The Lighthouse Keeper’s cat

…because this part won’t be like a comic book. Real life does not fit into little boxes that were drawn for it.

Elijah to David in M. Night Shyamalan’s ‘Unbreakable’

All the boys by Joulu, Irena Zablotska.

I love her Sketches Set on Flickr.

Joulu, Irena Zablotska’s website zablotska.com.

Sometimes I have to remind myself why I am actually living here :-). Picture taken last Sunday while driving from Christchurch to Arthur’s Pass. More on Flickr…

I love Flickr.

I always did. I pay for Flickr. I respect the rules on Flickr. I got in contact with amazing artist via Flickr. I keep in contact with friends far away and next door via Flickr. I print my business cards with Moo via Flickr. I blog about art I find at Flickr…

Okay in short i am in LOVE…

I am not a social networking type. Not in the real world, not on the internet. I start to enjoy twitter though…but this is another post.

I am usually critical of most internet hypes and interaction website designs. Most internet services make me just mad and angry… very angry… even most of the ones I am involved in ^_^…

So why Flickr?

Now – other than in the real world where I always fall in love with the wrong guy – there are many good reasons to love Flickr.

The team behind Flickr manages to provide a service which actually knows what it does and does it very well. You store and share images.

Graphic design

The design never gets in your way and never tries to outmatch your content. It even makes your content look better.

Just think about how fantastic – and rare – that is. And while doing this it preserves one of the best and most significant brands online, with just (a quite small) logo, 2 lead colours, typo in one font, black and white and shades of grey.

Easily done? Try selling something like this to one of your clients (or mine).

Interaction design

You never have to search for action buttons. They are there just above your content. Titles and descriptions can be added directly. click > edit > save.

The complexity of the tools in use grows with the complexity of the task, as does the interface design. “Organize” (working with hundred of photos) uses a very different interaction design approach and language than any other page.

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Note: These are my views. They do not reflect the views of my clients, my colleagues, my friends, my family, my company or, if you want to argue, me. Also, these are my current opinions. I reserve the right to change my mind.

Tal Leming in his contribution to the discussion around the possibility of web pages containing embedded fonts
… this conveys all I ever wanted to say about blogging ^_^ … and life and everything else … pure poetry …

BTW good read as well…

Puh! It was really hard to pick my favorite one, all his work is just amazing! Nicolas Guittard aka ORES lives and works in Lille, France. Read the rest of this entry »

I am almost settled in my new home so I found some time to stroll through my flickr contacts’ latest creations. I discovered these bunnies on feltbugs Mosaic Tuesday, always a great resource for finding interesting artwork!

Inspired by numbers das kaninchen (german: rabbit) creates art in llinois, US.
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