It’s not a particularly cool thing to admit but being a designer I really love grids. The first thing I discovered recently (via my friend and fountain of web developer knowledge Mark) was Blueprint a super robust CSS framework. I’ve not had a chance to apply it to a proper site yet but I had a quick play with it and it looks like it will save a lot of time re-treading old ground. One thing I am really impressed with is the baseline grid anyway I will post more on my experience with blueprint when I have a chance to use it more extensively.
So as a gridophile (sounds kind of creepy) I was stoked to find The Art Of The Grid a site built with our sort in mind. Notepads based on popular grids and even shelves built on famous grid systems. Check out these Guardian shelves.
Posted Sunday, January 13th, 2008 in Coveted Items, Graphic Design, Grid Systems, Product Design, Web Development | 2 Comments »
I have a penchant for old school skateboard art and I have to say when I saw some of the jewelery being produced by these guys I got pretty hot under the collar!
Posted Friday, December 7th, 2007 in Art, Coveted Items, Product Design | No Comments »
While searching for a new alarm clock I stumbled upon Furni a Canadian based two man operation making limited run handmade designs for interiors. Their current collection contains predominantly clock based products, however they have made plenty of other great non-time based products in the past. Anyway go check them out and maybe buy something. Also for all you skaters out there you may well notice that all of their products have a recurring theme.
Posted Sunday, October 7th, 2007 in Coveted Items, Product Design, Skateboarding | No Comments »