Speaking of branding, Brand New has the scoop on the new identity for Nordkyn by Norwegian Neue Design Studio. Simply great work.

Internet Explorer 9 has an updated application icon. At least it’s moving in the right direction.

Browser UI — A set of Photoshop actions that allows you to comp up browser UI’s in a flash.

Nick Jones showcases some of his favorite agency’s sites when accessed on the mobile. It’s awkward when you think about it. These companies are supposed to be the leaders in their field. To not have HTML/JS fall-backs might have been acceptable back in ’99. But it’s not 1999 any more.

Loving the countdown page for NYC Kids, a.k.a fellow Hypers Théo Stråhlen, Alexander Gårdenberg, John Karlsson, Henrik Porseland, Ida Ragnarsson and Nina Amjadi. They’ve all landed top internships in New York, which means you should check them out.

It’s called Hembakat är Bäst and will perhaps be known more for it’s photography (shot by Carl Kleiner) rather than the recipes. You can apparently only get your hands on them in Swedish IKEA stores, though.

A CSS “prettifier” with quite a few options to play around with. I might actually get around to using it, who knows?

Welcome to the smoother and more refined design. It’s something I have been working on and off with for the last half year or so, constantly tinkering with the layout and letting it mature with time. As with all things, the maturity process is far from over and you will most probably see little changes appearing here and there over the coming weeks and even months as I have a long todo list to implement.

The new approach is based upon a simplified, easily digestible front page with the latest blog entries from top to bottom. The difference between the Bits & Pieces and normal posts have been toned down. The categories have been removed. The aim, though, is the same as it always has been: to present interesting tidbits of online finds and dishing out some thoughts and ramblings from time to time.

As you might have seen, I’ve been having some (read: tons) WordPress issues with databases crashing and broken post imports but I’m hoping we’re passed that. So without further ado, welcome to the new approach.

Rainbows is a Jquery implementation that allows you to use gradients for text.

Lovely short (as in, very short) feature from namesake Julius Brockelmann.

For some projects, this jQuery plugin could be incredibly useful.

Jason Santa Maria has — together with his recruited team of designers & developers — produced the Lost Worlds Fairs, a site dedicated to showcasing the features of Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 9 beta, released yesterday. I like the Atlantis one the most (loving how the guy in the tube disappears into the bubble at the bottom). Trent Walton’s write-up is good.

Armin reviews this amazing work on the new Royal Opera House identity. Simply beautiful.

Redesigned. Nice colors, layout & details.

Loving the approach.