Liam Sarsfield of MetaLab on Building Tumblr Themes
The idyllic seaside township of Victoria, British Columbia, is home to MetaLab, an interface design agency that’s discovered a profitable business in custom-built and à la carte Tumblr themes. So profitable, in fact, that themes are the main work product of a spinoff company called Pixel Union. Creative director Liam Sarsfield has strong opinions on what makes design beautiful — and how best to make it.
When was MetaLab formed, and by whom?
MetaLab was founded in 2006 by our commander-in-chief, Andrew Wilkinson. He had gone off to journalism school thinking that he wanted to change the world; he quickly realized that that wasn’t the way that he wanted to do it. He took up residence in his parent’s basement, and that’s how it started.
TOWNSHIP? Uh, it’s the damn capital of the province, y’all…
I was going to ask if Molls had fun at the Hello Giggles party, but I guess the answer is yes!
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Damn. Looks like I missed a fun party.
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William Morris, Part IX.
‘Strawberry Thief Design (for Chintz)’.
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Happy 2nd birthday, nephbro! Auntie loves you!
coinfarts:asbolutely:blackstanlee:criminallyincompetent:samantha-vas-ictomi:sassycaboosemama:nuzleafs:heroesofdigitalrock:surfdog2000:thegoodsonisbad:deathofapig:
Cans of Not Dr Pepper.
i love not dr peppers
i want to see one of these done with Not Mountain Dew
So many Alumni of Soda Medical School, it’s ridiculous.
Dr. Fine
mr pibb is pretty good but lmfao all of the other ones DR PERFECT
Dr. Dazzle
There’s a Doc Holliday in there. I want to drink the hell out of it.
I had Dr. Thunder
I didn’t feel the lightning
dr. stripes
god bless the usa
Finding the right doctor is hard
Sporting my vintage Spider-man t-shirt, because it’s nephbro Jackson’s birthday!
“Certain motherfuckers think they can fuck with my shit, but you can’t kill the Rooster. You might can fuck him up some times, but, bitch, nobody kills the motherfucking Rooster. ” - David Sedaris
(My spirit animal on so many levels, not the least of which is Chinese astrology.)
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Welcome to the Pacific Northwest, BoltBus! I am liking the cut of your unbelievably-cheap-and-wifi-equipped jib!
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| — | How We Share Content And Why - Adrants Actually, they’re being waaaaaaay too kind. I wasn’t suggesting toxoplasmosis as a metaphor for memes. I was suggesting that memes are an emergent form of life that use humans to propagate. We always talk about this stuff with us (humans) at the center. Maybe we’re just nodes that happen to have a flicker of self awareness. (via kenyatta) Later, when someone writes a Matrix-esque film about how the sentient Internet actually created humanity so that it could exist, I want to see Kenyatta credited as an EP. (via spytap) |
