She’s got my taste in sockery. (Taken with instagram)
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She’s got my taste in sockery. (Taken with instagram)

Basically two of the most adorable things I know. (Taken with instagram)
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Basically two of the most adorable things I know. (Taken with instagram)

Great NYC apartment rental infographic via NakedApartments.
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Great NYC apartment rental infographic via NakedApartments.

I think the print ads are kinda sexy.

An Axe fragrance for men and women? Supported by an Axe campaign that isn’t aggressively, compulsively misogynistic? The world must be coming to an end.

In fact, that’s exactly what seems to be happening in Bartle Bogle Hegarty’s launch spot for Axe Anarchy, the first fragrance in the brand’s history with a version for ladies as well as dudes. Axe has long been known, and relentlessly bashed, for “giving men the edge in the mating game” (their words)—which in the advertising has always meant portraying women as brainless, sex-driven fools unable to resist throwing themselves at the Axe-using men in their midst. The introduction of a women’s fragrance levels the playing field, and lets BBH finally portray both sexes as sex-crazed imbeciles, free to objectify each other equally in willfully mutual attraction—in what turns out to be the most absurdly romantic campaign Axe has ever produced.
via Adweek

Here’s the video spot:

Smart use of Tumblr to showcase users’ creations to encourage uptake and growth. Their promo video is especially gorgeous, too. 9-bits: madewithpaper: Shinbashi Dori Paper is the hot new drawing app for the iPad, and with good reason. The app features an elegant, minimal interface, gorgeous transitions, and intuitive gestures throughout. For me, the app also hits the perfect balance between simplicity and power: While it doesn’t feature the multitude of drawing tools/options that apps like Sketchbook Pro have, it offers much more than “simple” sketching apps like Penultimate. As you can see from the sketch above, the limited toolset is still quite capable of creating beautiful sketches. The app is free to download and try, but comes with limited drawing tools. Each extra tool is $1.99 via an in-app purchase, or you can buy them all for $6.99. Interestingly, you can also try each too, in-app, before making a purchase. You should also check out their Tumblog, where they have been posting sketches from users, showing everything from artistic sketches to application wireframes.
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Smart use of Tumblr to showcase users’ creations to encourage uptake and growth. Their promo video is especially gorgeous, too.

9-bits:

madewithpaper:

Shinbashi Dori

Paper is the hot new drawing app for the iPad, and with good reason. The app features an elegant, minimal interface, gorgeous transitions, and intuitive gestures throughout. For me, the app also hits the perfect balance between simplicity and power: While it doesn’t feature the multitude of drawing tools/options that apps like Sketchbook Pro have, it offers much more than “simple” sketching apps like Penultimate. As you can see from the sketch above, the limited toolset is still quite capable of creating beautiful sketches.

The app is free to download and try, but comes with limited drawing tools. Each extra tool is $1.99 via an in-app purchase, or you can buy them all for $6.99. Interestingly, you can also try each too, in-app, before making a purchase.

You should also check out their Tumblog, where they have been posting sketches from users, showing everything from artistic sketches to application wireframes.

Source: andrewsallen

‘Check Out These Crazy Pix Of The New 7 Train Extension‘ by Gothamist.

A few weeks old at this point, but still blows me away. I love this stuff.

Gotye with @mTye, how appropriate. (Webster Hall, NYC)
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Gotye with @mTye, how appropriate. (Webster Hall, NYC)

These are works of Dain Fagerholm, who lives in Seattle. He creates stereographic drawings using mostly pens and markers.

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9-Bits by David Kaneda: Google+Facebook

9-bits:

Ever since Google+ was first revealed last year, there has been one question, quiet and constant, lingering in my mind: Why can’t I log in or sign up with Facebook?

Sure, Facebook was and remains to be Google+’s biggest obstacle to overcome, the undeniable “King of Social.” Does facilitating…

Source: 9-bits

Dumbo work cafeteria and break room. (Taken with instagram)
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Dumbo work cafeteria and break room. (Taken with instagram)

Gorgeous view of the Hudson. Great hike payoff. (Taken with instagram)
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Gorgeous view of the Hudson. Great hike payoff. (Taken with instagram)

My SF office for the sunny 70 degree afternoon. (Taken with instagram)
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My SF office for the sunny 70 degree afternoon. (Taken with instagram)

Scorekeeper XL — gorgeous (free!) app. It’d be the beautiful bastard child of Windows 8 Metro, the Star Trek Enterprise computer dashboard, with a futuristic digital bowling scoreboard as the adoptive aunt.

lukees:

Fantastic design.

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Stopped by General Assembly’s first ever Career Fair, mostly out of curiosity. (They also had a pretty impressive lineup of NY tech companies like Facebook, Tumblr, Etsy, Meetup, Pivotal Labs, and more.) I found it to be something between a hipster résumé stacking contest and a nerd tech feeding frenzy. There’s clearly a huge demand for something done well like this. I’d love to see the next one have more space so people aren’t climbing over each other. I’d also recommend it to tech companies looking to find talent.
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Stopped by General Assembly’s first ever Career Fair, mostly out of curiosity. (They also had a pretty impressive lineup of NY tech companies like Facebook, Tumblr, Etsy, Meetup, Pivotal Labs, and more.)

I found it to be something between a hipster résumé stacking contest and a nerd tech feeding frenzy. There’s clearly a huge demand for something done well like this. I’d love to see the next one have more space so people aren’t climbing over each other. I’d also recommend it to tech companies looking to find talent.

What thread connects the ’90s trip-hop band Air, Tom Hanks, and the movie Hugo? A French filmmaker named Georges Méliès. I was just starting to wonder why Air’s cd was a little boring. Turns out it’s the soundtrack to a digital remastering of the classic film also featured prominantly in Martin Scorsese’s Hugo, as well as the fantastic HBO miniseries produced by Tom Hanks called From the Earth to the Moon. (Tom Hanks’ only appearance in the miniseries is to actually play Mr. Méliès himself.) I’ve been a longtime fan of Air’s tunes (also AirTunes) — which also spurred a brilliant inside joke where my boyfriend thought their breakout hit, “Sexy Boy,” was actually chanting “sexy pudding.” (Go head and listen to the chorus: you can understand his hysterical mondegreen.) Hugo is a brilliant and gorgeous movie that I can’t wait to see again. And if you’re a space buff whom enjoys a little cinematic historical drama, add the From the Earth to the Moon miniseries to your Netflix queue immediately. …but back to George: Presented in its fully restored original 1902 colors (and featuring a new, kinetic soundtrack by AIR), Georges Méliès’ classic adventure tale of a lunar voyage is now as beautiful as ever. Come see the restoration that premiered at Cannes 2011 and was hailed by New York Times film critic A.O. Scott as “surely a cinematic highlight of the year, maybe the century.” Winner of the 2011 National Society of Film Critics’ Best Film Restoration Award. — American Cinematheque Who wants to go see this with me at Lincoln Center? I’m pretty excited. Restoration documentary to follow.
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What thread connects the ’90s trip-hop band Air, Tom Hanks, and the movie Hugo? A French filmmaker named Georges Méliès.

I was just starting to wonder why Air’s cd was a little boring. Turns out it’s the soundtrack to a digital remastering of the classic film also featured prominantly in Martin Scorsese’s Hugo, as well as the fantastic HBO miniseries produced by Tom Hanks called From the Earth to the Moon. (Tom Hanks’ only appearance in the miniseries is to actually play Mr. Méliès himself.)

I’ve been a longtime fan of Air’s tunes (also AirTunes) — which also spurred a brilliant inside joke where my boyfriend thought their breakout hit, “Sexy Boy,” was actually chanting “sexy pudding.” (Go head and listen to the chorus: you can understand his hysterical mondegreen.)

Hugo is a brilliant and gorgeous movie that I can’t wait to see again.

And if you’re a space buff whom enjoys a little cinematic historical drama, add the From the Earth to the Moon miniseries to your Netflix queue immediately.

…but back to George:

Presented in its fully restored original 1902 colors (and featuring a new, kinetic soundtrack by AIR), Georges Méliès’ classic adventure tale of a lunar voyage is now as beautiful as ever. Come see the restoration that premiered at Cannes 2011 and was hailed by New York Times film critic A.O. Scott as “surely a cinematic highlight of the year, maybe the century.” Winner of the 2011 National Society of Film Critics’ Best Film Restoration Award.
— American Cinematheque

Who wants to go see this with me at Lincoln Center? I’m pretty excited. Restoration documentary to follow.