Pixel Attack on NYC
A brilliantly done segment.
Design + Interactive Strategy
The Appleseed Cast by Olly Moss
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David Guttenfelder’s Afghanistan iPhone Photos
http://blogs.denverpost.com/captured/2010/03/24/captured-guttenfelders-iphone...
(via @daringfireball) Proof that the camera does not make the photographer.
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Augmented Reality Maps
I saw this video when it was first published by Ted a month ago and it recently became the topic of one my conversations at work. I realized that not many people had seen it (which surprised me given the coolness of the technology being presented here), so here it is:
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A Clever Direct Mail Piece
A very clever idea by GGRP to showcase their sound engineering abilities. Too bad their YouTube video sucks.
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Jane McGonigal on Changing the World
I just had the opportunity today to listen to McGonigal’s talk first-hand at the UMN’s College of Design. The event was called Design Intersections, and was sponsored primarily by my employer Larsen.
It’s a fascinating way of looking at how gaming, or more accurately - gaming principles, can help humanity focus its energy on solving the world’s problems. I must admit, I’m a casual gamer at best, and the prospect of using these principles to create games that can make a difference really resonates with me.
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The Art of Combining Typefaces
http://www.typography.com/email/2010_03/index_tw.htm
The good folk at H&FJ sent an interesting email blast on the art of combining typefaces, a challenge for all designers (face it, we all think we know how to do it, just like we all think that we’re better than average drivers - but in reality, we’re all distracted by that ugly billboard on the side of the road. Is that really Comic Sans?).
I have to say, though, that there is a certain richness of type happening in design these days. Good typefaces are no longer reserved for the big expensive type houses. Many of them are showing up on fontsquirrel.com and other unlikely places. There’s a fantastic wealth of good type out there, which means there’s even more fonts out there that are plain horrible, so watch your step. Having subscribed to the school of thought of “learn to use one or two faces, and use them well,” I can’t say that I’m much of an adventurer with type, but I have successfully expanded my library to about 10 faces that I regularly turn to. Perhaps using “H&FJ’s Highly Scientific First Principle of Combining Fonts: keep one thing consistent, and let one thing vary.” those 10 faces could find new companions.
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The New Digg
http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2010/03/digg-redesign-social-web/
Digg has the right idea, but they’ll have to figure out how to keep randomness in the mix. Part of what makes Digg so appealing is that you can read popular stories about subjects you would otherwise not care about.
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