The manual was found in a locker beneath old gym clothes. Crazy. The site http://thestandardsmanual.com is dedicated to serve as an archival record of a first edition NYCTA Graphics Standards…
Word Map
This experiment brings together the power of Google Translate and the collective knowledge of Wikipedia to put into context the relationship between language and geographical space. Not only is it…
NASA Graphics Standards Manual
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration Design Program is a modernist vision for an optimistic future. The logo (often referred to as “the worm”) evokes qualities of unity,…
NYTimes Design Concept
This design exploration by Russian designer Tema Troinoi is astonishing. And he is looking for an internship!? Check out the whole concept process here
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An exploration in Material Design by Arthur Bodolec
Arthur Bodolec, Design co-founder at feedly, explores the new Google Material design in this insightful and extensive article. So good. Read the full article here and start re-thinking your mobile…
Mathematically derived gradient explorer.
Shade is a mathematically derived gradient explorer by Brent Jackson. Sounds geeky, right? Super-cool. Get your gradient mojo on here.
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A fantastic visualization of the diversity of website folds.
I am a total sucker for responsive design. But I will have to re-think my assumptions just a little bit though I guess….. http://www.iamthefold.com/ An experiment to show how designing for…
Color combination contrast tester
This seriously awesome tool takes a set color palette and shows contrast values for every possible combination. This is useful for finding safe color combinations with predefined colors and…
Read: Guide to building awesome communities.
Amazing detail and insight. Read the whole article here. As long as the Internet has existed, virtual communities have always been around. In fact, they even predate the web. It seems hard to…
Dom-Animator. Awesome.
A nifty JavaScript library, used to show small ascii animations within comments in your dom. It’s a little easter egg for anyone inspecting your code. Nothing more, nothing less. Check it…