So I know everyone has probably seen Cameron Moll’s letterpress poster, and it’s no longer available, but I have looked at it probably at least twenty different times. It really is amazing.

MagCloud is a new service that is similar to LuLu, but specifically for magazines. It sports a groovy design as well. (via Cameron Moll)

If you haven’t seen Jason Santa Maria’s recent “rethinking” yet, definitely check it out. His latest post is especially pretty, I love how the height of the book stack is equal to the height of the text.

I’m a sucker for type in multiple sizes arranged at different angles. So I was very giddy at the inventiveness (and coolness) of the navigation at JLern Design. (Found via Inspiredology)

Wordle is a neat tool. I could see making some cool posters with it. Here’s mine I created from the article on blogging I wrote last week. (via SimpleBits)

Anthony Zinni of Positive Space Blog has created a site, Creative Interships, that serves as an alternative to the design contests and the no-spec work they represent. Basically it’s a way for students and new “creatives” to get their foot in the door without having to resort to spec work.

The design is appealing also. Check out how the navigation copy creates a diagonal that mirrors the site’s background graphics, very cool.

I like Unco’s logo. That is all. (via The Serif)

D. Keith Robinson wrote a really great article—Enabling Design—on what’s needed from both the client and the designer for a project to be successful. I highly recommend reading it.

The logo mark for Design Intellection was inspired by a plate design I came across while shopping with my wife at a store called World Market.

I plan to post a full write-up of the process from start to finish at some point, but for now I just wanted to link to a picture of the inspiration source. (When you get there click on “Zoom / More Photos” to see a better view of it.)

David Sutoyo has a good write-up on An Event Apart New Orleans; and good insight and analysis on the subject matter covered there. And David’s website is top-notch as well.

From the article:
Learning to use Photoshop (or Illustrator, Dreamweaver, CSS or HTML) does not make one a designer, much like how learning to use Word does not make one a writer.
—David Sutoyo

Citrus Design has a very cool site. Great background pattern and I love the logo in the black box in the upper left.

It’s also a great example of a website that communicates and reinforces an overall message, or brand. When I saw it, the first thing that went through my head was “hey, that’s a cool, different design.” Which matches very well with their tagline, refreshing design.

It communicates a holistic message that—cliché alert!—is greater than the sum of its parts.

nclud on why they turned down VC funding. It’s nice to read about an agency that’s running a real business by focusing more on creative talent and quality over man-power and profits.

Paul Graham on distractions. Interesting look at the internet as a new level of distraction.

I Love Typography published an interview with Stefan Hattenbach, designer of the spectacular Anziano typeface. Also, the iLT header for the article is very cool!

Looking for some “frilly bits?” Cameron lists twenty-five resources for type ornaments, vignettes, etc.

I dig the logo for Stearns Coffee. The “now playing” feature in the upper right is a nice touch as well. (via CSS Mania)

Ricky Irvine with a neat typographic illustration. I like how the ‘L’ is leaning on the ‘V’, tilted off the ‘u.’ His site, Dressed in Value, is really nice as well.

Chris offers some neat tips on creating custom functions for WordPress.

I’m not really sure of the implications of this, or how I’m going to use it, or even really what it was before John ported it over to JavaScript. But I sense it’s something big. (via Shaun Inman)

Just please no one chase my cursor with anything when I visit your website.

Two books that are probably worth their weight in gold—Web Form Design by Luke Wroblewski and Designing for the Social Web by Joshua Porter—became available this week.

I say probably because I haven’t actually read them yet, but I plan on it!

Just found SimplePie, a very easy-to-use PHP code library that allows you to display an RSS feed on your site. It works amazingly well! A more detailed explanation of all that it does can be found in the SimplePie FAQs.

Also, if you plan on using it with WordPress, use the SimplePie Core plugin (the stand-alone require_once(); call doesn’t play nicely with WordPress).

A neat approach to displaying the United States’ Consumer Price Index by the New York Times. I’m not sure what you would call the display, the stained glass pie chart method?

Automattic has released the Monotone theme at WordPress.com. Very cool.

Jon Tan has a great write-up on a site launched by Grow Collective that uses an innovative approach to site management by combining content from multiple web services into one central space.

It’s different from other “life streams” because it doesn’t look or feel like an aggregated stream of time-based information. Very inspiring!

Twistori is a neat little application that aggregates Twitter updates based on six different feelings. The design is superb as well. (via Shaun Inman)