Skeu It

Skeuomorphic design. It's a funny old thing. "It’s visual masturbation," says one former senior UI designer at Apple who worked closely with Steve Jobs. "It’s like the designers are flexing their muscles to show you how good of a visual rendering they can do of a physical object. Who cares?"

Now that's a good quote.

The best example is the shutter sound on your mobile. It's a weird habit we have of clinging on to old design when it serves no purpose whatsoever. Apple are big fans of it (although there are rumours of a rift) and it'll be very interesting to see what they've done with the iPhone that's coming out later today.

Anyway, here's a site dedicated to skeuomorphism, called, suitably, Skeu It!

Thanks to Jonas.

Paul White - Wanderlust

Came across these drawings by Paul White today. They're super stuff. On his Facebook page you can also see his research photos, which means you can compare photo to drawing. I love these for two reasons. Firstly, they're brilliant drawings, and I love the simplicity of them, bar the detail on the actual subjects. The planes, trains and automobiles are desolate and alone, and there's no better way to portray them. Secondly, I have a fascination of ruins, abandoned places or things, and most definitely airplane graveyards. I've only ever seen one airplane graveyard, in 1999, and although I can tell you it was in the American West, I couldn't tell you where exactly (maybe New Mexico?). I've been wanting to go back to one ever since. They're the most wonderfully serene places. Anyway. Enough. Enjoy the art. 

Cravendale - Catnapped

Cats with thumbs are back, this time nicking our milkmen. Not that we have milkmen in Denmark (unfortunately. I have very fond memories of fat worms of milk shooting upwards from the bottles in winter, not to mention not shaking the bottle so you'd get all the cream). Anyway, here it is. By W+K of course.