Fox! Nice update on the game-time infographics. Possession, quarter, remaining time, play: all in that left corner. And even the time-outs for each team.
Good on ya.

Fox! Nice update on the game-time infographics. Possession, quarter, remaining time, play: all in that left corner. And even the time-outs for each team.

Good on ya.

29 Aug 2010   1 note   [ football design infographics ]
Chillout Sessions XII (Ministry of Sound Australia)
Play the video; nice serve, MSTRKRFT!

Chillout Sessions XII (Ministry of Sound Australia)

Play the video; nice serve, MSTRKRFT!

26 Aug 2010   2 notes   [ music design ministry of sound ]

Dieter Rams - Gestalten (via kottke)

Some favorites. 

19 Jul 2010   [ Dieter Rams design videos via:kottke ]
Watching Chile v. Honduras—and being as new to futbol as I am—I didn’t know who was in which color, but look! ESPN’s got the kit colors next to the team name. Aw, so helpful. (The rusty-red of the chrome + the white text with these specific teams might be the best example, heh.)

Watching Chile v. Honduras—and being as new to futbol as I am—I didn’t know who was in which color, but look! ESPN’s got the kit colors next to the team name. Aw, so helpful. (The rusty-red of the chrome + the white text with these specific teams might be the best example, heh.)

16 Jun 2010   [ soccer design infographics ]
Flickr’s at it again: a set carousel for browsing people’s favorites.  Sweet!
There’s even a URL notation: in/faves-[username]/

Flickr’s at it again: a set carousel for browsing people’s favorites. Sweet!

There’s even a URL notation: in/faves-[username]/

20 Apr 2010   [ Flickr UI design ]
freshkicks:

TheDieline.com: Package Design: Puma and Yves Behar’s new green packaging

After three years in the making, a new solution to the shoebox is announced- and it’s pretty sleek too!
“It’s hard to imagine something as simple as the shoebox being completely overhauled. But Puma and Fuseproject have done just that, in a design that will completely transform the brand’s supply chain—saving millions in electricity, fuel, and water.

Go read the rest.

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How cool is that. Reduces cardboard use by 65%? Come on! How long until this is de rigeur?  (Wondering whether it degrades gracefully for really big shoes.)

freshkicks:

TheDieline.com: Package Design: Puma and Yves Behar’s new green packaging

After three years in the making, a new solution to the shoebox is announced- and it’s pretty sleek too!

“It’s hard to imagine something as simple as the shoebox being completely overhauled. But Puma and Fuseproject have done just that, in a design that will completely transform the brand’s supply chain—saving millions in electricity, fuel, and water.

Go read the rest.

!

How cool is that. Reduces cardboard use by 65%? Come on! How long until this is de rigeur?  (Wondering whether it degrades gracefully for really big shoes.)

15 Apr 2010   6 notes   [ reblog design shoes via:freshkicks ]

Screen Pass II: super details

Football season’s over (snif!), but I saw a couple details during the Super Bowl worth mentioning.

Previously, it drove me bonkers how CBS offers no indication of possession once a play is underway (there’s superimposed info on the field before a snap, but that’s it). Well, lookit, now! Okay, it’s a white dot that could be missed, but it’s definitely a start.

Item the second: I know I saw this once or twice during the season, but I think it’s only triggered by exceptionally long (time and distance) drives. But look at this!

Two kinds of arrows which make immediate sense. How many first downs? Oh, four. Which was the longest pla— oh, that second to last one. Which team are we tal— oh, there’s the Colts logo, okay, got it. Please do this sort of thing more, CBS! (Less Phil Simms and we can be best friends!)

24 Feb 2010   [ football design infographics ]
Boarding Pass/Fail (via ISO50)
I dig the hell out of that initial design — apart from the choice of Titling Gotham for the main info in the center, even here on a big-ish monitor those numbers are more of a strain to read than they should be.
Thermal printing notwithstanding, how cool would it be to have a default boarding pass layout with branding as the differentiating factor? That would be sweet.
I really, really like the practical boarding pass redesign response. Aces! How do we get airlines to adopt it?
Having said that: the Virgin America boarding passes rule as they make excellent bookmarks. And! if you’re the sort who likes to read by sliding something down the page (raising my hand), they’re the perfect width for most paperbacks. (VA being my favorite airline, I’m obviously biased. (: )

Boarding Pass/Fail (via ISO50)

I dig the hell out of that initial design — apart from the choice of Titling Gotham for the main info in the center, even here on a big-ish monitor those numbers are more of a strain to read than they should be.

Thermal printing notwithstanding, how cool would it be to have a default boarding pass layout with branding as the differentiating factor? That would be sweet.

I really, really like the practical boarding pass redesign response. Aces! How do we get airlines to adopt it?

Having said that: the Virgin America boarding passes rule as they make excellent bookmarks. And! if you’re the sort who likes to read by sliding something down the page (raising my hand), they’re the perfect width for most paperbacks. (VA being my favorite airline, I’m obviously biased. (: )

6 Jan 2010   [ design via:iso50 travel ]
D.I.Y. Gift box ornaments by Samantha Miller (via mandr) (via d*s)
Blah blah the holidays are past, but those? Are so cool! We will be trying that (with non-book paper first). Also: ribbon! Heh. (On top of which: that’s a nicely composed shot.)

D.I.Y. Gift box ornaments by Samantha Miller (via mandr) (via d*s)

Blah blah the holidays are past, but those? Are so cool! We will be trying that (with non-book paper first). Also: ribbon! Heh. (On top of which: that’s a nicely composed shot.)

6 Jan 2010   2 notes   [ design photography ]
USA from Pan Am’s Helvetica dreamtime (via ISO50)(New Zealand is my other fave.)
A really nice bit of research that Duarte did to get to the bottom of these posters. I wonder how easily (or even whether) it could have been done by someone not already sort of in the mix in NYC; regardless: what a find. Ahead of their time, they were!

USA from Pan Am’s Helvetica dreamtime (via ISO50)
(New Zealand is my other fave.)

A really nice bit of research that Duarte did to get to the bottom of these posters. I wonder how easily (or even whether) it could have been done by someone not already sort of in the mix in NYC; regardless: what a find. Ahead of their time, they were!

15 Dec 2009   [ design airlines ]

Screen Pass: How networks present the game

I love and watch a lot of football.

The season is 17 weeks + the playoffs and unless I’m traveling I watch all day Sunday, Monday night, and the odd Thursday or Saturday night game. As a result, I spend a lot of time with the graphics from each of the 5 networks currently broadcasting NFL games (CBS, FOX, NBC, ESPN, NFL Network).

None of them is perfect, but a couple are better than the rest with the NFL Network far far behind everyone. I give them (NFL Network) a break for 2 reasons:

  1. they broadcast in HD, so at least unlike their first year it doesn’t feel like you’re watching a local high school game
  2. they’re still very new to it, they’ll improve.

During a game, I want to know the following at a glance:

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14 Dec 2009   3 notes   [ football design infographics ]
Superman/Batman: Public Enemies (The Art of the Title Sequence)
The saying goes “don’t judge a book by its cover” but we can judge a movie by its title sequence, right?
“Six Feet Under” might be the first title sequence I noted, followed by “Carnivàle” which provided more discussion for JA and me than you’d have thought possible. Of course there’s a lot of attention paid to opening title sequences, now (“True Blood”, “Dexter”, etc.), but I think animated films (apart from Pixar’s) get short shrift.
(I also appreciate the title card-only: “LOST”, “Vampire Diaries”, etc.)
Nationalistic propaganda is terribly appropriate, too, when you’re talking Superman and Batman. (Plus! Tim Daly!)

Superman/Batman: Public Enemies (The Art of the Title Sequence)

The saying goes “don’t judge a book by its cover” but we can judge a movie by its title sequence, right?

Six Feet Under” might be the first title sequence I noted, followed by “Carnivàle” which provided more discussion for JA and me than you’d have thought possible. Of course there’s a lot of attention paid to opening title sequences, now (“True Blood”, “Dexter”, etc.), but I think animated films (apart from Pixar’s) get short shrift.

(I also appreciate the title card-only: “LOST”, “Vampire Diaries”, etc.)

Nationalistic propaganda is terribly appropriate, too, when you’re talking Superman and Batman. (Plus! Tim Daly!)

29 Nov 2009   [ movies design ]
Oh my. Design*Sponge interview with Coralie Bickford-Smith → Coralie’s own site → Clothbound Series 1, Clothbound Series 2.
Gorgeous.

Oh my. Design*Sponge interview with Coralie Bickford-SmithCoralie’s own siteClothbound Series 1, Clothbound Series 2.

Gorgeous.

9 Nov 2009   [ books do want design via:designsponge ]
qlocktwo clock tells the time with words (via Matty)
Do want.

qlocktwo clock tells the time with words (via Matty)

Do want.

20 Aug 2009   1 note   [ clocks design red! ]
Chemtrail EP (2nd fave: Chemtrail) (via iso50)
Definitely a similar vibe as Scott, but wow. Those colors. Gorgeous.

Chemtrail EP (2nd fave: Chemtrail) (via iso50)

Definitely a similar vibe as Scott, but wow. Those colors. Gorgeous.

17 Jun 2009   [ design via:iso50 ]