Terror in the Heartland » design

Information Architects: Web Design is 95% Typography

McChris — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 12:24:14 +0000

Oliver Reichenstein argues Web Design is 95% Typography and points to some resources on Web typography.

Downtown Bicycle Rack Winners

McChris — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 11:31:28 +0000

The Downtown Austin Alliance has announced the winners of its bicycle rack competition. None of the winners were what I expected, steel tubes bent into kitschy shapes. Instead, the winners explore a variety of textures and materials, drawing inspiration from nature and cycling. You can see each of the winners in the pdf here, but I’m fond of Karen Armstrong’s Elephant Ears.

Schtock

McChris — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 19:34:15 +0000

Schtock is a blog-like site produced by an employee of a stock-photo service who creates collages from some of the stranger images in the collection. When I spent a lot of time looking at stock photos, I often thought of creating a blog of weird and unusual stock items, but these collages take it to a whole new level.

Austin to get funky bike racks?

McChris — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 12:29:37 +0000

If you wish Austin had funky bike-racks like the David Byrne designs going up in New York, you may just get your wish. The Downtown Austin Alliance has a call out for “unique, durable artwork to serve as bike racks” along Congress Ave. downtown. It’s too bad there isn’t a permalink for that announcement, but if you’re a designer, you can download a .pdf of the call here.

Perhaps this is an opportunity for BikeSnobNYC’s dream of a pirate bike rack to become reality, although I imagine the winners will be more predictable Austin motifs like guitars, bats, or pot leaves.