I stumbled across this manifesto the other day on exp.lore.com – it discusses the way that design has changed with new technology. Inspiration is all around us and we now have limitless resources and tools to do any kind of work we’d love to do. Check it out here or on rencontres-arles.com.
If you’re looking for more Manifestos for a creative lifestyle, check out these 5 Manifestos for the Creative Live by Kirstin Butler on brainpickings.org
Well it’s a new day… And a new year! Perhaps the last year according to the Mayans(?!!)…
I love the year end lists of the “best of” this and that collections that pop up at the end of the year. Here are a few favorites that I’ve come across over the last few weeks that I thought I’d share with you.
From visual.ly blog here’s an article on some of the best visualizations of 2011. I really have fallen in love with infographics, but I really like this list because it also includes some interactive information (http://cnn-ecosphere.com/ was my favorite for sure – zoom in and check out the tweets around the world!) as well as some great videos that are packed with interesting and useful information. I hope you enjoy these as much as I did! Another wonderful couple resources for infographics are Good magazine’s infographic page here: http://www.good.is/infographics and http://visualjournalism.com/
http://blog.visual.ly/20-great-visualizations-of-2011/
Coming from venturebeat.com – here is a decent short list of the best web and mobile typefaces of 2011:
http://venturebeat.com/2011/12/22/best-2011-fonts/
The best wordpress cheat sheets that I’ve found this year are from wptuts+ (love all the tuts+ sites!)
http://wp.tutsplus.com/category/articles/cheat-sheets/
The best movie list of the year – errrrrrr… I have yet to find one that I totally agree with.
Rolling stone has a decent list here: http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/lists/10-best-movies-of-2011-20111207 but there are for sure a few in their list that I would swap out. They don’t really have foreign films or any documentaries listed. I could probably make a list of 10 top documentaries because I watch so many… One of my favorites from this year was Waiting for Superman. If you are a student, or work in any part of education – or if you have children or are the least bit interested in education as a whole it’s a must-see. The hangover 2 and Sherlock Holmes were quite good, and Drive – although it was nicely done was a bit too slow for me – artistic and beautiful yes but also slow. The Tree of life was again beautiful but I like it more as a visual background than a story.
Best music!? Ahhhh that’s always a list too long and complex…
No words. It’s just so beautiful.
Written, directed, animated, edited, and sound by Kirsten Lepore.
Bottle from Kirsten Lepore on Vimeo.
David Carson is a huge influence in the world’s design community and the “grunge typographer” whose magazine Ray Gun helped explode the possibilities of text on a page. An inspiring (and funny) TED talk about design, typography, communicating ideas, legibility – and a bit of surf in the mix too… I think the bathroom icons are my favorite – but setting an entire article in Dingbat is priceless…!
Design shack has a great collection of some creative and inspiring outdoor ad campaigns.
This was one of my favorites. To view the full 50 ads click here.
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