December 12, 2009

I've been researching a trip to New York, today, and in looking for affordable-but-still-cool places to stay, came across The Jane's website. It is very clever and well designed, and if the hotel is as fun as the website, it's definitely going on my short-list. Check it out!

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December 9, 2009

I really love the new layout of T Magazine. It's different, sleek, clean, and beautiful. The only thing I don't like about it is the fixed center column...it's just not user friendly and it's weird. If they use the rest of that column for more content, or maybe stretch some other feature across the center of the page, it would make the new look more enjoyable.

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December 3, 2009

I recently got a new job. I have moved from working in a very stressful news environment to working in what seems like the complete opposite. The best part of this move was taking twelve days off in-between. Everyone needs to do that when they can. I got so much done during that time - closets and computer files were organized, trash was trashed, blankets were cleaned. I also ended up getting creative in a way I've been to stressed to do in a while. I painted and put up Christmas lights, changed my Ikea desktop from a plain natural Vika to a blue, peanut-shaped Vika Manne - it is a great thing, to refresh the home place.

So, as I try to get re-inspired web-wise, I'm going to post a pic of a refreshed area of my home that I particularly love...off to surf for all the fab design I've missed out on in the past couple of months.

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October 31, 2009

Wow...seriously cool Halloween costumes for the ladies.

"The trick is simply to think laterally, not prostitutionally."

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October 20, 2009

Found via Cakehead Loves Evil - Cellophane Graffiti. She includes a link to a great video about the process...and the results are truly cool. Check it out here:

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October 8, 2009

I was lucky enough to come across this beautiful Czech magazine called DNA21. It's in Czech, but you don't need to know how to read the language to get inspiration from the amazing photography, graphics, fashion etc. Here are a couple of examples of the great stuff you'll find:

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September 25, 2009

Smashing Magazine has a great article on "Kinetic Photography," which is photography using a camera that is in motion. There are some amazing examples, obtained by tossing, flipping, shaking, spinning, or otherwise moving the camera - be sure you can catch it, if you decide to try the tossing method.

I gave it a try, and came up with a much cooler result than I've gotten from just taking blurry pics - the on-purpose blurries can really deliver. This is nothing compared to the examples in Smashing's article , but it's not bad. :)

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