GiantSquid was responsible for the front end implementation of this urban gossip celeb hip hop magazine esque site. It picked up a Webby Honoree. That’s not quite the same as getting nominated, or winning an Webby outright – but it’s pretty friggin cool none the less. It was an intense build out with a ton of talented people working on it. Shane & Peter ran the crew, working along side the internal team at iOne, and managed to orchestrate the madness and get us launched and running. It’s a wordpress buildout, with 4 other sister sites. They’re all running similar installs with different theme implementations. Check them out at
http://theurbandaily.blackplanet.com
http://newsone.blackplanet.com
http://giant.blackplanet.com
http://hellobeautiful.blackplanet.com
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Design School
The Elements of Typographic Style by Robert Bringhurst
Book One: Work, 1986-2006 by Chip Kidd
Trek: David Carson, Recent Werk by David Carson
The End of Print: The Graphic Design of David Carson by Lewis Blackwell
Hand Job: A Catalog of Type by Michael Perry
Making and Breaking the Grid: A Graphic Design Layout Workshop by Timothy Samara