Drew Wilson has introduced a new service ($19–$99/year) which allows designers to create custom icon fonts from his Pictos collection. It’s crazy simple: Pick your icons, assign to letters, and embed the font live, ala Typekit, or download the file for a small fee. Brilliant.
Also: if you need a little convincing as to why you would want to use a webfont for icons, check out this excellent article on CSSTricks.
Samsung’s Transparent Smart Window
I’m not normally very interested in the products Samsung releases, but it’s easy to see why this is a 2012 CES innovation award winner.
A showcase of the best typefaces from the Google web fonts directory.
The project is also on Github.
iOS 5 Concept Notification Center from Apple’s new UI/UX intern, Jan-Michael Cart.
(Source: youtube.com)
Invitations are helpful tips that are displayed the first time a user opens an application or arrives at a new place. They suggest actions and guide the user to the intended functionality. A simple invitation can turn an otherwise discouraging first time experience into a satisfying one.
via decodering.
In particular, this passage does a fantastic job at articulating the hardest part of my job:
Removing dark patterns from any site involves a leap of faith. A company has to shift from a short-term quantitative measurement mindset to one that values relatively slow, steady growth of “warm fuzzy” qualitative things like brand image, credibility, and trust.
Linus Dean’s hand-crafted typographic rugs are enough to make any type-loving designer swoon.
While Paul makes a powerful commentary on the balance of choice and simplicity, and its role in your success, his evaluation of In ‘N Out vs. Wendy’s burgers is downright deplorable.
Hello Little Printer.
Don’t know if I’d get enough use out of this, but it’s hard to not want one.
(Source: vimeo.com)
