Our Redesign is DONE!

posted by christina

Hello! Things look a little different around here, don’t they?

If you’re reading this in a feed reader, click on our new logo above to see what our brand new website looks like. (If you haven’t subscribed to the blog yet but would like to, here’s a link to the RSS feed.)

We wanted to accomplish a lot with this redesign. Hopefully we made some things better:

• Bigger images. The old template was definitely hindering our ability to show off artists’ work.
• A logo and brand identity. The typeface is Walkway, which you can also see in the blog headers thanks to the wonderful Cufon plugin. The octagon logo is inspired by a bird’s eye view of the Renaissance Center. While I was rendering it, a Phoenix song started playing with the lyrics “the octagon logo had to rip it up”. I took it as a sign.
• Making our best posts easier to find. On your right, you’ll find links to all of our tutorials and interviews.
• Linking related posts together. At the end of each post, you can click on whatever it was tagged with to see more good stuff.
• Links to all of our homes on all of our internets. At the top of the page, we now have links to our Facebook, Twitter, and Flickr pages. The Shop link goes to our Big Cartel page, where you can buy our prints. (We have ONE “First Snow” print left at our house (Update: SOLD! Wooo!) and a brand new print is coming out later this week!!)
• A proper blog roll. On the right, you’ll find links to local galleries and organizations, many of which I’m happy to say we’ve gotten to know in the past year.

There are definitely some kinks that need to be worked out, so feel free to leave a comment or email if you see anything wonky. Otherwise, what do you think?

Starred #24

posted by christina

How on earth did Yee-Haw do that?? (via Ministry of Type)

Publication Fair poster (via Obsessive Consumption)

Concert poster by Ben Barry
(via Hard Feelings, a new blog from one of the guys behind OK Great)

The stamp in the upper right is genius. (via Garance Doré)

Who did this Bowerbirds poster? (via Olive Hearts)

Audrey Kawasaki’s palette (via her livejournal)

Named after the Add Star feature in Google Reader, “Starred” is a column about things that catch my eye as I peruse the blogs I subscribe to. If you’d like to subscribe to Perfect Laughter, here’s a link to our RSS Feed.

Starred #23

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Barry McGee’s Art Basel installation (via Arrested Motion)

 

Setlists from bands that have played at WFMU in NJ (via The Mudlot)

 

I miss real film and how this used to happen on accident.
Hannah Myall’s photography (via PICDIT)

 

If there’s a heaven, I want to wear this dress for eternity.
Monique Lhullier dress (via Free People)

 

“Paris 1962″ Flickr set (via Sally Jane Vintage)

 

Headboard by Skunkboy Creatures (via A Beautiful Mess)

Named after the Add Star feature in Google Reader, “Starred” is a column about things that catch my eye as I peruse the blogs I subscribe to. If you’d like to subscribe to Perfect Laughter, here’s a link to our RSS Feed.

Starred #22

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I must have read a lot of fashion blogs this week!

Beautiful colors in this photo by Liebemarlene Vintage

 

Marianne Faithfull (via The Selvedge Yard)

 

Jane from Sea of Shoes went to a ball in Paris, where she wore a couture dress and danced with a fairy-tale prince. He must be, anyway, because he’s wearing a coat with tails and his name is seriously Octavian Donnelly.

 

1920’s typography (via The Snail and the Cyclops)

 

Buy something at 180 Grammes, then dye it any color you want. I loved this image so much, I made it my desktop wallpaper at work. (via NOTCOT) 
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Named after the Add Star feature in Google Reader, “Starred” is a column about things that catch my eye as I peruse the blogs I subscribe to. If you’d like to subscribe to Perfect Laughter, here’s a link to our RSS Feed.

Starred #20

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I’m going to do something a little different this week. This time, I chose only images of people. Whether it be the dominant colors, the texture of their clothes, or the attitude they’re projecting, I think there’s a lot of inspiration to draw from.

Grey always looks cozy to me. (via Liebemarlene Vintage)

 

Love the dress (details) + the kitchen. (via The Snail & The Cyclops)

 

I still spin when I wear a dress. I’m five. (via FFFFOUND!)

 

My favorite scene from The Royal Tenenbaums. (also via FFFFOUND!)
I had to throw in the video so you could hear Alec Baldwin + Nico.

 

No one is cooler than Paul Newman. (via FFFFOUND! again)

 

Neutral outfit vs. red leaves. (via Jen Loves Kev)

Named after the Add Star feature in Google Reader, “Starred” is a column about things that catch my eye as I peruse the blogs I subscribe to. If you’d like to subscribe to Perfect Laughter, here’s a link to our RSS Feed.

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