1. You Know I’m All About That Design Base Felix Joy curated a collection of design resource sites, called DesignBase (to place the period or not to place the period), organized into categories: inspirations, UI kit, mockups, illustrations, colors, fonts, icons and stock photos. 2. Drawing, A Memory Tool Can we convince you to sketch up your notes? Read Emma Young’s explanation of […] Read More
1. Color Era Found this site called Color Leap that gives you color palettes inspired by different eras. When you click on an era, it takes you to some image examples. When you click “SEE COLORS”, there are more examples. 2. Allan Peters: Badge Hunting? Absolutely This is our kind of thing. Allan blogs about badges he sees in the wild. […] Read More
1. Reading In the Rain They’ve done it. Amazon has finally created a waterproof Kindle. Without worry, you can read while afloat or poolside or on your way walking through campus during a rainstorm, doing so because you forgot to do the reading the night before. The latter seems a little dangerous. How is that any different than everyone else […] Read More
1. Hey Girl I’ll take the watch this weekend. Take a break, Ryan. (It’s likely you’ve seen this already.) 2. Geometric Illustrations Peak camping season for most has wound down, but this illustration makes us long for the past and look forward to new adventures. Guillaume Kurkdjian is an inspiration to the 3D illustration medium with his moving geometric art. 3. Roll […] Read More
So You Don’t Have a Standing Desk… That makes two of us. I suppose even if you have a standing desk, some can switch between both modes, so a tool could tell you when it’s time to stand. Sitting all day is not good for the health. Okay, okay, okay. We’re trying this webapp out that was created by Kevin […] Read More
1. Pristine Font This free font, called Butler, claims to modernize serif fonts and take care of all your fanciful font needs. It’s free for personal and commercial use. Will I try it out? I think I shall. 2. Photography Toys Check out our latest blog post. We tried out an inexpensive photography toy: the crystal ball . We can’t see […] Read More