Archive for January, 2009

A Little Refresh

It’s house cleaning time at twentythreeseven. I went through and cleaned up some elements on the blog to make it feel a little cleaner and tighter – mostly updates to spacing and form elements and the like. I also removed a few sidebar elements that were just acting at as noise. Eventually I’ll get around [...]

T+L @ Jacobs for Wagyu

Harboring regrets for not attending. My pockets are heavier for it though.

Kanye West’s Vuitton Kicks

Kanye West, who was sitting front row at the Vuitton show, has designed a line of five LV sneakers. Only one design, above, was featured in the show — a monochromatic midtop with no frills, save for a quilted flap in the back, all the easier to tuck pants into. “The inspiration came from a [...]

NYT: How the Government Dealt With Past Recessions

Another great interactive graphic from the New York Times, this one entitled How the Government Dealt With Past Recessions Keynesian economic policies seem to be a hot topic now as analysts discuss the Obama administration’s plan to reboot the US economy through deficit spending and a delay on proposed tax hikes.

ImageSpark: Preview

ImageSpark, the tool for creative professionals to share inspiration, is currently in private beta. This is something we’ve been built from the ground up at Teehan+Lax and we’re really proud of. It’s been quite the process conceptualizing, designing, marketing and building out the ImageSpark site. Now that we’re in the homestretch the entire team (and [...]

Change has come to WhiteHouse.gov

As expected, the Obama administration has updated whitehouse.gov to coincide with the mandate that the US leverage technology to empower and inform their citizens.

J.O. for Shawn Marion

I’ve been asked by a few people today about the seemingly impending trade between the Raptors and Heat that would send Jermaine O’Neal to Miami in exchange for Shawn Marion and Marcus Banks. Here’s my take on this possible transaction: – Jamario Moon either becomes the sixth man of the year or his days are [...]

Package Eye Candy

I take a while to get rolling on a Monday. So usually I start with coffee and just graphics until I can wrap my head around text. Here’s some great package design, recently featured on Lovely Package.

Dear Jay-Z, Please Release Blueprint 3 ASAP

Brooklyn (We Go Hard) (Ft. Santogold) – Jay-Z

Obama’s People – The New York Times

Nadav Kander photographs 52 members of Obama’s team for this NYT Magazine feature including incoming Chief of Staff, Rahm “Rahmbo” Emmanuel, pictured above. More of Mr. Kander’s work.