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We’re not only inspired by the work of Pixel Union but this is our first encounter of #storyboard. We’re certainly looking at Tumblr as a platform to power… Liam Sarsfield of MetaLab on Building Tumblr Themes The idyllic seaside city 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. Read More High-res

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We’re not only inspired by the work of Pixel Union but this is our first encounter of #storyboard.

We’re certainly looking at Tumblr as a platform to power…

Liam Sarsfield of MetaLab on Building Tumblr Themes

The idyllic seaside city 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.

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