envato

“We started in 2006 with a simple idea – make awesome websites”. I think Envato is living up to their ideals. Every single one of their sites is well designed and usually has great content. I had no idea a single company made Tuts+ (a series of websites which does tutorials and how-tos for things like Photoshop, Illustrator, 3d design, Flash, etc) and Freelance Switch (a site about being a freelancer).

What makes me point them out today is that I came across AppStorm.net which is comprised for 3 sites focusing on web, iphone, and mac apps. Again, the content on each site is top notch. I just spent the last hour reading reviews for all sorts of slick looking apps that I’ve never even heard of.

It’s great to see a company doing such a wide variety of content based sites (and even charging for their premium content on Tuts+). I highly recommend you check them out (if you’re a nerd or a designer).

Olympic Pictograms Through the Ages – Video Feature – NYTimes.com. nice little video talking about the evolution of pictograms at the olympics.

Company Logos | Cracked.com. how to not design a corporate logo.

punypng Benchmarks. a png/jpg/gif compressor with some pretty good benchmarks

The Girlfriend Experience – Trailer. new Soderbergh film about a callgirl made in 16 days for a million bucks. trailer isn’t that great but i really like the movie poster.


YouTube – Did you know?. i want to learn how to do motion videos.

The Man Behind the MLB Logo – WSJ.com. about the guy who designed their logo 40 years ago and has been replicated by just about every sports league.

Poolga. iPhone and iPod Touch wallpapers for the rest of us. some cool stuff. via josh.

Brand New: Pirates, the Best Target Audience. stuff sold at Dave Egger’s Pirate store. Some really well designed product labels and posters.

A Year of Heavy Losses – Interactive Graphic – NYTimes.com. a good grpahical explanation of the losses.

iPhone GUI PSD. useful if you need to do iPhone app mockups. from a toronto company too.

Jess Gibson ยท Draplin vs. USA. “Why America is fucked” from a design point of view. this was awesome. via lukas.

120 Brilliant Logos | inspiredology.com. some cool logos.

DinPattern. nice background patterns

Nikolay Saveliev, Pop Matters. “Nickelback: the recursiveness of professional mediocrity”. now that’s great.

Coroflot – Design Jobs & Portfolios. some nice portfolios.

63 Must Have Grunge Fonts | Outlaw Design Blog. hip or dangerous?

Adobe Photoshop Tutorials – Rainbows, Glows and Light Effects | Smashing Magazine. man, my photoshop-fu is so weak.

Desktop Wallpapers | Vladstudio.com. some cool stuff.

Vintage Logos – a photoset on Flickr. some cool mid century corporate logos.