Steph Goralnick

superamit:

jamesnord:

Let’s be honest. Figuring out what adapter to use when you are traveling is a bitch. Do I need Adapter B Plug 6? Or is it Adapter E Plug 11? Well Josh and I worked together and launched a new feature at FLIGHT 001 where you can just type in the country you are traveling to and we will pull the adapter you need. Your life, simplified.

Check it out.

Smart ecommerce design.

superamit:

jamesnord:

Let’s be honest. Figuring out what adapter to use when you are traveling is a bitch. Do I need Adapter B Plug 6? Or is it Adapter E Plug 11? Well Josh and I worked together and launched a new feature at FLIGHT 001 where you can just type in the country you are traveling to and we will pull the adapter you need. Your life, simplified.

Check it out.

Smart ecommerce design.

ever wanted to make something but had no idea how to do it? prototype? crazy robot? conical pizzas? talk to the kontraptionist. he probably has a time machine and/or a spaceship kicking around the shop. and he probably made them from an old clock and a pen cap. move the f over, macgyver.

kontraptionist:

Brand new drive shaft assemblies, just put together today in the lab - These are going to be for a very beefy robot for artist Dragan Ilic. It’s going to be somewhat like a radio controlled Roomba with a half kilometer range that can carry 500 lbs. More to come.

our new year’s weekend fruit bowl. i want this in my kitchen all the time! (via sgoralnick)

icopythat:

thedailywhat:

Infographic of the Day: Putting things in perspective.

[thehighdefinite.]

jonathanmarcus:

joshmohrer (via soupsoup)

A weekend spent in a 19th-century farmhouse in matching pajamas is the best kind of weekend. Happy new year!

(see more pajama madness here)

Jan 4, Livingston, NY
Feb 7, Denver, CO
Mar 4, Las Vegas, NV
May 21, Barcelona, Spain
May 23, Cadaques, Spain
July 3, Vermont
July 27, Boothbay Harbor, ME
July 30, Acadia National Park, ME
July 31, Freeport, ME
Aug30, Black Rock City, NV
Sept26, West Gilgo Beach, NY
Oct 7th San Francisco, CA
Oct 11th, China Camp State Park, CA
Nov 10th, Las Vegas, NV

laurenlemon:

357|365 It just isn’t the same - Mimic (via comatosed)

A few people on Flickr have mimicked shots that I’ve done during my 365 - linked their shots to mine as sort of a tribute. But I think this might be the first one that literally made me laugh out loud…and then keep laughing out loud. Gotta love a sense of humor, and definitely love a man with pink lacy panties?

hah! made me laugh too. be sure to check out original image of lauren’s here (warning: make sure you have lots of time, because you’ll probably end up spending hours going through her awesome photostream).

I will never again deposit a check into a Chase ATM. It misread the amount on a check, the tellers in the branch just shrugged and claimed it would be auto-fixed, the terribly designed interface of the online banking website doesn’t show images of deposited checks, and over a month later I am still being passed around to phone operators and waiting on a “pending investigation”.

I know they are evil for slinging those sub-prime mortgages, but I miss the stellar customer service and (comparatively) great website design of WaMu :(

Nice writeup on the Uptown/Downtown Compass App (and the fonts therein) in the Hoefler & Frere-Jones blog. The blog itself is worth following for anyone interested in design in general and especially all things typographically related.

oh yeah, it snowed or something the other day. (via sgoralnick)

icopythat:

charlietodd:

No Pants is mentioned on the back page of this month’s Marie Claire. I guess the red text is to indicate they are making a joke?  Either that or we’re working with Lady Gaga, and I didn’t even know it.  Although they credit the photographer for the other 6 photos on the page, they didn’t bother to do it for our photo.  I’m trying to figure out who the photographer is, but with literally thousands of No Pants photos on Flickr from the past few years, it’s tough.  Chad? Katie? Steph?  I want to know on who’s behalf to be pissed off.

That one isn’t mine, I’ll look at the others at my friend’s (shout out) magazine stand in LA.

wow, lame. it’s not mine (but i actually thought it was for a second!). i do remember shooting at that stop in 2007 (beginning of the ride, it would be at the top of people’s sets) and also that girl in general. the photos from this event always seem to travel far and wide and are rarely, if ever, credited back to the photographer :(

jstn:

Amit Gupta posted this yesterday:

I want to buy something to solve a problem, and I want it to be good. It doesn’t need to be the cheapest or even the best money can buy, just a very good, reliable, solution. […] Here’s where most review sites fail: They assume I want to read reviews. I do not. I want to be told which thing to buy.

I completely agree. I present: theshittoget.com

I actually started making this last November but got distracted and never finished it (until last night). I’m an electronics geek and bad at hiding it, and people occasionally ask me to recommend things. My answers are almost always the same and revolve around the same general categories, so I figured they might be useful collected into a web site.

Of course, it’s impossible to say that any one product is the definitive best in its category, so this only represents my personal opinions and caveat emptor, etc. Still, if you want the simplest answer to the question “which x should I buy?” I’m going to tell you the same thing whether you’re a super A/V nerd like me or someone who just wants some decent headphones.

awesome. i loved amit’s ranty post about this topic. it’s the reason i currently do not own speakers, a television, or a good set of knives. the decision (and subsequent amount of research involved) is just too paralyzing. just tell me what to buy!

Amazing horizontal christmas tree by brian and lobster rocket.
(via sgoralnick)

Don we now our gay apparel… (via sgoralnick)

brianquinn:

(via amandalynferri)

I’ve lived in New York for 10 years and have done it. Admit it, you’ve done it too:

Exited the subway and walked a whole block before you realized you were going the wrong direction.

What? Sometimes the Empire State Building isn’t visible to let you know which way is uptown, ok? Sometimes there’s a crush of holiday shoppers that momentarily bewilders the innate sense of city direction. Sometimes you live in Brooklyn and only foray into the upper whichever side once a year and everything just looks totally the same. Whatever the reason, your future 5 minutes of going the wrong way and doubling back have just been saved (and at New Yorkers’ brisk pace, every minute counts!). Behold: the Uptown App, an Uptown/Downtown compass aligned to the Manhattan street grid!

It is super awesome, and you should try it. Full disclosure: as soon as I got my iphone, I was desperate for this. And being the techy/programmer/design geek that he is, Andy whipped it up. His very first app! For only a buck! A steal, in my completely totally unbiased opinion :)

Congrats Andy! Can’t wait for his next one.

«- click to view photo slideshow

As a holiday present for Andy and some friends, the enchanting Mayur Subbarao (who you may remember from the Phojojo Food Photograhy Extravaganza at Whisk&Ladle) graciously agreed to host a private demonstration on making homemade vermouth along with his better half, the lovely Nora, hostess with the mostest (literally, as it was their second shift of entertaining that day). Delicious cocktails were had, facts about obscure botanicals were learned, custom bottle labels were made, and a fabulous time was had by all. Giant amazing thanks to our hosts for generously offering up their home and talents!

charlietodd:

Guerrilla Handbell Strikeforce « Improv Everywhere

Brand new Improv Everywhere video.  A 13-member handbell choir provided some unexpected accompaniment for a Salvation Army bell ringer on Lexington Avenue in Manhattan.

Our first video in 1080p HD!  Click through to YouTube to see it in all its glory.

aw, this is great! it seems like such a thankless (and boring [and cold!]) job to be one of the salvation army bell-ringers, this must’ve made that guy’s day. love the way this mission was documented, as well.

icopythat:

laurenlemon:

It all makes sense. Especially the “large distances” part…oh and the “flaky” part, too. Yeah, all of it really.

I don’t know… it may be time to hit the personal ads.

or the ever-present simple solution: move to new york.

my kitchen was too boring. so i fixed it.

A collection of typographic treasures, hidden within H&FJ fonts
(via Hoefler & Frere-Jones)

i got this deer head kit from cardboard safari and covered it with vintage brooklyn street maps (had some left over from this little project) as part of a kitchen revamp project.
(via sgoralnick)

Wow. To be totally honest, I never thought anybody would follow this blog. It was initially created for the purpose of chronicling the “time off” spent after quitting my job in 2008 before I got a new job. But a funny thing happened: I never went back to a cubicle. Which is awesome! However, since I now officially consider myself “self employed”, the name of this blog has become a bit of a misnomer. Additionally, there is a bit of confusion because some people don’t know that “funemployed” is me, since everywhere else on the internets I go by “sgoralnick”.

Luckily, tumblr provides the functionality to change my name and URL. Unfortunately, there would be some consequences. Namely: outside links, RSS feeds, and links within reblogs would be broken. Is anyone out there following this via RSS? In the broader scheme of things, I’m not an extremely prolific blogger, and while I don’t like the idea of breaking things, perhaps with regards to the benefit of a name change it wouldn’t be so bad?

In any case, I am becoming paralyzed by the decision, and am desperately requesting feedback from you! Oh 209, won’t you please advise me? Should I change or stay the same?

The internets are all a-twitter this morning with the news of Laura Brunow Miner’s* online photo story magazine, Pictory.

I am thrilled to not only have been invited to guest-design the first feature, Overseas and Overwhelmed, but also to be interviewed as the first featured contributor. If you like great photos (BIG ones, 1000 pixels wide!) and the stories behind them, then Pictory is for you. Come see what it’s all about and submit a photo+story of your own at www.pictorymag.com

* To give you a little bit of background, Laura is the former editor-in-chief of JPG Magazine, and the force behind Phoot Camp.

http://flavors.me/sgoralnick

If you want a website but don’t know how to make one you just got SAVED, big time. Head over to flavors.me to [sign up for an invite code to] make one in about 5 minutes. What a great concept!

(emphasis mine)

icopythat:

laurenlemon:

timmelideo:

It should be IMPOSSIBLE to post images WITHOUT A GOD DAMN CREDIT OR AND LINK TO SOURCE!!! I am so sick of browsing Tumblogs and finding awesome pictures, only to find that I can’t see more from the photographer.

phillipckim:

Amazing compositions by artist Cassandra C. Jones. Also, lightning bunny!!!

i don’t think my gender has been degraded by the photo on this cover, i think it has been degraded by a total f’ing wackjob who is trying to convince people she is sane enough for public office.

newsweek:

So, apparently, people still at least look at Newsweek’s cover. And some of them are pissed. Our Official Response, here.

From a weekend last summer I spent at a lake house in New Jersey with Ben Foster and Woody Harrelson.

(click the thumbnails to view slideshow)

No, really. I had the honor and the pleasure to fill in for set photographer Niko Tavernise for a few days during the shooting of The Messenger (which opened yesterday!). If you’ve ever seen the movie poster for a little film called, oh, THE WRESTLER, then you have seen Niko’s work. Check out some more of his awesome behind-the-scenes images here: The Wrestler The Fountain The Messenger.

Having never worked on a film set before, it was intriguing to see the amazing array of talent and the herculean effort that goes into producing the final product. Being responsible for capturing it all is a thrilling task, what with all the excitement, creativity, celebrities, not to mention professionally perfect lighting. But man, is it grueling! Looooong days, annnnngry actors (who apparently all hate set photographers), it is not for the faint of heart.

Woody Harrelson was actually quite pleasant though. He came over to introduce himself, and messed around with my camera a bit, taking pictures of Ben.

Photos via sgoralnick

a quick set of business cards i whipped up for laura, who makes delicious treats that are still super tasty despite their lack of gluten (promise! i’m not just saying that because she’s my friend). you can sample her wares today at the WORD bookstore in greenpoint. if you miss it (sorry for the late post!) you can also often find her at the greenpoint food market.

follow You Can Eat Bread?! on wordpress or twitter for updates.

From new york i said “jump!”
From california they said, “how high?”

And then i took their picture from my living room in Brooklyn (it was 7pm).
They (Nate Bolt and Laura Brunow Miner) were on a rooftop in San Francisco (at 4pm).

“How?!”, you may ask? Satellites? Time machines? No. Ladies and gentlemen, it was THE MAGIC OF BOLTRON, and a cross-country collaborative photography project he dreamed up called the Shutter Exchange.

So excited to finally have my very own piece of Rock Cakes (not to mention, it’s my very first diamond, whee)! This sweet, sparkly skull is just one of the many cute quirky characters that frequent her designs.

Other faves include just about everything in the whimsically witty Proverbial series: playful takes in precisous metals of phrases such as “shooting star” or “every cloud has a silver lining”

See more work (great for both boys and girls) by the talented Sarah Meredith at Rock Cakes dot com. If you are around London today or tomorrow, see everything in person at her show.

oleiah:

a-eliz:

(via ventisette)

dude, I was way into my teens before I got that one. Issue of perpetual confusion, and then one day I yelled “it IS a D!” and probably got laughed at

yep. just thought it was a swirl for a long time.

ditto!

lauraemily:

icopythat:

here is the video we have been working on, please enjoy.

Chris Garneau, “Fireflies,” from El Radio

What a beautiful and imaginative video! Congrats Chad

Awesome work Chad, this came out really great. Best viewed large on youtube!

✓↑❏ mmmmm….. wingdings ❏↑✓

(via sgoralnick)

carpet samples from vegas (via sgoralnick).

Even as a graphic designer, many of the font-related trivia questions that were part of the AIGA’s “The Type is RIght” game-show challenge were completely beyond me, but everyone was excited to support Andy and his colleagues Jonathan Hoefler and Sara Soskolne from Hoefler & Frere-Jones as they blazed the road to victory. A nerdalicious evening, it was amusing to explain the few of the designey inside-jokes that weren’t over my head to the bewildered non-designer friends among us:

“Uh, why did everyone just laugh?”

“OMG, because the guy on the opposing team designed the font that the question is about, HAHAHA!”

In an effort to bring sportsfan-like enthusiasm to a geeky event, Brian and Suzette even went so far as to create a set of brilliant signs for our cheering section. Standouts include “HELVETICA SUCKS” (set in arial) and “Corona and Wingdings” (mmm, wingdings).

a series of photos i took from the window seat on a recent flight from new york to las vegas. full set here.

this is a giant peanut-butter and jelly sandwich.

JUST KIDDING IT’S A CAKE!

made by apryl. who is awesome. obviously.

montage of me by lomokev. taken at phoot camp.

The Story of Phoot Camp is now up. Check it out as well as the awesome portfolios from all the other photographers from around the world and around the internet who I was privileged to to join for a weekend in the woods to make photo magic.

wrong turn at albuquerque

lobster rocket from the relaxomatic halloween partybus

halloween partybus (full set here)

The making of my lab rat hat at the House of Yes. Thanks so much to Laura Clark for her superawesome sewing skills!

Do you want to make something costumetacular but don’t have a studio full of sewing machinery? Only sortakinda/notreally know how to sew and could use some guidance? Know your way around a Singer but prefer to work in the company of like-minded folks? Just want to hang out in a crazy room full of scraps of glittery fabric and monster heads and an explosion of feathers and trimming and pins and needles and buttons and fake eyeballs? Check out the Make Fun Studio at the House of Yes in Bushwick, Brooklyn on the first Tuesday of every month. A fee of 10 bucks covers assistance and access to sewing machines, thread, fabric, scissors and a variety of material to help you create customized costumes, clothes, curtains, puppets, pants, parasols, stuffed animals, capes, or anything else you can imagine.

See the schedule of ongoing events for other fun stuff you can participate in at the House of Yes.

www.houseofyes.org

our costume theme for halloween this year was “blinded by science”.

i dressed as a lab rat who performed tests on humans. above is the label design for my “experimental elixirs” (aka whiskey). check out the costume and shot of the bottles here.

why! why did i not think of this!? amazing.

zachklein:

oats:

Settlers of Catan - Ore (Zach), Wool (Courtney), and Lumber (Matt)

Courtney, Matt, me, and several others recreated a human-sized version of the board!

whimsical stop-motion starring lis bokt, shot and edited by nate bolt, directed by paul octavious crib. i helped drag lis around on that deck :)

taken at phoot camp.

holy. crap. this is awesome!

susanbuck:

Resumes are boring, so I made mine dance.