Khoi Vinh's Blog, page 29

Outmoded Technology You Might Encounter On Your Next Visit to The Ace Hotel

If you’ve ever stayed at one of the many fine Ace Hotel establishments—like I did yesterday while attending the terrific…

Princess Leia’s Stolen Death Star Plans

I was initially very skeptical of this when I first clicked on the link but ultimately I could not resist…

Generating Design Elements Directly from Code

React-sketch.app is a new, open source library from the team at Airbnb Design that allows templates and working assets from…

1977 EPA Graphic Standards System to Be Reissued

Back in 1975 famed design agency Chermayeff & Geismar was tapped to create a branding and graphics standards system for…

Free Fonts Are Getting Better, But What Does That Mean?

I’m continually astonished by the downward trend in the value of design paraphernalia. We’ve seen massive shifts in the stock…

Movies Watched, March 2017

Back in February a friend tried to get me to go see “Get Out” with him but I demurred, not…

Commodore 64: For the Love of a Machine

Graphic designer, photographer and die-hard Commodore 64 enthusiast Andreas Wallström is currently raising funds on Kickstarter for a lavish coffee…

Capture Nuzzel Stories in Instapaper with Workflow

I’m on record with my admiration for the mobile news app Nuzzel. It uses your social graph to alert you…

Minim Playing Cards

I don’t play cards very often but I’m fond of this extravagantly ascetic take on the familiar 52-card deck. The…

The Deck Shuts Down

The Deck described itself as an independent ad network focused on “reaching web, design & creative professionals” but it was…