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Pulp fiction scene, done with typography.

Typographic Marsellus Wallace monologue from Pulp Fiction from Bukowski on Vimeo.

Love this scene, love this typography.

Paul Robert Lloyd of ClearLeft fame has released a set of 36 shiny social networking icons, with each icon coming in 4 different size varients!  Licenced under a Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales Licence, you can download them from his personal site.

http://paulrobertlloyd.com/2009/06/social_media_icons

I’ve been slacking recently, although I’ll blame that on a couple of non-stop hectic weekends (stag do, paris with the girlfriend). This should make up for it however – it’s a prototype for a folding UK plug that’s both functional and efficient:

And finally… no more standing on an upturned plug! (Yes, for those of you who don’t have to live with UK plugs, what we gain from having a sturdy socket/plug combo that doesn’t fall out is taken away when you step on the damn thing in socks.)

Seattle interactive design agency Design Commission Inc. have released an iPhone stencil, perfect for sketching out those app designs that’ll one day make you millions…

You can see more of the stencil in action here

This seventh annual trend report, as always, is as much a forecast as it is a study of the past 12 months. The past informs the future, and the recent past has such momentum that designers would be well-advised to stay this course, even when clients are only maintaining the brands they have, not creating new ones.

Business may be slow, but it does not have to be dull.