beautiful, simple packaging

pillpack.com

How We Hold Our Gadgets · An A List Apart Article

Interesting to see how different sized devices have different hot zones. Logical, but infuriating when designing for such variables.

alistapart.com

Robert Beatty

Really, really, awesome insight into the guy that has made my favorite album cover of late (Tame Impala)

pitchfork.com

Design+Code: Learn iOS design and Xcode

Compelling set of materials to really learn how to make an app. Could this be my 2018 resolution?

designcode.io

Explaining graphic design to four-year-olds

I love this piece by Dean Vipond, a lot a lot. /via Paul Nini

medium.com

The art and album covers of Robert Beatty

Wonderful work (recently learned from Tame Impala's new album)

robertbeattyart.com

Logitech Colorful Play Collection

These wireless mice are super fun

logitech.com

Brand New: New Logo and Packaging for Dr. Bronner’s

I've always wondered if they would revise their packaging. Well done!

underconsideration.com

The Solo cup design

Long read, but of relative interest for those interested in the 90s or kitsch

reddit.com

9 Squares

Each designer creates an abstract, 350px, 3 second animated square to make up a single GIF loop, from a 4-colour palette. / via thisiscolossal

9-squares.tumblr.com

Obvious Always Wins

When designing your site, or application, or mobile app, make sure the most important bits are exposed.

lukew.com

Meticulously Handcrafted Paper Objects by Zim & Zou

This work is WHOA good. Incredibly awesome.

thisiscolossal.com

A-holes: A type book by Curtis Canham — Kickstarter

I'm all about that t-shirt. Fun project. (And I didn't know a-holes existed)

kickstarter.com

iWantHue

Generate and refine palettes of optimally distinct colors / via Philip

tools.medialab.sciences-po.fr

Travis Purrington’s proposal for US currency

That honors science, and not presidents. Love what this stands for and the beautiful designs. / via studio mate Tom

travispurrington.com

Someday is Now: The Art of Corita Kent

I want to go to there. (Closes April 19 at the Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh) / via Austin Kleon

warhol.org

Converting to IBM System/360

"The warm lighting and careful use of a shallow depth of field is more used today for domestic products and holiday advertising, to see it used for a corporate context feels fresh and inviting." Agreed.

ministryoftype.co.uk

Mood Lines: Setting the Tone of Your Design

Super basic but also powerful / via Coudal

zevendesign.com

Brand New: The Best and Worst Identities of 2014, Part 1: The Best

There's some lovely work in there.

underconsideration.com

You Are The Friction

This book looks awesome. (Click on the dots to view a small gallery)

singstatistics.co.uk

New Logo and Identity for Tusk Conservation Awards

A lovely implementation

underconsideration.com

Three rules for a happy designer

I like these rules very much. / via @thefoxisblack

thatis-kingcharming.tumblr.com

MIKEY BURTON

Fun for clicking and for inspiring and for all the goodness.

mikeyburton.com

Slik blir de nye sedlene fra Norges Bank

I want to go to Norway to collect their newly designed money.

snohetta.com

Tilt Brush

VR painting tool. Super neat / via waxy

tiltbrush.com

WalkNYC signage

Love

subtraction.com

Meet the Ipsums

Bluth ipsum! Cat ipsum! other ipsums! /via Jessicahische

meettheipsums.com

Adler Table – Ohio Design

This is the standing desk I'd want. / via Swissmiss

ohiodesign.com

Handlettered logos from defunct department stores

Not sure I've ever linked to these fine examples collected by Christian Annyas, but I do dig 'em so.

annyas.com

The name of the department store Pogues handwritten in a cursive style