matt kirkland > designer for hire

Hello University Heights! Brand New Box has moved just a little...

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:37:19 -0800

Hello University Heights!

Brand New Box has moved just a little farther west - to the University Heights neighborhood. Drop by if you’re in the neighborhood! Park & Meade, San Diego CA. Check out the contact page for the deets.

Scroll Clock

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:11:56 -0800

Scroll Clock:

Nerd alert: clock made from scrollbars!

Fiat Lux

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:48:46 -0800

Fiat Lux:

Totally impractical but way awesome lighting design: turn the lamp on by putting its switch into orbit. Sort of.

36 Hours in Vegas

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:13:27 -0800

36 Hours in Vegas

Ummmm. Thanks for that, New York Times.

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:55:59 -0800

Ummmm. Thanks for that, New York Times.

Yep. This combines so many of my turn-ons in art: humble...

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:21:20 -0800

Yep.
This combines so many of my turn-ons in art: humble materials and their inherent properties, stochasticity, repetition, and size. And really compelling sound, too!

Somebody makes a case for getting rid of the penny.

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:50:34 -0800

Somebody makes a case for getting rid of the penny.:

This is such a 20th century concept. Here’s a better idea: let’s create an electronic currency where decimal points don’t matter. Want to charge $99.9999 for that? Why not? Geeks can buy stuff…

UuuuuuuuMAZING analysis of Choose Your Own Adventure books. Seriously.

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 09:25:46 -0800

UuuuuuuuMAZING analysis of Choose Your Own Adventure books. Seriously.:

I’m all the more fascinated because somewhere in a file drawer, I have twenty of these books diagrammed out on giant graph paper. I’d planned something like this, but I’m just not programmer enough…

COTEetCIEL has an expanded collection of goods, if you can get past the flash animations

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 09:25:46 -0800

COTEetCIEL has an expanded collection of goods, if you can get past the flash animations:

This is the house brand of Cosmo, my old company in Hong Kong. I really dig the rucksack, actually.

If you’re not paying attention to Hattie Newman, then you...

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:27:24 -0800

If you’re not paying attention to Hattie Newman, then you should be. And she has a new portfolio site!

College basketball countdown: No. 1 Kansas

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:51:55 -0800

College basketball countdown: No. 1 Kansas:

Rock Chalk.

Going Social: Faculty, Administrators and Departments Try New Ways to Reach Out to Students

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:37:41 -0800

Going Social: Faculty, Administrators and Departments Try New Ways to Reach Out to Students:

I’m bookmarking this only to highlight the quality of this sentence: “Pasquale Verdicchio looks every bit the literary scholar — probing eyes gleam through reading glasses, a salt-and-pepper beard…

It's 1975 And This Man Is About To Show You The Future

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:51:29 -0800

It's 1975 And This Man Is About To Show You The Future:

Oh goodness. I’m totally making my next client presentation look like this.

The Berlin Wall: 20 Years Later

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:29:35 -0800

The Berlin Wall: 20 Years Later:

NYT uses a nice interactive slider feature to compare the Berlin wall 20 years ago and today.

Claudio Baladron & Diego Grass designed a new chapel for 100 people in the remote countryside of Southern Chile.

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:40:51 -0800

Claudio Baladron & Diego Grass designed a new chapel for 100 people in the remote countryside of Southern Chile.:

Chad and Steven - let’s keep this in mind if we ever need a new location for Harbor Uptown, OK?

I cannot get over how awesome, awesome, awesome this is. ...

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:57:46 -0800

I cannot get over how awesome, awesome, awesome this is. Here’s the designer’s website with some process photos.

Papercrafted Head on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:53:05 -0800

Papercrafted Head on Flickr - Photo Sharing!:

Oh goodness. If I’m ever invited to a Halloween party again, I’m totally making something like this.

Yep. Obama Weather forecast.

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:13:27 -0800

Yep. Obama Weather forecast.

Nathan's hollywood work just keeps rolling out: here's the extended cut of his Toyota commercial.

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:52:52 -0800

Nathan's hollywood work just keeps rolling out: here's the extended cut of his Toyota commercial.:

And he pops up in the other characters videos, too!

Published! Just got my copy of Strange Maps: an Atlas of...

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:05:00 -0800

Published! Just got my copy of Strange Maps: an Atlas of Cartographic Curiosities - which features Ex Unum, Pluribus. You know EUP, right? The grassroots movement dedicated to breaking the US into smaller, more functional nations? Sure you do. Anyway, pretty exciting to see the book form.