Comments on: The future of designed content http://snarkmarket.com/2010/4996 The stomping grounds of Tim Carmody, Robin Sloan and Matt Thompson. It's a long-running conversation about media, journalism, technology, cities, culture, design, books, music, movies, the future and the past. Tue, 14 May 2013 15:49:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Beauty and the book « Snarkmarket http://snarkmarket.com/2010/4996/comment-page-1#comment-17445 Beauty and the book « Snarkmarket Mon, 29 Nov 2010 21:36:49 +0000 http://snarkmarket.com/?p=4996#comment-17445 [...] SF‘s layout and illustrations alone. That’s some bespoke design right there, and it’s [...] […] SF‘s layout and illustrations alone. That’s some bespoke design right there, and it’s […]

]]> By: Kanye West, Media Cyborg « Snarkmarket http://snarkmarket.com/2010/4996/comment-page-1#comment-13794 Kanye West, Media Cyborg « Snarkmarket Thu, 16 Sep 2010 00:43:21 +0000 http://snarkmarket.com/?p=4996#comment-13794 [...] post: What’s a cyborg? It’s fun, revelatory, provocative, and it uses design to tell its tale. (You know I love that.) Tim laces the post with striking images, and he labels them: This is a cyborg. This is not a [...] […] post: What’s a cyborg? It’s fun, revelatory, provocative, and it uses design to tell its tale. (You know I love that.) Tim laces the post with striking images, and he labels them: This is a cyborg. This is not a […]

]]> By: Kickstarter, books, design, the future « Snarkmarket http://snarkmarket.com/2010/4996/comment-page-1#comment-12747 Kickstarter, books, design, the future « Snarkmarket Thu, 05 Aug 2010 23:40:41 +0000 http://snarkmarket.com/?p=4996#comment-12747 [...] beau­ti­fully designed! Great typog­ra­phy, great pho­tog­ra­phy, great spread­sheets (!), all assem­bled in a [...] […] beau­ti­fully designed! Great typog­ra­phy, great pho­tog­ra­phy, great spread­sheets (!), all assem­bled in a […]

]]> By: Moses and Dude « Snarkmarket http://snarkmarket.com/2010/4996/comment-page-1#comment-9689 Moses and Dude « Snarkmarket Wed, 24 Mar 2010 19:54:41 +0000 http://snarkmarket.com/?p=4996#comment-9689 [...] Bespoke design meets video game the­ory in More Rock, Less Talk, a col­lab­o­ra­tion between Bran­don Boyer and Super Broth­ers. Love it. [...] […] Bespoke design meets video game the­ory in More Rock, Less Talk, a col­lab­o­ra­tion between Bran­don Boyer and Super Broth­ers. Love it. […]

]]> By: Ninety Nine http://snarkmarket.com/2010/4996/comment-page-1#comment-9061 Ninety Nine Fri, 19 Feb 2010 15:57:10 +0000 http://snarkmarket.com/?p=4996#comment-9061 Sorry for the late reply -- no doubt I see your point about bespoke. And if we use the analogy of say, suit making, I can promise you Gawker is paying rates that might get you Men's Warehouse quality design, rather than Saville Row. And that is not changing anytime soon. Sorry for the late reply — no doubt I see your point about bespoke. And if we use the analogy of say, suit making, I can promise you Gawker is paying rates that might get you Men’s Warehouse quality design, rather than Saville Row. And that is not changing anytime soon.

]]> By: Mindy McAdams http://snarkmarket.com/2010/4996/comment-page-1#comment-8974 Mindy McAdams Sun, 14 Feb 2010 14:52:50 +0000 http://snarkmarket.com/?p=4996#comment-8974 I like "mag" better than "zine." When zines were ragged little photocopied bundles passed hand to hand, or discovered in comic book shops in lower Manhattan, say, the name seemed apt. But calling a Web site a zine always seemed overly coy, to me. "Mag" sounds offhand, an antithesis to coy (maybe because it rhymes with "rag"), and so to apply it to an online compilation, a gathering of content, seems unpretentious. Back in the 1990s we had Feed (feedmag.com), an early project from Steve Johnson. I always liked that URL because it evoked a feedbag, and a horse contentedly munching -- which it like what I do with a good magazine. Pictory is a beautiful mag, by the way. I like “mag” better than “zine.” When zines were ragged little photocopied bundles passed hand to hand, or discovered in comic book shops in lower Manhattan, say, the name seemed apt. But calling a Web site a zine always seemed overly coy, to me. “Mag” sounds offhand, an antithesis to coy (maybe because it rhymes with “rag”), and so to apply it to an online compilation, a gathering of content, seems unpretentious.

Back in the 1990s we had Feed (feedmag.com), an early project from Steve Johnson. I always liked that URL because it evoked a feedbag, and a horse contentedly munching — which it like what I do with a good magazine.

Pictory is a beautiful mag, by the way.

]]> By: Mindy McAdams http://snarkmarket.com/2010/4996/comment-page-1#comment-8973 Mindy McAdams Sun, 14 Feb 2010 14:24:26 +0000 http://snarkmarket.com/?p=4996#comment-8973 Wonderful article, Robin. Have you seen the iPhone app from McSweeney's? It is distinctly designed -- for small-screen reading. http://iphone.mcsweeneys.net/ It's one of the nicest things on my iPhone. Wonderful article, Robin. Have you seen the iPhone app from McSweeney’s? It is distinctly designed — for small-screen reading.

http://iphone.mcsweeneys.net/

It’s one of the nicest things on my iPhone.

]]> By: Robin Sloan http://snarkmarket.com/2010/4996/comment-page-1#comment-8800 Robin Sloan Thu, 04 Feb 2010 01:23:32 +0000 http://snarkmarket.com/?p=4996#comment-8800 I don't think so. When I say "bespoke design" I mean "design that is specific to the content it presents." And I'm mostly talking about graphic design, layout & typography (vs. interface design or overall information architecture). So, some newspapers produce this sort of design every day; so do many TV shows (via motion graphics). I don’t think so. When I say “bespoke design” I mean “design that is specific to the content it presents.” And I’m mostly talking about graphic design, layout & typography (vs. interface design or overall information architecture).

So, some newspapers produce this sort of design every day; so do many TV shows (via motion graphics).

]]> By: Ninety Nine http://snarkmarket.com/2010/4996/comment-page-1#comment-8795 Ninety Nine Wed, 03 Feb 2010 21:41:26 +0000 http://snarkmarket.com/?p=4996#comment-8795 Um, isn't there an essential contradiction in the phrase "bespoke design every day?" Um, isn’t there an essential contradiction in the phrase “bespoke design every day?”

]]> By: Robin Sloan http://snarkmarket.com/2010/4996/comment-page-1#comment-8630 Robin Sloan Wed, 27 Jan 2010 20:18:30 +0000 http://snarkmarket.com/?p=4996#comment-8630 Very cool example—I hadn't seen Drawar. Thanks! Very cool example—I hadn’t seen Drawar. Thanks!

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