MIND THE DESIGN

Thursday, February 19, 2009

A Friend of Mine

Check out A Friend of Mine. Suzy Tuxen runs it and seems to have moved from Melbourne to London. When she moved to London, she started working at Multistorey. AFOM contains some work that was done for Multistorey I'm in love with the paint by numbers art direction!

great stuff!

via Design Milk

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Ely Kim

BOOMBOX from Ely Kim on Vimeo.

Do yourself a favor and check out Ely Kim's dance moves for the next 9mins and 36sec. He's a graduate student of Yale's graphic design program. His video spans over 100 days and consists of 100 different dances to 100 different songs. He did this as part of Michael Bierut's 100 Days Workshop. Go to Fader to check out the playlist. Enjoy!

Peter Hanberger

Interesting experimental and thoughtful work. I love this t-shirt! You color in the days you wear it. I should do that with all my clothes - it can make my clothing purge days easier. Check it out

Monday, February 16, 2009

10 Principles That Might Make Your Work Better or May Make It Worse

be honest.consistent voice is more important than consistent style. does it have a heart? have modest expectations. don't be scared of your tools. embrace the subconscious. edit. being too comfortable is dangerous. there is nothing keeping you from doing the sort of work that you wish. execute.

Check out Frank Chimero's principles at aisleone

Saturday, February 14, 2009

Jasper Jongeling

Amazing work ...with text I cannot read. Go Jasper

Friday, February 13, 2009

stay organized!

Check out this printable checklist!

via swissmiss

swissmiss

I got to see Tina Roth Eisenberg --swissmiss speak over at the apple store the other night! Great talk about her blog and seeing the beauty in the little things that we come across everyday. Caught myself loving the swirls in the steam from my tea --total hippie, i know! If you don't already know her blog--check it out! Nice redesign!