Kevin Holesh makes the Letterpress theme I use on Tumblr. I just want to take a moment and say thanks. Thanks for being awesome!
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My name is Erik Mallinson. I draw pictures, make music, and some other stuff. I like playing the ‘ukulele, riding my scooter around Boston, and playing board games.
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Posts tagged design
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Jun7
If you look at software today, through the lens of the history of engineering, it’s certainly engineering of a sort - but it’s the kind of engineering that people without the concept of the arch did. Most software today is very much like an Egyptian pyramid with millions of bricks piled on top of each other, with no structural integrity, but just done by brute force and thousands of slaves.
Alan Kay
via Jesse Grosjean
Jun3
Prefetch Content with HTML5→
I deny that I’m a web design geek but things like this get me all hot and bothered and it’s then I realize that it’s a part of me I cannot completely ignore. HTML5 is incredibly exciting.
via Jim Cloudman
May13
This Simple Human rectangular step can is worth the marginal extra cost. It’s really well designed.
Apr5
Mar4
Typefaces used on gravelroadstudios.com→
My first few moments tying out Typekit is pretty awesome. $50/yr (for multiple sites) is a reasonable but not for me at the moment… my projects are on the shelf while I work a lot and plan a wedding.
Feb8
The iPhone obsession→
“We’re doing exactly the same as ten years ago. We now say “iPhone” instead of “IE6,” but otherwise nothing’s changed.” — Peter–Paul Koch
… except that with the iPhone you’re talking about a full–fledged browser with optional javascript that will display iPhone formatted screens.
via sid05
Jan22
This is fantastic.
The creative process behind the MailChimp Winnie the Pooh Day login screen:
http://www.mailchimp.com/blog/the-making-of-freddie-the-pooh/
This is the crowning achievement of website form design.
Jan9
Moving Walls Transform Apartment: Four Minutes of WOW! (VIDEO) : TreeHugger→
Gary Chang creates a 344 square foot home where the walls slide on tracks to reveal other uses behind them, eg- The television wall slides out to reveal the kitchen wall. Amazing stuff.
via Dana Claudat
Jan5
Design Zen
Over the past year or so I’ve tried to incorporate some of my (ever so small) knowledge of Zen ideology into my design work.
My friend De posted this nice rundown the other day, and whether you’re familiar with Zen or not, these are just good design principles.
FUKINSEI (imbalanced)
Asymmetry, odd numbers, irregularity, unevenness, imbalance is used as a denial of perfection as perfection and symmetry does not occur in nature.
KANSO (simple)
Elimination of ornate and things of simplicity by nature expresses their truthfulness. Neat, frank and uncomplicated.
KOKOU (austere)
Basic, weathered bare essentials that are aged and unsensuous. Evokes sternness, forbiddance, maturity and weight.
SHIZEN (natural)
Raw, natural and unforced creativity without pretence. True naturalness is to negate the naive and accidental.
YUGEN (subtle profound)
Suggest and not reveal layers of meaning hidden within. Invisible to the casual eye and avoiding the obvious.
DATSUZOKU (unworldly)
Transcendence of conventional and traditional. Free from the bondage of laws and restrictions. True creativity.
SEIJAKU (calm)
Silence and tranquility, blissful solitude. Absence of disturbance and noise from one’s mind, body and surroundings.(via)
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