Jobsessive - the blogus

[ … nu stiu cine a scris asta, e dintr-un e-mail de aiurea, deci nu-mi asum nici un fel de credits; doar mi-a ridicat niste semne de intrebare - pe care le voi uita probabil in 30 de minute, si ma voi intoarce in vartejul activitatii de zi cu zi ]

Noi astia care visam mii si mii de euro salariu, noi astia care avem mii de euro, dar ne-am mai dori 1.000 in plus, noi astia care am terminat o facultate din 2000 incoace, noi astia care renuntam la facultate pentru job, noi astia licentiati, [Read more →]

… sau frumusetea in reprezentarea interactiva a informatiei, de la New York Times.

Excelent.

Am mentionat cu ceva vreme in urma The Serif ca fiind o resursa frumoasa de inspiratie vizuala. Intr-un post de-al lor (vis-a-vis de Threadless) glumeau pe tema unui posibil t-shirt pentru ei. Ideea a “tresarit” - dintr-o multitudine de clisee probabil, pentru ca mi-e greu sa cred ca e originala - si iaca si rezultatul:

Cu ocazia asta inaugurez o categorie noua - Play - adica chestii pe care le fac fara vreun sens anume.

Prin 2006 remarcasem un site facut cu simt de raspundere pentru Mercedes.

Iata inca unul. Pentru cei obsedati de securitate la volan

Turnerduckworth.co.uk. Bruce Duckworth. And David Turner. And no comments.

Brad Surcey - Recent Work

Graphic Design: The New Basics, published by Princeton Architectural Press and Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) in Spring 2008, is a guide to basic design principles. We created this book because we didn’t see anything like it available for today’s students and young designers: a concise, visually inspiring guide to two-dimensional design written for today’s world.

By Ellen Lupton and Jennifer Cole Phillips.

As an introduction, take a look at book’s website:

Nu stiu cine e, dar imi place ce face. WTF!

That’s the f**king reality.

[ via Octavian (isotopic-out-of-order) ]

++++GRETEL++++ is the small but fruitful design studio of Greg Hahn.

Ruth Kedar of KedarDesigns.com designed the Google logo in the version that became famous around the world (the original tries at designing the logo were by Google co-founder Sergey Brin, reportedly, using the Gimp software). I asked Ruth how the Google logo design came about originally, and here’s her reply.

[ via XtraVagAnT ]

Vorbeam la un moment dat - cu destul entuziasm, si asta pe buna dreptate! - despre designerii cu sange fierbinte din Americile de Sud. Iar zilele astea am ajuns (din click in click, cum altfel) si la Victor Sahate.

Liquid Resize is a “content aware” image resizing application for Mac OS X and Windows. Liquid Resize is now available for download as a Product Preview from onOne Software. Liquid Resize will allow you to resize an image without traditional geometric limitations while minimizing any distortion that would typically result from changing the original aspect ratio of an image.

Un magazin virtual de nisa, “curat” si “muncit” … asa cum ne-am dori sa tot vedem.

[ via Bogdan din camera de alaturi ]

thirtytwoRound - Andy Gugel. Excelent!