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Instagram's account switching: a pleasing attention to detail Members Public

So, we finally have it. Instagram now supports account switching [http://blog.instagram.com/post/138938416772/160208-accountswitching] from within the app. This is, of course, fantastic news for anyone who is managing a site’s Instagram account while trying to use the app for personal reasons, too. Up until now

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
design

Operator: a new monospaced typeface, with a gorgeous ad Members Public

What a stunning – and informative – ad for a typeface [http://www.typography.com/blog/introducing-operator/] OK, it’s an advert. But it’s a beautiful advert. And it’s informative; I learnt a little bit more about monospaced typefaces, and their roots in typewriters. And quite a bit about typefaces

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
design

Can we design for more time? Members Public

Here’s a good question: > If digital technology saves time, how come so many of us feel rushed and harried? Technological utopians once dreamt of the post-industrial society as one of leisure. Instead, we are more like characters in Alice in Wonderland, running ever faster and faster to stand

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
design

Inspired by the horrible Members Public

Negative creative inspiration [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/luxury/design/44377/marc-newson-design-diversified.html] at work: > Picking holes in things is part of Newson’s creative process. “One of my biggest sources of inspiration as a designer is basically looking at things and hating them,” he says, good-naturedly. “I have

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
apple

Times New Roman: biography of a newspaper font Members Public

This is an interesting watch: It’s part of The Times Unquiet Film Series [http://www.thetimes.co.uk/unquiet/#times-new-roman].

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
design

How the design of a Starbucks store sells Members Public

Fascinating: Design is such a vital part of retail experiences.

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
coffee

On smartphone design Members Public

Great video – a sort of one-off addendum to the Everything is a Remix series – that looks at where iOS design draws its influences from:

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
apple

The Zeitgeist Project - speakers liveblogged Members Public

The Zeitgeist Project [http://thezeitgeistproject.com] is a response to the “noise” of all the consumer electronics companies ‘shouting’ their products at us at IFA [http://thezeitgeistproject.com]. It turns the idea on its head, focusing on the people and working back to the products. The eight invited curators are

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
design