Archive for the ‘Inspiration’ category

Shinichi Maruyama: Writing in the Sky

June 12th, 2009

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Japanese photographer Shinichi Maruyama, now living in New York, has created some stunning images. It’s almost like he’s created traditional Japanese/ Chinese calligraphy only instead of on paper they’re in mid air. The photo of how he creates some of the images is just as amazing as the works themselves. I wouldn’t mind owning one of his prints. Really amazing.

2010 Mustang—Sweet Ride (or at least the website is)

June 5th, 2009

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I think just about every guy has a thing for a mustang once in his life. Mine happened after that show with Nicolas Cage and Angie Pit (Gone in 60 Secs), but it lasted only for a fleeting moment. Well the team over at FirstBorn Multimedia have come up with a pretty amazing site to help sell the 2010 Ford Mustang.

One of the nice things about the site is the size. As people’s computer screens get bigger and wider it’s a tough call as a web designer—how do you create a website that looks good on a laptop and also on a 24 inch screen? Most websites today are built at 960 pixels wide, and even though the Mustang site is the same width it feels much bigger than that thanks to it’s large graphics and the great use of background images.

Did I also mention the site’s a 100% Flash? You can checkout the site yourself by clicking here.

Beatles Rockband Promo Video

June 4th, 2009

I’ve never been a fan of Rockband (I prefer to play the real guitar), and when it comes to video games I’m more of a “shoot ‘em up” save the world from aliens type of gamer. Nonetheless I thought this promo video for the new Beatles edition of Rockband was pretty great (and who doesn’t love the Beatles). I really liked the mixture of 2D animation with the 3D layered depth. It’s very anime meets the Gorillaz.

Backyard Office

May 14th, 2009

We have a pretty small home. Built in 1936 it has 3 bedrooms and for the most part is plenty big for us. The biggest space concern we have with our house though is both Susan and I work from home. She quilts, crafts, and designs in the second family room space (sharing with all the kids toys and our treadmill), and I use the third bedroom as the world-wide-head-quarters of Marcfolio.

Long story short a while back I was outside in our yard and started to dream up a plan to build a backyard office space, and since then have been searching for a perfect solution. When I saw this one I thought it was pretty close. I love the sunken space and with the glass bulb top it’s pretty futuristic. I could totally see myself walking out back to work every morning, and in winter it’d be pretty sweet covered in snow (snow cave).

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Found the photos here: iwan.com.

WeLoveTypography dot com

April 15th, 2009

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If you love typography you’ll be pleased to see this site. Created by the person behind the siteILoveTypography.com. ILoveTypography has always been a good site to hit for great type specimens. This new site looks like another great place for inspiration, but you won’t have to wait a week or more for someone to blog. I personally like the tagline “Think of it as FFFFound for all things type, typography, lettering, & signage”. If you’ve ever been to the site FFFFound you know occasionally you get photos that are too graphic or irrelevant.