Infographics love: a behind the scenes look at data sketches from the NYT's graphics dept · http://t.co/raVOzzKj · •
Name dropping pour la semaine: on chill avec Paul Martin au Porter lounge à TO. •
Now on my things to-do list: Swedish fire log · http://t.co/navYyl0r •
Tumblr de production de l'École de la Montagne Rouge, unité d'étudiants grèvistes (et productifs!) en design à l'UQAM: http://t.co/BfFKLYUe •
Holding up a mirror to the artsy community.
So true I often wonder whose artistic interest graphic designers are serving, theirs or the client’s.
Star Wars Identities: the website is now live · http://t.co/s8QinAQf · Oh my, only two weeks 'till opening day! #StarWarsID •
Pitchfork: Skrillex interview · http://t.co/4CTlWO1L · I like to think that dubstep is music from the future. It's really growing on me. •
Outside Mag: After two decades of dominance, Gore-Tex now has rivals •
A great read if you have a thing for Mountain Coop catalogs (like me). Gore-Tex's conquest of the outdoor equipement industry is staggering. I remember when it became mainstream and the object of desire in the playground: a new ski coat with gore-tex technology.Beautifully rendered animated map of wind currents flowing over American soil, made in javascript. Zoom in and it’s like living fur.
J'ai vu un étudiant texter avec des ustensiles en argent. La belle vie! http://t.co/8KunvkSA via @RIMartineau •
Art of the Title: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo •
Black liquid ooze all over. Hot stuff.
“David [Fincher]’s initial creative brief was frighteningly vague – it said, and I quote: ‘CG, very adult, super dark, leather, skin, blood, snow, breasts, vaginas, needles, piercings, motorcycles, vengeance.’ He said he wanted it to be like a fever dream, with a lot of abstract imagery.”
Mike Kruzeniski: My Favorite Metro Apps •
Good list of examples. Though some have been complaining of the non-affordances of the Metro UI (what is a button, what isn’t, where and what do I tap), graphically, it makes a lot of sense to get rid of all that UI weight. The NYTimes one is gorgeously minimal, words and only words.So what does open journalism look like? The Guardian imagines it boldly in an advert with 3 little pigs and the wolf · http://t.co/aaA1E3E1 •
Momofuku in da haus. No points for presentation, but who cares: there's pork belly in my plate. http://t.co/5Ia3msqW •
Did you notice? An app won an oscar last night: Congrats Moonbot Studios for Mr. Morris Lessmore (Best Short Anim) · http://t.co/VibQNFxT •
Very interesting list of restaurant trends for 2012 by Baum + Whiteman (includes two-dozen list of buzzwords) · http://t.co/yUAouhhu [pdf] •
The New Yorker's Political Page for the 2012 US Presidential Elections •
How a magazine should take on the web: far from generic, nor content (including graphics, illustrations) nor layout.
The best American wall map: David Imus’ “The Essential Geography of the United States of America” - Slate Magazine http://t.co/ahj8OB6Q •
Charles Saatchi: The hideousness of the art world | Comment is free | The Guardian http://t.co/GOLIsLqo (via Instapaper) •
Yeah, so what is Dubstep anyway? Bom Bom Bom Kah Chshshsh Bom. Bassnectar explains in under 3 minutes · http://t.co/arTCjDlr · via @kottke · •
Skating to infinity and beyond
134 days ago
Heille, pis bonne année!
For my iOS friends out there, this clarifies a few things: Misconceptions About iOS Multitasking · http://t.co/UWoWLNu5 •
Wonder what Girl Talk is up to these days? Download his new album http://t.co/5MqOQ89W and watch the film http://t.co/xA8PTPpp Vive le remix •
C'est quoi l'affaire avec le monde de Quebec et le métal? Ride-share à l'aller: Metallica. Ride-share au retour: Rage A. The Machine. •
Address Is Approximate: A clever & beautifully executed Google Street View stop-motion animation short by Tom Jenkins · http://t.co/HVE2c0qF •
Fin de Occupons Montréal. Au square victoria, les indignés restant se font évincer par la Police. •
I can finally tell you fine folks what I've been working on this past year! StarWars Identities has been just announced http://t.co/s8QinAQf •
ExtendNY: the New York City grid extended worldwide · http://t.co/BslJV0C8 · I live at the corner of 924 ave. and 6141 st. •