“Design is not about innovation. Design is about communication. Innovation in design is usually a wonderful byproduct or direct result of a particular need. Design that seeks to foremost be innovative will commonly fall apart under its own stylistic girth.”
— Jason Santa Maria | Quotes on Design (via owltastic)
Jeremy Keith’s HTML5 for Web Designers looks fantastic—instant preorder. I’m a big fan of Stan’s design for the book as well. You know it’s successful both as an individual design and a visual system when my first thought is “I can’t wait to have a full shelf of ABA books.”
Isobar/Molecular Front-end Development Recommendations ⟩⟩
After being scooped up by the Google Chrome team, Isobar/Molecular developer and jQuery team member Paul Irish publishes three years worth of front-end development recommendations, guidelines and goodness.
Ever since I switched to Mac in 2002, Transmit has held strong as my favorite Mac application. An FTP client might seem an odd choice given the amount of eye-candy on OSX, but for anyone who’s used Transmit it’s an obvious one—terrific UI, great workflow, and like Textmate 1.0 I didn’t care if they ever released another version. Well, they did, and it’s fantastic. Thoughtful iteration of the UI, fast as hell, and some great features I’ve been pining for in other FTP apps (like ExpanDrive).
Also worth mentioning: the drool-worthy new website for Transmit. Pulsing feature callouts, in-browser UI demostrations, flip animations, and not a one feels tacked on. Kudos for putting these cutting-edge interactions to work in meaningful/beautiful ways.
Stop reading and go buy it.
“Never regret anything because at one point it was exactly what you wanted”
— Rey Maualgua /via Mike
This trend in general is getting tired, but Marek Rutowski’s Minimalist Boardgame Posters are lovely.
