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Kickass website of the week

jefflilley — Fri, 17 May 2013 14:38:37 +0000

Cool little animations on the homepage, great use of negative space and typography, super in-depth case studies and very well-written blog posts. These guys really pay attention to detail and care about their content. [link]

Happy birthday Saul Bass

jefflilley — Fri, 10 May 2013 00:54:56 +0000

Even if you’re not a graphic designer you’re familiar with Saul Bass’s work– if not from his logos than from his amazing movie title sequences. He was one of the most iconic (and happens to be one of my all-time favorite) graphic designers of the 20th century. In honor of his 93rd birthday Google put together this really great little animation. [via designboom]

Kickass website of the week

jefflilley — Wed, 01 May 2013 21:23:08 +0000

This is one of my favorite things I’ve seen in a while– a great one page website that not only recaps the year for a company (Sailthru, in this case), but showcases their amazing design talent. More companies need to do create internal projects like this. Sure, it might not lead to profit directly, but it really shows how much they care about their brand and the product they have to offer. With it’s minimalism, huge typography and fun infographics, the design of it is right up my alley as well. Well done. [link]

The evolution of a logo

jefflilley — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 13:51:03 +0000

I posted something similar before, but I love seeing how these companies have changed their logos over time– for better (welcome to the 21st century, Windows) and for worse (go back to the 20th century, Pepsi). [via The Logo Company]

The new walls of Mattel Children’s Hospital UCLA

jefflilley — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 20:51:33 +0000

Such a simple but awesome way to make a hospital less like a terrifying house of pain and death and more like an exciting jungle adventure! Actually, I wouldn’t be opposed to normal, adult hospitals doing something similar. I mean, who doesn’t like happy volcanoes and monkeys? [via blik]

Kickass website of the week

jefflilley — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 20:16:54 +0000

Most travel websites look and function pretty much the same. Not this one. I can’t speak for the deals, but visually and interactively speaking, it’s quite awesome. It also provides you with current weather and a bunch of photos and blurbs about every destination they have a deal for.

Kickass website of the week

jefflilley — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 20:29:21 +0000

Why do I like it? Beautiful photography, big, bold typography, nice interactivity, a cool overall vintage look and…beer! Time for happy hour.

NYCxDesign Festival

jefflilley — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 19:37:57 +0000

It’s a design festival! Or more specifically:

Hosted in the world’s design capital, the 12-day event will bring together culture, education, commerce and entertainment with a full, varied program, including exhibitions, installations, trade shows, talks, launches and open studios. Spanning all disciplines of design, from graphic and product design to architecture and fashion, digital and urban design to furniture and design thinking. NYCxDESIGN looks to create a platform for cultural and commercial opportunities, elevate established and emerging design practices and increase awareness of and appreciation for design by all audiences.

I’m still kicking myself for missing that graphic design exhibit on Governors Island last summer, so hopefully I’ll force myself to get out and actually see some of this. I’m particularly looking forward to the MFA exhibition at Pratt, which will probably be very bittersweet in reminding me what a horrific designer I was when I graduated (seriously, my senior portfolio barely qualified as graphic design), but how far I’ve come since (at least I think so). [website]

The New York Times is redesigning its website…FINALLY

jefflilley — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 21:51:55 +0000

For such a massive news organization The New York Times has one of the most unappealing, cluttered, terribly-designed websites out there. I often use it as an example when asked to name a website I hate the design of. I’m really interested to see what the revamped homepage will look like, but based on the individual article redesign they recently released it definitely looks like a step in the right direction. Let’s be honest, it would be extremely difficult to create anything that isn’t better compared to the visual disaster they’ve had going on pretty much since there’s been a New York Times website.

THE NEW (Typography! Open space!):

THE OLD (A horrendous pile of digital garbage!):

New, pretty awesome JetBlue ads

jefflilley — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 20:31:07 +0000

I don’t know if JetBlue ever ended up (or will end up) using these posters (designed by Lab Partners for an advertising pitch), but they seem to always be a notch above most other airlines with a lot of things (leg room, personal TVs, visually appealing and easy-to-navigate website [at least by airline standards]), so it wouldn’t surprise me if they did. I haven’t seen them around any subway stations, but I sure hope I do.