Great article that lays out a convincing argument to forgo the use of IDs in your CSS. The explanation of the performance myth is splendid. Best part is the specificity problem focus. I know I have found myself in that boat many times. All and all, it is great advice.
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Established in 1969 in San Francisco, Gap is one of the most popular American clothing brands — net sales of $3.8 billion in 2009 can attest to it. With 1,140 stores in the U.S. and almost 300 more abroad, Gap pushes simple and unfuzzy clothing at very reasonable prices and of very reasonable quality. Through their advertising they have established a cool, breezy, and sophisticated brand visual language that ties everything together nicely and, until now, their logo was the perfect little bow to keep it all together. Without any fanfare, Gap rolled out a new logo yesterday. When I first saw it I thought it would just be a seasonal change, but now there is little doubt it's a new logo: the file on their website is called newlogo.png.
Read the rest of the article on Brand New.
--via Brand New
Couldn't agree more, looks unprofessional, bland & overall untrendy. Another nail in the Gap coffin if you ask me.
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See how a man turns his 1 bedroom apartment into 24 different rooms/experiences. Think about this the next time you feel like you’ve exhausted all the creative options in front of you. Amazing. --via everydayUX
Absolutely amazing use of space. Though I would love to do this, but in the multiple rooms I have.
SPARTAN!!!
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Somebody tell me what to call this.
a Forest within a Forest from QNQ/AUJIK on Vimeo.
Is AUJIK the work of cultists, artists, or Cameron wannabes? Or all of the above? (Maybe there’s an answerhere.)
We’re way beyond Morlocks and Eloi here. It’s peri-Ballardian roadside picnic meets cyber-Shinto manifesto. Nature naturing; oh, what a tangled bank we weave.
The older stuff has an astonishing feel to it, to:
—via Bruce Sterling’s blog Beyond the Beyond.
Art-Cult-tastic!
Very cool execution no matter which way you slice it.
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It has come down from Google that by the end of today they will roll out a new image format called WebP. It compares to JPEG as 40% smaller file size at the price of increasing the time it takes to encode by about 8 times.
It isn't a complete solution yet since other image formats will have better results on items like illustrations. Meaning stick to photos when using it. Which won't be anytime soon since current browsers will not support it yet (if at all).
My hope is they can get a push going on the major browser competitors to support a format to lighten the load on the web, at the cost of us web designers that is. A load I will gladly carry.
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7D 1000 fps from Oton Bačar on Vimeo.
7D slow motion test footage of my friend doing bmx tricks.
Edited with Twixtor in After Effects. Music: "Fly Away"
Everything was shot in 720p 60fps.
Composed by:Niklas Aman, STIM
Published by: Freeplaymusic, BMI
Amazing style and feel to this video. Really dig love the choice in subject matter as well.
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Photographer Adam Magyar uses scanner cameras to take these huge panoramic photos which are a little difficult to explain.
Adam uses the same technologies as the finish line cameras at the Olympic Games, which take thousands of images a second and records through a 1 pixel wide slit. The time and space slices are then placed next to one another to generate an image without perspective. This method is capable of recording movement only, with static objects and buildings appearing as stripes and lines.
Here's just a small slice of one of his photos...you'll notice that it does look an awful lot like the photo-finish photos of sprinters.
(photo via lens culture)
Love the stripping of perspective on these. Makes for a very interesting feel.
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