New Trade Dress for Invincible Iron Man

The new trade dress for Invincible Iron Man is a delectable 60s modern look.

Flatware From 2001

Alice Rawsthorn writes about the Arne Jacobsen flatware Stanley Kubrick used for his astronauts in 2001: A Space Odyssey. It’s available from the MoMA store.

Why the newspaper still beats the Amazon Kindle

Why the newspaper still beats the Amazon Kindle

Sadly: “But both versions of the Kindle are missing what makes print newspapers such a perfect delivery vehicle for news: graphic design.” Hopefully they can improve on this in time.

Marie Mundaca on designing books for David Foster Wallace

Marie Mundaca on designing books for David Foster Wallace

Book design is likely one of the most underappreciated arts, but I find it fascinating.

Comic Sans Font Examined

Comic Sans Font Examined

Nice piece, but I wish he’d go into even further detail.

Lincoln's penny gets a new look -- actually four new looks

Lincoln’s penny gets a new look — actually four new looks

It takes 1.4 cents to make a penny.

Previous/Next and Back/Next pagination links considered harmful

Previous/Next and Back/Next pagination links considered harmful

This is something that trips me up, too. “Newer”/”Older” is much better.

Story of a Peanut: The TiVo Remote's Untold Past, Present and Future

Story of a Peanut: The TiVo Remote’s Untold Past, Present and Future

New Five Dollar Bill

Neat interactive page about the new five dollar bill.

"Maybe" is one option too many

“Maybe” is one option too many

Every time I go to rate a movie from Netflix I think about this argument in favor of using 4-star systems instead of 5-star systems.

Twitter Identity Transference Syndrome (TwITS)

Twitter Identity Transference Syndrome (TwITS)

How the Twitterific icon become associated as the brand for Twitter itself.

Replicating iPhone Buttons the ‘-webkit' way!

Replicating iPhone Buttons the ‘-webkit’ way!

Jeffrey Zeldman Presents : E-mail is not a platform for design

Jeffrey Zeldman Presents : E-mail is not a platform for design

London, How do I Hate Thee? Let me Count the Ways, 1, 2... 2012

London, How do I Hate Thee? Let me Count the Ways, 1, 2… 2012

Reaction to the unveiling of the ugly, ugly logo for the 2012 Olympic games.

Clean/Explicit

Just saw this on iTunes:

Which one do you think is currently selected?

New nickels ship

New nickels ship

And... Logo Action!

And… Logo Action!

A look at how some companies animate their corporate logos in their ads.

Human Computer Interaction in Science Fiction Movies

Human Computer Interaction in Science Fiction Movies

Reference UI in Star Trek TNG, The Matrix, Minority Report, and more.

Kutaragi "Insisted" on Spider-Man Font for PS3

Kutaragi “insisted” on Spider-Man font for PS3

I’ve always felt the logotype gives the console a very cheap look to it. It’s so recognizable as “the Spider-Man font” that it just looks like they were too lazy to come up with something unique.

Ambigram Doormat

Ambigram doormat

Reads “come in” one way and “go away” if turned the other way.