Has RIPT Got it Right?

by Gregory McClendon

RIPT Apparel is a yet another online T-shirt Company.

Like many skinnyCorp descendants, RIPT shirt designs are provided by a community of graphic artists and designers. Unlike many online T-shirt companies, RIPT only sells one particular design at a time. Each day a new shirt is available “for one day, and one day only”.

#followfriday

by Jason Caldeira

I’ll be the first to admit that blogging about twittering is akin to a band covering the Monkee’s version of “Paperback Writer”, but in this world of communication over-saturation (and Twitter’s 140 character limit restrictions) I wanted to give a shout-out to some of our Twitter favorites in hopes that they become your favorites as well.

Without further ado, I give you the FlyCasual Follow Friday list (in no particular order, of course); some celebrity, some music, some design, some people we just stumbled upon that have a lot of good things to say. Enjoy.

Tankboy @tankboy
Kate Zimmer @krzimmer
Our Man in Chicago @ourmaninchicago
Ethan Suplee @EthanSuplee
John Mayer @johncmayer
Mr. Trick @mr_trick
AJ @amyjfisher
I Love Typography @ilovetypography
Jeffrey Zeldman @zeldman

And don’t forget us!
FlyCasual @FlyCasual
FlyCasual Records @FlyCasualMusic
Helicopters @helicoptersband

Check all these people out at your leisure. I could give you reasons as to why I find them interesting, but the beauty of Twitter is that you can make that assessment yourself. Happy #followfriday everyone in Twitterland!

Design and My Daily Routine

by Jason Caldeira

My dad is the most ritualistic person I’ve ever known. Every day since I can remember he’s followed the same early morning routine: workout, shower, shave, pour self a giant glass of orange juice, read paper. Other than seemingly insignificant tweaks over the years, his routine has remained largely untouched. I’ve always envied this. Routine for some people can seem like a rut, but to me routine is just a way that people live their lives on their terms. This is what I do, this is when I do it. Why? ‘Cause I want to, that’s why.

This got me thinking about my routine. What do I tend to do/use on a daily basis that I’m not even really aware of? In my self-analysis I realized I depend on several icons of product/graphic design to get my day started.

In no particular order, my top 10 list of design icons that I use ritualistically everyday: