styledeficit bits and bobs

I love this

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:33:56 -0500

I love this

Horses inside out. She paints the anatomy of the horse, ON the...

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:38:00 -0500

Horses inside out.

She paints the anatomy of the horse, ON the horse. Which looks spectacular. Of course.

great skatepark art

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:11:22 -0500

great skatepark art

Twitter follow badge

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 04:45:36 -0500

Twitter follow badge:

I’m sure it’s awesome, but that page does make it look like no one will ever see it, unless there’s a flippin’ great big blue hand pointing at it.

American Airlines fires UX designer for trying to do own job

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:44:54 -0500

American Airlines fires UX designer for trying to do own job

The Exile of Satan from Heavy Metal Design

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:50:05 -0500

The Exile of Satan from Heavy Metal Design:

saved to read later.

Monty the Fox

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:46:36 -0500

Monty the Fox

Great Threadless T. Shame its on white though.

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:43:50 -0500

Great Threadless T. Shame its on white though.

"Quite paradoxically, if your lover only had one lover, you are probably not him. And if your lover..."

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 02:30:00 -0500

“Quite paradoxically, if your lover only had one lover, you are probably not him. And if your lover has never had a lover, you are definitely not him.”

- http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-scientific-fundamentalist/200911/why-your-friends-have-more-friends-you-do

Incidentally, I’d like to register general displeasure at the subtitle of this article: ‘And why your girlfriend is a whore’. There’s no need for it. I’m assuming it’s for SEO or the author is projecting.

Knob Creek runs out of whiskey

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:59:00 -0500

Hmm. This is interesting.

I spotted the story of Knob Creek running out of product here first, and found it just another example of what companies have been doing for years; shouting ‘oh god, our products are so awesome we’re running out! Look at us! We’re so great, we had no idea our products would be so popular’.

Happens with kids toys almost every xmas.

Everyone wanted a Buzz Lightyear a few years back, but they were so ‘scarce’ their PR department managed to get their scarcity (could also be read as an operations failure) all over the news, on what I can only hope was a slow news day.

This seemed to be the same thing. The way it was reported on designing 4 influence really doesn’t give it proper credit.

Failure Mag go into a bit more detail, and actually, the story is quite good.

“Rather than compromise quality for quantity, we’re letting [stocks] run out. Until the next batch is finished aging for its full nine years,”

That’s much better. That says ‘we value quality’ more than it says ‘we’ve had an ops failure and couldn’t get our orders right.’

It says ‘you get what you pay for’ not ‘we’re probably holding stocks back to make news’.

Could all be true, could be a lie. Not that bothered really, just thought the detail added a lot more to the story, and a nice idea was mis-sold by the first speedy blog post.

Papercraft Self Portrait - 2009 (not mine!)

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 02:57:25 -0500

Papercraft Self Portrait - 2009 (not mine!):

This is really awesome.

Laser engraved skull. Nicely done.

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:26:35 -0400

Laser engraved skull. Nicely done.

The Happiness Hat

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 09:12:22 -0400

The Happiness Hat:

So great - on so many levels.

Nice MOO review

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 05:58:52 -0400

Nice MOO review:

literally, couldn’t’ve wished for nicer.

Overused web design trends

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 05:57:49 -0400

Overused web design trends:

not wildly exciting but this just made me think:

“Polaroids:

There was a time when everyone incorporated Polaroid-type objects into their design. This retro trend has outlived its usefulness. Polaroids may be a fun throwback, but it’s doubtful that anyone born after 1990 has ever seen one in person.”

Jeez.

An Event Apart. Looks good, but bad timing for me. Also,...

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 19:55:41 -0400

An Event Apart. Looks good, but bad timing for me. Also, I’m not a man. Wondering if that’s on the attendance criteria given the above shot.

(Clearly I’m not wondering that at all, but really dudes, that’s not a great shot.)

ilovecharts: blues101: Via triciawang not a lot to add,...

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:03:14 -0400

ilovecharts:

blues101:

Via triciawang

not a lot to add, really.

(via bookshelves) oh! want. If you want one too, they’re...

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 07:29:00 -0400

(via bookshelves) oh! want.

If you want one too, they’re for sale…

Newspaper circulation over the last 2 decades

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:39:30 -0400

Newspaper circulation over the last 2 decades

I like this. It’s a beanbag, from Little Red Stuga. A...

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 09:52:37 -0400

I like this. It’s a beanbag, from Little Red Stuga. A whole mountain range would be kinda cool - especially as the reference is there, but not screamingly ‘in your face’.