Link Love: 5.13.10
• Package design junkies, check out Twenty Beautiful Bottles, a collection of inspiring, mostly alcohol-related imagery.
• Principles of Minimalist Web Design is SO GOOD. I’ve never seen so many great examples of clean, well executed websites all in one place.
• A former model talks openly about her experiences and what it’s like to have your body critiqued on a near daily basis. “For as long as we can remember, we have been told that models need to be thin because sample sizes are small. Model agencies deny responsibility because designers want thin models. Designers blame the industry, whatever that means. Money is certainly an issue, because smaller sample sizes mean less fabric and less work. But the role of models themselves is not really discussed at all.”
• Starbucks owns Seattle’s Best Coffee and is now rolling it out into many fast food chains including Burger King. Due in part to its massive expansion, Seattle’s Best just underwent a major brand face lift. What do you think? For better or worse?
• If you’re looking for a good laugh, please pay a visit to When Web Design Goes Wrong. All that I can think of when looking at these are ’1996′ and ‘Geocities.’
• Beautiful! Penmanship of the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries:
• Rachel Hills asks, “Can you make a living by just being you?”
• The design of this coffee table book really inspires me. Clean, effective layouts and simple type.
• Nicole Balch brings up some really great points in Sponsorship and Advertising. In part, she says, “Many have lamented the fact that so many blogs are being monetized, and they would prefer to see them remain free of advertising. I respect those individuals that blog without any form of payment, but I also have respect for those that have been able to be fairly compensated for the lovely sites that they have created. It takes a considerable amount of time, effort, and money to keep a blog like Making it Lovely going.” Right on.
• Tavi briliantly dissects the Terry Richardson debate and I admit to cracking a smile when she says “And, let’s clarify: you don’t love women just because you have sex with them and like taking pictures of their ladyparts.”
• Star just did a cute little sketch of her weekend spent in Portland and even included some out takes from our photo booth strips!
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Thanks for the linkage, Nubby. She did a truly amazing job with that post, didn’t she? It was eye-opening to hear about modeling from the inside.
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Wow i love those sketches by Star!!
That minimalist web design link is really useful too, good link love
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Seattle’s Best re-design is WAY worse. It looks cheap, like a gas station logo. Ew…gas station coffee.
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I believe the image is by Geraldine Georges, but I’m not sure.
Awesome links as always!
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Lovely links as always.
Geraldine Georges is the designer of the top photo.
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The image is by Geraldine Georges, as mentioned. Have you ever heard about TinEye (www.tineye.com)? It’s a sort of reverse search engine, you put in the URL of an image and it finds other places where it has been linked; usually you can find the maker that way. It’s very cool, I’ve sourced out the originals of quite a few things I had floating around in my inspiration folders.
Great links as usual, a welcome break from my graduation work (which includes a bit about Terry Richardson. Perfect timing)! Except now I really really want some gnome-shaped beer…
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Thought you might like this, Kanye West has done a “homage” to Michael Jackson.
http://www.kanyewest.com/home/
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Yep, the designer of the top photo is Geraldine Georges: http://www.yatzer.com/1867_the_mysterious_heroines_of_g%C3%A9raldine_georges
Because I’m such a nerd and because I love sharing useful resources, here’s something that could help you the next time you want to get info about an image: http://www.tineye.com Yes, this is the magic trick I’ve used to get the link to the article I’ve posted above. Because no, I didn’t have any info about the pic either
First-time commenter but long-time reader here, by the way *waves*
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Nubby Reply:
May 15th, 2010 at 4:55 pm
Marta: Glad you de-lurked! And thanks fore the tin eye reminder – I’ve now been using it nonstop all weekend.
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Aaaand yay for repeating info, Alice posted while I was posting! Was there a better way to de-lurk myself? *facepalm*
Ah well, it’s the thought that counts. See? It’s definitely a good resource
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I normally like clean, crisp designs but the Seattle’s Best looks forced and trendy to me. I didn’t know I liked their original branding so much until I saw this alternative.
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i don’t really know anything about seattle’s best, but i think the re-design appeals to the design-appreciator in me, but not the consumer. does that make sense? i like looking at it, but i don’t want to buy it.
link love is the best, thanks for making me seem more cultured and worldly to my friends!
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I love the graphic-related links, really cool !
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Ack. I hate the seattle’s best logo. The left justified in the circle just looks weird. Not that I want it centered, but………. ack.
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Nubby Reply:
May 15th, 2010 at 4:53 pm
beth: I saw one person’s comment on the website that said the drop made them think of blood! NOT good for a company trying to sell a cup o’ coffee!!
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I’m not involved with design in any way, but I love, love, love products. My fave this week was the bottle designs. LOVE ‘em.
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Hello, I love love love the minimalist websites link! Sadly, I’m trying to design my online teaching portfolio and my rosary designs online portfolio. My rosary portfolio I’m definitely going minimalist, but for my teaching portfolio, I’m not too certain if minimalism is the right way to go. Anyone here have any ideas how to go about my teaching portfolio (its for obtaining a position in a high school classroom). Thanks! ^_^
<3 Melinda
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