PagePlane.com

Aug 30

August 2006

Illustrators: John Kascht »

John Kascht—An exceptional caricaturist:

http://www.johnkascht.com/

What a hoot...

http://slides.sitewelder.com/users/johnkascht/images/johnkascht21994.jpg

Aug 28

August 2006

Illustrators: Chris Sickels »

Chris Sickels (Red Nose Studio)—And now for something a little different.

http://www.rednosestudio.com/

Aug 25

August 2006

Redwoodcreek.com: Flash animation »

This site offers some of the most interesting examples of Flash animation I've seen. When you “Enter” Redwood Creek, the first screen offers a wonderful, gently animated line illustration reminiscent of a fruit crate label. Click each major section to zoom into and out of other scenes.

http://www.redwoodcreek.com/

» Comments

Aug 23

August 2006

Design ideas: Illustrated menus »

Wild, illustrated menus.

http://www.aardman.com/

» Comments

Aug 21

August 2006

Design ideas: Letting pictures tell the story »

Crisp, bright images tell the story better than a graphics-intensive design.

http://www.design-partnership.com/

» Comments

Aug 18

August 2006

Illustrators: Arthur Mount »

Some nice examples of vector illustration.

http://www.arthurmount.com

» Comments

Aug 16

August 2006

WSJ Weekend Edition makeover »

Seen the new Weekend Edition of the WSJ? Here is the press kit describing the rollout.

http://www.dowjones.com/Pressroom/PressKits/weekendedition.htm

Prototype Front Pages (7MB PDF)

http://www.dowjones.com/DJCom/Uploads/WeekendFronts.pdf

» Comments

Aug 14

August 2006

Large file transfers »

I was working with a client recently that wanted to exchange files that were larger than our E-mail accounts can handle. He suggested yousendit.com—a free service for sending large files (up to 1 Gig)—new to me. Great service. Only thing I can't figure is how they profit from it.

http://www.yousendit.com/

» Comments

Aug 11

August 2006

Leoburnett.ca: Big Ideas come out of Big Pencils »

Wow. There's a lot to like about the Web for ad agency Leo Burnett. Great, featherweight feel to it.

http://www.leoburnett.ca/

» Comments

Aug 9

August 2006

The New York Public Library Digital Gallery »

Don't blame me if you don't get anything accomplished today. I didn't create the New York Public Library's Digital Gallery, I'm just going to point you to it. I find the photographs of everyday New York in the 1930s particularly fascinating. I can't help but think that, if you could awaken someone who died just seventy-five years ago, they would see today's world as science fiction.

A few samples: Herald Square:

http://images.nypl.org/?id=1219153&t=w

The Bread Store:

http://images.nypl.org/?id=482591&t=w

Whelan's Drug Store:

http://images.nypl.org/?id=482744&t=w

The cover page:

http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/

» Comments

Aug 7

August 2006

Free classics »

Bartleby.com publishes the classics of literature, nonfiction, and reference free of charge. It began as a personal research experiment in 1993 and since its incorporation in 1999 has become the most comprehensive reference publisher on the Web.