April 2009
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Villa 1 by Powerhouse Company
I saw the amazing Villa 1 whilst flicking through Dwell magazine this morning (last month’s, of course - paying for the latest air freight issue here in Australia always seems slightly beyond reason). It’s set in the most breathtaking woodlands in Holland, and a majorly impressive feature is the beam bookcase that is erected as part of the structure itself. From their website:
Set in...
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Your Friends
Wow. Work by Your Friends, an Oslo-based studio, sure is quality.
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4 o'clock type
Via Itchy Robot
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Wireframes and process
Oooh, how I love wireframing—and I also love looking at other people’s process work.
Therefore, wireframes.tumblr.com is a spectacular combination! Head over there for more lovely sketches like these:
Both images originally from playingwithshapes’ Flickr page.
Tipped off via Chris McCann’s Tweet.
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3 o'clock Type
Better than a cup-a-soup
From Jules Vernacular
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Binary surgery
A little redesign for An Ampersand. A change is as good as a holiday!
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Sounds perfect to me
You may be familiar with the name Edward Johnston, of London Underground lettering fame (the above image set in P22 Foundry’s digitisation of the typeface).
This phrase is an English translation of a Latin plaque that summarises the ethos of an artisan community to which Johnston belonged in the early twentieth century.
In the early 1900s Johnston followed [Eric] Gill to the village of...
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Hiding your sources
As Einstein once said
“The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.”
Go Glamping are using a graphic that looks suspiciously like one I saw a while ago for Kiki Post.
I remember the Kiki Post one because I loved it so much at the time. I wonder if the two have anything to do with each other.. or if it was just a case of waiting until the time was right to...
March 2009
10 posts
