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Posted:: December 24th, 2008
Categories:: Connected, IA/UX
Tagged under:: IA/UX, Infographics, Mapping, Maps

Connected: Railway Maps, Motorway Map, Five Second Test

Seoul

Great looking ‘City Railway Maps‘ of Seoul, Tokyo and Osaka from Zero per Zero.
A ‘Motorway Map of England, Scotland and Wales‘ in the style of Harry Beck’s iconic ‘ London Underground map’
Five Second Test - Simple online usability testing for user interface effectiveness.

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Posted:: December 21st, 2008
Categories:: Connected, Design
Tagged under:: Long Tail, Process

Connected: Design Process, Long Tail, Brand

How Do You Design

How Do You Design - Exploration of design processes currently available as a free download.
Long Tail theory contradicted - Interesting article from The Times Online regarding the Long Tail theory and a study that shows that more than 10 million of the 13 million tracks available on the internet failed to find a single buyer last year.
Brand New’s round-up of the best and worst brand (re)designs of 2008.

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Posted:: December 20th, 2008
Categories:: Connected, Web
Tagged under:: Bike, Mapping

Connected: BrightBike, Google MapMaker, GizMag

BrightBike

Brightbike - Retroflective vinyl coating for your bike that turns ‘ultra-brite’ in headlights
Google Map Maker - Google’s new collaboration tool that lets users share and add map data for regions that may be missing data.
GizMag - Nice looking PDF magazine with some interesting illustration, vinyl toy, graffiti based content

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Posted:: December 18th, 2008
Categories:: Connected, Design, Typography, Web
Tagged under:: Bike, Frutiger

Connected: Adrian Frutiger, Sumo Paint, Bike Parking

Adrian Frutiger

Adrian Frutiger - Typefaces. The Complete Works. Fantastic looking but expensive book on ace typographer Adrian Frutiger. There’s more over at FontFeed.
Sumo Paint - Impressive online image creation and editing tool
Eco Cycle Store - Automated Japanese bike storage which stores up to 144 bikes underground.

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Posted:: December 16th, 2008
Categories:: Connected, Furniture, IA/UX
Tagged under:: Bikes, Eames, IA, Patterns, UI

Connected: Eames Shell Chair, Social Patterns, Hybrid Drives

Eames Shell Chair

Vintage footage made by the Eames Office for Herman Miller on the manufacturing process behind the Eames Shell Chair via Core77
Designing Social Patterns - Great companion resource to the forthcoming book Designing Social Interfaces:
Principles, Patterns, and Practices for Improving the User Experience by Christian Crumlish and Erin Malone.
Stokemonkey - Electric hybrid drive for longtails and cargo bikes from Cleverchimp

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The Incredible Hulk (2008) 3/5: 06 January 2008
Somers Town (2008) 2/5: 05 January 2009
Smart People (2008) 2/5: 04 January 2009
Hancock (2008) 2/5: 03 January 2009
The War Zone (1999) 4/5: 31 December 2008

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