threedaymonk + design 127
The Pride Grid
november 2011 by threedaymonk
A more colourful version of the Govias Grid.
webdev
html
css
design
november 2011 by threedaymonk
foldboat.info
september 2011 by threedaymonk
A simple boat made from a single sheet of flexible plastic; they claim it can be folded and unfolded in minutes.
boat
design
transport
september 2011 by threedaymonk
12 Seamless backgrounds based on pages from a Sears and Roebuck Catalog
september 2011 by threedaymonk
Surprisingly beautiful.
art
design
webdev
graphics
september 2011 by threedaymonk
First Things First 1964 a manifesto
august 2011 by threedaymonk
‘We, the undersigned, are graphic designers, photographers and students who have been brought up in a world in which the techniques and apparatus of advertising have persistently been presented to us as the most lucrative, effective and desirable means of using our talents.’
advertising
design
business
manifesto
august 2011 by threedaymonk
Ghost-station Tube maps
june 2011 by threedaymonk
Perfectly captures the aesthetic of early 20th century Underground graphic design.
maps
design
graphics
retro
june 2011 by threedaymonk
FitText - A plugin for inflating web type
may 2011 by threedaymonk
‘Use this plugin on your fluid or responsive layout to achieve scalable headlines that fill the width of a parent element.’
webdev
design
css
typography
fonts
javascript
jquery
may 2011 by threedaymonk
W3C Design
may 2011 by threedaymonk
A redesign of the styling of W3C specifications to make the m attractive and, more importantly, readable.
webdev
css
typography
design
html
may 2011 by threedaymonk
Little Big Details
april 2011 by threedaymonk
‘An inspirational collection of UI details.’
design
webdev
ui
april 2011 by threedaymonk
Red October font
april 2011 by threedaymonk
Based on Soviet propaganda posters.
fonts
ussr
design
typography
april 2011 by threedaymonk
Rendering Effective Route Maps: Improving Usability Through Generalization
april 2011 by threedaymonk
‘Our generalization techniques are based both on cognitive psychology research studying how route maps are used and on an analysis of the generalizations commonly found in handdrawn route maps. We describe algorithmic implementations of these generalization techniques within LineDrive, a real-time system for automatically designing and rendering route maps.’
maps
research
design
april 2011 by threedaymonk
Don’t listen to Le Corbusier—or Jakob Nielsen
february 2011 by threedaymonk
Scientific analysis is useful as long as you don’t take it too seriously: people hated living in Le Corbusier’s buildings.
usability
design
architecture
software
february 2011 by threedaymonk
ランディングページデザインリンク集
february 2011 by threedaymonk
Gallery of Japanese website home page designs. 文化の違い。
japan
webdev
design
culture
february 2011 by threedaymonk
Android Interaction Patterns
february 2011 by threedaymonk
Interaction patterns that have been shown to work.
android
ui
design
february 2011 by threedaymonk
Against chrome: a manifesto
february 2011 by threedaymonk
‘Technology users of the world, unite: you have nothing to lose but your bas-relief buttons.’ (That’s UI chrome, by the way, not Chrome the browser.)
usability
design
ui
interface
skeumorphism
february 2011 by threedaymonk
NIPPON COLORS - 日本の伝統色
february 2011 by threedaymonk
Colour picker based on traditional Japanese shades.
design
japan
graphics
colour
february 2011 by threedaymonk
Access Main Computer File
january 2011 by threedaymonk
‘A visual study of computer GUI in cinema.’ This is really very good.
design
graphics
film
computing
january 2011 by threedaymonk
Asleep and Awake
january 2011 by threedaymonk
‘Not awkward, seeking attention through flashing lights or occasional, violent bursts into life, but well-appointed, content devices.’ On the devices we invite into our homes, and how the Kindle fits better than the iPad.
design
ipad
kindle
january 2011 by threedaymonk
Fonts In Use
january 2011 by threedaymonk
An examination of fonts in context.
typography
fonts
design
january 2011 by threedaymonk
The 100% Easy-2-Read Standard
january 2011 by threedaymonk
Yes please. I’m sick of squinting at tiny grey-on-grey text.
webdev
design
typography
css
january 2011 by threedaymonk
Placehold.it
august 2010 by threedaymonk
‘Just put your image size after our URL and you'll get a placeholder.’
webdev
graphics
images
design
august 2010 by threedaymonk
The problem with bicycles
august 2010 by threedaymonk
Very good point: bicycles may be an improvement over cars, but designing cities that don't require any personal transport is the ideal.
cycling
city
architecture
design
ecology
august 2010 by threedaymonk
Vintage Japanese industrial expo posters
february 2010 by threedaymonk
Lovely hand lettering; right-to-left sentences; pre-reform kanji; fantastic imagery.
design
art
graphics
japan
history
japanese
advertising
february 2010 by threedaymonk
ABtests.com
october 2009 by threedaymonk
Find out what other people have learned from A/B testing.
webdev
usability
design
october 2009 by threedaymonk
Designing For Social Traction
october 2009 by threedaymonk
It’s better and more effective to focus on the desired outcome than the housekeeping required (e.g. writing a post vs. creating an account).
webdev
design
interaction
october 2009 by threedaymonk
30 Free Fonts Which Are Perfect For Professional Logo Designs
september 2009 by threedaymonk
Unlike most such lists, most of these fonts are pretty nice.
typography
fonts
free
design
september 2009 by threedaymonk
Palabras Textuales - Educando al soberano
august 2009 by threedaymonk
People saying dumb stuff about computers/design/etc. In Spanish.
humour
español
spanish
computers
design
august 2009 by threedaymonk
bitquabit - The One in Which I Call Out Hacker News
july 2009 by threedaymonk
‘There is a tremendous amount of spit and polish that goes into making a major website highly usable. A developer, asked how hard something will be to clone, simply does not think about the polish, because the polish is incidental to the implementation.’
webdev
design
usability
ui
programming
july 2009 by threedaymonk
The League of Moveable Type
april 2009 by threedaymonk
‘Here, you'll find only the most well-made, free & open-source, @font-face ready fonts.’
webdev
design
css
fonts
typography
free
april 2009 by threedaymonk
Fuck the foundries
april 2009 by threedaymonk
‘Your Fonts are superior to Our Fonts in every conceivable way, except one: WE CAN’T FUCKING USE THEM’. I’m sympathetic to both viewpoints. Fonts you can’t use are useless, but releasing them for embedding means making them available to the world.
webdev
design
typography
fonts
copyright
april 2009 by threedaymonk
The Art & Science of Seductive Interactions
april 2009 by threedaymonk
Recommended reading for people making websites.
design
usability
psychology
marketing
webdev
april 2009 by threedaymonk
On Design Minimalism
april 2009 by threedaymonk
Addressing multiple problems with a single, simple, uniform solution, rather than by using lots of ad-hoc single-purpose code.
programming
philosophy
design
april 2009 by threedaymonk
Goodbye Google
march 2009 by threedaymonk
‘I won’t miss a design philosophy that lives or dies strictly by the sword of data.’
webdev
design
google
business
march 2009 by threedaymonk
CSS vs. Tables: Maybe the design is to blame?
february 2009 by threedaymonk
This is exactly where my own thinking has been leading.
webdev
css
design
commented
february 2009 by threedaymonk
Font Squirrel
january 2009 by threedaymonk
Free fonts that you can use for commercial work.
fonts
design
typography
free
january 2009 by threedaymonk
The $300 Million Button
january 2009 by threedaymonk
‘We were surprised how much [first time shoppers] resisted registering.’
webdev
design
usability
shopping
ux
business
january 2009 by threedaymonk
Earth to McDonalds.com: It's 2009
january 2009 by threedaymonk
‘Mickey D's is old skool. Having a cool web page would be like up-dating a pair of Chuck Taylors.’
webdev
design
usability
marketing
january 2009 by threedaymonk
Ajaxload
january 2009 by threedaymonk
Generate spinner animated GIFs in a variety of styles and colours.
webdev
design
graphics
ajax
january 2009 by threedaymonk
Better CSS Font Stacks
july 2008 by threedaymonk
Some people are going to see the boring standard fonts, but you can go beyond them for the majority.
webdev
css
typography
design
fonts
july 2008 by threedaymonk
ICBM Guidance Panel Found at Surplus Store
may 2008 by threedaymonk
I love the layout and typography.
design
may 2008 by threedaymonk
Soviet Futuristic Illustration: Oodles of Optimism
may 2008 by threedaymonk
Love the rockets.
graphics
design
soviet
futurism
may 2008 by threedaymonk
Try touch typing on this
may 2008 by threedaymonk
Dell fails at keyboards. Also check the comments for tedious, irrelevant Mac obsessives.
design
wtf
fail
keyboard
may 2008 by threedaymonk
Why I hate Flash.
april 2008 by threedaymonk
‘Flash was created for these clueless and noisy types of people.’
accessibility
webdev
design
flash
april 2008 by threedaymonk
PhotoshopDisasters
april 2008 by threedaymonk
Celebrities with extra arms! Babies without bodies!
humour
design
art
photoshop
april 2008 by threedaymonk
BBC UX 2.0
march 2008 by threedaymonk
'More importantly, many of them weren’t even clearly branded as part of the BBC’s digital offering.' Er, no. That's not more important.
bbc
webdev
design
branding
usability
march 2008 by threedaymonk
When Designers Get Too Clever
march 2008 by threedaymonk
Web design anti-patterns and how to avoid them.
webdev
design
usability
reevoo-developer
march 2008 by threedaymonk
O'Reilly Maker - Create a funny book cover!
january 2008 by threedaymonk
Make your own O'Reilly book cover.
books
design
spoof
january 2008 by threedaymonk
News Websites: The Horseless Buggies
october 2007 by threedaymonk
An insightful observation: news websites are often little more than newspapers minus the paper.
webdev
design
october 2007 by threedaymonk
blueprintcss
august 2007 by threedaymonk
‘Blueprint is a CSS framework, which aims to cut down on your CSS development time. It gives you a solid CSS foundation to build your project on top of, with an easy-to-use grid, sensible typography, and even a stylesheet for printing.’
css
webdev
design
typography
august 2007 by threedaymonk
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