March 16, 2010

Happy 10th birthday to InDesign

Hard as it is to believe, Adobe InDesign is celebrating a decade of shaking up the world of design & publishing. Hats off to the team for having the skills, guts, and fortitude to build such a powerful, game-changing application–and on their behalf, thanks to all the customers who’ve made ID a success. Check out the 10th anniversary site to see in interactive timeline, favorite tips from designers, and more.

Oh, and now photographer/designer Ricky Trickartt crafted this great little birthday cake:

Excellent stuff, Ricky; thanks. [Via his Flickr stream]

Update: See also this superfly cake from the Twin Cities InDesign User Group.

Video: “The Sandpit” (NYC tilt-shift timelapse)

Sam O’Hare organized & color-corrected some 35,000 raw NEF files using Lightroom, then edited them together into this beautiful short film:

(It’s worth watching in full-screen mode.) For more on the project, check out this interview with Sam.