The blog Kitsune Noir is currently hosting The Desktop Wallpaper Project where you can get fabulous, artsy computer wallpapers like the ones above and below. What’s even better is that the wallpapers come in all different sizing, including ones for the iphone and PSP. (more…)
The awesomely designed T-shirts over at Threadless are on super-sale until Sunday. Get ‘em while they’re hot (er, $10). Those Threadless Prints I was writing about are also on sale — $5 off — and there are new ones, too!
The other day SwissMiss had a post referencing a grass-text photoshop tutorial at psdtuts.com. That had me inescapably obsessed with all of the text tutorials, one in particular, that helped me create the Stickers & Donuts design above. (Perhaps I should turn that one into a desktop background? I’ll let you know if I do!)
Pictures of the tutorial design below! (more…)
NYC-based 24 Hour Plays writes, directs, and acts six 10 minute plays in 24 hours. This is not only amazingly cool, but their web-site is also amazingly cool. It has little flying birds. And please click on the “SHOP” button.
The Publisher
There are few artistically inclined publishers as McSweeney’s who not only have a fabulous literary magazine, but also a magazine-magazine, a DVD “magazine”, a very simple but funny online magazine, and tons of cool books (some of which you can get automatically every month in the McSweeney’s Book Release Club) under its wide, artsy umbrella. Oh, they also run non-profit writing centers for kids. And raise consciousness about the crisis in Sudan. (more…)
Exciting news! Threadless, the ultimate web-site for T-shirt lovers & graphic design extraordinares, is moving up in the world. Select T-shirt designs are now available not just as T-shirts, but wall art. These prints land somewhere between the elusive world of “real art” and the ever-present world of “poster art.” I’d say that’s perfect for medium grown-ups like myself. These prints are screenprinted on paper from the French Paper Company and currently come in limited runs of 250. And, they’re releasing new prints every Monday, so you better get ‘em while they’re hot. With all of those little special bells & whistles, $35 seems like a steal. (Click for more pics…) (more…)
Mental Floss, which is a web-page for big dorks, also makes fabulously designed T-shirts for big dorks. Like me.
A blog all about the Ampersand, from the image above to a deep-fried ampersand(ish thing). Whoo!
“I like the ampersand. I think it is often the most attractive punctuation mark of them all. This blog is an attempt to give this humble character the respect it deserves” (The Ampersand).
So you think you know your fonts? Prove it! The Rather Difficult Font Game (presented by ilovetypography.com, which is an ironic name because I both love typography and i love ilovetypography.com). Try to identify fonts and prove yourself as the Ultimate Typography Knowledge Base. (I did score above a 50%, which means I can identify fonts better than Chance can, and Chance gets them right, what, 25% of the time?)
I can’t help but feature this funny Threadless shirt even though there are only about eight left on Threadless.com. (In fact, it’s pretty hard to resist the hundreds of awesome, well-designed T-shirts made by real people on Threadless.com. And, if you can’t purchase a T, at least you can make a design part of your desktop background…)
Check out these incredibly cool visual interpretations of punctuation from Punc’t: Putting Punctuation in its Place. (Above: Slash, Semi-Colin, Colin)
Every year during this joyous season (National Poetry Month, of course), poets.org offers a free poetry poster designed by a graphic artist. I am particularly in love with the 2006 poster (above), but I order my free poster every year no matter the design.
“April is the cruelest month, breeding lilacs out of dead land.” -TS Eliot
(Old posters can be purchased for $5 unless they are sold out, but they can always be clicked on and printed, so at least you can have a postcard or paper-sized rendition.) PS: If you want free printable posters with complete poems, click here.
This graphic designer seems to make a business card every time he changes locations. In fact, he recognizes his own obsessive card creation habits (okay, there are only four, but still) because he lists his reasons for creating each card (such as “people assuming I’m in the navy,” top left). (more…)
