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Interesting article answering the nay-sayers who think Apple will fail in their goal to sell 10 million iPhones.
I believe Apple will make the goal with ease, especially if you take into account the 29 new countries the device will go on sale in. That’s a massive market with potential customers in.
Everyone knows I”m an Apple fan and I like to keep informed on the news. One of the big things I like is the design, and when I come across an interview with the man behind the design, I pretty much drop everything and read it. I’d like to meet Jonathan someday, he [...]
Excellent piece about design and its significance.
Good design is an essential part of every interaction, every touchpoint, every service opportunity, every creative endeavor, and every communication between your organization & your customers/guests.
I like the above quote, it sums up the importance of design well, at least in my view and is something we shall all [...]
Ben Gray of openswitch, has an interesting interview with Michael Kelley, the writer of The Tough Sayings Of Jesus II.
I wanted to highlight the last paragraph because it really struck something with me, in particular sentence.
To Paul it seems that behavior is simple: Understand who you are, then live out your identtiy. So in terms [...]
This is an absolutely fantastic idea for an advert. Brains the Thunderbird puppet showing us his moves to Rhythm Is A Dancer.
It’s for a “new” bottled water called Drench which they are pitching at the intellectual side of the market.
iTunes UK adds NBC/Universal, despite US boycott. It’s also interesting that there is a variable rate to the shows, which is a part of the reason why NBC pulled out the US store.
Jesse Anderson has redesigned his blog and website Echo Faith.
It’s a nice design. Clean and readable, but still using Jesse’s somewhat trademark worn stylings. It looks to me like Jesse was influenced or at least inspired by some of Avalonstar’s new stylings but it’s still clearly Jesse’s design.
Vodafone to Offer Apple’s iPhone in Ten Markets including Australia, the Czech Republic, Egypt, Greece, Italy, India, Portugal, New Zealand, South Africa and Turkey.
Darn it, why can’t they have got the deal in UK? I’m a Vodafone customer and tied into a long contract, which is stopping me getting the iPhone. Although if recent [...]
When I was younger I used to be fascinated with models. It was mainly model trains but I did used to like looking at models in general. I guess that’s why I was drawn to this article on custom figurines.
The detail is fantastic and each one is custom built off the base of [...]
Excellent way of visualising Tweets on a particular subject. I like it’s clear ad stylish presentation, and of course it’s set in Helvetica which is always a winner in my book.
Coldplay, one of my favourite bands have just begun the launch of their new album. The first single was aired today and is available for free download for the next week, I suggest you go get it.
My first impressions after a few listens are good. I like it and it seems a natural [...]
Brent of iBoughtAMac fame has been going through the design process and asking for some feedback from the Flickr community.
I wanted to highlight it as a great way of getting other peoples opinions on your designs and therefore improving them. I’ve enjoyed partaking in the discussion and watching the changes and tweaks Brent has [...]
Veer has some beautifully crafted prints of buildings created from type entitled Type City Prints.
Each portrays an urban facet, illustrated character by character with a typeface that evokes the image itself. Illustrations are letterpressed onto archival, acid-free paper using brass dies mounted type high.
They really are beautiful. I just wish Veer shipped this type [...]
Kyle Meyer just made his already super-stylish designed block look even more super-stylish!
He’s approached the re-design in a slightly different way than most. Remembering back to the days of geocities where every page looked differnt, Kyle has tried to move away from the “standard” blog look. No meta data, just style and content.
I [...]
The Last Shadow Puppets and The Age Of The Understatement
‘The Age Of The Understatement’ is a wide-screen, bold and brilliant introduction to the band. The Last Shadow Puppets are Alex Turner (from Arctic Monkeys) and Miles Kane (from The Rascals).
I heard this track a couple of months ago, and finally today tracked it down. [...]
Yep there’s video on Flickr!
Big talk on the internets today has been about the emergence of video on Flickr. I’m quite excited, I unlike many people like the fact there are 90 second time constraints on Flickr video, it means we are more likely to receive interesting and creative uploads rather than rubbishy YouTube [...]
BBC WiiPlayer
Until today I didn’t realise how amazing this would be. Now I can watch TV shows on catchup from the comfort of the sofa, a fantastic idea and I’m delighted my license money is going towards the development of services like this.
This afternoon I got annoyed. Annoyed by Mac. So I found a fix. My Finder now works like it should be default and shows on all Spaces. It bugged the heck out of me that I switched me to another Space if I had left a window open other than in [...]
The new designs for the British coins.
I meant to link to these yesterday but somehow forgot. They are fantastic and I’m delighted that they are being put into currency. I like just looking at them and seeing how they work, and yes I think it’s one of those design moments where I will [...]
the message is distorted • avalonstar:distortion
Bryan Veloso and Avalonstar have returned. I awlays like seeing new designs, particularly on blogs because they are so personal. When I dropped into Avalonstar this morning my jaw dropped. It looks fantastic. Welcome back Bryan!
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