#design

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kintsugi

Found this via Del. Brilliant and fascinating concept, the idea of using repair to add value and ev...

alasdairw Feb 17, 2014
Map Stack by Stamen
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http://mapstack.stamen.com/

This was closed when I went to look at it, so this is a note to remember to look at it properly, bec...

alasdairw Jun 14, 2013
Alan Fletcher Archive
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http://www.alanfletcherarchive.com/

An archive of the man's works and career, with commentary by friends and contemporaries. Fascinatin...

alasdairw Jun 06, 2013

http://mattgemmell.com/2013/05/22/designing-blogs-...

I am optimistically hoping to move to a new blogging platform before the end of the year. (I may wi...

alasdairw May 31, 2013

http://trippenbach.com/2013/04/17/kill-it-with-fir...

An excellent short essay on the difference between "Gamification" and actual, y'know, *fun*.

alasdairw Apr 23, 2013

https://www.gov.uk/service-manual

This looks like a really good resource for people involved in web projects. It's not so much that i...

alasdairw Apr 02, 2013
noro shop
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http://noroshop.com/

These are lovely bits of glassware. I would love the decanter...

alasdairw Dec 19, 2012

http://bestof.metafilter.com/2012/06/The-important...

A life lesson for those of us that design and build things, be they physical or virtual.

alasdairw Jun 28, 2012

http://cargocollective.com/jayse/Avengers

Detail shots of what are clearly some very cleverly thought out bits of UI design for fictional ultr...

alasdairw May 25, 2012

http://www.thetoolbox.cc/

Really useful set of stuff. Wonder how fast I could roll my own wordpress layout with these tools.

alasdairw May 21, 2012

http://www.edge-online.com/opinion/prototyping-wit...

This is a hugely important insight into modern (computer) game design, I feel.

alasdairw May 15, 2012

http://noisydecentgraphics.typepad.com/design/2012...

Nice work from getty - turning a watermark into something that actually enhances the image for those...

alasdairw Apr 30, 2012

http://revdancatt.com/2012/04/07/why-the-new-aesth...

If you've been wondering why the New Aesthetic looks like 30 year old computer graphics (or if you h...

alasdairw Apr 11, 2012