Here are some things I like this week. Broad category here:
Designs, Art, Libraries. I know I'm just linking here, but a
lot of interesting things came past my inbox/reader this
week.
Cuban Council
Portfolio. Found this site today. Very unique design and
typography. The blog has a nice collection of photos and design
related things. Their portfolio is also very impressive and
presented in an unusual yet very usable fashion. They designed
the Facebook logo!! Very Cool.
Dublin Contemporary
2011. I highly recommend visiting one of the exhibitions for
this. It ends this weekend, so get out quick and snap up some
alternative inspiration.
The Role Of Design In The Kingdom Of Content.
It's true now more than ever - Content is King. This article goes a
great job explaining why great content needs to be supported by
great design. Let your designs support your content, rather than
dilute it.
Regardless of what your content actually says, the design around
it controls what the users see first and how their eyes move across
the sections of the page.
Notificon. A
gmail-like favicon notfication library, and all done with
JavaScript too. Very Nice.
And finally, because it seems the world cannot have enough
lightwieght single use JavaScript libraries: money.js.
Designed to work seamlessly with data from the Open Source
Exchange Rates API project - but can be set up to use any data
source and base currency in just a few lines. And it works as a
NodeJS/CJS and RequireJS/AMD module, too. Yay!