Inspired By #3
Hi!
Welcome to the 3rd issue of Inspired By. What was cool this week? Lots! Let’s goooo!
— JP
📺 Eddie Murphy is back!
I’ve probably seen Delirious & Raw a million times so I’m very happy to hear that Eddie Murphy is going to do stand-up again! He talked about it in this episode of Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee and he’s got a new movie coming out out on Netflix Oct 25th. Plus he’s working on a sequel to Coming to America! 🤯
🛣 Interstate
Interstate is a sans-serif typeface designed by Tobias Frere-Jones and released through Font Bureau in 1993. The design of Interstate was based on the letters found on US highway signs. It works well as a signage font due to its clear legibility at a distance and clearly-differentiated letterforms. See it in use at the 🔝 of this issue.
📗 The Testaments
I haven’t read The Handmaid’s Tale (originally published in 1985) but I’ve seen (and love) the dystopian TV-series. This book picks up the story more than fifteen years later, can’t wait to read it.
The Testaments (The Handmaid's Tale, #2) by Margaret Atwood | Goodreads
When the van door slammed on Offred's future at the end…
❑ Smooth shadows
A small CSS tip: this is a nicer way to render shadows (via Stephan).
Smoother & sharper shadows with layered box-shadows | Tobias Ahlin
With a simple CSS trick, we can get fine-tuned control over how shadows are rendered, and create richer and more realistic 3D effects
🎂 The Digital Marble Cake (In Dutch 🇳🇱)
Bram is Senior Creative bij Hoppinger en schreef een artikel over de toekomst van digital design (inclusief zijn ervaring bij Lego House ✌️).
The Digital Marble Cake. Thoughts on where design might be going | by Bram van Rijen | Hoppinger | Medium
Thoughts on where design might be going
📒 Field Notes Autumn Edition
These notebooks have been on my radar for years, but I’ve never bought them, because the shipping cost are about the same as 3 notebooks cost, but they do look very nice!
Field Notes | Autumn Trilogy
The “Autumn Trilogy” Edition is perfectly simple, but the process that made it that way was anything but. Three beautiful covers, all with a vellum finish.
📸 Analog Is Heavy
After 15 years working closely with agencies, design studios and start-ups, photographer & art director Julia Parris founded Analog is Heavy to bring thoughtful, vibrant storytelling to tech, beauty, and lifestyle brands.
Analog is Heavy is a NYC-based creative studio
Working with clients from concept to capture.
👨🎨 Steve Simpson
With over 30 years experience, Steve Simpson is renowned for his hand lettered packaging design, whimsical characters and illustrated barcodes. Love his work, go check it here:
😂 Fleabag
Clever and viciously funny, Fleabag is a touching, wildly inventive comedy-series about a complicated young woman in London. It won 3 Emmys and the writer/actress Phoebe Waller-Bridge is hosting SNL this weekend. Here are some funny clips:
That’s all for the 3rd issue of Inspired By. Hope you liked it and see you next time! ✌️