Lot 49 » Design

The Discount Hipster

J. Celestino — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 16:51:29 +0000

I was recently invited to the Gilt website, which is a glorious discount hipster/style haven. Catering to both Men and Women, however the Woman’s section is much larger. Nonetheless the selections are amazing and while the prices aren’t bargain store they are drastically reduced. There is a strange mechanic to the site however. Because there are limited quantities of each item should you put something in your cart you end up reserving it. So you have a little time to checkout before it goes back on the rack. It’s kind of like carrying something around the store just to make sure no one else gets their hands on it. So you may end up adding something that isn’t available but the site will let you know if someone decides not to purchase it and one suddenly becomes available. I’m on the wait list for a scarf since fall is around the corner.

You must be a member to shop there but I have a few invites available. Just click the link below and enjoy!

Gilt Invitation

New Logo

J. Celestino — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 00:46:01 +0000

So it’s about that time. Yep, time to redesign the site. I think this is going to be the new logo for ’09. Still working on the site concept.

Paintings from earlier days.

J. Celestino — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 04:31:56 +0000

Firefox 3 and favicons.

J. Celestino — Thu, 08 May 2008 15:59:40 +0000

I’ve downloaded the new Firefox 3 beta and I must say I like it quite a bit. Certain plugins don’t work but hey it’s a beta. My only serious beef with it is where the favicons show up now. Designers have been used to the favicons being at the beginning of the address bar and design accordingly. Now it seems we are all going to have to design with transparency in mind and break the box format somewhat, as it looks terrible in the new firefox. It seems unbalanced and odd to have a square favicon in this new address bar.

I’ll see what I can come up with in the coming days. I needed to change my favicon anyway. :-p