This month’s Wallpaper Wednesday is a special Thursday, holiday edition. In celebration of Independence Day here in the States, I’ve got two wallpapers inspired by red, white, blue, stars, and stripes. They’re not overly patriotic by the time I got finished with them. I really grunged it up with the distressed textures. Happy Fourth!
I would be a horrible blogger if I didn’t write about the two-ton elephant in the design room right now — flat design. It is the trend, buzzword, motto, theme, and cliché of 2013. Thousands of words have already been written about the rise and proliferation of flat design, and I’m here to contribute a few more.
What do computer bugs, software features, a canvas sack, and bokeh blur have in common? This wallpaper of course. It’s a fun mix, so download your free copy now.
I’ve seriously got too many tabs open of things I want to share. So here is a quick list of cool, insightful, and/or fun things to check out.
The three typefaces on this month’s display round up include trendy sans and slab companions, a blackletter with a touch of flair, and an elegant — almost Didonesque — serif. Along with a few links from around the web, I’d call this a pretty decent post. Definitely worth reading if you’ve made it this far and are still trying to make up your mind.
Live avatars is definitely a design concept I’m going to implement in my next redesign. Subtle, personal, lively. It seems so simple an idea, I’m surprised there isn’t more of them out there.
Here’s a fun game that has already sucked up an hour or two of my time. Get dropped into a random Google Street View, look around, then take a guess where you are. You get points based on how close and you get five rounds added up for a total. It’s amazing how similar terrain Read More > >
Instagram released a cleaned up logotype last week and designer Mackey Saturday posted some up-close and behind the scenes pictures of the work to Dribbble. It’s a great example of refinement and building on an identity already familiar to users.