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Found Friday Vol 96

September 14, 2012

It’s Found Friday Vol 96! This week we have an awesome, responsive jQuery modal window plugin; a CSS arrow generator; a handy color-picker tool; a cheeky blog on skeuomorphism in design; and the expanded version of League Gothic, a beautiful free typeface. Read on!

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Fresco

jQuery modal windows (think Lightbox) are still super prevalent and useful in web design. Fresco is a lightweight responsive version of that. Nice!

CSS Arrow Please

CSS Arrows are handy, but kind of a pain to write by hand. Use this handy generator to save some time!

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Found Friday Vol 95

August 24, 2012

We’re back! Found Friday (Vol 95) this week has some gems: awesome & free downloadable artwork for your office; the Heineken cube bottle design; a Reddit-style site for web tutorials and resources; the new Microsoft logo; and a site that interviews well-known designers and web nerds about what they use to get stuff done. Read on!

Vintage Camera Artwork & Download

These two prints are available for free as 300dpi downloads. Download, print locally, and mount. BAM! New artwork for your office!

The Heineken Cube

Imagine a bottle design that wastes no space in your fridge. If the amount of beer you have in your fridge is becoming an issue, a) invite me over, and b) check this out.

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Found Friday Vol 94

August 10, 2012

Welcome to our series where we highlight the best design-y finds of the week: Found Friday. This week we have: a great article on why never to use full black; a great collection of grungy retro video game iPhone wallpapers; how to create better widgets in WordPress; a super fun interactive site/time waster; and a full-on rebrand and redesign of Wikipedia. Read on!

Design Tip: Never Use Black

Do you use full on black in your designs? Stop it. Why? Read on and find out.

Grungry Retro iPhone Wallpapers

…of the videogame variety. Ah, Battletoads. You were my insurmountable videogame mountain. These are pretty cool.

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Found Friday Vol 93

August 3, 2012

Ahoy! It’s Found Friday vol 93, and this week we have: a neat, new little bookmarking/collection app; a look into the creation of the crazy London 2012 cauldron; the beautiful design of the Alfred Hitchcock Masterpiece collection; a new app that lets you drag & drop to sell, or peruse the marketplace for digital goods; and Adobe’s new open-source font family. Read on!

Kippt

Kippt is a handy tool to collect bookmarks and/or collaborate on bookmarks with others. Neat. (via swiss-miss)

London 2012 Olympic Cauldron

The London 2012 Olympic Cauldron is pretty nuts. Here’s a look into the process of creating it.

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Found Friday Vol 92

July 20, 2012

Welcome to episode 92 of Found Friday – the best design finds o’ the week. This week we have: a new (& beautiful) project management app for designers; a beautiful, hand-lettered sign for inspiration; Frank Chimero’s book, free to read online; Google’s crazy Chrome Web Lab; and a hilarious, satirical type article from the Onion.

Cage

There are a bevy of project management applications out there aimed at the web industry. Cage is a new one. I don’t know if it’s any good–that’s for you to figure out–but it sure is pretty.

The Lost Art of Hand Lettering

Check out this beautiful hand-lettered sign, then let the resulting wave of inspiration fuel a creative session like no other. And if you’re interested in learning how to draw letters, check out Crafting Type.

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