No, not the celebrity type, the graphical type! – Yes, the new, highly anticipated iconography book by the very talented Jon Hicks has been released and I was there as soon as the book hit Five Simple Steps ready for ordering!
Off the back of my original post about Gowalla, the team there have now released an updated version of the app and it’s absolutely beautiful to look at!
The update is stunning from a design perspective especially that loading animation when refreshing your lists, however I do feel the app itself has taken a direction I’m not thoroughly fond of….
…the urge to somehow get ahold of this fully functional Pip-Boy 3000 from the Fallout video game series, There has been versions of this created before, however the screen is normally simply a sticker, this however has a fully realised Android App built in that replicates the in-game menus – brilliant!
The Manual, a new journal that takes a fresh look at design on the web is a project that started on Kickstarter by Build Conference organiser Andy McMillan.
I backed his idea for a new snazzy book with interviews from popular artists from around the world around 5 months ago, and now the book finally arrived at my door step.