More absolutely stunning photo journalism from The Boston Globe “Big Picture” series. Their work is consistently mind-blowing so if you haven’t bookmarked their site, do it now.
Collected here are 32 photographs of Antarctica from the past several years.
See the full set:
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2008/11/scenes_from_antarctica.html
Microsoft have dropped the word Vista from all their advertising; but under the hood they’re making changes too.
It was big news when they removed bundled apps from Window 7 so they can focus on the core OS; meaning faster development and quicker smaller updates.
They’re also making smaller important UI tweaks and improvements.
Windows 7 Preview Taskbar
Windows 7 Window Resizing
Window 7 Preview Gestures
Nice easy wins from Microsoft. I hope the Mac team are paying attention.
via Lifehacker
Papparazzi
Bear
Magician
Lovely illustration and art direction for Alka Seltzer
Things Fall Apart from Wilson on Vimeo.
This short film from Ron Chiu and Chris Hewitt was shot on DV Cam with post production in Adobe After Effects.
Standard apps 1st page, everything else by colour.
It’s a good looking alternative to grouping apps by “usage” and finding the right icon is really quick.
Minilogue have teamed up with Kristofer Ström again to release to follow-up to the brilliant “Hitchhikers Choice” video.
Minilogue - Animals from ljudbilden on Vimeo.
For best viewing open the video on Vimeo and switch to HD and Full Screen mode.
Director/Animator/Characterdesign: Kristofer Ström
AE/Filmmaestro/Cutting: Erik Buchholtz
Producers: Bart Yates, Nicholas Wakeham
Studio: varelsen.com / ljudbilden.com
Music: Minilogue.com
Track: Animals
Label: cocoon.net
I’ve just started using Google Reader and have realised it’s so much easier to keep up-to-date with gems like these from Designfeedr.
Full articles:
http://designfeedr.com/stunning-illustrated-typography-on-dark-backgrounds
