Category: design + art + typography

Love this shot Nancy (fellow Planker) took of the building across from our windows at work. Thankfully Montreal is a beautiful city and we all get to enjoy views like…

The matte backgrounds (and possibly fully animated backgrounds) for this unique Japanese animation are stunning. Added to my rental/find list. “im not too too keen on anime, and havent watched…

Design geeks unite.

I’m trying out this new font for work; Raph Levien has done an excellent job… It looks great onscreen while using BBedit and really shines when printing out “code” or…

Ed has a very timely post about collecting magazines and the problem of them hanging around month after month. I have collected magazines to some degree or another since I…

A 23,000$ (not including the fun extras) RV trailer that looks like a “Cylon Raider“. What’s not to love? “Airstream has partnered with Nissan Design America (NDA) and Kelty outdoor…

Latest desirable on my feet right now… White leather + black stripes & a neon green gummy sole …. “The all-leather replica of the 1978 running shoe, the Arrow, comes…

I want posters of all of these. F, O and Z are especially hot. My kinda kids book. Space Alphabet (1964) by Irene Zacks. Pictures by Peter P. Plasencia.

This looks fantastic for hiking back into the bush in the middle of winter. Wonder how safe it is? Wonder if it works in salt water? ;-) “Even though it’s…

This book looks fantastic and I ordered it the minute I saw the description. “World-renowned design and innovation firm IDEO uses first-hand observations to inform and inspire its work. As…

Plank has been growing steadily. Not just in numbers but in talent. Just wanted to post a quick note that we’ve got an amazing new developer coming on board and…

Every time I see something like this; it makes my heart beat faster. Slate.com has a short slideshow with some write-ups on the ‘pre-fab fad’. “Architects have been fascinated by…

My friend Trevor Brown is good at drawing. He worked in our office for couple years (w/Blackeye) and we now have one of his illustrations (from his preview collection) on…

The 10four design group out of Vancouver has released a great free mac Dingbats font. ‘Adanac’ contains dingbats representing such great Canadian icons as the toque, Terry Fox, Hockey Tape,…

Plank picked me up a bunch of slick accessories for my new Macbook Pro 2.4 LED. It’s probably the biggest change I’ve made in my computing habits in years. One…