humachine

re: the trend of redesigning classic book/movie covers

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:41:19 -0500

Laz Marquez redesigned some classic Hitchcock posters. I have mixed feelings about the others in this series (and about this whole trend of redesigning old posters, book covers, etc.) but this one really stands out to me as fabulous work. I could see this on the cover of a Criterion DVD.

agreed on the mixed feelings of this trend. one of the things, i think, that makes stuff like this travel so far is that designers are playing off of the culture built around the movies.

duh, it’s super easy when something has been around forever and has influenced culture in specific ways. the iconic moments are already defined by the voice of the people.

it’s often lovely work and clever ideas, but doesn’t really do or add much value to… anything? it’s just a prettier/minimal image of something that has already become an icon.

the very best stuff is when you build something that becomes iconic. when you’re handed nothing and have to build a whole new world. THAT’S what i like to see.

these are the tags i track on tumblr. it makes for an...

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:42:00 -0500

these are the tags i track on tumblr. it makes for an interesting kind of feed-reading.

what tags do you track?

yarn porn. handspun, 2ply merino.

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:19:39 -0500

yarn porn. handspun, 2ply merino.

Can you teach me how to love? I'm not sure how well teaching design crosses over into emotional affairs...

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:26:25 -0500

wireframing: flirting, dating, flings and casual relationships.

mockups and prototyping: any and all of your long term relationships that ended both happily and terribly.

coding: building a solid foundation with room to grow.

debugging: learning selflessness, the consequences of dishonesty, compromising, fixing and mending.

IE debugging: the make-it-or-break-it moment or argument. this is often the most difficult thing you will go through. but keep in mind that not all clients will need this.

launch/production: you’ll be okay if you’ve gotten this far.

"In addition the client would get a perfection of fit only achieved by painstaking methods of cutting..."

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:49:36 -0500

“In addition the client would get a perfection of fit only achieved by painstaking methods of cutting and fitting to the client’s body. The manual labour needed to produce a garment this way takes between 100-150 hours for a suit and up to 1000 hours for an embellished evening dress.”

- what is haute couture?

very interesting read. haute couture is the absolute ultimate in craftsmanship, material selection and attention to the body of the wearer. they even consider the normal body stance of the wearer when designing.

today threadbanger debuts its snazzy new look! major thanks to...

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:52:00 -0500

these are badass ladies

the new look of TB projects! DIY or DIE!

decor it yourself, for home-awesomeness

the threadbanger network's new clothes

today threadbanger debuts its snazzy new look!

major thanks to daisy and justin for all their hard work! daisy did all the doodling, and jared took those fantastic photos. this was truly a collaborative project and i am pretty damn stoked at the results.

max and i have the very best chat icons.

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:41:00 -0500

max and i have the very best chat icons.

oh shi-

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:42:00 -0500

oh shi-

mad g’s

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 12:29:04 -0500

mad g’s

breakfast of greater saturdays.

Sun, 07 Mar 2010 13:04:11 -0500

breakfast of greater saturdays.

awesome web hosting promotion for anyone who wants to dive into web design/development

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 14:15:00 -0500

special promotion for broke college students (and anybody, really): order a domain and get a year of web hosting for 8 bucks. the domain can be .com, .net or .org. (use coupon code: 1003BPM)

the free web hosting package offered won’t power a huge site, but it’s great to start playing around with minimal commitment. 100mb storage is plenty for static sites and small blogging adventures. the small storage size will also reinforce the importance of optimizing your media for the web. the rest of the hosting package is pretty standard: 1 gig transfer, 10 emails and supports multiple domain names. it also has cpanel, which is my favorite back-end interface for working with website settings.

so hey, eight bucks, and you’ll have the full package. everything else you’ll need to start learning web stuff is free. you can grab some excellent (open source/free) typefaces at the league of moveable type, ~~install wordpress to try your hand at blogging~~, and hit up smashing magazine for ideas and tutorials.

go learn yourself somethin’ new!

end note: this post was actually sponsored by doteasy. it’s the first time i’ve done a sponsored post, but i am totally behind this promotion. i wouldn’t have done it if i didn’t think it was awesome. cheap web hosting for all!

update: the coupon code was incorrect before (correct: 1003BPM) and many apologies for that! also: you can upgrade to the ultra hosting plan or even unlimited hosting plan to acquire better data resources. (can’t install wordpress with this plan, unfortunately)

wireframe wednesday

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 12:20:43 -0500

wireframe wednesday

more subway drawings

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 10:12:06 -0500

more subway drawings

this was our kitchen table a couple of days ago…

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 09:30:08 -0500

this was our kitchen table a couple of days ago…

hey! I was just wondering what the font is that you used to make the banner 'humachine'? thanks :)

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 09:28:06 -0500

hiya!

i actually drew the ‘humachine’ on my blog, basing it off of helvetica.

but i was a dummy and the largest it exists is the version on the website. yay for thinking ahead!

today, we are learning about electricity! jared got me this for...

Sat, 27 Feb 2010 17:32:06 -0500

today, we are learning about electricity! jared got me this for christmas. it is *so* cool.

crafting for great justice!

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 21:06:06 -0500

crafting for great justice!

buy handmade! then you can be all awesome and sexy like corinne...

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 15:51:53 -0500

buy handmade! then you can be all awesome and sexy like corinne right here. it’s also a nice feeling knowing your money is going directly to a human being. hell yeah.

p.s. i made that cowl!

do you do web design tutoring?

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 12:52:59 -0500

i do! and i love to teach. i prefer to structure the tutoring around a project that the person wants to accomplish, because it’s a real-world example and a lot more useful than just taking in gobs of information.

tutoring is priced on an hourly basis, if you’re interested, please send me an email!

this is gonna be a 3.5 feet high poster! holy hell, i think that...

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 16:37:39 -0500

this is gonna be a 3.5 feet high poster! holy hell, i think that makes this officially the largest-scale thing i’ve ever mocked up.

fun memory: on one of the rare occasions in college that i was printing something, i totally misjudged the type size. it looked way too small on the screen, so i bumped it up. chris promptly called me a newb, asked why the hell my type was so large and schooled me. he explained that there is a much higher tolerance for small type in print, and that i have totally been ruined by the internet.