I love when the general public finds brilliant solutions to overlooked design problems.
from south korea
Cold weather + not wanting to remove gloves + iPhone + sausages = productivity!
Snack sausages make great substitutes for browsing fingers. Something Apple’s design team hadn’t quite anticipated. Details here.
And
You too can be productive! Snag some Slim Jims for your iPhone . . . here.
Found via Kottke
I miss these icons. Susan Kare developed them – and the standard city-named fonts – for the original Apple Macintosh in the early 1980s.
I particularly like the alert message guy in the right corner – a playful bitmapped take that has a similar feel as Oskar Schlemmer’s 1921 bauhaus icon.
My grungy Alta California font was inspired by Kare’s original San Francisco font; which, unfortunately hasn’t been available on a Macintosh for many years. I have a great respect for her ability to convey so many many different letters within a small 72 dpi black and white space. Unfortunately – thru gratuitous use – San Francisco did sort of become the Comic Sans of its day. Sort of.
Check out Kare’s online store for some fantastic tees and notecards. Rad digital art from a simpler era. An era that didn’t need gradients and drop shadows in order to dazzle.
And drop by the Japan-based Vintage Mac Museum to see some of Kare’s original icons in action.
Apple Evolution: Visual History of Apple Products via Fandome
Featuring Fiona Apple’s cover of Across the Universe
Also, check out my other post about Braun and Apple.
‘I was warned, ‘Once you go Mac, you won’t go back’ . . .
They were right, whoever it was.’ - Natasha Newton, visual artist
Enjoying my new iMac. Heaps faster than my old machine.
Pictured: The products and designers; top: Braun, bottom: Apple
Great article at Gizmodo: 1960s Braun Products Hold the Secrets to Apple’s Future.
Found via twitter.com/undrln
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