Archive for the ‘minimalism’ Category

MSN Redesign

I don’t post a lot about redesigns or Microsoft (or their affiliates) but I stumbled across this preview of the new MSN.com
I’m usually the last to say this about anything Microsoft but, from an information architecture perspective, it isn’t quite bad at all. It’s easy to visually parse and it strips our a lot of [...]

Riverhouse Niagara

Beautiful work from Zefara Studio Zerafa Studio LLC (thanks, Joaquin) featuring a custom kitchen from Bulthaup Toronto

via ArchDaily

Craigslist by Khoi Vinh

For the upcoming Wired issue, Khoi Vinh and a couple of his crew from NYTimes.com put their spin on Craigslist. Just don’t call it a redesign:
Any truly serious redesign of Craigslist would inherently look very different from what we produced, and we kept that in mind from the very beginning. And, yes we took some [...]

Motel 6 Makeover

More proof that low-budget, high-design makes for big profits. Motel 6 is projecting a 100% increase in bookings next year thanks to a down economy and a great redesign from the creator of Virgin Airline’s airplane cabins.
Read more at Dwell

Donuts, Texas and Post-War Modern Architecture…

…Three things I love combined here at this roadside donut shop.

Dror Benshetrit

Behance Mag has an a great write-up on industrial and architectural design firm, Strudio Dror.

Theory

I’ve been meaning to post about Theory since I came back from my trip to New York earlier this month. Established in New York in 1997, Theory set out to produce comfortable, minimal clothing for women. Their mens line launched in 1999 and their accessories line followed a few years later.

New Work: Crate & Barrel

Finally, after over year since the initial design was completed, Crate & Barrel has re-launched.
Previous design

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Quasi-Massive Link-Up

Here’s 10 things that have caught my eye in the last month and a half (in no particular order)

The Olympics – NYTimes.com created this great tool to track all your favorite eventsĀ here
Bell Canada rebrands and relaunches
Pantry, a local gourmet-to-go kitchen, grocery and coffee shop owned and operated by my friend Greg Bolton gets some love [...]

Tha.jp

Tha = Crazy fresh work out of Japan. Just downloaded their Helvetica ‘dropclock’ screensaver (released under Tha’s ’src’ brand). Bad. Ass. (Via The Skinny)