Badass Ideas

Moving is a bitch, but the upside is picking out new home-furnishings and decorating. A few months ago I wrote a post on another blog about how bubble chairs helped to inspire a web design I worked on for a Scandinavian hotel Chain. As I have been scouring the internet for fun new home furnishings, I thought to myself “if a chair can inspire a website, could a website inspire a piece of furniture, or the mood of a room?” Just for fun, I paired some of my favorite web designs with fabulous home furnishings to get fantasy rooms inspired by websites.

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After months of scanning the web for examples of great design & typography, I realized that much of the custom lettering,  illustration, and letterpress that I had been swooning over was done by the same ridiculously talented designer. Jessica Hische’s work has been tweeted about and fffound, I can’t turn around on the internet without bumping into her beautifully crafted designs. I got particullary stoked when I read that she creates her type directly in illustrator with a mouse (and even sometimes a trackpad) and that she started creating her own typefaces in college because “I was broke… and couldn’t afford to go on an awesome font spending spree”.  In addition to her work being featured just about everywhere.. her new blog  The Daily Drop Cap, is helping to beautify the web by making charming letters available for blogs everywhere!

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Some people collect coins or stamps or cats… I collect snippets of things that interest me on internet. Here are a few recent favorites from my Ember Account and my Twitter favorites.

Janes Addiction poster by Matt Goldman. See more of his stuff here.

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Between tweeting, obsessively feed reading, and collecting inspiration (check out my Ember Account, formerly Little Snapper) I come across designer’s who’s work just makes me drool. Here is a compilation of a few I thought you should know about, if you didn’t already.

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Val {@vlh} and Jason {@gjhead} Head are the kick-ass couple behind the scenes at many of the Pittsburgh Pennsylvania web community events. From FlashPitt to Refresh Pittsburgh and Web Design Day, these two are dedicated, passionate… and most importantly… an inspiration. I met them through the internet (big surprise, right?) and after a few visits to the ‘burgh and the magical wonderment of twitter, I can confidently say they kick total butt! Both are hugely talented (Val is a designer and Jason is a front-end developer), and in love with the web and with the web community.

This couple’s enthusiasm and hard work has been a huge inspiration for me and I would really like you to get to know them.

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