http://research.visualrdc.org Investing in the future of design Fri, 24 Oct 2008 00:03:58 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I love this site. I love the idea and the execution. Resize the window and watch how awesomely the content adapts. Anyone that knows me knows how much I despise all-flash sites, but this one almost gets a free pass (minus 10 points for not having unique URLs for the ... http://research.visualrdc.org/2008/10/maxkerning/ And there's more on Design Observer This artist is crazy and utilizes repetition to create environments. http://research.visualrdc.org/2008/10/tara-donovan-material-form/ A while back I wrote about how I was working with this cool material that you could print and apply to textured surfaces. The first bits of it were just installed and it's kind of insane how much it ended up as I imagined it in the mock-ups. The stuff ... http://research.visualrdc.org/2008/10/signage-install/ Good: The Hidden Cost of War by goodmagazine http://research.visualrdc.org/2008/10/mad/ Not design, specifically, but I came across a website showing the work of Yukio Miyamoto. Holy. Crap. Those files must make Illustrator crash every 20 seconds. http://research.visualrdc.org/2008/09/illustrator-extreme/ Sam Wick, aka me, just launched a new site. Check it out: www.samwick.com http://research.visualrdc.org/2008/09/i-gots-mad-web-presence/ Here are some stills I snagged from Mad Men last week that I've been meaning to post. Nothing ever happens in that show, but it sure is beautiful. http://research.visualrdc.org/2008/09/more-mad-men-stills/ via swissmiss http://research.visualrdc.org/2008/09/sign-of-the-times/ My friend Jeanne, a musician, asked me to help her with her new website. I needed a little break tonight from the other work I'm slaving away on, so I did these quick little monogram studies using pieces of musical notation to form letters. Some of the more interesting ones ... http://research.visualrdc.org/2008/09/jg/ http://research.visualrdc.org/2008/09/thank-you-skymall-catalog/