Murphys bLawg - tagged with design

TITILLIUM - open source font

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:08:00 +0000

An open source font from a group of students at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Urbino (Urbino Accademy of Fine Arts) in Italy. Anyone can download, modify and upload their own creations. Interesting project and nice looking font.

10/GUI

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 01:45:00 +0000

Here it is: my crazy summer project to reinvent desktop human-computer interaction.

This video examines the benefits and limitations inherent in current mouse-based and window-oriented interfaces, the problems facing other potential solutions, and visualizes my proposal for a completely new way of interacting with desktop computers.

There's more information at 10gui.com . Cast: C. Miller

Baseline - a designer framework by ProjetUrbain.com

Tue, 08 Sep 2009 11:54:00 +0000

A CSS framework to help develop a pleasing grid and good typography. Includes some fetaures of CSS3 and HTML5

Heavy Backpack - A Creative Catalogue » Design Folios with Google Maps

Wed, 02 Sep 2009 01:03:00 +0000

Examples of designers using google maps to display their portfolios

IKEA Catalog anno 1965 « ikke tikke theo

Thu, 06 Aug 2009 12:09:00 +0000

An Ikea Catalog from 1965. Not much has changed in their catalog design. Even the form at the end, looks like the ones they hand out in the shop today.

SlickMap CSS — A Visual Sitemapping Tool for Web Developers

Wed, 22 Jul 2009 02:38:00 +0000

A CSS stylesheet for displaying sitemaps or organisation charts directly from a HTML unordered list.

five second test - A simple online usability test

Mon, 25 May 2009 12:14:00 +0000

Ideas for some quick usability tests

8 Simple Ways to Improve Typography In Your Designs • Blog Archive • AisleOne

Tue, 14 Apr 2009 15:13:00 +0000

Article on improving web typography using CSS. Uses some great "good/bad" comparisons that clearly show you what's wrong and how to fix it.

Design Classics, The London Underground Map

Tue, 11 Nov 2008 13:19:00 +0000

"The pinnacle of London Transport's modernist design", invented by an unemployed engineering draftsman, Harry Beck.

ICON Aircraft: Sport Flying Revolution

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 22:20:00 +0000

A foldable and almost affordable plane - $140,000

Umbrella Today?

Fri, 26 Sep 2008 00:56:00 +0000

The perfect weather forecast. People don't want data - they just want the information.

Cascade on Wheels: Walls Map

Fri, 09 May 2008 10:21:00 +0000

Cascade on Wheels is a visualization project that intends to express the quantity of cars we live with in big cities nowadays. The data set we worked on is the daily average of cars passing by streets, over a year. In this case, a section of the Madrid city center, during 2006.

trsp.net/cow

Cast: steph thirion

Feltron Eight

Mon, 28 Jan 2008 20:40:00 +0000

One day all this information will be automatically recorded for you (if its not already) Nicely designed report on this dudes life in 2007 (like number of alcoholic beverages consumed)

» Web Typography - 40 sources for inspiration and instruction - Web Design Marketing Podcast & Blog

Fri, 17 Aug 2007 14:12:00 +0000

lots of typography resources

design|snips

Tue, 14 Aug 2007 20:07:00 +0000

lots of good site design snippets for inspiration

BBC - History - Timelines - British Timeline

Thu, 02 Aug 2007 15:29:00 +0000

an interactive timeline showing the history of Great Britain. great example of data visualization

Jitterbug Phones: Easy Emergency Cell Phones

Mon, 04 Jun 2007 17:27:00 +0000

A simple mobile phone for the olds that they may actually use

Top 6 List of Programming Top 10 Lists

Sat, 31 Mar 2007 13:04:00 +0000

great collection of top 10 lists relating to programming

Sharing Designs, and a Hope to Help Millions

Fri, 23 Mar 2007 17:31:00 +0000

Open Source Architecture

XHTML column frameworks

Wed, 21 Mar 2007 17:42:00 +0000

useful reference on how to measure columns for fixed width layouts