Susan Everett Design

The Last City I Loved

susan — Fri, 04 May 2012 16:52:10 +0000

The Last City I Loved, a love letter to Chicago. Via @brainpicker. 5.4

Wayfinding Sans Pro

susan — Wed, 02 May 2012 16:49:58 +0000

Really interesting piece on the development of a signage typeface. 5.2

The history of Neue Haas Grotesk

susan — Tue, 01 May 2012 16:46:35 +0000

The birth and early development of Neue Haas Grotesk and Helvetica. 5.1

Interesting light sources

susan — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 16:38:12 +0000

Interesting light sources: Junkyard Lighting and the Typewriter Boneyard. 4.30

A Josef Müller-Brockmann wall

susan — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 03:00:12 +0000

A Josef Müller-Brockmann wall for the studio! I love it. Via swissmiss. 4.26

The Trash Cam project

susan — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 01:25:47 +0000

"To turn a garbage can into a camera, you only have a tiny hole drilled purely forward and hang a large sheet of photo paper inside the back. Is finished, the huge, rolling pinhole camera". Garbage men in Hamburg portray their city in a series of photographs taken via garbage cans converted into pinhole cameras. Via @Photojojo. 4.17

Eurobus photo series

susan — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 18:22:13 +0000

Eurobus is a series by photographer Taylor Holland featuring the sides of European tour buses. Great stuff. Via ISO50. 4.17

John Cleese on Creativity

susan — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 01:26:29 +0000

John Cleese on the 5 Factors to Make Your Life More Creative. 4.16

The Work Cycle

susan — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 15:03:00 +0000

"There’s a different kind of relationship developing at work with people falling in love with riding their bikes all over again. We explore how the Work Cycle is beginning to shape the work spaces we journey to." The Work Cycle is a celebration of the integration of the bicycle into the work place. 4.16

Photographer Patrik Lindell

susan — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 19:09:05 +0000

I love the beautifully spare yet carefully detailed work of photographer Patrik Lindell. Via Grain Edit. 4.9

A bunch of logo inspiration today via the DDC

susan — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 01:57:48 +0000

A bunch of logo inspiration today via the DDC: Vintage logos, mostly Swedish, and Railroad Company Logo Design Evolution. Keep sharing the inspiration, and check out Aaron's Portland/CreativeMornings speech. 4.4

10 photographers you should ignore

susan — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 18:44:44 +0000

Rather than ignore, absorb all you can, and then forge your own creative path. 10 photographers you should ignore. Via Kottke. 4.3

Minneapolis bike gang logos

susan — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 02:36:12 +0000

Logos for Minneapolis bike gangs, for ARTCRANK. 4.2

Lytro review by The Verge

susan — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 03:48:35 +0000

The Verge's review of the Lytro camera. I've been very tempted by this camera, but not quite willing to be an early adopter. It will be great to see where they take the technology over the next couple of years. 2.29

How We Will Read

susan — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 11:42:27 +0000

"Welcome to the third installment of How We Will Read, a series exploring the future of reading from the perspectives of publishers, writers, and intellectuals. This week we spoke to Craig Mod, writer, publisher, and former designer at Flipboard." 2.29

New Frank Chimero website

susan — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 03:40:45 +0000

Nice new site design by Frank Chimero. 2.28

Minus-green

susan — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 20:20:57 +0000

Why pink, or magenta as we tend to call it around here, doesn't really exist. 2.27

Playgroundology

susan — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:40:00 +0000

After working on two very different playground designs, I'm really enjoying Playgroundology, a blog about playgrounds. Check out a few of the featured posts here on Swissmiss. 2.22

More Vivian Maier

susan — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:36:27 +0000

More photography by Vivian Maier. Via @brainpicker. 2.22

iOS '86

susan — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 15:49:00 +0000

The lovely iOS '86 for iPhone. Via @coudal. 2.14

Neville Brody: Off Canvas

susan — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 15:35:29 +0000

Neville Brody's work for Beijing Design Week and his impressions of Beijing as a city. Via @grainedit. 2.14

The Man Who Lived on His Bike

susan — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 17:42:16 +0000

The Man Who Lived on His Bike. 2.13

Charley Harper retrospective

susan — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:35:28 +0000

Charley Harper: A Bird's Eye View is a Harper retrospective currently running at the University of Cincinnati. Looks great. Via @glass. 2.13

Gerhard Richter Painting

susan — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 03:48:43 +0000

Gerhard Richter Painting opens March 14th in New York. 2.11

Social media, explained with donuts

susan — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:15:26 +0000

Social media, explained with donuts. 2.10

Doyald Young, Logotype Designer

susan — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:08:05 +0000

"I've been drawing letters since 1948, and I'm still learning how to draw." Doyald Young, Logotype Designer, 1926-2011. 2.8

The end of Mr. Default

susan — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:55:25 +0000

A look behind the scenes as 37signals redesigns the default profile images for their products. The end of Mr. Default. 2.8

An Important Time for Design

susan — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:46:06 +0000

"Design is on a roll." I finally set aside time to read Cameron Koczon's excellent article An Important Time for Design for A List Apart. Many great points were made — these are things that we have known for a while but need to put on the front burner. Another must read. 2.6

An interview with Andy McMillan

susan — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:40:13 +0000

Method & Craft interviews Andy McMillan. 2.6

Inspired by Kanchev, again

susan — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:08:04 +0000

Every so often, it's time to revisit the amazing design work of Stefan Kanchev. Today is one of those times. 2.6