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Hello FINE Friend, |
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Every couple months, we visit your inbox with a few things we’ve discovered, made, and admired. Here’s the latest that may inspire some of those things for you. |
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4 Big Takeaways |
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Travel is Not About Distance; It Brings Us Together.
Bode is a new way of staying, built for new ways of living. It's more purist, less tourist. It's thoughtfully designed lodgings that foster deeper connection with familiar people and new places. It's travel beyond hotels. And it's debuting in Nashville this fall.
In the Right Place, a Workforce Becomes a Community.
Convene is Killian Pacific’s new lifestyle-driven employment district in Vancouver, Washington. Here, collaboration, relaxation, and improvisation collide to engage the local community and manifest how brand builds meaningful places.
Great Design Avoids Trends to Transcend Time.
Computer Arts magazine profiles Design Director Joe Flory’s obsession with obscure vintage stereo components. Their old-fangled materials and experiential design flourishes remind us that meaningful, original design is about looking backward as much as forward.
A Good Brand Should Evoke Your Sense of Conspiracy.
Call it a mega-trend or a rule of thumb. But great brands have always felt like a movement, a conspiracy, or just an inside joke. It should feel like you’re in on a local secret (see Kimpton Saint George) or a timeless rebellion (see Rebel’s Guild).
11 Micro-Inspirations
- XOJET and Ashes & Diamonds won 2018 GDUSA American Web Design Awards, showcasing “the power of design to enhance online communications and experiences.”
- Ashes & Diamonds and Fifth Wall also won Communicator Awards of Excellence, which honor work that transcends innovation and craft, and makes a lasting impact.
- Partner and chief strategist Josh Kelly weighs in on Vitamin Shoppe’s ambitious plan for 800 instagrams.
- She gave personality to a tool. And added humor to bitmap. New AIGA medalist Susan Kare is the designer behind Macintosh’s revolutionary icons.
- First, look at who we’re excluding in order to achieve inclusive design.
- Google aims to maintain consistency in Material Design while providing tools to adapt it for developer needs.
- New Geograph type design for National Geographic considers historical precedence.
- Glamour Magazine’s new editor-in-chief aims to renew the brand’s purpose among a digitally-driven media.
- Google’s mobile-first indexing has started.
- The Atlantic explores if there’s a link between creative genius and mental illness.
- But, is it Summer yet? A FINE illustration by designer Yasmin Stewart.
Thanks for reading. Write me anytime. I live on my email.
Your FINE Friend,
Steve
P.S. We're hiring for a Senior Front-end Web Developer, a Back-end Developer, and a Senior Digital Project Director. |
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