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thisisstar — Fri, 21 May 2010 00:21:34 +0000

Everybody watch this shit immediately.

Holy icelandic stopmotion batman!

A neat panel recording of Dash Shaw and Paul Pope.
Pictures of Animals Inside the Womb.
Everybody loves an abandoned amusement park.
Rad photoshop brushes from Chris Wall.
Listen to some new Aphex Twin tunes!
Improv everywhere dresses up like Ghostbusters and invades the New York Public Library. Awesome. (Via Laughing Squid.)
Retro japanese magazine ads have really weird and awesome graphic design.
Smashing magazine shows us that Typography is beautiful in any language.

Friday Links

thisisstar — Fri, 14 May 2010 23:14:34 +0000

This video is just delightful.

Web designers, listen good: There is no page fold.
This handy infographic teaches us the trustworthiness of beards.
Speaking of infographics, Julian Hansen says: So you need a typeface. Also, it’s available as a print!
Alec Brownstein used google AdWords to get a job. So Clever! (via Coudal)
Some mindbogglingly beautiful pictures of something unspeakably horrible.
A 6th grade boy gives lady gaga a run for her money
An interesting discussion on superheroes! Science vs. Magic!
And holy hell did this make my day!

Carousel 3/5/10

thisisstar — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 18:38:53 +0000

OkGo does it again! This is *better* than the treadmill video.

The Oatmeal shows usHow a web design goes straight to hell.
Maggie Taylor is my new favorite.
The title says it all: Art manifestos and their applications in contemporary design (thanks, Nubby!)
Empty Bellies Do Not Beget Genius by Gala Darling.
I totally want one of these Nerd Merit Badges
Meet the Secret Society for Creative Philanthropy.
Just who is iammiwhoiam?
Sailor Twain is surprising and excellent, so far.
The best for last: I am in love with this Female Illustrators of the mid 20th century blog. Inspiring!

Carousel 2/26/10

thisisstar — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 00:03:41 +0000

I saw this video many months ago and forgot about it until I found it in my Vimeo favorites. I still think it’s super rad. Thanks, Myrrh!

Speaking of things I forgot about–I forgot entirely that Ze Frank did this young me, now me project. If you saw it when it launched, there’s a lot more content now.
A list of 6 geographical facts you aren’t going to believe.
Andy Gilmore is the king of the color wheel
Action Comics #1 is officially the first comic book to sell for a million dollars.
Clearly you all want to help Save San Francisco’s Defenestration Installation.
OKCupid’s blog continues to tell us more horrifying things about our behavior patterns.
This is a really exceptional I’m sorry card.
It seems that my bandmates can’t stop playing Robot Unicorn Attack. Expect a cover song, kids.
The unfortunately named I love hot dogs, is a super great vintage movie blog, featuring mostly posters and screenshots of title sequences. beautiful.
It’s finally time for The funeral of IE6. I’ll throw one of these in SF on the same day if enough people are interested.

Carousel 2/19/10

thisisstar — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 00:35:27 +0000

I’m sure many of you have already seen this, but this is a nearly 100% cgi film that has to be seen to be believed.
The only elements that aren’t cg here are: photographer (shot on greenscreen), pigeons, timelapsed growing flowers, flying airplane and sky backgrounds.
Serious kudos the Alex Roman, who created everything in this film, including the music.

This film just looks adorable.

Scott McCloud shares 5 ways to prevent wrist strain while drawing.
Here are 35 New Free Fonts for Designers
I was seriously amused by the Devo Color Study.
Compare PSD is a particularly useful app to compare 2 psd files for differences.
Speaking of PSDs, tomorrow is the 20th anniversary of the release of Photoshop! Here’s a brief history of everyone’s favorite Adobe program.
Duke University’s digital library of sheet music is full of amazing typography
Every design sin known to man, in one place! (via LaughingSquid)
Dresden Kodak does it again, with 42 essential 3rd act twists.
This video is easily the weirdest thing I’ve seen today, and that’s saying something.

Carousel 2/5/10

thisisstar — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 20:24:32 +0000

Vanitas is a perplexing iPhone app with a soundtrack by Zoe Keating. I’m intrigued.

Some solid advice, via Lil Wayne and Diddy.

99% interview the lovely Coralie Bickford on her Penguin book covers.
Lettercult brings us the best custom letters of 2009.
For the other kind of letters–Letterheady has you covered.
This anatomy art from France is really great.
Three Frames is exactly what it sounds like; 3 frames of a movie, in animated gif form.
Have I mentioned that I really like Deerlings? I just wish she would post more.
My Wifey, Agent Lover, just celebrated her 300th post! Go give her some love, won’t you?
This is an excellent very slow scan television.
The evolution of type taste, on SwissMiss.

Carousel 1/29/10

thisisstar — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 00:43:59 +0000

This is the trailer for RIP: A remix manifesto. If you’d like to see the film, you can name your price and download here.

This video is just sort of happymaking. yay.

omgholycrap Helvetica Cookie Cutters!
I love Typography’s favorite fonts of 2009.
The oatmeal shows us the proper way to use a semicolon.
This is clearly the best laptop case to ever exist.
Maxim gives us 9 celebrity comics that should not exist.
I would totally buy a real life eyedropper & pen tool.
FlowingData reminds us to save pens, use garamond!
This yellow submarine tea ball is too cute for words!
I’m really quite enjoying Red Light Properties, the new online comic from my friend Dan Goldman.
I can’t stop listening to the Wallpaper Mixtape. Crystal Waters & Lady Gaga & Taylor Swift in one song? That sounds like a hot mess (& it is).

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thisisstar — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 22:03:59 +0000

Dear sweet lord, I do not have the words for this.

Some excellent photos of William S. Burroughs’ stuff.
This is some mighty well placed advertising.
I really like this YouTube doubler. I like this example even more.
Mostly useless things I want is exactly what it sounds like. *drool*
Ren & Stimpy’s John K on Letters of Note.
Create digital music’s biggest music tech stories of 2009.
A brief history of Comic Sans- a cautionary tale.
Nerdy boyfriend is a good source for cute geek style– dudes only, though.
This state of affairs makes me extremely sad.
Not that there aren’t enough reasons already to want to live in paris, but the world’s largest disco ball just gave us one more.

Carousel 1/15/10

thisisstar — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 18:30:26 +0000

This is amazing! Wait for it to load all the way before you play with it, okay?

How much does that cocktail really cost?
How does the design of a menu effect what you eat, and how you spend?
The body in book design.
NPR takes a look at why our music sounds worse than ever, in The Loudness War.
An amazing Mario brothers and tetris mashup game.
Things that save lives in movies, but kill in real life- defibrillator paddles anyone?
The always fabulous Fafi on people painting over your public art.
What’s in Mario’s closet?
Another fashion layout drawing attention to plus size models.
One designer’s take on successfull shirt design.
Lastly, but not leastly, Dr. Sketchy’s has a tumblr. Reblog that lots, okay?

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thisisstar — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 22:20:10 +0000

I really like this project. The idea of using machinery to create text or symbols with fabric is pretty fascinating, and I’d like to see how this could be taken a step farther.

We’ve all seen this type of video before, but to do it for a Herculean ten years, and on Polaroid? Awesome.

This is BROWSER PONG! It’s so. very. good. Turn off your pop up blocker and Get to it!
i’m a bit late in posting this, and most of you have probably already seen it, but Teux Deux has become my sole to-do list app, and trust me, I’ve used them all.
Every Day the Same Dream is a really beautiful thing.
The Home Alone Twitter Project tweeted the entire home alone movie in real time using a twitter account for each character.
OMGHOLYCRAP Crystal Brass knuckles.
Is color itself the next limited resource?
And speaking of color, the Pantone 2010 colors are already blowing up.
Here’s a bunch of really awesome vintage tobacco ads.
A simple way to pick a new years resolution.
Lastly, what if Shakespeare wrote The Big Lebowski.

Carousel 12/18/09

thisisstar — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 21:34:28 +0000

Kate MacDowell knows that the inside of my heart looks like.

Amazing American Psycho Music Video — Watch more Funny Videos

Talking Heads and American Psycho– what’s not to love? This might be mildly NSFW.

Student Brings Typewriter To Class — Watch more Funny Videos

You sir, are my hero.

These redesigned posters for popular tv shows are swoonworthy, and for sale!
What if Google had to design for SEO optimization?
I want this Ice Cream Sandwich Bench.
Ed gives us every reason in the world to stop using GoDaddy.
I have a sudden urge to order a ton of hot chocolate on a spoon.

Carousel 12/04/09

thisisstar — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 18:49:10 +0000

Zoe Keating muses on whether you should quit your job to be a professional musician.

This is just, well… it needs no explanation.

Jessica Hische creates a new Drop Cap every day at Daily Drop Cap
10 photoshop feature requests! Dude, #6 would change my life, let me tell you.
A nice collection of rad vintage movie posters.
An interesting way to make sure your conference only has speakers who know what they’re doing.
Mario goes old school.
Hijacking The Victorian Internet
Chairman Mao’s forgotten city, over at Vice.
In this tough economy, one has to invent the moon to get a job.
This Duracell Ad Campaign is pretty rad.

Carousel 11/27/2009

thisisstar — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 19:05:55 +0000

Tilt-shift photography has been getting so popular, I suppose it was only a matter of time before a major commercial used it in motion form.

Using type to generate sound? Sign me up!

The Fluid Piano is my new favorite instrument.
The curious fate of Gallileo’s middle finger.
Internet Vices, by Patrick Moberg.
A typographical cookbook!
I’ve been waiting for someone to make a prepackaged Mix tape usb stick for a while!
Holy crap these animated gifs of speech are amazing.
My friend Tea made a diy 3d camera.
An oldie but a goodie, I just remembred Design Police.
A straight up diss track–from 1 BC! The extremely explicit Catullus 16.
32 Years in the life of Alison.
Just so you know, Your kitten is safe.
& speaking of cats, you can turn your glitter into litter, with Cats for Gold!
This is an extremely hot man with a robot hand– please tell me that I’m not alone in thinking this is sexy?
Some interesting things over at Learn About Design, Not Making Things Pretty.

Carousel 11/20/09

thisisstar — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:01:22 +0000

FontStruct lets you quickly and easily create fonts constructed out of geometrical shapes, which are arranged in a grid pattern, like tiles or bricks.

Shown above, Bodotty, by Owen Strain.

I’m a big fan of stopmotion animation, and it seems like every other week, someone releases a new video that manages to blow my mind in a brand new way.
This video is no exception.
Head asplode.

Perhaps the greatest thing you will ever see in your life: A scottish fold cat in a lobster costume in a lobster pot! — the title speaks for itself.
This beautiful Ampersand print makes me swoon.
This little boy tells it like it is!
The Media Kit for The Kraken Rum is super classy.
I know I’m a month late to this party, but look at this sick Low res Halloween costume.
Usually musicians commission album art for their records, but what if it worked
the other way around. (via Myrrh Larsen)
If you’re a musician, consider contributing to Ze Frank’s new project.
A rad article on web typography by Jason Santa Maria, on A List Apart.
Speaking of Jason Santa Maria, the Candygram series of guest posts he shared in October is really neat.
Smashing Magazine talk about the The death of the blog post.
A really good package of free social networking icons.
OKCupid has been collecting data on their users, and doing some really interesting statistics work.

Carousel 11/13/09

thisisstar — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:40:00 +0000

I am absolutely blown away by the work of Monica Cook.
That’s an OIL PAINTING!
Dude.

My friends in Corpus Callosum made a video at the wave organ! Lovely!

Corpus Callosum — Lullaby #2 from Dax Tran-Caffee on Vimeo.

Engadget says:

An Austrian composer has hacked a mechanical piano to recite text — and recite text it does (even if you need subtitles and some prompting from the voice-over to understand what it’s saying)

+ Creating textiles from the thread of Golden Orb Spiders, at The New York Times

+ Nasa finds water on the moon!

+ Pink Tentacle discusses the anatomy of Japanese folk monsters.

+ Musings on geographical locations and record sales, at Seej500

+ The delightful story of the Kashiwa Mystery Cafe.

+ Smoking never looked so swiss, on File Blog

Link-O-Rama 1.15

thisisstar — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 05:52:05 +0000

Bars & Tones from André F. Chocron on Vimeo.
+ This video is really rad!

+ Vandelay Design posted 10 resources for when you need help with css. Totally useful!
+ Abobe’s Kuler, improved!
+ How not to design a logo
+ Pantone’s color of the year is Mimosa.
+ css tips that-every beginning developer should know about
+ A gallery of sweet loading animations
+ Find out who has favorited your posts on twitter.
+ Heavy Metal Bandname Flowchart
+ A Review of the worst comic book ever created. I LOLed!

Link-O-Rama

thisisstar — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 08:00:54 +0000

+ Never thought I’d say this about anyone, but this guy definitely likes helvetica more than I do.

+ Bittbox posted a great list of Flickr groups for typographical inspiration.

+ The longest list of online css tools I’ve ever seen, from backtoessentials.

+ Tips on how to use call to action buttons on your site.

+ James Jean just uploaded a veritable plethora of scans from his sketchbooks on his site (some of it is NSFW)

+ Some of the stop motion animations in this Smashing Magazine post make me swoon

+ Zappos is selling a 50,000 limited edition t-shirt that gives it’s owner the ability to disable their significant other’s zappo’s account for life.

+ This band, Francis and the Lights, decided to incorporate instead of signing to a record label for funding. Now they’re tracking their spending publicly on twitter.

Link-o-rama

thisisstar — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 23:52:59 +0000

It’s that time again, where I share with you the rad things that passed my screen this week.

Ocre ELLIPSE

http://www.family-style.com/

This is a page from Ocre ELLIPSE by Jonas Madden-Connor.
This minicomic blew my mind. Look at the glory of those word bubbles!!
I wish I were the guy that thought of that.

You can buy it here for just 4 american dollars.

Huge URL.com

http://www.hugeurl.com

Like tinyurl, but opposite.

Fuck Yeah Sharks

http://fuckyeahsharks.tumblr.com

Lolcats are so over. it’s all about FuckYeahSharks now.

IkeaHacker

http://ikeahacker.blogspot.com

Ever wanted to make an awesome table out of some cheap shelves?
IkeaHacker is for you.