Motherfucking Website The Evolution Of Icon Design From 1981-2013 December 4, 2013 • By Joe Howard • In Design With the GUI having now been around for over 40 years, today we are taking a look back in time at the evolution of an integral feature – the icon. Since the early 70’s, when bitmapped screens were first developed with GUI’s, the humble icon has come a long way. The following is a collection of icon design in OS’s through history. This is by no means, a complete list of all the icons in every OS between 1983-2013, however I have hand-picked designs that have the most significance and popularity in icon design. 1981 – Xerox Star Surprisingly, the icons are actually pretty good. 1983 – Apple Lisa Once Apple had seen the Xerox Star, they decided to build their own GUI based system – The Lisa. 1984 Apple Macintosh 1.0 1985 Atari TOS Although mainly considered to be a gaming system, the Atari ST did still have a GUI which shared the desktop metaphor. 1985 Amiga Workbench 1.0 1985 Microsoft Windows 1.0x 1986 GEOS for Commodore 64 and Apple II 19989 Amiga OS
Guillermo del Toro's Sketchbook Artist Turns Historic B&W Photos Into Haunting GIFs NYC-based art director, designer and GIF master Kevin Weir takes historic black and white photographs and turns them into dark, scary, but ultimately amusing GIF animations. He took historic portraits and war scene shots from Library of Congress online archive and gave them fantastic behind-the-scenes stories, hidden from us for so many years. If you’re interested in seeing more of Weir’s creations, ranging from the creepy to the delightfully absurd, be sure visit his website. More info: kevinjweir.com | Tumblr (h/t: colossal, demilked) “I grew up reading a lot of fantasy and science fiction and have always been into dark humor and surrealism, so you probably see a lot of that in the GIFs,” Weir told Bored Panda. “I started out making GIFs about three years ago during the downtime of a summer internship, and as a way to sharpen up on Photoshop.” “It’s an awesome collection filled with incredible snapshots of an era that no living human has firsthand knowledge of.”
Vitsœ | Good design Back in the early 1980s, Dieter Rams was becoming increasingly concerned by the state of the world around him – “an impenetrable confusion of forms, colors and noises.” Aware that he was a significant contributor to that world, he asked himself an important question: is my design good design? As good design cannot be measured in a finite way he set about expressing the ten most important principles for what he considered was good design. Here they are. Good design is innovative The possibilities for innovation are not, by any means, exhausted. Good design makes a product useful A product is bought to be used. Good design is aesthetic The aesthetic quality of a product is integral to its usefulness because products we use every day affect our person and our well-being. Good design makes a product understandable It clarifies the product’s structure. Good design is unobtrusive Products fulfilling a purpose are like tools. Good design is honest Good design is long-lasting
Fubiz THAT THING YOU DREW • Posts Tagged ‘Mikenesses’ Day Two of my Indiegogo campaign to fund “Mikenesses: The Book”! In less than 24 hours, I’ve made almost 50% of my goal! This is incredible, and I’m so thankful to everyone who donated and reblogged - that was an incredible help to me! I’m hearing from a lot of awesome people who want to help out but can’t quite afford it right now (which I can relate to), so I’ve come up with an incentive: I’m putting aside TEN books for ten people who help me promote this project in a really cool way. Remember, if you’d like to donate, click on the book cover above! Thanks guys! -Mike (via denimtrousers-deactivated201404)
Fan Art: The GTAV Animated GIF Artwork of Julia Scott, Trevor Gets Patriotic & More In this week's roundup of awesome Rockstar Games-inspired fan artwork, we’ve stumbled across a very talented illustrator and colorist turning her vivid GTAV character art into striking and super fun animated GIFs, plus some patriotic and timely summer holiday Trevor art, a few impressive Red Dead homages including a minifigs rendition of Undead Nightmare, and much more.. Seen (or created) any amazing GTA or other Rockstar-related art or photos on the interwebs that you think the community needs to see? You can send them our way to check out via Mouthoff and follow us at instagram.com/rockstargames to catch all our latest official pics and shares. The original animated GIF artwork of illustrator and colorist Julia Scott. Trevor Philips does the Statue of Happiness for Independence Day. Meanwhile, in this piece from skoptsky that we found on digimomz's tumblr, Trevor's Canadian heritage is recognized in tribute to July 1st.