Taking Shots

I hate these people. I know I’m going to sound like a camera hipster, but I learned to shoot on a manual film camera. I had to develop my film and enlarge my prints. So, when DSLRs became the norm, it really drove me nuts with all these hee-haws and yuppies thinking they’re Ansel Adams…or the very least, capable of making a blown out Facebook selfie. It’s like DJs and Serato. But, just because I learned it differently, I don’t hate the technology, I just despise the one’s who don’t appreciate it enough. Great job here by Havas Worldwide and Sony.

Lost in Time

Speaking of cars, I was always a fan of the BMW 2002. About seven years ago one of my cousins thought it was a new-ish car. FML. Not a huge bimmer guy, but I’d make an exception for this or a late 80’s M5.

Hyper Beast Whip

It’s dope living in NYC and seeing how people rep their BAPE. It’s like kids from Brooklyn who probably saved up their allowance and are mixing thrifted pieces with a nice BAPE tee with cut off sleeves or there’s some Wall Street Day Trader who is dipped but styled like he’s walking High Street. There are the dumb HypeBeast kids wandering about too, but usually their tourists as illustrated with their Top Shop, UNIQLO, Supreme shopping bags en route to Lombardi’s or Rice to Riches. Anywho, this whip is Monaco ready.

Watching Simplicity

Dope and want. Braun.

Stacks on Stacks

Authentic American Style. Good work PF Flyers and Antler Agency.

No 5 Alive

Design Principles

I don’t think my stance on politics is a mystery, but I’m definitely not an overt, jam-it-down-your-throat kinda guy either (heyoo). I was just looking at the two sites for Obama and Romney today and knew my choice for presidential candidate was steadfast by the designs. Really. Mind you I am a design nerd, but the site that appeals to me more aesthetically and informationally aligns with who I am voting for.

Here’s the screen captures above the fold:

This visual cluster fuck doesn’t make me feel good about anything. Not only is there way too much copy shouting for attention, the messages are superficially confusing. Then the layout is so stagnant, everything is on an island of its own. There’s no flow or visual hierarchy. How is a lowly educated, ESL swing-state voter even going to decipher this website? The typeface mix of serifs and san-serifs is horrendous too. If you’re going to use serifs, make sure the words are still clear and legible…what are you trying to hide by making those beautiful details too small? The typography itself is just as bad. Apparently there are no guide-rulers in blue states. I, surprisingly, see more left justification than right justification, a lot of cop out centricity, and words covering faces liked masked men on a train heist.

Similar color story here with Obama…much like many political candidates. But I like the touch of that midnight blue aka purple. It adds to the Bruce Wayne. Nice black bar to divide the content from the visual header, separates but still smoothly flows into the content. A lot of the popular Gothic Revolution typeface going, a little mingling of some sheared, script too, but not hard to read. The content layout is blog based, relevant to the casualness of the demographic I suppose. A lot of social interaction and ownership of the campaign is available and not delivered in an overbearing way. I don’t really get that feeling of Uncle Sam pointing at me and making demands like I did on the other site.

I didn’t have the time to do a comparison of the swag available for donations from the candidates yet…but let’s just say Urban Outfitters vs Wal Mart. You decide.

Branded

It’s like a retake on the cult classic “They Live” sans any WWF stars wearing kilts and wayfarers.

Lost in Beauty

Can’t wait to get the 3D, turn-by-turn directions of this map when the new iPhone drops.

Grande Biscotti

Is this the turning point in beverages? Like the genesis of when the sandwich and burrito were invented? Venezuelan designer Enrique Luis Sardi for the Italian coffee brand Lavazza prototypes the edible mug. A nice cookie always closes out the palette after a delicious coffee.