In The Loop – End of February 2010 | Journal

I’ve been fascinated by Kickstarter for a while. As a way to use new technology to fund and support minority arts projects, I haven’t found anything more useful. So I found Miao Wang On The Secrets of Her Kickstarter Success really interesting. The main point I took from the article is that “it’s important to create some value in the rewards”. This seems obvious, but people are much more likely to help if they can be rewarded with personalised service or object. This the basis of an upcoming project of mine.
Layer Tennis is back! If you’ve got nothing better to do with your Friday nights (in the UK) tune in on this week.
The BBC have posted an excellent insight into the bbc.co.uk redesign and rebranding. It’s always interesting to see the processes behind redesigning such a huge site.
Endgrain is a visual feast of wooden type. It’s really got me inspired to start that collection of wooden type that I’ve been meaning to start for a long time.
Preserve is another amazing source of inspiration, this time hand painted signage & typography. That hand crafted feel is something that is so hard to recreate on the web.
Mobile app maker directory They Make Apps is the most inspiring site I’ve seen in a while in terms of interface design.

John Sutherland
23rd Feb, 2010 at 11:52 am

I like the appearance of the They Make Apps site, but the keyboard driven UI is horrible. Perhaps something I need to write about in depth.
Nonimage
23rd Feb, 2010 at 12:01 pm

Really? I actually like it a lot. It makes the site feel more like a native app. Also, it’s completely optional. A mouse still works as normal.
John Sutherland
26th Feb, 2010 at 10:17 am

Ah, hang on—there’s modes that you can switch.

Also, modes: bad.

Nonimage