Up the Tree

Category: Design

  • IBM’s New Custom Typeface Plex

    IBM’s New Custom Typeface Plex

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    IBM’s new font shares a lot of the little details which made their Paul Rand logo so great.

  • Bonsai Contracts

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    Bonsai provides freelance work contract templates for creative freelancers like designers and developers. Sounds pretty cool, will give it a try on our next project for sure.

  • Screenings

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    Screenings is a new site that collects presentations and talks on design. A great resource for anyone needing a mid-day kick in the ass to do more.

  • IM Creator XPS

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    IM Creator’s XPS looks to be an interesting visual website design tool akin to Squarespace‘s visual editor. I have only used Squarespace on a handful of website and the biggest drawback is their monthly billing over buying the software outright. XPS seems to be more affordable for developers and has a great free option for students…

  • Typophonic – Album Cover Typography

    Typophonic – Album Cover Typography

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    Typophonic is a site about album cover typography. It is great and an awesome place to find retro inspiration. If you are a fan of Jazz covers, might I suggest Tashen’s Jazz Covers book. The print version is very expensive, but the iPad version is cheap and beautiful!