Seeing that October is breast cancer awareness month, we thought it would be appropriate to feature a very special theme for our second guest fight. For this bout we are featuring two close friends portraying letters plastered in pink and polished with pretty. Yes, they are doing pink P’s. Laura Schwamman and Michelle Pais might seem like good friends, but pin … Continued
Author: Mindi Raker
The Squint Test Helps you Win KernType
Online kerning game. Quite nerdy, quite fun:) I hope they expand upon the first 10 words. Anything typography related, especially kerning always makes me think of my ole’ swiss design professor Peter Megert, wonder if he would approve? I think he would. KernType is part of Method of Action, an online course to help programmers learn design.
3D Unicorn Promotional Poster for UK Band
3D poster marketing in the streets of London. These 3D horse posters were placed alongside London’s street art to promote the band Dry The River. Created by FOAM / Sony Music Creative with no small amount of input from current intern Xavier Barrade. Each horse took around 35 hours to build. See the process for creating … Continued
Meet Pluto. A playful new typeface from German type foundry HVD Fonts.
Pluto is a fun new typeface from HVD Fonts designed by German typographer, Hannes von Döhren. The playful curves and subtle details add a dash of quirkiness to this crisp clean san serif typeface. The large x-height and variety of type weights and styles makes the Pluto typeface family highly legible and adaptable. Its extended … Continued
A true eBook tells the story of Mr. Morris Lessmore and his love for books.
“The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore” is a children’s story, an interactive iPad app, and an immersive animated movie all at once. The graphics are visually stunning and the interactive features are subtle invitations for exploration. Created by author William Joyce, a designer who worked on two of Pixar’s early hits (Toy Story … Continued
Mad Homes Seattle opens this weekend—See your neighbor’s house shrink wrapped!
Riley and I met up with the creators of Bherd Studios over the weekend at The Lookout on Bellevue Ave E. in Capitol Hill. Lucky for us, we passed the work-in-progress of Mad Art’s Mad Homes Exhibition. A 3 week urban installation of public art that opens this Saturday, July 16th. Learn more about the exhibition and Mad … Continued
Don’t Miss the MFA Thesis Exhibition at the Henry
Wall of Congratulations by Sean McElroy I always leave the Henry feeling inspired. The 2011 Master of Fine Arts (MFA) annual thesis exhibition from the University of Washington did not disappoint. I especially enjoyed the art that took over the gallery space and made the viewer part of the installation. In this eclectic show there is something for everyone. … Continued
The Museum of Me. Clever Marketing on Facebook.
The Museum of Me by Intel is worth exploring. It creates a visual exhibition based on your friends, your photos, your likes, and your words all archived on Facebook. The app takes your visual data and creates a beautiful video. Overall it is very well done. At the end all of your friends become your profile picture. … Continued
Long Live the Redesign
“One reason sites suck is that so many of us have forgotten why our sites exist. We get distracted, lose sight of priorities, and end up with sites that don’t do the most important things users want. Such a site is kind of like Swiss Army knife without the, um, knife.”-– Louis Rosenfeld It’s time … Continued
New Client—Ayni Education International
Photo: Afghan students with gifts from their partner school in the U.S. Ayni is building a future for girls amid war in Afghanistan. Their main project a Journey with an Afghan School, is a grassroots project between America and Afghanistan that began just months after 9/11. Founded by Seattle human-rights lawyer, Julie Bolz, they have … Continued