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There are many designers, painters, and poster artists getting a lot of exposure on the internet nowadays. Dave Kinsey is one of the few who seems to stick above the crowd with his own style. I am particularly drawn to the blend of screen printing/painting techniques in each of his pieces. They ride the line between drawing and painting in a lovely way that really gets me going. His influences are also a good mix of classical Eastern cultures and modern street culture. Combine that with a strong use of color (mostly a vibrant red), and you’ve got a set of winners. Now if I could only afford to collect all of these lovely prints.

If information is power, the dissemination of information is the most powerful tools a designer or artist can wield. I’ll step down from the Obama-style opener and ask you to consider something most of us look at every day: weather maps. More specifically, hurricane trackers.

Since hurricanes Katrina and Rita, hurricane trackers have become much more than a news item. For most people in the southeastern part of the U.S., they’re very much tools of survival, often being updated faster than a news report can be delivered.

Here’s a quick follow up to Barry’s post on Color Palettes for all of the web designers out there. When it comes to translating design to the web, one of the most annoying speed bumps I run into is converting RGB color values to hex. It’s too much of a pain in the ass to load up Photoshop every time you need to find the appropriate translation, especially when it comes to minor fixes done directly in style sheets.

Much of the software I write is for performance systems for artists, a situation where UI really matters. Small things like the coherence of the UI color space can really help a user feel more at ease with the interface, and thus create their best work. It also helps if your software doesn’t look like [...]