The new Maritime Museum for the Cultural District on Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi by Tadao Ando.
The wood model is so gorgeous (the actual structure will have an exposed concrete finish).
Looking through my old bookmark links and revisited this page of 15+ Amazingly Clever Logos.
The more memorable logos often are the ones with irregular shapes. Too many logos around are circles, rectangles or squares.
“If you love it, you don’t know much about typography, but if you hate it, you really don’t know much about typography either and you should get another hobby.”
- Comic Sans designer, Vincent Connare, via Designer’s favourite fonts and why
Comic Sans is so epic, it invades every single font conversation.
On the subject of design making one happy, Stefan Sagmeister makes a list of things that makes him happy and half of them involves design. Ted Talk that was posted last year.
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You’re giving an extension of your identity away. It can say who you are, what you do, how you do it. It can be playful, teasing, professional, cool. The devil is in the details.
Hehe. A design that makes one happy. I have a thing for inanimate objects with personalities, much like WJ’s handsome luggage.
iGoogle Artist Themes
Netvibes vs iGoogle. Netvibes leads due to design, and iGoogle attempts to tip the table with famous artists (Dolce&Gabbana leopard prints! Philippe Starck! Todd Oldham! Jimmy Liao! Lee Young-hee! My mind boggles just looking at the names.) Some of the designs don’t go very well with the layout, though. Maybe sharp corners just don’t do it for me.
via FreshCreation
