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YES!! It’s time to throw your old, crumby, outdated March BnB wallpaper in the garbage, and get a full grip of BnB’s April wallpaper to slap on all your screens! If you’d rather use if for your home, just print out a few hundred copies and staple them to yer walls; it’s a real conversation starter.
ps :: Don’t worry fella’s, this months edition is iPad3 ready :)
We got a comment on our Linotype Doc post inviting us to come play w a working Intertype machine! Originally most Intertype machines were rebuilt Linotype machines, but by 1917, Intertype had 3 of it’s own models but the inner workings essentially mirrored that of a Linotype.
So after seeing the screening of Linotype: the film, we went over to Andy’s place the next Saturday to try it out (yup. There’s just a man who has one straight lampin in his garage, no big deal). There was a modest handfull of people going in and out of his garage, talking shop, talking type, lots of talking. Then Andy invited me to sit down and cast a slug :)
So I’m sitting at this huge machine w exposed wheels spinning, belts whirring, matrices clicking into each other—I know there’s hot liquid metal somewhere in there. As soon as I started typing, my first thought was, “goddamn it—I want one now.” It’s as fun as it is intimidating (at first) and I highly recommend finding a type head in your neighborhood state and playing around w one of these rare machines machines and making a spelling error.
Thank you, Andy, for inviting us to play w your world-shaping piece of history.
Here’s the long awaited BnB wallpaper for March.
This month our boy, Clay, pairs up with our girl, Selena, for a double-shot of wallpaper greatness.
Hope you guys had a delicious February and I hope you’re ready for an absolutely decadent March :)
Remember that beautiful Scrabble set created by designer Andrew Capener? Well, if you don’t here’s the previous post I wrote about it a few months ago. Andrew gave his fans a chance to get involved in the makings of this amazing game by simply adding your email to his mailing list.
So, I got the email last week, and I was shocked. Scrabble is actually going to produce Andrew’s game!! And it’s only going to be $200!! Okay, that seems a little much, but have you ever seen a more beautiful board game in your life? Eventually, there will be multiple fonts to choose from and you can even mix and match! I am ordering mine ASAP. No joke. I can’t wait. Good job Andrew. The Bossnotboss designers are super proud man! :D
If you want your own set, they are predicted to be on sale around August this year. Stay tuned on where to buy and when (I don’t know how many they’re making, so you want to be sure to get yours fast) via Andrew’s blog.
On Cory’s site he say’s he feels that “Creating an icon is perhaps one of the most difficult projects for a graphic designer” and I take that statement and wrap it in a warm blanket of agreement. There’s a sort of simplistic and child-like glee that comes with creating a successful icon, which is part of why I love designing logos so so very much and THAT’S why I’m going to be a legend of branding within 5 years :)
These images have everything that a textbook icon should have, but they’re also lovable. Here’s to falling in love with the triumphs of simplicity, all you future design legends. Now go make something simply wonderful!
ps :: Cory has plenty of other eye candy which I’ll most certainly be sharing with you in the coming weeks
pps :: anyone else see the weird glowing around the icons while you’re scrolling past? wonder what my brain is trying to do causing that optical illusion to be
I know it’s been a while since a post, but we always got you covered for when you want your iphone wallpaper to look dope like nobody else’s when some creeper’s looking over your shoulder.
This month our boy, Wyatt, is along side me with a wallpaper all his own! Download them all and tweet us some pics of them in action @bossnotboss, and I hope you have a decadent February, you sassy Bossnotbosser ;)
ps if you actually have enough screens to support all the wallpaper sizes, then you are mad in the cabeza and should lighten up your schedule (but if you go on to put BnB wallpapers on all your screens you’re mad in the awesome!!)
Adventures in design, “possibly the worst design podcast ever” is a new niche podcast about design through the eyes of two poster designers, Mark Brickey of Hero Design Studio and Billy Baumann from Delicious design league.
Within the design community the small gig-poster scene is definitely a powerful and influential force, in part because there is no motive or money behind the work. Mark and Billy wanted to start a podcast to recreate the feeling of hanging out and talking shop with other designers and printmakers after flat-stock (API’s international poster show). They touch on a lot of topics from an interesting perspective with a down to earth tone. Future shows won’t cover just the gig-poster community but include conversations, interviews, and of course funny stories within the world of design and illustration. Rumor has it they’ll have Sonnenzimmer in for an interview within the next few days, Keep your ears peeled?
Check out their Twitter for updates and listen to the podcast over on their site. (If your having trouble listening to the podcast right click the direct download link and ‘save link as’)
Okay, this is probably old news by now…. (no pun intended!…) but among all the fashion blogs out there, this is the only one you should
really look at, Advanced Style. Roaming the street of New York, creator Ari Seth Cohen has produced
the best street style guide of older ladies and gents with the most
impeccable and meticulous wardrobes.
This is how I imagine myself in my 80s, decked out in jewels and old
fur coats, duh! And all of my widowed friends would be the same (you
too Selena!).
So if you’re looking to learn a thing or two from your elders, here’s
the link! http://advancedstyle.blogspot.
Oh, and it gets better! There is now a short film based on the blog
and it’s advanced style stars. :)
Don’t you just wanna run up to all these and give ‘em a huge juicy juice hug? Some of these characters, by Juan Molinet, are a little bit too modern for my taste, but whatever, these are still awesome-maximum.
I wish there were more show posters that looked like this. Yeah yeah, I know that show posters have to show a lot of info, but living in Seattle, there are shit fliers everywhere and all the telephone poles look like garbage columns due to poor design, poor photography, poor tape/staple job, poster crowding, remains from posters that’ve been torn down by that old guy who has been going around and doing that…. these simple colorful posters would be like the first time my lips got above the surface of the water in many years.
If you follow @BossnotBoss on instagram, you can probably look forward to some drawing-at-works inspired by these characters :)
This month our new contributor, Ana, gets into the wallpaper mix along with Selena and me. Having a BossnotBoss wallpaper fresh off the press has been proven to bring luck and happiness to you for the rest of the month
2011 was pretty BOSS due mostly to the rebirth of BossnotBoss and the awesome launch party that went with it. I’m sure there were a few other things that happened this year, but BnB rising like a Phoenix is the only event worth remembering and making a commemorative plate for (please let us know if you make a BnB plate because I’m trying to get this thing made and the plate factory won’t return my calls).
