So, I am a big fan of the sockless look/feel. I have a pair of oxfords, a pair of sperry topsiders, and onitsuka tigers and all feel awesome without socks. The biggest challenge is not having your shoes become ruined or smell really bad after wearing them without socks. Right now I have some cheap no-show socks that are pretty good, but still come up a little too much (aka, they can be seen.) Are there any awesome no-show socks that are 100% invisible in most shoes? Maybe I should design my own with a pair of scissors.
I found a copy of Allen Hurlburt’s The Grid in Nashville for $4.50. Quite the deal, as it is normally around $65. There’s some highlighting throughout the book, which kind of kills the quality of the copy, but I will not complain too much since I got such a great deal on it. Lately I’ve been sitting down to really get down with grids. I love simple, clean layouts with small details added to give character.
A good example (that I would love to get my hands on) is Fantastic Man magazine, which I came across thanks to Kyle Blue’s (creative director at Dwell, who judged our 62nd annual student design compeition) twitter status.I can’t find copies of the magazine around my area, but the covers and layouts feature realely elegant, beautiful type and compositions.
There’s so much beautiful work out there that I just can’t seem to get enough of. Just studying these magazines and books gives me such a quicker grasp on how to make things work in design. Looking at them on the internet is never enough, though, because seeing the physical relationships on the page is what it’s all about.
Lately I’ve also been enjoying browsing the Wim Crouwel flickr group. Like a lot of students in design, I appreciated his commentary and work shown in the film Helvetica. Good stuff and notably, back in the day, he used gradients very well.
March 20, 2009 at 4:41 pm |
uhh you could purchase OR design a pair of your very own “toe hugs” (http://www.toehugs.com/).
but there comes a point where making the effort to wear a two inch scrap of fabric seems kind of trivial…doncha think?
March 26, 2009 at 1:30 am |
Toe Hugs are completely insane… I’m not really sure how much only the toes sweat, but I’m pretty sure you need to cover the rest of the foot or you have a sweaty, sopping mess of a shoe.
March 31, 2009 at 9:01 pm |
So where exactly in Nashville did you get this incredibly cheap black market copy of The Grid? McKay’s?
April 1, 2009 at 1:22 am |
Yes, McKay’s. I was suprised when I found it there.