Two readers asked me about Jessica Hische’s fancy custom doc icons that they spotted in an earlier post today. She created them herself, you can download them here and watch the video below explaining how to change your dock icons.
How to Change your Dock Icons from Jessica Hische on Vimeo.
Jessica is one talented lady. We miss her here in studiomates land.
Please note: When sh says “left click” in the video she really mean “right click”.)
The BlockDock for iPad is an elegant, solid wood stand for vertical and horizontal viewing. Every BlockDock is hand crafted from wood locally harvested in the Pacific Northwest. Pretty, no?
You like to draw type? Jessica Hische style? Then you’ll love the below screencast Jessica did of a new Illustrator CS5 feature:
Yes, more cutting board goodness. (Seen these last week?) This Cut & Paste cutting board by Klaus Häckl is a functional beauty.
Available at Made by Design
(thank you Chesley)
I haven’t really grown up with Christmas Crackers, but seeing these by Present and Correct, I wish I did. Made from graph paper, in Devon, each cracker will burst open (with a bang!) to reveal a foiled pencil, a tag notebook, wood rubber stamp, scrabble magnet, vintage animal eraser & finally a chocolate sixpence for luck!
I’ve just gone to Steel Table Heaven. Yes, please! Designed by Pierogiorgio Cazzaniga and Michele Cazzaniga, by MDF Italy.
How lovely (and stripey) is this Draper Stripe Persimmon/Cream Rug by Dwell?
Each of these Head and Tail cups has a print that represents the front or the rear end of an animal. Stacked in pairs, the cups form a whole animal. The prints represent horses, pigs, cows and sheep, and so, the starting point is common, familiar Danish animals. Whether to make new mutations or species is up to the owner. Thus, surprising new species may be lurking in the kitchen cupboard.
poofHQ is an online proofing tool that allows you to manage feedback and approval of design work.
proofHQ recently extended the functionality to allow proofing of audio visual files, which is a huge step forwards and makes it one of a kind in the market. This means that any agencies or freelancers creating short website movies or interactive ads can now get feedback online from their clients with comments displayed at the relevant time within the file.
I am currently on a one-year-client-work-sabbatical, otherwise I would give proofHQ a try. Watch the demo below:
ProofHQ Demo from ProofHQ on Vimeo.
A big thank you to SemiBig Creative Industries for yet again sponsoring another week of our RSS Feed.
PopSlice is a visually tasty website maker. No coding necessary. You’ll be on the web in minutes. Think of it as a well-designed gallery that’s ready to hang your best work.
Start with one of the clean and minimal designs as the foundation – then personalize it to the hilt. Easily switch between different layouts and fonts. Quickly add images and video. Choose from three different gallery types.
They’re serious about reliability and security. They’re on the Rackspace Cloud – the same peace of mind cloud-hosting that I use.
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This photo album by Debra Folz stands on its own corner due to a reinforced front and back cover, which gives it a magic sort of ‘objet d’art’ feel. Lovely.
What a refreshing new take on Birthday Party Goodie Bags. Use pages from an old magazine with imagery you like, cut out squares about 15×15 cm (6″x6″) and glue the outer ends together to make a tube. Then sew together one end, fill it with a surprise, turn it 90 degrees and sew together the other end. Presto!
“The best way to complain is to make things.”
– James Murphy
Time gathered The 50 Best Inventions of 2010. Includes Flipboard, a Lifeguard Robot, Sarcasm Detection and a Plastic Bottle Boat.
Music is the latest work by much admired, NYC based photographer and film maker, Andrew Zuckerman. (Who happens to be our NYC/CreativeMornings speaker tomorrow!)
The Music project features dynamic portraits of over fifty musicians of all ages, from across genres, who provide their perspectives on one of the most universal and yet unexplainable art forms. Music is available as a book, which includes portraits and interviews as well as access to a feature-length film; it is also available as an iPad app, with text and portraits from the book as well as individual films for each contributor exclusive to the app.
Check out the Behind The Scenes Clip.
Fore more info visit: musicthebook.com
Makedo is a reusable connector system that enables materials including cardboard, plastic and fabric to easily join together to form new objects or structures. How did I not come across this earlier? Think of the possibilities!
I think I have found a new love: cutting boards:
Cloud Cutting Board. Made me smile.
The Transfer cutting board shows a simple and effective solution to the old problem of transferring food from the cutting board to the pan. Thanks to a simple cutout it allows you to insert a plate, so that you can just slide your freshly cut ingredients onto it.
I just spent the last 5minutes laughing, reading through damnyouautorrect.com posts. Next time I have one of these funny autocorrect moments, I’ll make sure to screenshot it.
(via @jessema)
Time Flies is is an iPhone App that let’s you keep track of how long it has been since you did something. This is BRILLIANT! And I so need this. Brita water filter, do I need to say more?
(via @globalmoxie/@craigmod)
Here’s a blog post that makes want to jump up and run to take the 6 train:
“New York’s famous City Hall subway station, one of the most gorgeous gems in the world of mass transit, has been closed for decades but now it can be viewed again by in-the-know riders of the 6 train.
Although it’s not open to the general public, there’s a way in-the-know New York subway riders can still see this famous and beautiful architectural glimpse at the city’s past. The 6 train used to make all passengers leave the train at the Brooklyn Bridge stop, but no longer.
If you have a little extra time, you can stay on the train and view the City Hall Station as the train makes its turnaround.”
I can’t wait. Can NOT wait to do this.
(via jalopnik and @HelenWalters)
Nuzzles are custom designed wooden typographic puzzles handcrafted by John Christenson. Every Nuzzle is crafted from a single block of wood, and the characters interlock with each other in a way that creates a sense of harmony and integrity. Want one? YES!
(The word Nuzzle is awesome. I just want to keep saying it over and over. Nuzzle. Nuzzle. Nuzzle.)
(Thank you Katherine)
My days are hectic. Running my studio/blog/speaker series and putting the mommy hat on the minute I come home means that I barely find a quiet moment to read books. (I sometimes wish for a subway commute that allows for some quality reading.) So, to me, DailyLit, a service that let’s you read books by email or RSS makes total sense. They make you read books in under 5 minutes a day, short installments sent via email or RSS. DailyLit’s titles include bestselling and award winning titles, from literary fiction and cooking to business and science fiction.
The beauty of this service is that I can set when I’ll get my installment. I have it set to arrive during the day, while I am at the office. That way, I can take a quick break from all my business and dive into a portion of my book. Or, if I am waiting in line somewhere, I can just pull it up on my iPhone and read it. Have a little bit more time and want to read more than just 5minutes? Simply download additional installments. Brilliant.
I am giving this a try. Join me?
A World of Tweets shows you with a heat map visualization where people are tweeting at from the past hour. The more tweets there are from a specific region, the “hotter” or redder it becomes. This continuous collection of Twitter statuses shows in what an incredible tweeting world we live in. Check out the 3D view!
A project by Frog Design.
(thank you fabulous John Ford)
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