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  • “I think you are more perfect than Helvetica” Poster by Bisgràfic

    imjustcreative–Graham Smith: Logo Designer
    Graham Smith
    8 May 2013 | 7:34 am
    Know someone who shares your insatiable lust for Helvetica? Then head over to Bisgràfic and check out their gorgeous Helvetics poster which simply states, “I think you are more perfect than Helvetica”. I would be dead chuffed if someone gifted me this. For €40 you will get a 300 limited edition run of a 50x70cm offset poster printed in two colours onto 150g/m2 stock. Boom. Bisgràfic also have a fine selection of other posters/prints to purchase on their BStore That’s one heck of a nerdy compliment! » Via: CosasVisuales » Source: Bisgraphic Read “I think you are…

  • 10 Of The Most Creative Wine Label Designs

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    Tara: Freelance Designer
    13 May 2013 | 1:30 am
    A guest post by Josh, the social media marketing guru at DBP, a printing company specialising in banners, stickers and labels based in the UK. There must be thousands of varieties of wine and usually, when you’re looking down the aisles at the supermarket, very few of the labels really stand out. They’re usually quite generic and uninspiring. However, there are a handful of wine companies who really go that extra mile when it comes to designing and printing labels for their bottles. Here are some of those more creative examples for your inspiration. 1 Oggau Estate Oggau Estate is…

  • Top 10 : Tips for Creating Beautiful Logo Designs

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    Alice Freriksen
    19 May 2013 | 8:37 am
    Advertise here with BSACreating a logo is one of the most difficult processes for a designer, because it must be able to find the right mix between graphic symbols and typographic that is able to identify a company or product in order to differentiate it from its competitors on the market.The design is not stops at the graphics, but it requires a study on a communicative level, because the logo should convey a message unique, safe and precise, but it must also be original, compact and adaptable.Here are 10 basic rules that I suggest you follow for the creation of an effective logo.Designed in…

  • 15 Awesome Websites That Tell a Story As You Scroll

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    Chris Spooner
    13 May 2013 | 12:00 am
    As new CSS properties are becoming more widely supported designers are combining tools to create amazing websites that were once only feasible in Flash. This post showcases 15 websites that take parallax scrolling to the next level by combining CSS animations and Javascript to manipulate page elements upon scroll to immerse the user into a developing story. Every Last Drop Ben the Bodyguard Dangers of Fracking Eclectic Pedicab Rides Hegarty On Advertising Range Rover Evoque Inception Explained Slavery Footprint How Far is it to Mars? Air Jordan 2012 James Bond 007 Cars Evolution Peugeot…

  • 30 Education Logo Design For Inspiration

    DesignFloat | Published News | Graphic Design
    22 May 2013 | 5:12 am
    In today's article i have collected an amazing collection of 30 education logo design that can give you boost inspiration for universities and schools logos.
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  • Online Social Media Update for Mid May

    Fred Showker
    22 May 2013 | 9:15 am
    This Social Media update in the middle of May looks at Google+ hangouts, audiences, promotions, and preventing nightmares -- * Hangouts and Communities: The Road to Google+ [INFOGRAPHIC] * How to Diagnose the Health of Your Social Media Strategy * Discover more about your audience with social media * How to Create Highly Engaging & Sharable Graphics * Boost your Facebook engagement with promotions * Can you prevent social media PR nightmares? * Effectively manage a LinkedIn group * Getting a grip on your social media.... and the continuing world of social media and networking read more

  • Fonts & Illustration . . . May Creative Update #2

    Fred Showker
    21 May 2013 | 9:30 am
    The creative quest takes us now into some major cool type, typography and lettering arenas from the Letter Cult to some rather special (FREE) revival fonts: * The Art & Science of Kerning according to Igino Marini * Julian Hansen "So You Need A Typeface" * Printing demonstrations in Pictures * John Hendrix loves to draw * The Letter Cult... and more ! read more

  • Mail Designer Improves Newsletter Workflow For Creative Professionals

    Staff
    20 May 2013 | 9:10 am
    equinux announces the release of Mail Designer 1.3 for Mac. equinux enhances Mail Designer, its tool for creative professionals, with an interface to send and distribute mail designs and newsletters with Campaign Monitor. This integration greatly improves the marketing workflow for freelancers, creative professionals, and companies. Mail Designer and Campaign Monitor are ideal for launching newsletter campaigns and reaching large audiences. Users can build and create their own mail designs. read more

  • Publishing, printing, desktop publishing and direct mail for May

    Fred Showker
    20 May 2013 | 9:00 am
    Dig in and target the right market. Although ebooks now outsell print, there's still a huge and ready market . . . here's the latest publishing update: * Survey: 87 percent of US magazine and newspaper publishers have an iPad app * Printed customer communications — marketing opportunity or inconvenience? * 75% of Advertisers Use Social Ads, Half Integrate With Print * Global newspaper trends: Readership remains high * To print or not to print? That is the question * Mobile2Print: the future of print? * Print Media's Digital Malpractice * Copyright smartsand more ... read more

  • Free eBook Reveals How 27 Writers Published their Books as Book Apps

    Staff
    19 May 2013 | 2:29 pm
    Award winning book app author, speaker and coach, Karen Robertson, takes readers through what a book app is, the step-by-step process for creating a storybook app and shares the personal stories 27 writers who've published book apps for the iPad. read more
 
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  • Packaging from the past: 10 awesome vintage packages

    Mirko
    22 May 2013 | 3:35 pm
    Nowadays packages you’ll find in your local supermarkets are commonly filled with information, legal or not. Why not take a look back and see how packages were more minimalist in a not-so-far past? 1. Paper for packaging A concept packaging by Champions, a paper company, for some ads promoting packaging paper. 2. El Producto Cigars packaging created by Paul Rand. Via The Dieline. 3. Dutch chocolate milk A chocolate milk package design made by Louis Swart, a packaging Designer in the Netherlands in the 1960s and 70s. Via Grain Edit. 4. Ducats milk If I ever see this kind of milk…

  • Featured designer: Loic Bard

    Mirko
    22 May 2013 | 3:23 pm
    Montreal based designer Loïc Bard creates gorgeous furniture to make your interior much more design friendly. He’s got some design awards and press mentions for his great work.

  • Freebies wednesday

    Mirko
    21 May 2013 | 3:17 pm
    Every wednesday, we share a few freebies that’ll make your designer toolbox a bit more useful. Slides.js Create stylish web presentations with this JavaScript tool. Those presentations are embeddable, mobile-friendly, and can be exported to be seen offline. PSD ribbon A cute ribbon you can download for free on Dribbble, thanks to Aerolab. Label.css An easy and intuitive way to create image labels on your website. Browser UI Simple and clean browser UI for sketching websites, apps and interfaces. Magnific popup A free responsive jQuery lightbox plugin focused on performance, it also comes…

  • 8 awesome CSS tools for productive web design

    Mirko
    20 May 2013 | 3:26 pm
    Recently I’ve been looking for tools to improve my web design workflow, especially to work with CSS better. In this post you can discover some of the tools I have discovered in my quest. 1. CSS Gallery No script needed, a pure CSS gallery downloadable on Github. 2. Shame.css An idea that will not save you time on website creation, but definitely will make updating your site’s CSS much quicker. Shame.css is a file you should create to put all your dirty CSS tricks and hacks in one place. 3. Border Radius generator Quickly generate the code for your CSS3 rounded corners box, a…

  • Featured illustrator: Oli-B

    Mirko
    20 May 2013 | 3:23 pm
    Colorful and playful, Oli-B’s illustrations often stare at you in a mix of eyes, hands, and other body parts and geometric shapes.
 
 
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    You The Designer

  • The History of Typography by Ben Barrett-Forrest

    Kerby Rosanes
    22 May 2013 | 6:00 am
    Knowing something about typography is a must for graphic designers. If you really are into typography, you might have a broader idea of how this concept of arranging type really started. If you don’t want to read through the many pages of books or online archives about the history of typography, the recent work of graphic design student Ben Barrett-Forrest might just be what you are looking for.     Dissatisfied with other typography tutorials out there, Ben Barrett-Forrest created his own take on the history of typography through a stop-motion animation, telling the…

  • Infographic: Mobile Friendly Emails

    Cadence Wu
    21 May 2013 | 6:00 am
    Most often designers are unable to battle with the rising need of impeccable mobile email design. The significance of mobile email is growing rapidly with the changing times. The key considerations for marketer is to provide the same experience to all the viewers irrespective of the screen sizes of the mobiles and it should not result into sad design views. Marketers are battling out to create and launch successful responsive mobile friendly email communications keeping in mind every small factor this 2013! It would be a treat to watch if 75% of companies who do not optimize emails for mobile…

  • You! Be Informed! #0046 – Portfolio Night and the New Look for Flickr

    Cadence Wu
    20 May 2013 | 6:30 pm
    The New Look for Flickr   Photographers and photo enthusiasts rejoice! As Yahoo! finally unveiled the new “awesome” look for Flickr, the once struggling photo sharing website now also offers 1 terabyte of free storage and provides a brand new experience for both of their desktop and android users. With a bigger storage, each user can upload as much as 500, 000 photos in full resolution.     “Flickr was once awesome, and it languished… now we want it to be awesome again,”  Yahoo! CEO Marissa Meyer said in a press event at New York City today.

  • Game of Thrones Houses as Multi-Million Dollar Corporations

    Patrick Jude Ilagan
    19 May 2013 | 8:00 am
    What would it look like if your favorite Houses in Game of Thrones are turned into big corporations? What would the Starks, the Lannisters and the Greyjoys be like? Don’t worry no spoilers in this one! Shutterstock made these amazing adaptations of HBO’s hit show Game of Thrones from it’s medieval setting to a more a contemporary setting. Using their  assets they have recreated the different houses into big corporations and unlike in the series where the houses contested their claims or at least help other houses  to claim the throne. The different houses are contesting…

  • Free Vector Infographic Elements

    Patrick Jude Ilagan
    18 May 2013 | 6:30 am
    Hello creatives! Our featured freebie for this week is a nice collection of vector infographic elements perfect for your next design projects! Making data visually enticing but also very informative is one thing that designers should bear in mind when designing an infograph. For today we are giving you guys a high quality collection of infographic elements that you can use for your projects. The elements are editable to your specific needs.   SEE ALSO: Infographic: Email Design Best Practices   Download this amazing set of vector badges by tweeting or sharing it to your friends over…
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    Next Big Design

  • #BrilliantMachines - GE and Brilliant Use of Social Media

    6 May 2013 | 7:22 pm
    A few weeks back we were watching Saturday Night Live (SNL) and then the following came on: At first it looked like it was part of SNL.  Then it became clear - it wasn't.  It was a GE commercial.    It was a thoroughly entertaining and clever use of Agent Smith and The Matrix.  So much so, that both my wife and I commented on how the commercial was more entertaining than the previous SNL skit

  • The May FUSE Pack: Design, Culture, Brand Strategy & Packaging

    3 May 2013 | 4:00 am
    Here's a round-up of FUSE 2013 coverage from around the web: The Time Needed to Build a Strong Brand FUSE Conference 2013 – Chicago Event Recap - FUSE 2013 Here’s a look back at FUSE 2013: •             Photos from the FUSE | CIULLA Welcome Cocktail Reception •             FUSE Photo Gallery •             #FuseDesign Media Archive

  • Disruption & Design Thinking: From Hierarchies to Hubs

    24 Apr 2013 | 3:00 am
    Recently, I found myself in the audience of a keynote panel discussion at the annual ePharma event in New York City. There were very successful people in the pharmaceutical industry asking questions like ‘how do we incorporate digital into our company’s DNA?’ One panel member vented by saying that Pharma companies had to stop investing in apps that merely promoted and sold their own products. A

  • The Simple Truth to Breaking Through

    18 Apr 2013 | 4:00 am
    With the ongoing noise that surrounds consumers every day and the visual noise we invite into our lives, it is hardly surprising to see the trend of simplification. Many identities are being distilled down to their core assets in an effort to cut through the clutter and be easily identified. At shelf, this philosophy needs to play a role as more and more noise is added on what seems to be a

  • Wednesday at FUSE

    17 Apr 2013 | 11:13 pm
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  • Seth Godin: “Leading Up”

    16 May 2013 | 1:12 pm
    From Seth Godin’s Creative Mornings talk last week, expounding on a principle he calls “leading up”: One of the things that I hear the most after I give a talk or someone reads one of my books is, ‘That’s great, but my boss won’t let me. I’d love to do something like that, but my boss won’t let me.’ Well of course she won’t! Because what you’re saying to her is, ‘I want do something really cool and really neat, and if it works I’ll get the credit, and if it doesn’t you’ll get the blame. Because you said…

  • “We’ve been conditioned for web apps to suck.”

    14 May 2013 | 1:28 pm
    Rob Foster, on web apps vs. native apps: There is no single explanation [for why web apps generally suck]. The reason browser apps lose this fight is because of a raft of small things. It’s death by a thousand cuts. After sharing some of those ‘cuts’ in detail, Rob lets loose with his opinion: When an organization is making the decision not to spend developer money on building native, what they’re saying to me is that they value development costs over customer experience. I believe to do it right, you should offer your app in the way people want to use it the most. That may…

  • Nine Patterns Among Virtuoso UX Teams

    3 May 2013 | 7:29 am
    The above slide deck is from my keynote presentation at Future Insights Live 2013 in Las Vegas, given earlier this week. (Access it here if it’s not showing.) Update: A written version of this talk is now available. Creating and managing teams that iterate, build, and ship quality projects is one of the most challenging things to master in our industry. And to ship quickly and consistently? Even more challenging. This presentation presents nine patterns that I’ve found common among great UX teams. I draw on interviews with teams at the likes of Twitter and Kickstarter, as well as…

  • A Week with Google Glass

    3 May 2013 | 6:47 am
    Luke Wroblewski: Almost a week ago I picked up my Glass explorer edition on Google’s campus in Mountain View. Since then I’ve it put into real-world use in a variety of places. I wore the device in three different airports, busy city streets, several restaurants, a secure federal building, and even a casino floor in Las Vegas. My goal was to try out Glass in as many different situations as possible to see how I would or could use the device. A couple nights ago, I sat across the table from Luke at dinner (and later caught a pretty amazing show with him, Kristina, and Brad). He had his…

  • “We’ve been hoodwinked into a trap of technological dependency.”

    24 Apr 2013 | 1:16 pm
    Frank Chimero: One of the problems with the prevalence of solutions is it overvalues invention and undervalues behavior. We look for a gizmo, when changing how we act can have the desired effect. It seems like we’ve been hoodwinked into a trap of technological dependency. But, technology is only as good or bad as what we use it to do, and I don’t think anyone who works in tech gets into the field with malice as their intent. In fact, usually the opposite, which is why I like this business. Hell, I’m one of the the folks in technology, so none of this criticism excludes me—I only…
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  • Swedishness

    22 May 2013 | 1:19 pm
    Swedishness.

  • Watergate, the Video Game

    22 May 2013 | 11:57 am
    Watergate: The Video Game. There goes your 1972. I mean afternoon.

  • Building A Human

    22 May 2013 | 11:47 am
    Building A Human, an instructional film made by The Visitors for Human Collaborators on Edité-Frignim (Earth).

  • Nap Pod

    22 May 2013 | 10:54 am
    MS: "Can I get one of these?" JC: "No." MS: "But NASA says it will boost my productivity!"

  • Giro13

    22 May 2013 | 10:51 am
    Photos from Giro d'Italia 13, Stage16. Yowza. Via Veerle.
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    Randa Clay Design

  • Promote Your Online Business With Creative Printed Materials

    Randa Clay
    20 May 2013 | 4:43 pm
    I know I’m not alone when I say that face-to-face networking isn’t my favorite thing to do. The word ‘networking’ makes my skin crawl a little, gives me mental images of people in suits popping breath mints and saying “Let’s schmooze” to their reflections in a mirror. But it’s important. Face-to-face interactions still mean an awful lot, convey a sense of trust and familiarity that emails and Twitter followers can’t. A real person’s recommendation of a new restaurant in town still means a lot more to me than a dozen Yelp reviews. And…

  • Russia Ban… Ethiopia Bound

    Randa Clay
    20 Jan 2013 | 5:04 pm
    You may have heard that Russia banned Americans from adopting their children. We are saddened by this turn of events, and especially sad for all those children who could have had homes in the U.S. For us, it was a simple right turn in the process. We are really grateful not to have been further along in the process, and God even saved us the $800 we were about to spend on psychological evaluations. There are almost no downsides to switching to Ethiopia and there are lots of positives, including: Only 2 trips to Ethiopia vs. the 3 trips to Russia. It’s cheaper. This has some to do with…

  • At the top of the rollercoaster hill

    Randa Clay
    3 Oct 2012 | 5:37 am
    We are sitting at the top of the hill of this adoption rollercoaster ride… we have been clicking slowly up, up, up through the spring and summer as we filled out paperwork, got things notarized, made copies and tried to save money. Finally, all is submitted to the agency, and we’re about to head down the hill of home study meetings, dossiers and fund raising! Speaking of fund raising, we are in the midst of planning and gathering items for a giant community garage sale/bake sale on October 20th in the parking lot of a church down the road. Happily, my house is overrun with stuff…

  • Education and Paperwork

    Randa Clay
    29 May 2012 | 8:48 pm
    We’ve checked off another of the many tasks required to complete this adoption – the International Adoption Seminar at Buckner. This was a day-long seminar that was attended by about 8 other couples including ourselves, and we enjoyed the content as well as getting to know other families in the adoption process. We continue to be pleased with Buckner. Their staff is wonderful, and we learned during this seminar that the head of their Russian adoption program used to actually work in a Russian orphanage. She told us a little bit about working there, and one really sad, but not…

  • Making Progress

    Randa Clay
    20 Mar 2012 | 3:56 pm
    Our application to Buckner’s Russian Adoption Program has been accepted! We thought the first forms we filled out were thorough, but the packet of forms and requirements for the second step is massive. We’ll tackle it a little bit at a time, doing some every day. It’s beginning to feel real, this adoption thing… in a surreal sort of way. If you consider that the process will probably take about a year and that we have loosely specified that we want a boy between 12 and 24 months old, this means that he is either already born or is nearly born. If I think about it too…
 
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  • O.K.

    swissmiss
    20 May 2013 | 5:47 pm
    I saw this minimal letterpress print by Ladyfiners Letterpress at the National Stationery Show. Must get one for the studio.

  • Art of Decision Making

    swissmiss
    20 May 2013 | 8:45 am
    “The art of good decision making is looking forward to and celebrating the tradeoffs, not pretending they don’t exist.” - Seth Godin

  • Statue of a Critic

    swissmiss
    20 May 2013 | 3:57 am
    “I’ve been all over the world and I’ve never seen a statue of a critic.” ― Leonard Bernstein

  • National Stationery Show

    swissmiss
    20 May 2013 | 3:57 am
    There will be just a sprinkle of posts over the coming days as I’ll be working the Tattly booth at the National Stationery Show. We are at booth #1329, come and say hi! We’ll tatt you up! (from left to right: Bekka, Sarah, Natalie)

  • ♥ / Dessign.net

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    20 May 2013 | 3:56 am
    A big thank you to Dessign.net for sponsoring this week’s RSS Feed. Your Artwork is important, showcase your imagination with style. Free and Premium Responsive WordPress Themes with clean and modern style for designers, illustrators, photographers & architects. Dessign.net creates modern and easy to use Portfolio WordPress Themes with a focus on your work. The unique style and design is what separates these themes from others. (Interested in sponsoring a week of my RSS feed, learn more here.)
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    Logo Design Love

  • Tin Can

    David Airey
    21 May 2013 | 6:11 am
    COOEE‘s Leon Dijkstra got in touch after designing this one for Tin Can. “Tin Can is a Dutch production company that focuses on the development and production of formats in the field of television, branding, online and events.” I particularly like how Leon used video to describe the identity. “As shown in the movie, the entire identity consists of two basic elements that constitute the logo; namely a basic typography and four basic lines. Each line refers to one of the four disciplines of their profession. These lines are the main ‘format’ for the entire…

  • A Continental update

    David Airey
    20 May 2013 | 3:57 am
    The new Continental logo no longer repeats the name three times, so that’s good. The horse has been freed to gallop or carry on rearing, liberated from the outer ring à la Starbucks, but I can’t help wonder if it would’ve been better to move the horse away from the type altogether, perhaps giving it a different platform on which to appear. The typography has been given an update, too. Here’s the old design. Continental’s Dr Elmar Degenhart had this to say at the annual shareholders’ meeting in Hanover on May 15th (quoted in this PDF). “You have, no…

  • Thoughts about similar-looking logos

    David Airey
    17 May 2013 | 2:57 am
    A recent blog post, Your Logo is Not Hardcore, got Bucharest-based designer Andrei Tache thinking. He shared a few of his comments in this guest piece. Nike VCXC branding by Jon Contino Context We’re able to see those X-based logos together because the Internet connects everything, making it look like the world is one big box, but to each of us, life still takes its course in a limited area. Maybe all of those logos do their job for a small area and stand-out just as they are. Regardless, it’s no longer possible to have perfectly distinct logos for every business. You can hardly…

  • Do good logos need to look good?

    David Airey
    10 May 2013 | 8:49 am
    Phaidon is releasing a revised and expanded edition of Per Mollerup’s 1997 book Marks of Excellence. Steven Heller took the opportunity to ask Per a few questions over on The Atlantic. Here’s an excerpt. Cover detail from the new edition of Marks of Excellence (link shows photos of the first edition) “…is Microsoft’s logo ‘excellent’ because the design is impeccable, or because consumers recognize it in an instant? Is Harrods’ script ‘excellent’ because it is old, or for aesthetic reasons? Is Chiquita Banana ‘excellent’…

  • Your Logo is Not Hardcore

    David Airey
    7 May 2013 | 7:15 am
    In July last year Ean MacKaye began compiling logos with a pin-stroke X, or with two objects overlapping to form an X. See them here: Your logo is not hardcore. Reminded me of Dave Spengler’s Hipster Branding. More similar logos (archives, 2008).
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    Ace Jet 170

  • The Extraordinaires

    acejet170
    17 May 2013 | 2:07 am
    Our boys were delighted to get hold of an advance copy of The Extraordinaires Design Studio, the new game from The Creativity Hub (of the award-winning Rory's Story Cubes fame). It's brilliant fun and great for channeling their creativity. We were lucky enough to play test it during the development stage. You can find out more about the game here or watch the video:

  • Gentleman

    acejet170
    14 May 2013 | 12:55 am
    We all love him don't we? David Gentleman is a national treasure, like Searle or Steadman or Blake. His work is woven into the fabric of the UK, it's part of the country's DNA. Hardly surprising that Penguin got him to illustrate Shakespeare's entire works back in the sixties/seventies. I recently picked up a copy of the Gentleman covered edition of Macbeth and it struck me that I haven't been looking closely enough. You need to scrutinise these covers at super-close-quarters to really appreciate their beauty I think; to really appreciate his workmanship; the way the line…

  • A Creative Exploration

    acejet170
    11 May 2013 | 12:05 pm
    Another Escape sets out to capture the enthusiasm of others. Investigating the lives and pastimes of individuals who throw themselves, with zeal, headlong into the endeavours that they find the greatest affinity with. I get that. For a long time I've felt there's little difference between someone obsessed with, for example, the micro details of type and typography and those preoccupied with the intricacies of craft ales or the plummage of our feathered friends. One man's nerdy obsession is another's passion and who are we to judge the validity of another's fixation. As the…

  • The Designer Says…

    acejet170
    5 May 2013 | 2:06 am
    Do designers like an aphorism more than most? I'm not sure. We certainly do love a pithy truth about the nature of our work don't we? Whether it provides valuable insight into the inner workings of design practice and principles or reassurance of the validity of our most treasured points-of-view, a few carefully chosen words from a pier or hero can resonate. Letterpress it and hang it on a wall. Handsomely bound and stylishly typeset (using a generous selection of Hoefler and Frere-Jones' Knockout) "The Designer Says" is packed to the rafters with the wit and wisdom of…

  • R

    acejet170
    1 May 2013 | 5:05 pm
    I was ever so slightly bowled over by this package that arrived last week. Superbly packaged in a bespoke printed envelope and wrapped in it's own unique tissue paper, my special letter forms part of Pauline Clancy's Wood Type project. You can find out more about it here. While you're over there, check out Pauline's other work. You might remember Pauline from this piece she did last year.
 
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    Design is Kinky

  • AARK

    Matt
    20 May 2013 | 6:50 pm
    Melbourne based AARK Collective are creating some beautifully designed time pieces, with emphasis on good design & long lasting products.

  • Jay Nelson

    Matt
    15 May 2013 | 8:37 pm
    San Francisco based Jay Nelson has a very interesting sculptural aesthetic to his carpentry.

  • Andrew Quilty

    Matt
    13 May 2013 | 5:55 pm
    Photographer Andrew Quilty is having an exhibition in Sydney called Australian Artist’s Portraits at Maunsell Wickes Gallery – 19 Glenmore Road Paddington, Sydney. Pictured here is Ben Quilty.

  • Mike Mitchell

    Matt
    8 May 2013 | 2:52 pm
    Mike Mitchell currently has an exhibition at the Mondo Gallery in Austin Texas featuring a series of movie portraits of seminal pop characters. You can check them all out on his website.

  • Book Submission Open

    Andrew
    2 May 2013 | 12:18 am
    Submissions are now open for the 2nd Edition of the 2013 Semi-Permanent books. Check the page for guidelines and send in your work.
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    Blog.SpoonGraphics

  • Create a Trendy Vintage Style Barber Logo in Illustrator

    Chris Spooner
    19 May 2013 | 11:00 pm
    Sometimes it’s fun to create a logo design for a fictional client. Just pick a design style and play around with a concept of your choice without the hassle of the client approval process. This also gives you the chance to experiment with styles and trends you’ve seen around but never had the opportunity to try yourself. In this tutorial we’re going to create a logo design for a classic barber shop using the popular vintage theme. Follow the step by step guide to see how each individual element is crafted in Adobe Illustrator.Here’s the logo we’ll be constructing…

  • 10 Photoshop Ink Brushes for Premium Members

    Chris Spooner
    16 May 2013 | 11:00 pm
    The folks at Fan Extra have supplied some amazing goodies for Access All Areas members in the past, and today another super useful resource is being donated. Members can download this detailed set of ink brushes for Photoshop. They’re high resolution and perfect for creating edgy designs or roughing up your artwork.Fan Extra members can gain access to 2000+ design resources, including vectors, brush sets, icon packs and textures, as well as weekly advanced Photoshop tutorials. New content is continuously added, making it a fantastic place for designer’s to find useful goodies and…

  • How To Create Vintage Video Effects in Adobe Premiere

    Chris Spooner
    12 May 2013 | 11:00 pm
    While I’m no pro videographer I do enjoy creating videos of my adventures on an amateur level. Recently I’ve been editing loads of footage from our road trip honeymoon in the USA, so I thought I’d share some of the techniques I’ve developed in Adobe Premiere to create cool vintage or retro style video effects. In this tutorial I’ll show you how I created an old style discoloured effect with film burns.Adobe Premiere vs Final Cut ProWhen I first got started editing video on my Mac I used Final Cut Express, but I found the application pretty difficult to learn…

  • My Top Links of the Week for May 10th 2013

    Chris Spooner
    9 May 2013 | 11:00 pm
    I regularly post links to interesting design tutorials and articles over on my Twitter and Facebook accounts, but in case you missed them here’s a roundup of my top pickings from my recent browsing of the web. This week we have some great content from GoMediaZine, DesignM.ag, Codrops, Vectortuts+ and Psdtuts+.How to Design and Print Custom Silk Screen Die-Cut StickersI’ve always enjoyed GoMediaZine’s illustration tutorials and walkthroughs. This latest post from Jeff Finley shows his process for designing a set of die cut stickers from the initial sketch right through to the…

  • Showcase of Amazing Geometric & Polygonal Artwork

    Chris Spooner
    5 May 2013 | 11:00 pm
    Most of the artwork I produce myself for tutorials here on Blog.SpoonGraphics are based on basic geometric shapes. I’ve had plenty of fun in the past creating posters and designs using various geometric patterns. Today we’re going to take a look at some amazing artwork from elsewhere on the web, all of which are either constructed using polygonal meshes or simplified with basic geometric shapes.Imperfect Balance by Ursuleanu DanielWarrior by DKNG StudiosSea Level by Jeremiah ShawGeometry Serie by Pablo AlfieriGEO by Legan RoosterActivities of the Inanimate by Andy…
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  • 7 Ways for designers to boost energy – Health brings wealth!

    Charlie B. Johnson
    15 May 2013 | 4:29 am
      Have you realized that work and time have a deep bond? This is true because time is limited and work has to be completed in that phase. Perhaps, there is more to it. The more you work, the more you earn and the more you earn, the more stable your life becomes. Many people will agree to this but here I personally think that this is wrong. How can one expect to have a stable life when the health of that person is not good and exposed to constant problems? With more work come more stress, tensions and worries. In fact, the more you focus on work, the more you are cut from other…

  • The Paper Fox – Designs As Deceptive As A Fox

    Charlie B. Johnson
    3 May 2013 | 6:03 am
      A graphic designer named Jeremy Kool recently launched an app called “The Paper Fox”, which displays his tremendous creative and artistic skills. There are a number of pictures of 3D animals which appear to be paper-made, but in reality those pictures are created digitally. So great is its level of realism. If there was ever an age where graphic design has been at its peak, it is NOW! You get to see phenomenal artists every now and then. Five years ago, who would have ever thought that someone could digitally create paper-crafted 3D images? Without further ado, I present to…

  • What Role Emotions Play in Graphic Design?

    Charlie B. Johnson
    29 Apr 2013 | 4:44 am
      When it comes to web, logo, and graphic design, all people care about is gradient and color and contrast. Now I know that these aspects are important, but there’s something that is equally important (or probably even more) and that’s Emotion! Currently, “emotion in design” is one of the trending topics over the internet. You get to see several blog posts and discussions on the importance of incorporating it in one’s design. So it’s clear that there is a growing awareness of emotion design among the contemporary designers. For those who don’t know much about it, read on…

  • Breaking Up with Your Design Client? Do It Gracefully!

    Charlie B. Johnson
    27 Apr 2013 | 3:19 am
      Every healthy relationship requires equal amount of understanding and respect from each partner. As a graphic designer, you can’t always expect your client to be compromising and bully him with rude professionalism. Most of the times, it becomes a part of a designer’s job to educate his client about the procedure involved into creating a project. Similarly, some clients are so rude and stubborn that they get on your nerves, block your creative energy, and make you want to scream right on their faces. These clients deserve to be shunned because of their disrespectful behavior. If…

  • Realistic 3D Paintings Of Aquatic Life by Kenglye

    Charlie B. Johnson
    18 Apr 2013 | 11:21 pm
      Over the years I have come across many phenomenal artworks by prominent artists. But never have I seen artworks more vivifying and realistic than that of Keng Lye from his recent series “Alive without breath”. Even after gazing at it for several seconds, I wasn’t able to discern whether it was an artwork or a photograph. So tremendous is its level of realism.  You too will be in awe and obfuscation, once you see them. The artist begins by painting the fishes (note: he tries to use as little paint as possible). He then pours resin into the bowl. Thereafter, he…
 
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  • Award Winning Web Designs of the Week – 05/20

    davodey
    20 May 2013 | 9:58 am
    Click any of the images below to view the award winning web design.  Let us know which designs are your favorite!

  • Parallax Scrolling, It’s Not For Everyone

    davodey
    16 May 2013 | 11:47 am
    To scroll or not to scroll, that is today’s question!  When the topic of parallax scrolling comes up, you’ll get mixed opinions.  Some love the concept; others hate it, especially anyone who is a web copywriter, or a SEO ninja.  From a designer’s perspective, parallax scrolling sites can be marvels, if implemented correctly.  They are captivating, original, and can really make an impact, making you stand out from your competition.  If you are new to the industry, or a potential client, who may not know what parallax scrolling is.  Parallax scrolling allows images on a website to…

  • Award Winning Web Designs of the Week – 05/11

    davodey
    11 May 2013 | 6:37 pm
    Click any of the images below to view the award winning web design.  Let us know which designs are your favorite!

  • Adobe CC Marks the Beginning of a New Era

    davodey
    9 May 2013 | 3:16 pm
    Say goodbye to perpetual licenses and say hello to a new era for Adobe.  During the Adobe Max Conference, this week, Adobe revealed that they will move forward with their subscription based service Creative Cloud.   They will stop supporting perpetual licenses that come with boxed software.  While some are outraged at this new subscription based concept others are embracing it with open arms, especially individuals and smaller customers, including myself What I enjoy most about being a Creative Cloud subscriber, is the upgrades. Adobe has been consistently updating their software, every…

  • The Death of the Home Page Image Slider

    davodey
    6 May 2013 | 11:52 am
    We have all seen or interacted with the dreaded home page image slider.  If you have not seen one, I would have to seriously question your sanity, or what time period your living in.  It seems like every web site in America has one of those cookie cutter image sliders on their homepage.  In fact most of our client’s, first requests, is to make sure there is some sort of image rotator,  on the home page of their website.  My first question back is always “WHY?” A website has between 5-15 seconds, to entice a new visitor, to make an action, and that’s being a bit generous. A…
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  • Mid-Century Album Covers – Volume 17.

    Amy@AQ-V
    20 May 2013 | 8:50 pm
    Septet – The New Sound of Art Van Damme / Columbia Records, 1964 Cover photo by Fred Schnell, Globe Licia Albanese in Highlights from Puccini’s Madame Butterfly / RCA Victor, 1954 Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5 / Decca Records, 1951 Cover art by Erik Nitsche Erroll Garner / Columbia Records, 1953 Ellis in Wonderland / Columbia Records, 1956 Cover photo by Phil Stern Luther College Choir in Europe / RCA Victor, 1967 Kostelanetz – Carmen / Columbia Records, 1955 Photo (left) by Krieger Photo (right) from the book, ‘La Fiesta Brave,’ The Art of the Bull Ring, Barnaby Conrad…

  • Logo Collection – Osaka Expo ’70 Competition.

    Amy@AQ-V
    14 May 2013 | 4:32 pm
    Winning mark by Takeshi Otaka Mark initially selected as winner, by Isao Nishijima by Keijo Ito by Tadashi Ohashi by Yusaku Kamekura by Tetsuo Katayama by Koji Kato by Ikko Tanaka by Kazumasa Nagai by Masayoshi Nakajo by Tomokazu Nishiwaki by Yoshio Hayakawa by Toshio Fukuda by Iwao Hosoya by Ryuichi Yamashiro by GK Industrial Design Office by KAK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Featured above is a heft of seventeen bold graphic logo marks by various and significant Japanese designers. They represent entries in the Osaka Expo ’70 competition…

  • Vintage German Book Covers – Part 2.

    Amy@AQ-V
    7 May 2013 | 7:55 am
    Herman Hesse: Der Steppenwolf Published by DTV, 1968, © 1955 Herman Hesse Cover by Celestino Piatti . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Deutsche Lyrik Gedichte seit 1945 (German lyric poetry since 1945) Published by DTV, 1968, © 1961 Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt GmbH, Stuttgart Cover by Celestino Piatti Gerhart Hauptmann: Der Biberpelz (The Beaver Coat) Published by eine Propyläen Textausgabe, 1969, © 1959 Verlag Ullstein GmbH, Frankfurt/M – Berlin Cover by Hermann Rastorfer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gerhart Hauptmann: Rose Bernd Published by eine Propyläen…

  • Working Big: A Teachers’ Guide to Environmental Sculpture.

    Amy@AQ-V
    2 May 2013 | 11:37 am
    Air Tunnels An air tunnel is sculpture. An air tunnel is environment. An air tunnel is experience. Because of these ambiguities, an air tunnel can be a rich art resource for the teacher. From the outside, an air tunnel, with the sun glinting off its glistening contours and the surroundings mirrored in its rounded surfaces, is an impressive and compelling sculptural form. Inside it is a magical world, always refreshingly clean and more than often cool; what is outside, even in the meanest neighborhood, is experienced as pleasantly distorted color shapes so that reality seems a million miles…

  • Modern Living – Slater Home, 1966.

    Amy@AQ-V
    28 Apr 2013 | 8:17 pm
    Slater dog reclines poolside. Abby Slater, 7, plays chess with friend Paul John, 9, at breakfast table near kitchen counter. Kitchen, breakfast area and main living-dining area beyond can be closed to each other or left open to sun which flows through glass doors. Aerial view shows connecting pavilions: master bedroom pavilion in foreground; main living pavilion in center; service pavilion in rear. Family and friends dine in lofty main pavilion. To the left is a smaller breakfast area opening to the kitchen counter beyond. Master bedroom in the sleeping pavilion. Elaine and Jim Slater sit on…
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  • WordPress Plugin Development from Scratch, Part 4/4: Settings Page

    Rakhitha Nimesh
    17 May 2013 | 6:00 am
    Welcome to the final part of our tutorial series on WordPress Plugin Development for Designers. In the last three parts, we discussed the importance of plugins for you as designers and identified a basic structure for design based plugins while integrating a jQuery slider into WordPress. Today we are going to complete the basic structure of a plugin by learning how to create a WordPress plugin settings page for our slider. Stay tuned as settings are an important part in customizing the functionality of a Plugin. So let’s get started. WordPress Plugin Development Series: WordPress Plugin…

  • Free Webinar: Proven 3-Step Formula on How to Get Clients

    Rean John Uehara
    13 May 2013 | 11:45 pm
    Reading this post might be the best decision you will ever do for your entire career. New Free webinar about freelance web design on how to get started and how to earn your first $300 in just 3 days. What are you waiting for? Our method has been proven and tested, and it even went beyond expectations. We offer a free introductory lesson and a course where people can enroll on, and people are achieving success through it! Ok…couldn’t wait to get home and post this. I got my first $600 check today (installment 1 of 2) for a site and it was from using the SIMPLE steps in the…

  • How These 11 WordPress Scripts Will Stop North Korea And Improve Your Blog

    James Richman
    13 May 2013 | 6:00 am
    In this post you will get 11 WordPress scripts that will help improve your blog’s performance and that may or may not stop North Korea from terrorizing us. Either way, you will find these little WordPress hacks very useful for your daily blogging needs, which can help you save lots of precious time! If you’re eager to enhance or improve the functionality of your WordPress site, then below are powerful WordPress scripts that will definitely give you a great head start. Okay, these probably won’t stop North Korea from wreaking havoc, but you can’t blame a man for trying! 11…

  • Create a Contact Form in HTML5 and CSS3 for Dummies – Downloadable

    Christian Vasile
    8 May 2013 | 6:00 am
    Today I will teach you how to create a simple contact form in HTML5 and CSS3 that you can download for free. Many WordPress plugins come with fully functional contact forms that can be installed and used right away, but we believe in beautiful design and in your right to style it however you choose. Therefore today’s video will focus on how to create, but mainly how to style, your contact form using CSS3. There is not much HTML5 in this video tutorial, unfortunately, as the contact form is built with code available in previous versions of HTML, but you can use today’s tutorial as…

  • Get More Clients as a Web Designer with these Social Psychology Tips

    Darren
    6 May 2013 | 6:00 am
    Several years ago, I enrolled in a self-improvement course which taught me a concept I found pretty useful to get more clients for my freelancing career. If you want to “hit” a goal, you need to focus on two things: Trying to hit the goal as much as possible, called goal intensity. Trying to increase your chances for each hit, called goal efficiency. Let me explain with a simple example. Let’s say your goal is to get ten dates this month. How do you go about doing it? You could spend all your time at the gym, attending self-improvement courses and so on. These things won’t help you…
 
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  • Terrific Web Designing Tools That Will Bang 2013

    Michael Clark
    21 May 2013 | 11:31 am
    The year 2012 has brought a remarkable number of web design trends. From this point of view, 2013 seems to be as promising as 2012. There have already appeared countless design trends, and many of them are seen as favorable ideas by designers. However, every person is entitled to their own opinion, so you shouldn’t take the list of trends described below for granted, these are really Terrific Web Designing Tools that will bang 2013. Responsive Layouts: Responsive Layouts Layouts have been recently designed to match all possible digital media forms. The goal is to create websites that can be…

  • Top Colour Tricky Terms Every Designer Should Know

    Stacy Carter
    20 May 2013 | 11:31 am
    Every web designer should be able to learn how to interpret the tricky colour terms used in web designing. This is important in order to make them more knowledgeable when they are engaged in the colour designing schemes involved in web or graphic designs. Understanding the proper colour terms applicable in web designing or graphic designs is an important consideration if you want to build a pleasing and appealing website to your potential online visitors. Newbie learners in web designing are often lost and confused with the tricky terms used in colour schemes when designing a website and it…

  • Handy Designing Tips for Graphic Designers

    Liza John
    19 May 2013 | 11:31 am
    This article focuses mainly on designing tips for graphic designers. Graphic designing is a skill like any other that requires a lot of time and hard work. It requires to have an eye for legibility, layouts, creativity, juxtaposition, colors, illustrations, fonts and photos. You need to have handful knowledge about all these fancy design elements to produce brilliant graphic designs. Graphic designers put a lot of effort to make their designs appealing, informative and attractive. Purpose of Graphic Designs: Purpose of Graphic Designs Graphic designs are around us all time. If you take some…

  • Surviving as a Successful Graphic Designer

    Charles West
    17 May 2013 | 11:31 am
    The graphic designing industry is continuously expanding at a rapid rate with new aspiring designers getting in to field every year. The industry has got very competitive and one has to struggle and strive very hard to survive as a professional and successful graphic designer. This situation can be viewed in both black and white colors. On a positive side, it makes new designers to get motivated in proving themselves as something in the market. On a negative note, it can demotivate the beginners as they have to compete with renowned designers that are in to the field since long. Survival Tips…

  • Top 10 Coding Standard To Follow Your Magento eCommerce Sites

    Harry
    15 May 2013 | 11:31 am
    Online shopping has become the easy and convenient way of shopping. There are many eCommerce sites to give a customer the opportunity to shop various items and products with a one-click payment option. The more easy the navigation, the more income your eCommerce business gain. So how is this possible? How can you attract more customers to shop online through your online merchandise? Why Using Magento? Why using Magento Your answers are very simple if these ten steps are easily followed for earning revenue by using Magento. Magento is the most popular web application used for developing an…
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  • The Start-Up Beginner’s Guide to Providing Excellent Customer Service

    Guest
    16 May 2013 | 6:39 am
    Written by MyCorporation CEO, Deborah Sweeney When starting up a business, customer service is typically not placed at the top of every CEO’s priority list. There’s a lot to take care of as far as logistics go: finding and pricing out a location to set up shop, hiring a good team of employees, and, of course, incorporating your business to protect your assets! But when the ball gets rolling you’ll soon realize just how crucial good customer service is in making your business stand out. The compliment that I cherish the most concerning the business I run is when a customer says he/she…

  • Happy 10 Year Anniversary to Guru Corporation!

    Danielle Pacelli
    9 May 2013 | 7:59 am
    On May 6, we celebrated our parent company’s 10th anniversary, and it got us thinking about all of the accomplishments that have happened within the company since 2003. Of course, there have been laughs, tears and growing pains along the way, but after surviving and thriving, we think it’s OK to pat ourselves on the back a little and reflect. Check out our cool infographic and learn a little more about our company and how far we’ve come. Got any memories about us that you’d like to share? Leave a comment below, or tweet us @MycroBurst!

  • How to Create the Right Culture for Your Small Business

    Danielle Pacelli
    2 May 2013 | 10:58 am
    “Culture Shmulture,” you might be thinking, but stop right there: Office culture is a lot more important than you think. Your office’s culture will determine your business’ success. It’s quite simple: culture breeds enthusiasm and happiness, and enthusiasm and happiness boost productivity. Creating the right culture for your company might seem complicated or costly, but it’s not, and the benefits will certainly outweigh any doubts you have. Hire Cultural Fits It’s important to hire someone who performs well and has the right skill set, but you also need to make sure you are…

  • Designing for the Fight against Childhood Cancer

    Danielle Pacelli
    25 Apr 2013 | 12:47 pm
    As a graphic design company, we are accustomed to helping customers achieve their desired design. But it’s not every day that we get a project as unique and special as this one. We were approached by Emmy award-winning producer Mike Gillette, who is an advocate of The Truth 365. The Truth 365 is a documentary and social media campaign aimed at giving a voice to all children fighting all forms of cancer. While we’ve hosted many different types of design products on our website over the years (from yoga mats to package design and everything in between), this request was truly unique.

  • 10 Things a Start-Up Needs Before Starting Up

    Guest
    23 Apr 2013 | 6:58 am
    Written by MyCorporation CEO, Deborah Sweeney Starting a business from scratch can feel like you’re a hiker at the bottom of Mount Everest beginning to take on the big climb for the first time. You’ve left the comforts of your cubicle and everything that you know and are starting on a completely new adventure. A lot can go wrong if you don’t take the right entrepreneurial precautions, but so much can go right, too. You’re following your dream when you start your own business, so enjoy yourself along the way while doing so! Before you start on the journey to establishing your start-up,…
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  • Costruire nella sabbia – Max Lamb

    Stefano Ricci
    20 May 2013 | 2:28 am
    Il designer inglese Max Lamb è una delle più belle scoperte che ho fatto durante il 2012. Max costruisce elementi di arredo di grandissima personalità; uso il termine costruire perché nel suo caso il designer è anche l’artigiano che realizza gli oggetti, utilizzando tecniche costruttive che connotano in maniera decisiva il risultato finale. Tutti i prodotti pubblicati nel sito di Max Lamb sono accompagnati da un’ampia galleria fotografica che mostra le fasi di lavorazione, così che diventa facile capire come, e perché, l’oggetto ha tale aspetto. Un progetto che esemplifica bene…

  • Un anno dopo

    Stefano Ricci
    16 May 2013 | 2:46 am
    Dopo quasi un anno d’interruzione ecco un nuovo articolo del blog! Durante la lunghissima attesa l’attività editoriale di Elmanco si è limitata a qualche veloce aggiornamento della pagina Facebook e questa situazione richiede una spiegazione. Come molti sapranno le pubblicazioni si sono interrotte lo scorso anno in corrispondenza della mia partenza per Cracovia dove, grazie ad una borsa di studio Leonardo, ho lavorato nello studio di architettura polacco Q-Arch da giugno a dicembre. L’esperienza è stata molto positiva sia dal punto di vista professionale che personale ma preferisco…

  • Sara Shin non ha paura di sbagliare

    Stefano Ricci
    25 May 2012 | 12:53 am
    Qualche tempo fa mi è stata segnalata un’animazione video molto bella e divertente, che voglio condividere con i lettori di Elmanco così come hanno già fatto centinaia di utenti sui social networks. L’autrice è una giovane graphic designer americana di nome Sara Shin che sta completando i suoi studi al college Otis di Los Angeles, ma che ha già avuto diverse esperienze di lavoro come freelance e stagista in studi grafici di alto livello. Il video “Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat.” (una citazione di F. Scott Fitzgerald) è nato durante…

  • Crumpled city

    Stefano Ricci
    21 May 2012 | 6:39 am
    Crumpled city è il nome di una magnifica serie di mappe cittadine stampate su di un materiale morbido, leggero e impermeabile che permette di appallottolarle senza danneggiarle. L’idea non è banale perché siamo abituati a ripiegare con cura le mappe a causa della fragilità della carta, mentre avere la possibilità di schiacciarle velocemente in tasca o di utilizzarle sotto la pioggia è molto comoda, sopratutto quando si è in viaggio in una città sconosciuta e si hanno più impacci e fretta del solito. Le Crumpled city costano più di una mappa cartacea (12 euro) ma il prezzo è…

  • Il design in tasca

    Stefano Ricci
    16 May 2012 | 1:39 am
    “Il design in tasca” è un agile e intelligente libro scritto dall’architetto, designer e professore Valerio Sacchetti. Come si intuisce dal titolo, il libro è una sorta di guida per definire gli aspetti principali del disegno industriale: l’etimologia, le origini, gli esempi migliori e le relazioni con la società e l’arte nei diversi periodi storici. Tutti questi argomenti sono già stati affrontati da altri studiosi, ciononostante il libro merita di stare nella biblioteca ideale di Elmanco per lo stile asciutto e ironico, e per la mancanza di remore nel…
 
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  • 30 Free and Awesome Music Vectors

    2Expert
    18 May 2013 | 1:25 am
    Amongst the various art forms, music is the most versatile one. It can easily reach out and touch the heart of millions of people.Even if the listener does not understand the language of the lyrics, the tune and rhythm of the song will tell them a lot about the genre to which it belongs.A composer or lyricist creates music with the sole of aim of spreading it among the music lover through different mediums like music concerts, audio or video cd, different platforms on the internet and many other mediums. Different kinds of music related designs are also needed for designing the online musical…

  • 30 Superb Barn Photography Examples

    2Expert
    17 May 2013 | 11:41 am
    Barns are small buildings which look similar to huts. Barns are found on agricultural farms and these are used for storing different kinds of equipment, livestock that work on the field as well as produce of the farm. In the old days, wooden planks were primarily used for constructing barns, but in the recent time barns have transformed into big steel buildings as wood is costly and at the same time not environment friendly. The old wooden barns are one of the most favorite subjects of the photographers. Since the barns are usually located inside farms, the photographers have the opportunity…

  • 35 Creative WordPress Themes with Multiple Color Options

    2Expert
    15 May 2013 | 4:38 am
    Word Press is one of the most dynamic open source content management systems which is used by about 70 million sites on the web world. This CMS was developed for supporting blogging sites, but as the functionalities of the WordPress CMS increased it began to be used by different kinds of organizations and institutions for establishing their online presence. The best part of using WordPress CMS is that the web developers have the opportunity of using different themes available on the web world for launching the site quickly. On the internet, developers will come across a wide range of both…

  • DXThemes Giveaway – Win 70+ WordPress Themes Bundle

    2Expert
    14 May 2013 | 3:57 am
    The name “WordPress” has become a synonym for “blogging” in the blogosphere. Almost all the good bloggers use it. But if you want to take your WordPress platform to the next level then you should invest in a good WordPress theme. You see, since literally millions of people use WordPress and many of them go with the default templates provided by the platform therefore if you too are choosing a default WordPress template you are giving up on the uniqueness of your website. Although it’s true that the same theme you buy may also be bought by others but since the number of third part…

  • 35 Creative Booklet Designs for Inspiration

    2Expert
    10 May 2013 | 12:39 am
    Booklets are an important and creative medium of advertisements that is used by different kinds of organization for promoting the range of products and services offered by them before the prospective clients. Moreover, manuals that come with different products are also in the form of booklets. Therefore, these advertising mediums must have an eye-catching design so that it can draw the attention of the prospective clients and induce them to read it. These are usually distributed along with magazines, journals, newspaper and even with different kinds of products. In this blog post we have…
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  • Replacing images when printing

    Roger Johansson
    14 May 2013 | 12:07 pm
    It isn’t all that uncommon that, after you’ve polished your print stylesheet to make a site look well on paper as well as on screen, you realise that the logo really doesn’t look its best. It may look blurry or pixelated on paper due to having a pixel density intended for screen viewing, of course. But even worse, its edges may look ugly or it may actually be invisible because whatever is behind it when viewed on screen isn’t printed. Applying a background colour to the logo image or its containing element in the print CSS isn’t going to help either since most browsers by default do…

  • Using a transparent image as an icon fallback

    Roger Johansson
    30 Apr 2013 | 10:36 am
    Sometimes designs contain button styling that is difficult to create with CSS alone. The “official” way of dealing with this is to either use an image button (<input type="image" src="button.png" alt="Ok" />) or put the image in a button element (<button><img src="button.png" alt="Ok" /></button>). However if the graphic you want to show instead of the button is part of a sprite image, or if you want to display a different image when the button is hovered over or receives focus, that won’t work. In these cases it can be tempting to just use a background image and…

  • Conditional sibling class names for IE patching

    Roger Johansson
    11 Apr 2013 | 12:22 pm
    Traditionally, web developers have been using either CSS hacks or conditional comments to target different versions of Internet Explorer with CSS fixes. In the last few years more and more people have started using conditional class names, more or less as described by Paul Irish in Conditional Stylesheets vs CSS Hacks? Answer: Neither!. I’ve always favoured separating IE fixes from the main CSS by putting them in one or sometimes two separate files loaded via conditional comments. However, a valid argument against that is that keeping the patches in the same file as the main CSS increases…

  • Responsive drop shadows

    Roger Johansson
    4 Apr 2013 | 12:15 pm
    Back in the ancient days of fixed-width web design, adding a drop shadow to an element used to be a matter of exporting an image containing the shadow from Photoshop and placing it as a background image on the element. Job done. However, if you want some flexibility (as many of us have always wanted) it isn’t quite that easy. Sure, if you have a straight drop shadow that can be created with a CSS box-shadow declaration, it will expand and contract as necessary to fit the width of the element it is applied to. But if the design calls for a slightly more complex shadow you need to do a bit…

  • Letting users disable responsive layout

    Roger Johansson
    25 Mar 2013 | 11:32 am
    It’s great that media queries allow us to adapt the layout of our sites to the users’ viewport size, a.k.a. Responsive Web Design. However, some argue that doing so comes with a (slight) risk of confusing some people that don’t expect viewport width to make the layout change as drastically as media queries allow. While I don’t think this affects a large number of people, it’s quite possible that people who do not know what responsive web design is (i.e. the vast majority of people) can be confused by a site looking radically different on their computer that on their tablet or…
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  • The Design of Code: Organizing JavaScript

    The fine folks at A List Apart
    21 May 2013 | 5:00 am
    Great design is a product of care and attention applied to areas that matter, resulting in a useful, understandable, and hopefully beautiful user interface. But don’t be fooled into thinking that design is left only for designers. There is a lot of design in code, and I don’t mean code that builds the user interface—I mean the design of code. Well-designed code is much easier to maintain, optimize, and extend, making for more efficient developers. That means more focus and energy can be spent on building great things, which makes everyone happy—users, developers, and stakeholders.

  • Writing Testable JavaScript

    The fine folks at A List Apart
    21 May 2013 | 5:00 am
    We’ve all been there: that bit of JavaScript functionality that started out as just a handful of lines grows to a dozen, then two dozen, then more. Along the way, a function picks up a few more arguments; a conditional picks up a few more conditions. And then one day, the bug report comes in: something’s broken, and it’s up to us to untangle the mess. As we ask our client-side code to take on more and more responsibilities—indeed, whole applications are living largely in the browser these days—two things are becoming clear. One, we can’t just point and click our way through…

  • This week's sponsor: Igloo Software

    The fine folks at A List Apart
    20 May 2013 | 10:00 am
    If SharePoint and Facebook had a baby, it would look a lot like Igloo (without the recessive balding or oversharing tendencies). Hosted, managed and with a major release every 90 days, Igloo is a whitelabel content platform built for today’s needs. We also have Sandwich Video.

  • Matt Mullenweg on Yahoo-Tumblr

    The fine folks at A List Apart
    20 May 2013 | 5:30 am
    » Matt Mullenweg on Yahoo-Tumblr“We’re at the cusp of understanding the ultimate value of web publishing platforms, particularly ones that work cross-domain.”–Matt Mullenweg of WordPress.

  • MapBox Develops an Open Source Vector Format for Maps

    The fine folks at A List Apart
    13 May 2013 | 1:13 pm
    » MapBox Develops an Open Source Vector Format for MapsMapBox's new vector-based map tiles are more stable, more scalable, and customizable to an amazing degree.
 
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    Abduzeedo Design Inspiration & Tutorials

  • Daily Inspiration #1454

    fabiano
    22 May 2013 | 3:45 pm
    This post is part of our daily series of posts showing the most inspiring images selected by some of the Abduzeedo's writers and users. If you want to participate and share your graphic design inspiration, You can submit your images and inspiration to RAWZ via http://raw.abduzeedo.com and don't forget to send your Abduzeedo username; or via Twitter sending to http://twitter.com/abduzeedo. Do you want to see all images from all Daily Inspirations? Check out http://daily.abduzeedo.com abbasdezine Andrew Knight Ankur Patar Audia Putri Narayani avid971 Bechar Idir cjwho cloudienetwork CM Chow…

  • Neatly Organized Life

    PauloGabriel
    22 May 2013 | 10:59 am
    Being a designer you probably has developed a sense of organization that might annoy people around. You probably come up with patterns of organization based in the color and size of your things, and other categories you might come up with. Well, this is a post for you, weirdo. Welcome to a world of organized things. From items on desks to stuff in bags. I know many of you will relate to this post, because our profession has turned us into well-organized beings (well, at least some of us). Lack of it will most definitely drive us crazy, so it's a relief to see now and then that there are more…

  • Typography Mania #185

    paul0v2
    22 May 2013 | 7:26 am
    Typography Mania is a weekly post series that comes around once a week with the best of Typography design works on the web, from type videos to images everything is full of great design and typography inspiration. Users can submit their typography designs. Click here to check out all the previous Typography Mania You can now easily submit your work at typography-mania.com Submit your Typography work at typography-mania.com foodtype foodtype Robert Adriaansen omezher Fitz Fitzpatrick moegly Trevor Garner Christopher P. Cacho Rob Hervé Marmillot Hervé Marmillot Hervé Marmillot jackdzn Submit…

  • Architect Day: ONG & ONG

    MarceloSeferin
    22 May 2013 | 3:45 am
    With offices in 11 different cities, office & NGO NGO presents stunning works. ong-ong.com For more than 40 years in the NGOs & NGO has earned a reputation for integrating quality architecture, interior design, stylish and smart, creative and corporate designs. With offices in Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam, China, Mongolia, India, USA, UAE and Indonesia, have projects in 18 countries on 3 continents. JKC2, Bukit Timah, Singapore photo © Aaron Pocock photo © Aaron Pocock photo © Aaron Pocock photo © Aaron Pocock photo © Aaron Pocock photo © Aaron Pocock photo © Aaron Pocock photo ©…

  • Incredible Latte Art by Kazuki Yamamoto

    abduzeedo
    21 May 2013 | 8:48 pm
    I am addicted to coffee, I can't work in the morning without a few good cups of coffee, it doesn't matter which type, regular, americano, cappuccino or latte. Some of my friends at Google are really good at making latte and even they are able to make some latte art. Latte foam design could be considered an art, but after all these years I have to say, I've never seen anything that could compare with these 3D foam arts by Kazuki Yamamoto. I had to post about it because it's just amazing. 2D 3D For more information follow Kazuki Yamamoto on Twitter at…
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    Adaptive Path

  • Experience Mapping Workshops Coming to SF & Austin

    Chris Risdon
    7 May 2013 | 11:16 am
    When I started sharing insights about the what, why, and how of using experience maps to make sense of cross-channel journeys a year and a half ago, I was completely (and pleasantly) surprised by the positive response. Since then, we've worked on many projects that made use of experience maps, I've talked about them at conferences, and my colleague Patrick Quattlebaum and I have taught hundreds of people around the world about the value and process of experience mapping (including last year at UX Week). All of this has helped further evolve what we know and share about using…

  • SF Public Design Jam: Make a Difference in 48 Hours

    Toi Valentine
    6 May 2013 | 4:10 pm
             We are excited to be hosting the first annual SF Public Design Jam on June 5th and 6th. The SF Public Design Jam is part of a 48-hour global initiative called Global GovJam that aims to bring together people from government, non-profit organizations, designers, students, and local citizens to 'jam' on real solutions to public sector problems.  For those not familiar with the concept of Jamming, the organizers of the Global GovJam put it this way:  Imagine a Jam session in music. You come together, bringing your instruments, your…

  • UX Week 2013 Speaker Preview

    Jesse James Garrett
    29 Apr 2013 | 3:30 pm
    [UX Week 2012 attendees enjoying lunch outside on one of the workshop days] We're still putting the finishing touches on the program for UX Week 2013, but here's a taste of what you'll see in San Francisco this August. First up, some of our keynote speakers: Steven Johnson is the author of eight bestselling books on science, technology, and culture. His latest are Where Good Ideas Come From, on the creative processes that drive innovation; and Future Perfect, on how networked systems can drive social change. Brenda Laurel is one of the pioneers in the field of user experience…

  • on Service Design

    Patrick Quattlebaum
    25 Apr 2013 | 2:34 pm
    While in Berlin for our (awesome) workshop series, UX Intensive I accepted an invitation to speak at a local meet up with only the promise that I would speak “about service design.” The resulting talk, on Service Design, is a mixed tape of sorts. It’s a compilation of my work married with some of the great thinking on service design coming out of Adaptive Path from people like Jamin Hegeman, Brandon Schauer, and Chris Risdon. And it reflects the practice work we’re delivering week in and week out as we tackle systemic problems in organizations looking to provide better…

  • Three Trends Driving Healthcare Experiences

    Henning Fischer
    22 Apr 2013 | 12:44 pm
    I'm a cyclist. I recently crashed on my bike. I wish I could say I went down while contesting a sprint in a race, but the truth of the matter is more mundane. I hit a pothole. It's the cycling equivalent of tripping while walking down the sidewalk. I went down pretty hard. Hard enough to crack my helmet and almost total my bike. As I was sitting on the curb waiting for my wife to pick me up, I realized three things—I knew I had to apologize to my wife for crashing, I knew I had to go to the ER, and I knew that dealing with my insurance was going to be a tough experience. As my…
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    AndySowards.com :: Web Design, Development, Programming

  • Revive Your Passion For Web Design

    Andy Sowards
    22 May 2013 | 8:32 am
    Advertise here with BSATweet Being a webdesigner is a job to die for: you juggle with ideas, paint them in vivid images, play around with color combinations, styles and textures and then enjoy the satisfaction that the whole world can see your work on the Internet. But here’s something to think about: how much of your time do you actually spend brainstorming and creating designs? In other words, how much of your time are you forced to spend doing other less pleasant things, such as negotiating deadlines and fees with your client, receiving feedback and making changes (that you…

  • Build A Professional HTML Website With No Code! MotoCMS for HTML Review

    Andy Sowards
    21 May 2013 | 6:48 am
    Advertise here with BSATweet For those of you that have loved MotoCMS but wanted the same awesome designs and editing power, in a more modern HTML/CSS Layout rather than flash, your wait is over. They just released a brand new CMS for HTML that allows users to create a professional HTML website with a wide set of options – and you can even manage it in a matter of clicks, without getting into code! Today we are reviewing the new MotoCMS for HTML for you thanks to the kind folks at MotoCMS.com! First let’s talk a little bit about who MotoCMS is. Who is MotoCMS? They have been…

  • Here’s the Best Plan For Your Ever-Changing Website

    Alan Smith
    20 May 2013 | 1:22 pm
    Advertise here with BSATweet A website is an ever-changing venture. All who have worked on the project have seen it getting changed ever so often after its launch that they don’t want to have it in their portfolio! So it’s a good idea to make a style guide for the people who assume ownership of the project post-launch. You can’t stop clients from ruining the website. A style guide will thus effectively establish the rules for future plans and changes. Reasons To Have A Style Guide Maintain Consistency With a Website Style Guide A guide is simple to refer to at the time of handing over.

  • The Importance of Responsive Web Design

    Brian Taylor
    16 May 2013 | 8:39 pm
    Advertise here with BSATweet In the times where people are rapidly adopting and switching to smartphones and tablets, the need and importance of websites that are mobile-friendly increases. Having a website that is easily accessible and adaptable using mobile devices is important especially if you consider search engine optimization as a key component in your online market strategy. Here’s when responsive web design comes into play. As it is aimed at crafting websites for easy and fast navigation for mobile usage, it makes your site look great regardless of how big or small the screen…

  • Saving Money On Design Resources

    Andy Sowards
    11 May 2013 | 1:55 pm
    Advertise here with BSATweet Resources for designers don’t come cheap. Starting from Adobe’s Creative Suite and all the way down to equipment and stock photography, the costs quickly add up for creatives of all kinds. Let’s face it, Money is one resource that we could all use a little more of. To get the job done we often need software – and to get it done quickly with a high quality result we need resources such as photography, graphics, template files, PSD files, you name it. So, in light of all of this, we’ve decided to come up with some of our best ways to save money on…
 
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    Bohemian Breakdancer

  • Brothel hopping with my mother-in-law

    Will McNeice
    22 May 2013 | 8:21 am
    Not long ago, I, my girlfriend and my girlfriend’s mother went to a restaurant in the centre of Wroclaw, Poland. We ate at an Indian restaurant where the dishes are bland enough to satisfy the German tourists, but which nevertheless, my girlfriend believes is a good restaurant. I find this puzzling, because both my girlfriend and I are big fans of flavour. We ate our meals. I drank two beers to counteract my disappointment. We left the restaurant. Outside was a taxi rank and three taxis sat idle. My girlfriend’s mother had walked too much that day, so she wanted to take a taxi home. I too…

  • The story of Rabbit and Fox

    Will McNeice
    11 May 2013 | 2:30 am
    As told to me by an English student from Kazakstan One afternoon, Rabbit wanted to boil an egg for lunch, but he had no pot in his kitchen with which to boil the egg. “I know! Fox has a pot. I’ll go and borrow Fox’s pot.” And off he went to Fox’s house. On the way, he played out the conversation in his head. In Rabbit’s head, Fox opened the door and smiled. Hi Rabbit, it’s nice to see you. What can I do for you? Hi Fox, I need to borrow your pot. My pot? Why do you need my pot? I need to boil an egg. Don’t you have your own pot? If I had my own pot, I wouldn’t need to borrow…

  • How I imagine the conversation between Darth Vader and the chief engineer of the Death Star

    Will McNeice
    9 May 2013 | 6:04 am
    “Lord Vader, we ran a security check on the Death Star. It’s totally impenetrable, except for one thing.” “Go on.” “There’s this one exhaust port, really small. The thing is, if somebody fires a missile into it, it’ll hit the main reactor and blow up the entire Death Star.” “Really? Huh, that’s quite serious. How do we fix it?” “Oh, it’s real easy. We just weld a grill over the cover – problem solved. Costs about fifty bucks. We could do it today.” “You know what? Firing a missile down the exhaust port is, like, what, a one in a million shot?”…

  • “I know the internet exists, but I don’t know why.”

    Will McNeice
    24 Apr 2013 | 2:09 am
    A friend recently enrolled his son at the local primary school in Wroclaw, Poland. To find out the enrolment procedure, he visited the website of the primary school, and he was delighted to discover he could fill out the enrolment form online. He began. The first page of the form asked for the details of the parents: names; addresses; dates of birth; occupations; the usual. He entered the required details and clicked Next. The second page of the form asked for the details of the child: name; date of birth; gender; any specific needs or requirements; and so on. He entered the required details…

  • I battle the post office

    Will McNeice
    20 Mar 2013 | 7:01 am
    Like most nations, the people of Poland come from a variety of backgrounds, with different family histories, different personal experiences and different views of the world. There are, however, some things which unite the Poles into a single nation. These include the suffering of the Poles during the Second World War, the subsequent communist oppression, and worst of all, the harrowing journeys to the post office that every person in Poland must at one time or another undertake. To be welcomed into Polish society, you need only approach a Pole and say, “I just got back from the post…
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    Bearskinrug

  • Drawing undersea horrors.

    bearskinrug
    22 May 2013 | 7:53 am

  • A List Apart 375

    bearskinrug
    21 May 2013 | 8:04 am
    Two new illustrations for A List Apart are live! Check out The Design of Code: Organizing JavaScript and Writing Testable JavaScript now!

  • The Gravest of Robbings

    bearskinrug
    21 May 2013 | 7:56 am

  • Protect your children!

    bearskinrug
    20 May 2013 | 11:58 am

  • Book 28, Page 95

    bearskinrug
    17 May 2013 | 5:14 am
    I recently closed out my twenty-eighth sketchbook (meaning I stopped drawing in it). But before placing it in the ol' barbecue pit, I figured I'd post a page out of it. I decided on this melty house because all the other drawings were of dragons riding unicycles while juggling naked women holding baseball cards with a dirty word in them. SO freaking boring.
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    Beautiful/Decay Artist & Design

  • Harvard Scientist Creates Incredible Microscopic Crystal Flowers In A Beaker

    Amir
    22 May 2013 | 10:30 am
      Science never ceases to amaze us with its bizarre, powerful and sometimes even beautiful. Wim L. Noorduin, a postdoctoral fellow at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences has managed to create tiny flower like sculptures out of crystals. Now crystals are commonly known for having hard jagged edges. However Noorduin’s crystals buck convention with their organic shapes that were created by manipulating chemical gradients in a beaker of fluid through a chemical reaction between Barium Chloride and Sodium Silicate. (via) “For at least 200 years, people have…

  • Jacob Everett’s Celebrity Doodled Portraits

    Danny Olda
    22 May 2013 | 10:00 am
    With your face close to Jacob Everett‘s ball point pen drawings, you’ll notice they look very similar to the endless swirling pen marks of a distracted mind.  The kind of meaningless doodles we may do while speaking on the phone.  If you zoom out, however, the doodles turn into detailed portraits of celebrities.  For his Well Known Faces series, Everett painstakingly arranges the tiny swirls to create huge portraits.  First, he sketches and graphs his subjects before layering them in swirls section by section.  He says of his work: “I am interested in the contrast…

  • Gifs of Creepy Clones by Erdal Inci

    Danny Olda
    22 May 2013 | 9:30 am
    In a way, endlessness is a fundamental characteristic of gifs.  However, the work of Turkish artist Erdal Inci, highlights this aspect of a medium in a style that is especially hypnotic and creepy.  Inci has worked in video for nearly ten years.  He’s since translated work into gifs using his same clone and light effects.  In them, he seems to produce an endless hoodied army of himself marching, sliding down handrails, hopping up and down stairs.  Though the action is brief, its repetitive nature makes it difficult to pull away your eyes.  All of the Erdal Inci clones in lockstep…

  • Kenny Scharf’s Psychedelic Pop Art

    Jené Gutierrez
    22 May 2013 | 9:00 am
    Whether through painting, illustration, sculpture, or installation, Kenny Scharf displays an aesthetic saturated with bright colors and playful figures. Think: Pee Wee’s Playhouse + Keith Haring on acid. With his work, Scharf seamlessly integrates pop culture into fun and fluid forms. With his pop culture appeal, it’s no surprise that Scharf has been commissioned to do commercial work by companies such as Kiehl’s, Vans, and Swatch. While other artists might have a different viewpoint on commercial work, for Scharf, the opportunity to bring his playful forms into everyday…

  • Mike Leavitt’s Famous Artist Action Figures

    Stacy Dacheux
    22 May 2013 | 8:30 am
    Mike Leavitt’s Intuition Kitchen churns out a plethora of playful and multidimensional pieces. From portable homeless shelters to wedding cake toppers and DIY vending machines, his career in the creative world knows no boundaries and ignores all stigmas. He just grabs inspiration and goes for it. For instance, Leavitt pays homage to Christo by shaping his image from polymer clay, a staple at Michaels or any craft supply store. This, and other Art Army Action Figures, embrace a lovely contrast between materials and content in an loveable and pitch perfect manner. It’s not just cheap…
 
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    99U

  • Home Bases and Outposts: The Smart Way to Manage Your Online Presence

    behanceteam
    22 May 2013 | 7:30 am
    The age-old saying goes “You never get a second chance to make a first impression.” Many of us have been told this since we were kids, and some of us even tell it to our own kids now. It’s an explanation for why we should dress presentably, speak politely and possibly obsesses about the firmness of our handshake. The trouble is that it’s just not true anymore. Like so many other common sense maxims, the internet has challenged its validity. Today, before you meet a potential client or interview with a prospective employer, your whole digital life is being examined. You’re being…

  • In Defense of Dumb Questions

    behanceteam
    22 May 2013 | 6:53 am
    Programmer Chris Maddox writes about the time he realized the benefit of expressing his opinions, even when he knew he had a lot to learn. He recalls a college economics class where Christina Romer, former Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers, was guest a lecturer: Far too often, I have seen peers cowed in the face of brilliance and, as such, failed to leave with any useful knowledge. Honestly, I wasn’t entirely sure if sending checks to Americans during the recession was a good idea. But I bet that if I told Christina Romer that the economics taught in our ivory tower ignored…

  • When Stuck, Talk It Out

    behanceteam
    21 May 2013 | 12:00 pm
    The difference between success and failure often lies in bouncing back and re-igniting the artistic fire we need to work. So how exactly can we bounce back into creating? Fred Waitzkin, author of Searching for Bobby Fisher, says bouncing ideas off his wife (or anyone, really) helps: I have a couple of friends that I rely upon. They are very perceptive about the human heart. I’ll talk quite specifically about what isn’t working in a section of my book. I listen closely to what they think. I’ve done this many times. My wife Bonnie has helped me many times like this. Here is the curious…

  • How To Talk To Important People

    behanceteam
    21 May 2013 | 8:30 am
    It doesn’t matter how creative you are, if you can’t communicate your vision to decision makers, you’ll forever be relegated to a supporting role. Like all communication, talking to busy people is all about empathy for the other person’s goals and priorities. Amy Jen Su and Muriel Maignan Wilkins write about the issue for the Harvard Business Review, using a client named Jason as an example: Jason often got mired in the details when communicating with higher level colleagues, and therefore missed opportunities to share his insights. To stop this from happening, he…

  • Manage Your Day-to-Day, the New Book from 99U, Is Now On Sale!

    behanceteam
    21 May 2013 | 6:17 am
    Today we’re thrilled to announce that our first book in a new 99U series, Manage Your Day-to-Day, is officially on sale! In the spirit of going behind the scenes on idea execution, I’d like to share the thinking behind how (and why) we built this book. Plus, some gorgeous detail shots of the book’s design… Manage Your Day-to-Day is not your typical “productivity” book. Based on our 5+ years of research here at 99U, we proceeded from a handful of counter-intuitive premises about what works—and doesn’t work—for creative professionals as we crafted…
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    Big Spaceship

  • Forward Thinking, Vol. 125

    s.wills
    17 May 2013 | 11:02 am
    To celebrate a long week of Big Spaceship link-sharing, this round up is getting virtual. We’re talking Google Maps, Oculus Rift, and holograms. 1. UI of cards Early this week, the rumor mill continued to churn around Apple’s move to flat design. It even spurred videos like this one that showcases one agency’s flat iOS 7 concepts. Also this week, Google I/O showcased Google+ and Google Maps makeovers that make ample use of cards. While cards are becoming a unifying element among Google’s products, whether they represent flat design or subconscious skeuomorphism is a point of…

  • Forward Thinking, Vol. 124

    s.wills
    10 May 2013 | 12:05 pm
    If you couldn’t tell, we love sharing links. In this week’s round up, we found inspiration in customer empathy, the rise of the scroll, and the epic search for the best to-do list. First, GI Joe tells it like it is… kind of. 1. One does not simply make a meme The Verge provides a contextual history of the GI Joe PSAs that went viral in 2003 – a time when “viral” didn’t exist. These 25 weird, short, videos made from re-edited GI Joe cartoons represented a very specific Internet moment that is hard-sought nowadays. Here’s an article that tackles the question “how does…

  • Forward Thinking, Vol. 123

    s.wills
    3 May 2013 | 9:22 am
    Welcome to our weekly round up of digital findings. This week, we’re talking bionic ears, atomic cinema, and the Death Star’s HR challenge. 1. Printing the human body Mobius bacon strips are cool and all, but this 3D-printed bionic ear is just one example of how tissue and electronics can combine to help us repair – or someday even replace – human body parts. The researchers involved hope to advance the seamless combination of sensors or other electronics with the human body – and to make this merger “less awkward.” By “less awkward,” they are almost certainly referencing…

  • Big Spaceship Wins a Webby for ShakeShack.com

    Rob
    2 May 2013 | 8:18 am
    It’s a proud moment in Burger/Internet history! The Webby Awards have selected ShakeShack.com as this year’s winner for Best Food & Drink Website. In 2012, Big Spaceship teamed up with Shake Shack to re-imagine their website in a way that brought their thoughtfulness online. The result is a deliberately simple user and admin experience with lots of small touches – just like the restaurants themselves. The team is honored and humbled by this achievement and will be proudly adding this to our list of Webby Awards past including HBO Voyeur, Adobe Flash On, and MoMa…

  • Forward Thinking, Vol. 122

    s.wills
    26 Apr 2013 | 9:40 am
    Welcome to our weekly round up of goings-on in media, technology, and animal GIFs. This week, we’re getting sci-fi with beep-boop machines, UFOs, and matching onesies. Let’s get started with some big news from the Kepler mission: 1. What makes another Earth Last week, NASA announced the discovery of three planets close to Earth’s size orbiting far-off, sun-like stars. They’re thought to lie in the so-called “Goldilocks zone” – a galactic sweet spot where it’s not too hot or too cold for liquid water. Although size and location of these planets…
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    BittBox

  • iStockphoto Promo Code – Save Over 50%!

    brantwilson
    22 May 2013 | 12:09 am
    Advertise here with BSAToday we have an iStockphoto promo code that is going to knock your socks off! A few weeks ago we shared with you Two Big iStock Promo Codes that we were pretty proud of. We thought they were so big that they were blog worthy and most of our visitors could use them. However, we were wrong. Today iStock reached out to us to let us know about a 24 hour sale they are running that has savings SO HUGE we’re not even sure how they can manage this. Today only iStockphoto is offering 50% off credits for vector illustrations! And the best part about this offer is that it…

  • Free Texture Tuesday: Blurred Treeline Bokeh

    Dustin Schmieding
    21 May 2013 | 7:37 am
    Advertise here with BSA

  • Free Graphic Pack with More Than 50 Resources

    calewhite
    20 May 2013 | 12:47 pm
    Advertise here with BSAThe design industry, especially the one related to web design is a wonderful place to work in…if you see it from the outside. Many clients are saying that a web designer’s work is similar to an artist’s life: he can freely create amazing things from scratch, he can work from anywhere and he can choose his tasks however he wants. This is not quite true: being a web designer means that you must have a lot of skills starting from technical knowledge, social abilities and the right resources, preferably free stuff such as free vectors, free .psd, free UI elements and…

  • Freebie Friday: 4 Simple Grit Brushes

    Dustin Schmieding
    17 May 2013 | 5:55 am
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  • Free Texture Tuesday: Grab Bag 30

    Dustin Schmieding
    14 May 2013 | 7:46 am
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    Boagworld - Web & Digital Advice

  • Who is your website manager?

    Paul Boag
    22 May 2013 | 4:00 am
    Who is ultimately responsible for your organisations website? Who has the vision, authority and passion? Without a website manager, your site will fail to achieve its potential.In my ongoing series of “things that GOV.UK have done right,” I find myself turning to the subject of website managers. Service manager = website manager GOV.UK is not really a single site, but more like a collection of services. Each service is required to have a service manager, who is ultimately responsible for that service. A service manager is normally a high ranking civil servant, somebody with the…

  • Never wireframe alone

    Paul Boag
    21 May 2013 | 4:00 am
    Most web designers consider the creation of wireframes an important part of their web design process. However, less consider it a group activity.I love creating wireframes. As I explain in my post the 7 wonders of wireframes I find they are invaluable. You can debate about how refined wireframes should be, but I think there can be little doubt that some form of wireframing is invaluable. Nevertheless, much of their power is lost if the designer produces wireframes in isolation. It’s only when they are used as a collaborative tool that they reach their potential. They are a tool for…

  • Podcasting for profit

    Paul Boag
    20 May 2013 | 4:00 am
    Podcasting - Does it have any relevance anymore? Is it a largely abandoned medium and even if you can build an audience, can you make any money out of it.Many believe that podcasting has had its day. It has been supplanted by Youtube, video channels and Netflix. Where once it demanded huge audiences and had advertisers fighting for ad space, it is now largely forgotten. It is certainly true that podcasting has declined. This is partly because video is seen as bigger and better and partly because the quality of many podcasts is so poor. That said, there is still a home for podcasting and that…

  • Definitive proof that design matters

    Paul Boag
    17 May 2013 | 4:30 am
    It is not unusual for usability experts to claim that aesthetics are not important. If a site is usable that is all that matters. However, that is simply not true - design matters.When a usability expert wants to get some attention they post about how good design doesn’t really matter and its all about ease of use. They are wrong, design matters. What they should be saying is that creating a usable experience is the first priority and that aesthetics follows that, but then again that doesn’t make such a good headline. Sometimes the aesthetics are even more important than the…

  • Skills, maintenance and proposals

    Paul Boag
    16 May 2013 | 4:00 am
    This week on little web design podcast we look at the key skills every web designer should have, how to win over clients and how to manage them over the long term.Paul Boag: This week on our little web design podcast, we look at the key skills every web designer should have, how to win over clients and how to manage them over the long-term. What skills do I need to be a web designer? How do you manage maintenance? How do you win over prospects? Links mentioned in the show Skip to comments Paul Boag: Hello, hello, hello, hello, Marcus. Marcus Lillington: Hello, Paul, how are you? Paul Boag:…
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    BOOOOOOOM!

  • Jeremy Couillard

    Jeff
    22 May 2013 | 2:46 pm
    Paintings by Jeremy Couillard. View the whole post: Jeremy Couillard over on BOOOOOOOM!.

  • Simon C. Page

    Jeff
    22 May 2013 | 3:51 am
    “Optical Ripple” by Simon C. Page. Love his poster designs. View the whole post: Simon C. Page over on BOOOOOOOM!.

  • Hellen Jo

    Jeff
    22 May 2013 | 3:36 am
    Drawings by Hellen Jo. View the whole post: Hellen Jo over on BOOOOOOOM!.

  • Raffertie “Build Me Up”

    Jeff
    22 May 2013 | 3:13 am
    Another stunner from director Vincent Haycock. Not super into the editing, but I love the mood here. Watch below! View the whole post: Raffertie “Build Me Up” over on BOOOOOOOM!.

  • Will Robson-Scott

    Jeff
    22 May 2013 | 2:58 am
    Photos by Will Robson-Scott. View the whole post: Will Robson-Scott over on BOOOOOOOM!.
 
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  • CSS and JavaScript tools to take your website to the next level

    Jean-Baptiste Jung
    13 May 2013 | 7:09 am
    Topcoat Topcoat is a very neat and clean library of CSS classes specialized in form elements: buttons, checkboxes, sliders, etc. A super easy way to make your website or app look good in minutes. Demo/Download: http://topcoat.io/ Countable.js As you can guess, countable.js is a JavaScript function to add live paragraph, word and character counting to any HTML element. It is very small and do not rely on any JS framework. Demo/Download: http://radlikewhoa.github.io/Countable/ iCheck Want super-looking checkboxes and radio buttons for your new web app? Then try iCheck, a jQuery plugin which…

  • Useful snippets to protect your WordPress blog against scrapers

    Jean-Baptiste Jung
    22 Apr 2013 | 7:36 am
    Force your WordPress blog to break out of frames Some scrapers display your blog in a frame to keep advantage of your content, and show their ads in another frame in order to try to make a few bucks. This code will force your blog to break out of the frames, so the visitor will only see your blog, not the scraper site. Just paste the code below into your functions.php file, save it, and you’re done. // Break Out of Frames for WordPress function break_out_of_frames() { if (!is_preview()) { echo "\n<script type=\"text/javascript\">"; echo "\n<!--";…

  • Hacks and snippets to enhance WordPress search engine

    Jean-Baptiste Jung
    8 Apr 2013 | 7:23 am
    Redirect to first post if only one post is found Let’s start with a handy snippet that will automatically redirect the reader to the post if only one post is found. Simply paste it in your functions.php file and you’re done. add_action('template_redirect', 'redirect_single_post'); function redirect_single_post() { if (is_search()) { global $wp_query; if ($wp_query->post_count == 1) { wp_redirect( get_permalink( $wp_query->posts['0']->ID ) ); } } } Source: http://www.paulund.co.uk/redirect-search-results… Display the number of results in…

  • Cross browser compatible HTML5 videos

    Jean-Baptiste Jung
    2 Apr 2013 | 7:48 am
    Step 1: Preparing files The first thing to do is to make sure your files are in the right format for HTML5 video playing. Right now, there’s no standard format so you’ll have to have multiple versions of the same file in order to serve the right format to the client browser. This is indeed the biggest problem with HTML5 videos right now. You’ll need the 3 following formats: The first is .mp4 (or .m4v) which is used on Apple products such as iPads, Safari, etc. The second format needed is .ogv, an open-source format used by Firefox. And the last one is .webm. Converting your…

  • Super useful jQuery plugins for responsive web design

    Jean-Baptiste Jung
    26 Mar 2013 | 8:16 am
    SlabText.js SlabText is a jQuery plugin that splits headlines into rows before resizing each row to fill the available horizontal space. Basically, it means that your headline will always look great whatever of the client screen size. Download: http://www.frequency-decoder.com/2012/01/08/slabtext-a-jquery-plugin… jQuery Masonry Masonry is a dynamic grid layout plugin for jQuery. Think of it as the flip-side of CSS floats. Whereas floating arranges elements horizontally then vertically, Masonry arranges elements vertically, positioning each element in the next open spot in the grid.
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  • iStock Coupon – Save Over 50% Off Vector Illustrations

    shawn
    22 May 2013 | 12:32 am
    Did you happen to use your iStock coupon we shared with you a few weeks ago? Incase you missed it posted about an iStock Promo Code to save 10% off your next purchase. However, today (and today only) we have for you the most insane discount we have ever seen from iStockphoto. For the next 24 hours you can save 50% off credits for vector illustrations. That’s right folks, FIFITY PERCENT OFF. And the best part about this whole deal? You can still use the coupon we shared with you a few weeks ago! Here it is again for your convenience: Please leave a comment below and let us know how…

  • WordPress Bootcamp: Ending Soon

    brantwilson
    20 May 2013 | 8:56 pm
    Just a quick reminder: Registration on LearnWebDevelopment.com’s WordPress Bootcamp is ending this week – May 23, 2013 at midnight. If you want to learn WordPress – and create your first website in just a few days – this is the bootcamp for you! You’ll learn how to build a fully-functioning website using WordPress faster than ever before. Grab your seat today. And, if you secure your seat by Thursday at midnight, you won’t have to wait for this unique training. Go here now to see what you’ll learn and what others are saying about LearnWebDevelopment.com’s training.

  • Helpful Tutorials for Building your First WordPress Plugin

    Jake Rocheleau
    10 May 2013 | 6:24 am
    Even developers who are familiar with the backend WordPress infrastructure may not have an easy time getting into plugin development. This requires a sincere level of commitment to study the ideologies and best practices. And although this will not take more than a week at most, it definitely requires a strong attitude towards working in PHP. I want to present a small collection of online tutorials geared towards educating new users about plugin development. If you are not familiar programming in PHP then this may be a step too far. Learning how to theme WordPress may be an easier place to…
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  • Colorful Paper Art by Yulia Brodskaya

    maryamtaheri
    22 May 2013 | 8:25 am
    I absolutely love colorful handcrafted items, and Yulia's paper crafts are breathtaking. I am so impressed by how Yulia was able to create such intricate works of art by only using paper. What do you think of these amazing pieces?

  • Colorful Typography Print by Katie Daisy

    maryamtaheri
    21 May 2013 | 7:00 am
    The Wheatfield by Katie Daisy is a collection of gorgeous and and unique typography art pieces. I've absolutely fallen in love with these pieces. Each art piece is comprised of gorgeous colors, and I can't get enough of these colorful prints. Which is your favorite? Every image will take you directly to Katie's work by clicking through on the image. Looking to create similar stunning typography art pieces? Check out these awesome items from Creative Market to create stunning typography pieces:

  • Go Media + Creative Market

    maryamtaheri
    20 May 2013 | 7:52 am
    Creative Market, your ultimate resource for handcrafted, mousemade design is pleased to announce that Go Media is now selling goods on their platform. Go Media brings great design to life with their awesome products. Check out some of my favorite products in their storefront and start getting creative today with Go Media.

  • Pattern Trend 2013: Animal Print

    maryamtaheri
    17 May 2013 | 9:41 am
    Everywhere I go, I seem to see large or small animal accents in clothing stores and home decor and furnishing retailers. I absolutely love animal print, and am so happy to see more and more of it popping up and being popular. How would you incorporate small or large animal accents into your home or outfit. How animalistic do you want to be? Check out some of these awesome uses of animal print for your inspiration: Check out these awesome patterns for inspiration: If you're looking for more creative inspiration, check out Creative Market's awesome selection of animal print vectors, patterns,…

  • Colorful Clothes from Around the World

    maryamtaheri
    16 May 2013 | 8:25 am
    I love looking at gorgeous fabrics from around the world and seeing the different styles of patterns and textures across different cultures. It's surprising to find so many amazing differences and variations of similar patterns. It's also interesting to find how different cultures view certain colors and which colors are favored over others. Here are some of my favorite fabrics and patterns from around the world: If you enjoyed these colorful clothes from around the world, check out these amazing patterns from Creative Market. You can incorporate these awesome fabrics into a variety of…
 
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  • 6 Apps to Help You Learn HTML5

    Susie Francis
    21 May 2013 | 12:52 am
    Advertise here with BSAIt’s often hard to keep up with all the updates for online languages but if you want to stay ahead of the game and forge a career in design and web development grasping new updates quickly is a must. Released in December 2012, HTML5 is still a relative new kid on the block in the web development world. Featuring a host of improved features, including video, audio and canvas elements, HTML5 is set to sync all the previous elements of past HTML developments.If you’re still struggling to get to grips with the new and updated HTML5 you can always turn to the trusty…

  • Elegant Themes Giveaway Winners

    Alex
    21 May 2013 | 12:14 am
    Advertise here with BSAEarlier this month we hosted a giveaway with the good guys at Elegant Themes, giving away 3 x 1 year developer accounts.The winnersmissneatz Mark BottomleyPrayag VermaThe winners will be notified by email so he can claim their prize. A big thanks to all who participated and don’t forget to subscribe to the RSS feed if you didn’t already. 

  • Top 10 : Tips for Creating Beautiful Logo Designs

    Alice Freriksen
    19 May 2013 | 8:37 am
    Advertise here with BSACreating a logo is one of the most difficult processes for a designer, because it must be able to find the right mix between graphic symbols and typographic that is able to identify a company or product in order to differentiate it from its competitors on the market.The design is not stops at the graphics, but it requires a study on a communicative level, because the logo should convey a message unique, safe and precise, but it must also be original, compact and adaptable.Here are 10 basic rules that I suggest you follow for the creation of an effective logo.Designed in…

  • Study Case : 10 Inspirational Product Page Designs

    Rob Toledo
    16 May 2013 | 5:27 am
    Advertise here with BSAThere’s no longer any doubt that ecommerce is the shopping experience of the future. More and more brick and mortar stores see the potential of jumping into the online market, and new ecommerce shops are opening left and right. The only problem is that there’s a whole new set of considerations that come with setting up a store online, and a lot of businesses fall short of what they could be doing.The most important component of any ecommerce site is its product pages; they’re where customers spend the majority of their time on the site, and they’re the pages…

  • Hairdresser Business Card Template

    Alex
    14 May 2013 | 5:45 am
    Advertise here with BSAWe are continuing the business card templates freebies series by releasing an elegant hairdresser business card template, free to download from our design shop, We Sell Design.The download archive includes 2 PSD files, for both the front and back sides of the business card. The font size makes use of some hair styling vectorial shapes and brushes and the font used is Brush Scipt MT.Featuresprint readyfully layeredfully editableCMYK300 dpi3.75 x 2.25 inch, including bleed edges.PreviewDownloadDownload from We Sell Design.
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  • 100 Minimal Hotel Icons by An1ken Creative + Giveaway

    Editorial Staff
    17 May 2013 | 7:59 am
    Hey guys and girls, we are announcing the new icon set that has just gone live by An1ken Creative. The 100 Minimal Hotel Icon Set features 100 high quality icons designed in 9 different categories. The icons cover most of the services and amenities that are available in the hotel industry today. We are taking this opportunity to introduce you to the new icon set and then giveaway 5 sets on Creativeoverflow to our loved readers. 100 Minimal Hotel Icons | $9.99 You can preview the full pack on www.an1kencreative.com | You can buy it on the site for $9.99. Making it a measly $0.10 per icon. What…

  • 11 Beautiful Minimalistic Websites

    Jacques van Heerden
    15 May 2013 | 5:53 am
    The trend in web design has been hovering over minimalism for quite some time now. The vast majority of new sites popping up showcases ultra minimalism in the format of subtle color use, clean and thin lines and beautiful cover pieces of information for their intended client/reader base. The website that I have listed below does just that. They communicate their raw transcript to pull your attention where it is needed and then showcases their product at hand. Night Owl Interactive Our clients spend a lot of time with the Night Owls as well as in our studio. We’ve poured our hearts into…

  • 10 Must Have Magento Extensions

    Guest Author
    8 May 2013 | 8:29 am
    Magento has come up to be a leader in the world for setting up and running online stores of different kinds and till now, more than 1 25 000 online stores have been set up using this platform. Magento provides its users with every feature possible but there are times when everything cannot be worked out, and for this we have the Magento extensions available in high number and excellence in their usability and features. The success of Magneto has been unprecedented and this is the reason why, a number of good developers around the world have contributed in making it an even better in terms of…

  • 30 High-Quality Vector & PSD Ribbons

    Guest Author
    7 May 2013 | 8:15 am
    Ribbons are very popular elements to brighten up a design. No matter whether you are creating a congratulation card, print advertisement, website or any different type of design, it’s the perfect way to put some life to your design. As ribbons can be very eye-catching they are popular to use when promoting offers, coupons and similar types of things. In this collection you will find a great mixture of PSD and vector ribbons. All are of very high-quality and suitable for today’s type of design. If you find a ribbon design you find appealing, simply click the image, download it and…

  • Understanding the Trend In Minimalism

    Guest Author
    30 Apr 2013 | 2:16 pm
    There have been more and more sparse, sleek designs cropping up on the web; some like the new look, but others miss the skuemorphic familiarity of older, more tactile sites. If you’re not familiar with the term, skueomorphism is the practice of incorporating the look of an object that was made in another material. An example that’s often used is Apple’s Newsstand app, which is made to look like a bookshelf populated by miniature newspapers and magazines. Other examples include folders on your desktop that are shaped like a folder in the physical world, or a digital calendar or address…
 
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  • Logic in Media Queries

    Chris Coyier
    22 May 2013 | 12:06 pm
    Just in case you have brain farts about this constantly like I do. If That's what media queries are: logical if statements. "If" these things are true about the browser, use the CSS inside. And The keyword and. @media (min-width: 600px) and (max-width: 800px) { html { background: red; } } Or Comma separate. @media (max-width: 600px), (min-width: 800px) { html { background: red; } } Technically these are treated like to separate media queries, but that is effectively and or. Not Reverse the logic with the keyword not. @media not all and (max-width: 600px) { html { background: red; } } Just…

  • CSS-Tricks Chronicle XIII

    Chris Coyier
    21 May 2013 | 2:24 pm
    I'll be speaking at the upcoming Front End Design Conference in Florida. If you have tickets, see you there! If not, sorry, this one is sold out. I recently spoke at TXJS, and they recorded the talks, so mine and a bunch of others are available on their Vimeo channel. Next week I head out for Graves Mountain, as I do every year. So this week I'm planning for that, both getting ready for it as well as getting ready to be unplugged for the week. ShopTalk is going strong! We have lots of great guests lined up. We've recorded a show in advance to air while I'm away at Graves. I'm sure we'll have…

  • Prepros

    Chris Coyier
    20 May 2013 | 7:14 am
    Is an open-source app modeled after CodeKit. Prepros runs on Windows where CodeKit is Mac only. From people who have tried it, it seems good. Direct Link to Article — Permalink jQuery Conference Portland 2013 has a limited number of regular tickets still available. Two days. Two tracks. Fresh speakers. Jun 13-14. $50 off for members of the jQuery Foundation. Join today and get your first year of fan dues paid for with purchase of both a training and conference ticket. Training provided by Bocoup on Jun 12. Use coupon code CSSTricks25off for $25 off. Prepros is a post from CSS-Tricks

  • Chrome’s requestAutocomplete()

    Chris Coyier
    20 May 2013 | 7:09 am
    Auto-filling forms is nice because it saves time and is less prone to user error. Even better is not even needing to see a form in the first place. Direct Link to Article — Permalink jQuery Conference Portland 2013 has a limited number of regular tickets still available. Two days. Two tracks. Fresh speakers. Jun 13-14. $50 off for members of the jQuery Foundation. Join today and get your first year of fan dues paid for with purchase of both a training and conference ticket. Training provided by Bocoup on Jun 12. Use coupon code CSSTricks25off for $25 off. Chrome’s…

  • Replace the Image in an with CSS

    Guest Author
    20 May 2013 | 5:43 am
    The following is a guest post by Marcel Shields. Marcel in a difficult place where he needed to change the image on a page but didn't have access to the HTML. Rare, but I'm sure we've all be in weird situations like this. He explains how he managed to replace that image without needing to access the HTML or JavaScript. Also turns out to be a pretty good way to replace anything with an image. I just wanted to share something I found really cool about using CSS box-sizing. Chris wrote a really good introduction a few years back if you're not familiar with the property. It makes things a lot…
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  • A billboard that turns air into drinkable water

    David Airey
    17 May 2013 | 7:11 am
    Probably the best billboard I’ve ever seen. Photo credit: Draftfcb / UTEC Situated outside the small community of Bujama, Peru, it cost around $32,000 to make, and creates approximately 100 litres of drinkable water every day. “It works by condensing vapour in the air (humidity in the region is around 98 per cent) into water, before passing it through a series of filters and running it under UV lamps for further purification. The clean water is then collected in a tank and dispensed through a tap which can be used by anyone walking past.” Quoted from Creative Review. The…

  • More on unpaid internships

    David Airey
    7 May 2013 | 6:52 am
    Photo by Nick Loyless We talked about unpaid internships back in 2011, and the topic generated a fair bit of chat in the comment thread. Here’s a question from a recent commentator. “I worked at a social enterprise as an unpaid intern last winter and my friends all questioned why I would do an unpaid job. [...] “The social enterprise, which is kind of between a normal company and an NGO, aims to hire a large amount of interns for a short-term continuous labour source. They only have several full-time workers. Do you think this plan is sustainable?” I don’t. The…

  • New work: Virtulos

    David Airey
    25 Apr 2013 | 8:10 pm
    Here’s something I worked on in February and March for São Paulo-based Virtulos. I created three design options for my client, and you can view more info about the chosen direction over on the Virtulos portfolio page. Brand identity inspiration on Identity Designed.

  • Only 4% of women consider themselves beautiful

    David Airey
    16 Apr 2013 | 8:33 am
    “Women are their own worst beauty critics. In fact, only 4% of women around the world consider themselves beautiful. Dove is committed to building positive self-esteem and inspiring all women and girls to reach their full potential. That’s why we decided to conduct a compelling social experiment that proves to women something very important: You are more beautiful than you think.” For this latest experiment in the Real Beauty campaign, Dove and Ogilvy hired Gil Zamora, an FBI-trained forensic artist, to sketch women two ways: the first in their own words, the second in the…

  • From the reader #18

    David Airey
    11 Apr 2013 | 3:54 am
    Smells like design sales. A short post on A List Apart about win/lose pitch ratios and designers selling themselves. Some decent comments in the thread, too. I don’t know what a big thinker is, and Forbes isn’t exactly a regular read, but this was interesting: The world in 2033: big thinkers and futurists share their thoughts. A bird ballet. Beautiful. “It’s not where you take things from — it’s where you take them to.” — JEAN-LUC GODARD Quoted from designmadeingermany.de. As a healthier old age is supposed to await (most of) us, a professor argues that…
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  • iStock Promo – Save 50% Off Vectors

    Brant Wilson
    21 May 2013 | 10:18 pm
    Advertise here with BSAListen up guys! Today we have an iStock promo that is SO BIG it is only available for 24 hours so we don’t want you to miss it! Today iStockphoto is offering 50% off credit downloads for vector illustrations. What makes this offer even better is that we still have several other iStock promo codes that still work that can be combined with today’s 50% off discount. Never have a I seen a discount this large from iStockphoto. You do the math. Click below to grab this coupon code and start browsing iStockphoto. iStock Promo Details Click on the button above to…

  • WordPress Bootcamp Ending Soon

    Brant Wilson
    20 May 2013 | 8:49 pm
    Advertise here with BSAJust a quick reminder: Registration on LearnWebDevelopment.com’s WordPress Bootcamp is ending this week – May 23, 2013 at midnight. If you want to learn WordPress – and create your first website in just a few days – this is the bootcamp for you! You’ll learn how to build a fully-functioning website using WordPress faster than ever before. Grab your seat today. And, if you secure your seat by Thursday at midnight, you won’t have to wait for this unique training. Go here now to see what you’ll learn and what others are saying about…

  • User Interface Icons for Web Applications

    Jake Rocheleau
    20 May 2013 | 6:37 am
    Advertise here with BSAThere are so many newly released icon sets which are free to download and use in your own projects. Building a website application will take a lot of time and patience. If you are using a CMS or backend programming framework then it might shave off some time. But overall you will be dedicated to finishing your projects in a decent timeframe. It is worth taking any help which can hasten the completion date. I feel these small user interface icon sets will provide a lot of benefit to web developers. Creating webapps specifically for mobile and desktop computers are not…

  • Budding Design Trends for Custom Video Players

    Jake Rocheleau
    17 May 2013 | 7:29 am
    Advertise here with BSAVideo players both HTML5 and flash-based are becoming more popular. Faster Internet connections are leading towards a full technological breakthrough all around the world. We are now able to share content with people in almost every country – and streaming video is one of the cornerstones to Internet media. I want to look into just a few video player styles from some popular social networking websites. Of course YouTube is known as one of the titans in the industry. But there are some other savvy companies and startups which are pushing the boundaries for online…
 
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    Desizn Tech

  • Understanding Color Theory and the Color Wheel

    Carrie Cousins
    22 May 2013 | 5:23 am
    Sometimes the toughest step in building a new website or redesign can be the conceptual ones. Selecting a color palette is one of them that can be tough if you don’t have the right tools. So where do you start? It all comes down to basic color theory and the color wheel. That same tool that teachers used in school really is the basis for how designers plan and use color in almost every project from the simplest web page to expansive brands with multiple sites and campaigns. Basic Color Theory Scientifically speaking, color is the visual presence of light in different wavelengths and relates…

  • 25 Stunning Fractal Art Images for Your Inspiration

    Rose
    20 May 2013 | 2:11 pm
    A fractal is a geometric pattern that is repeated (iterated) at ever smaller (or larger) scales to produce (self similar) irregular shapes and surfaces that cannot be represented by classical (Euclidian) geometry. Fractals are used especially in computer modeling of irregular patterns and structures found in nature [1]. What’s cool about fractals is that they are infinite, and with all the vivid colors and hypontizing shapes, fractal art images can be quite complex but in an impressive way. In this article, we are going to share with you a collection of 25 stunning hand-picked fractal…

  • 35 Highly Effective Examples of Hand-Drawn Elements in Web Design

    Carol Francis
    14 May 2013 | 5:27 am
    Using hand-drawn elements in web design can portray many different styles from casual to relatively formal. Hand-drawn elements can convey the message that the site is friendly and approachable. They can also suggest a trail of thought, or a collection of ideas – an ideal message for designers and developers to project. This article is showcasing a collection of website designs that incorporate hand-drawn elements in many different styles, sending out many different messages to their readership! Hand-Drawn Elements in Web Design Data Mojo Eric Lagarda PictoPro Ideal Hut Two Years Together…

  • Free Grunge Graffiti Wall Textures

    Andrea Donetti
    10 May 2013 | 5:58 am
    Grunge textures can really work well as a background or overlay for posters, flyers, brochures and so on. Today we are sharing a new set of grunge graffiti wall textures. This set includes high-resolution colorful grunge graffiti wall texture set (51.1 Mb). All images are in jpeg format. Download each textures by clicking on them (4252 × 2835) or download all textures in the zipped file. Download The post Free Grunge Graffiti Wall Textures appeared first on Desizn Tech. Related posts: Free Grunge Wall Texture Pack 5 High Res Grunge Wall Textures Free High Res Grunge Paper Textures

  • Review: Inexpensive High Quality Logos at Depositphotos

    Kawsar Ali
    1 May 2013 | 10:18 am
    Depositphotos is well known as one of the “main players” of microstock industry on the internet. They have proven it by showing significant growth from time to time. Since it was founded in 2009, this microstock agency has recorded over 14 million files uploaded into their library with nearly 1 million customers. This company has committed to be able to provide high quality images with low prices for their buyers and good royalty for their contributors. So, no wonder that over a hundred thousand stock files are added every week. Depositphotos’ stock files are divided into three: photos,…
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  • Deal of the Week: WordPress Shortcodes Plugin +3 Extra Premium Themes

    Jake Rocheleau
    19 May 2013 | 7:09 pm
    Most developers have spent a bit of time using WordPress as it is one of the more stable platforms available. Plugins and themes are the cornerstone to easy design changes. Customizing your own website can be tough, however a CMS is always a better solution to save yourself the manual labor. This current deal is offering a complete WordPress shortcodes plugin along with 3 extra premium themes for WP. The Lizatom Shortcodes plugin has garnered quite a bit of attention for such a small product. It contains over 5,000 different shortcodes which you may use inside your WordPress posts or pages.

  • Design Focus: Building Navigation

    Sophia Lucero
    17 May 2013 | 6:10 am
    This week we’re featuring designs that use buildings to represent parts of their site’s navigation. Does this interaction design technique make browsing around more effective? Let’s find out. Designs of the Week Create unique, extraordinary websites with Squarespace. No experience necessary! Isis & Norma Ltd. The buildings at the top are layered and move with the parallax effect as your mouse cursor does. They also appear in a bottom up transition when you load the page, somewhat alluding to a structures being built from the ground up. I like the illustration style on…

  • Content Management Systems for a Fast Backend

    Guest Blogger
    13 May 2013 | 2:38 am
    Web designers are not often concerned with the performance of their website. This is often left up to the developer(s) who need to cater both frontend and backend codes. Considering how popular the open source movement has become I wanted to delve a bit deeper into which solutions may provide the quickest user access. I have toyed around with many various CMS engines and there are plenty of ideas worth considering. But we need to think about which CMS solutions will be most useful to people accessing your website around the world. Which systems are the most stable and easy to install,…

  • Design Focus: Ampersands

    Sophia Lucero
    3 May 2013 | 6:04 am
    A short list of websites where the & symbol is the star. Grab some inspiration from everyone’s favorite typographic mark. Designs of the Week Get solid WordPress themes, plugins, and web design training from iThemes. Art, Copy & Code If you’re wondering why the color scheme looks familiar to you, that’s because it’s actually from the ubiquitous Google. Aside from being section markers on the side, even the icons carry the trademark four colors as accents. The interactions combine both vertical and horizontal uncovering effects—the former for scrolling…

  • Rising Trends in Modern Website Design

    Guest Blogger
    1 May 2013 | 3:20 am
    The field of web design has been growing by leaps and bounds. Over the past 2 years we have seen tremendous strides in the realm of CSS3, jQuery, browser support, and HTML5 webpage elements. Most developers are willing to move towards these trends and build a semantic community based around similar goals and ideologies. The Internet has taken the world by storm and we are not letting up. There are more young web designers joining the ranks every day. I think it is a noble cause and provides a means for quickly distributing information. When people first get into studying web design there are…
 
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  • Papercraft Finalists Announced: We Need Your Help!

    Andrew Gibbs
    22 May 2013 | 7:00 am
    The Dieline Package Design Conference 2013 is about elevating package design as an industry, and elevating the package designer’s role in the marketing mix. It’s about pushing yourself to become a better package designer, elevating your craft, finding your inspiration, and learning the tools you need to elevate your career.  Many people entered The Dieline Papercraft Challenge to challenge themselves, their craft, creativity, and originality.   Now, we need your help to select the winner! The project that receives that most Facebook likes or Twitter shares will be…

  • Wiener Honig

    Jessica Sanchez
    22 May 2013 | 6:30 am
    Wiener Honig is a Vienna based brand specialized in producing organic honey. It was founded by two friends who missed their favorite honey while they where working abroad. Originally they started out with two varieties, now stocking over a dozen. Ranging from ”Apfelstrudel“ to honey with poppyseed. The idea was to create a design that highlights the beauty of the product. The simple package displays the different colors and textures of the varieties. The honey speaks for itself. The project included packaging as well as screen design.    

  • Anchor Up

    Tiffanie Pfrang
    22 May 2013 | 6:00 am
    "The Cocktail Anchor was created and designed after a Super Storm Sandy, flooded-out Hoboken resident. For every anchor shaker set sold this summer, 10% of profits will go to Rebuild Hoboken. Anchor-Up is a response in to help rebuild the coastal community by building upon small luxuries in toasting celebrations throughout this summer." We love the idea behind using a shaker as a packaging devise and let the anchors themselves show through with their vibrant colors, under the tag line, "It’s the Summer to rebuild. Anchor-Up."    

  • Jonathan Adler Muse Collection, Salt and Pepper Shakers

    Tiffanie Pfrang
    22 May 2013 | 5:30 am
    Jonathan Adler's Studio in SOHO updated thier Mr. & Mrs. Muse Salt & Pepper Shakers for modern families. We love the colors chosen for each set of shakers to include a Mr. & Mr. and Mrs. & Mrs. set. The typography looks simple, yet elegant. You can definitely see the attention to detail the designers put into the type - note how the full stop lined up with the shoulder of the " r ".  Check out the rest of the collection, Mrs & Mrs set and the orginal Mr. & Mrs. collection after the jump!       

  • The Dieline's Top 20 Playing Card Decks

    Tiffanie Pfrang
    22 May 2013 | 5:00 am
    The Dieline team has selected our Top 20 playing cards deck designs that we have found over the years. Some, like Theory11's Animal Kingdom was designed for a good cause in mind - many tap into artistic styles and pop culture or inspiration. Each deck is unique in its own way. Those that are commercially produced are done with exquisite craftmenship - others more conceptual. We hope you enjoy our selection. Maybe you have one that we haven't discovered. Share with us!    
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  • iStock Coupon – Save up to 60% Off Vectors With This Offer

    brantwilson
    21 May 2013 | 11:38 pm
    Advertise here with BSAThis might be the best iStock coupon we’ve ever seen. We’ve featured a few iStockphoto coupon codes on this blog before, but never have we seen a deal like this! Today only, iStockphoto is offering 50% off credits for vector illustrations. The best part about this deal is that it can be combined with our exclusive coupon code to save even more! You have 24hrs to stock up on the credits you’ll need for the rest of the year! Here’s a 10% off code we found that you can use (click the button below) and make sure you enter this at check out!  …

  • WordPress Bootcamp: Ending Soon

    brantwilson
    20 May 2013 | 8:53 pm
    Advertise here with BSAJust a quick reminder: Registration on LearnWebDevelopment.com’s WordPress Bootcamp is ending this week – May 23, 2013 at midnight. If you want to learn WordPress – and create your first website in just a few days – this is the bootcamp for you! You’ll learn how to build a fully-functioning website using WordPress faster than ever before. Grab your seat today. And, if you secure your seat by Thursday at midnight, you won’t have to wait for this unique training. Go here now to see what you’ll learn and what others are saying about…

  • 34 Handy PSDs From Dribbble

    brantwilson
    16 May 2013 | 6:20 am
    Advertise here with BSAToday we have decided to collect 34 useful psds from dribbble. If you like this post you might also enjoy our previous posts below. 40 Useful PSDs From Dribbble Some Icons + PSD iPhone 5 Grid 44 Shades of Free Icons Freebie PSD: Flat UI Kit 80 Shades of White Icons Rethinking the new Yahoo (FREE PSD) Rated.PSD now available for download! Instagram “Concept” (PSD) Free responsive wireframes (GIF) UI Kit (PSD) Freebie PSD: Flat UI Kit 2 (Blog) Freebie PSD: Flat UI Kit 2 (Blog) Event Members – Free PSD Free Player Player Icon Freebie iPhone Ui Weather…
 
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  • Drawn 2005-2013

    johnmartz
    20 May 2013 | 12:42 pm
    Drawn 2005-2013: Drawn is dead. Long live Drawn. Thank you, everyone. johnmartz: Drawn in 2005. 2005 Have you heard of these things called blogs? Blogging wasn’t new in 2005, but it was still a niche hobby for the technologically minded. I had been maintaining a personal blog, and was a regular blog reader. I saw multiple-author blogs devoted to certain subjects and… Continue reading

  • It looks like Lydia Nichols has mastered her fine arts - and...

    davidhuyck
    8 May 2013 | 10:16 am
    It looks like Lydia Nichols has mastered her fine arts - and how! Check out these projects and more (thirteen total!) from her corner of the Good Measure MFA Thesis Exhibition at the Tyler School of Art Graphic and Interactive Design. Her colors and her facility with the printing process and layering make her work bright and crisp, and it all looks like wonderfully functional work as well. From her description of the projects: Tyler’s program focuses heavily on authorship, so most of the projects include research, authorship, design, and illustration. Personally,I don’t have the…

  • Scott Gwynn hurt his drawing hand so his left hand is picking up...

    mrjakeparker
    6 May 2013 | 10:20 am
    Scott Gwynn hurt his drawing hand so his left hand is picking up the slack. Love the looseness of these drawings. Might be a good exercise to try switching hands every once and while. Forces you to think about shape and over all design rather than surfacey stuff like line and texture. Hope your hand gets well soon, Scott! More great work on Scott’s tumblr.

  • neo-rama: arecomicsevengood: Koyama Press is putting out issue...

    dharbin
    30 Apr 2013 | 3:43 pm
    neo-rama: arecomicsevengood: Koyama Press is putting out issue 3 of Ryan Cecil Smith’s S.F. later this year. Ryan Cecil Smith is one of my favorite cartoonists, period, and S.F. is at the top of my must-buy list—you can still get #1 and 2, along with the excellent S.F. Supplementary File(s), at his site. Very excited to see him get the Koyaman treatment. I don’t know who designed that cover, but oo-wee!

  • peowpress: Elliot Alfredius Ghibli Tribute. Magic Registry + 3...

    mrjakeparker
    26 Apr 2013 | 8:10 am
    peowpress: Elliot Alfredius Ghibli Tribute. Magic Registry + 3 Colors.  Elliot set out to create characters that would fit into an imaginary Ghibli movie. I’d say he nailed it. More great work on his tumblr: http://elliotalfredius.tumblr.com/ And here too: http://www.peowstudio.com/elliot/
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  • Studio diary 2013: part 2

    Elliot Jay Stocks
    15 May 2013 | 1:00 am
    Whilst listening to the iPod on Shuffle Play the other day, an old track of mine came on. It was one I wrote as part of a score for a friend’s short film, back in 2002 when I was in my first year at Uni. My wife remarked, ‘I quite like some of this older stuff — it’s a bit more accessible.’ We listened through the track (I usually skip any of my own stuff that comes on) and I found myself agreeing. It was one of those quick, throw-away, off-the-cuff compositions that — like the occasional quick, throw-away, off-the-cuff design — can actually turn out better than…

  • You should come to ConfShop

    Elliot Jay Stocks
    10 May 2013 | 9:00 am
    On Friday 5th July, Keir and I are hosting a brand new event in London called Insites: ConfShop. Does the web industry really need another event? Well, we believe that ConfShop is different. Here’s why: It takes the best parts of a conference (the social stuff, the ‘big picture’ lessons) and combines them with the best parts of a workshop (the small small groups, the ease of participation). Drawing influence from last year’s Insites: The Xmas Special — which turned into a sort of intimate self-help group for webbies — and from grassroots events run by our friends…

  • Typographica’s favourite typefaces of 2012

    Elliot Jay Stocks
    18 Mar 2013 | 7:00 am
    2012 turned out to be a good year: not only did the world not end, but some rather nice typefaces came into being, too. So it was with great pleasure and honour that I accepted Stephen Coles’ invitation to contribute to Typographica’s favourite typefaces of 2012. I reviewed Tabac Slab, Tomáš Brousil’s latest addition to his Tabac (serif / sans / mono) superfamily. As I mentioned in the review, I’m somewhat partial to slabs anyway, but Tabac Slab really is a beautiful face. I might even use it for a forthcoming new publication I’m working on. Nudge nudge, wink wink. I…

  • Beware the free, invisible service

    Elliot Jay Stocks
    14 Mar 2013 | 3:00 am
    Checking Twitter over breakfast this morning, my feed was alive with furore over Google’s decision to retire Google Reader, and I’m not ashamed to say that I joined in, too. Of course, we all know that RSS isn’t particularly well-adopted outside the web / tech industry, so it’s perhaps not entirely surprising to see Google kill (what they consider to be) a niche product. What is worrying, though, is that this is yet another example of a product meeting its demise because it’s free. How many apps and services that you know and love are only in existence because…

  • Hello, I’m a human being

    Elliot Jay Stocks
    4 Mar 2013 | 4:00 am
    Hi there. My name is Elliot and I’m the human being behind this blog, my Twitter account, and the numerous other forms my identity takes online. I’m the human being who reads your nasty, snide, and downright unnecessary tweets. They may be sent to my digitally-abstracted Twitter account, but they are read — and felt — by me. The human being. I know a few other human beings, too. They are the real, living, breathing, emotionally-responsive creatures behind the accounts at which you so readily hurl your abuse. There are many generous people out there who are kind enough to take…
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  • FYI Monday: Beautiful Geometric Illustrations by Hvass&Hannibal

    Franz Jeitz
    20 May 2013 | 7:31 am
    This post is part of the For Your Inspiration Monday series showcasing the most inspiring designs out there. Each week a new artist or design style will be presented in order to get your creative juices flowing for the upcoming week. I hope you enjoy the series. Hvass&Hannibal is a multi-disciplinary arts and design studio based in Copenhagen, founded by Nan Na Hvass & Sofie Hannibal in 2006. All of their designs combine vibrant colour palettes with geometric shapes to great effect. For more inspiration make sure to visit www.hvasshannibal.dk.

  • M2: Free May 2013 Calendar Wallpaper

    Franz Jeitz
    6 May 2013 | 9:29 am
    This post is part of the free calendar wallpaper series. Each month I create a new wallpaper featuring the current calendar. Looking at the same image over and over again is not very stimulating. Hence having a new desktop background each month should help getting your creative juices flowing. The May 2013 Calendar Wallpaper, entitled M2, is minimal geometric design using fresh, summery colours. As the name suggests, this is a stylised form of the letter M (for May). The typography infused with vibrant colours, subtle textures and block shapes should get you in the mood for the upcoming hot…

  • FYI Monday: Stunning Portrait Illustrations by Adam Spizak

    Franz Jeitz
    29 Apr 2013 | 4:11 am
    This post is part of the For Your Inspiration Monday series showcasing the most inspiring designs out there. Each week a new artist or design style will be presented in order to get your creative juices flowing for the upcoming week. I hope you enjoy the series. Adam Spizak is a Polish multidisciplinary illustrator and designer currently based in London, UK. Combining Cinema 4D with Photoshop Adam manages to create vibrant portrait illustrations of popular characters that’ll make your jaw drop. For more inspiration make sure to check out spizak.com where you get to see close-ups…

  • FYI Monday: Wicked Hand Lettering Designs by Sean McCabe

    Franz Jeitz
    22 Apr 2013 | 2:08 am
    This post is part of the For Your Inspiration Monday series showcasing the most inspiring designs out there. Each week a new artist or design style will be presented in order to get your creative juices flowing for the upcoming week. I hope you enjoy the series. Sean McCabe is a hand lettering artist, type designer and illustrator from San Antonio, TX working under the moniker seanwes. I’ve been following Sean’s work for quite a while on Instagram and decided to give him the spotlight he deserves. I’ve recently gotten into the hand lettering typography myself and Sean as…

  • FYI Monday: Beautiful Vintage Illustrations by Andrew Fairclough

    Franz Jeitz
    15 Apr 2013 | 3:46 am
    This post is part of the For Your Inspiration Monday series showcasing the most inspiring designs out there. Each week a new artist or design style will be presented in order to get your creative juices flowing for the upcoming week. I hope you enjoy the series. Andrew Fairclough is an independent illustrator, designer and art-director from Sydney working under the moniker of Kindred Studio. I first stumbled across Andrew’s gorgeous vintage illustrations when researching gig poster. He really knows how to add grain, textures and halftone patterns to his illustrations for that…
 
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  • Student Designer Profile Chris Lissaman University of Derby

    Tara: Freelance Designer
    20 May 2013 | 6:48 am
    Graphic Design Student Chris Lissaman got in touch with me after seeing another graphic design student interview I did a while back and asked if he could do the same. I liked his work, so said yes. 1. What is you name and Design Portfolio URL? Name: Chris Lissaman Portfolio: http://www.facebook.com/ChrisLissamanDesign 2. What you are studying and where? I’m studying BA(Hons) Graphic Design at the University of Derby, and I’m in my 2nd year. 3. Please could you share some of your favourite pieces of your work and talk me through them? My projects are all start with a brief, and I…

  • 10 Of The Most Creative Wine Label Designs

    Tara: Freelance Designer
    13 May 2013 | 1:30 am
    A guest post by Josh, the social media marketing guru at DBP, a printing company specialising in banners, stickers and labels based in the UK. There must be thousands of varieties of wine and usually, when you’re looking down the aisles at the supermarket, very few of the labels really stand out. They’re usually quite generic and uninspiring. However, there are a handful of wine companies who really go that extra mile when it comes to designing and printing labels for their bottles. Here are some of those more creative examples for your inspiration. 1 Oggau Estate Oggau Estate is…

  • What Makes Your Designs Unique?

    Tara: Freelance Designer
    9 May 2013 | 2:19 am
    A guest post by Brian Morris, who writes for the PsPrint Design & Printing Blog. Every business and every individual employee has a unique selling point. Do you know what yours is? If not, it’s time determine exactly what is unique about your designs. Why do I need a unique selling point? If you’re a freelance designer, a unique selling point differentiates you from the competition. The same applies to designers employed by design firms or agencies. If you want to get the best clients or land the best jobs and promotions, you need to be able to demonstrate how you are better…

  • 5 Tips For Developing A High Converting Design

    Tara: Freelance Designer
    4 Apr 2013 | 1:27 am
    A guest post by Luke Clum Understanding what your niche audience wants from your ecommerce business plays a big part in enabling conversions. But a highly usable and intuitive design is what drives conversion rates to their potential. Apply these tips to your ecommerce site to improve your conversion rate. 1 – Improve your speed A web page that loads quickly (1-3 seconds) makes a much better impression of reliability and professionalism than slower sites do. Users want results fast, and if any part of your site loads slowly, they have more time to reconsider their purchase and abandon the…

  • 2013 Tax facts – What Should Freelance Designers be Aware of?

    Tara: Freelance Designer
    19 Mar 2013 | 7:53 am
    A guest post by Mark James who currently works in-house for small business accountants Crunch Photo credit: Alan Cleaver As I wrote a few months back, tax is taxing, mainly as it’s so tricky to keep track of, government after government fiddling with legislation. HMRC aren’t too helpful either, continually complicating matters by ushering in new schemes. This year’s no different and it promises to be one of the most tumultuous on the tax front. Come April 6th, swathes of changes are set to be unfurled and they could have varying implications for the freelance designer, impacting upon…
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  • 7 Ways for designers to boost energy – Health brings wealth!

    Charlie B. Johnson
    15 May 2013 | 4:29 am
      Have you realized that work and time have a deep bond? This is true because time is limited and work has to be completed in that phase. Perhaps, there is more to it. The more you work, the more you earn and the more you earn, the more stable your life becomes. Many people will agree to this but here I personally think that this is wrong. How can one expect to have a stable life when the health of that person is not good and exposed to constant problems? With more work come more stress, tensions and worries. In fact, the more you focus on work, the more you are cut from other…

  • The Paper Fox – Designs As Deceptive As A Fox

    Charlie B. Johnson
    3 May 2013 | 6:03 am
      A graphic designer named Jeremy Kool recently launched an app called “The Paper Fox”, which displays his tremendous creative and artistic skills. There are a number of pictures of 3D animals which appear to be paper-made, but in reality those pictures are created digitally. So great is its level of realism. If there was ever an age where graphic design has been at its peak, it is NOW! You get to see phenomenal artists every now and then. Five years ago, who would have ever thought that someone could digitally create paper-crafted 3D images? Without further ado, I present to…

  • What Role Emotions Play in Graphic Design?

    Charlie B. Johnson
    29 Apr 2013 | 4:44 am
      When it comes to web, logo, and graphic design, all people care about is gradient and color and contrast. Now I know that these aspects are important, but there’s something that is equally important (or probably even more) and that’s Emotion! Currently, “emotion in design” is one of the trending topics over the internet. You get to see several blog posts and discussions on the importance of incorporating it in one’s design. So it’s clear that there is a growing awareness of emotion design among the contemporary designers. For those who don’t know much about it, read on…

  • Breaking Up with Your Design Client? Do It Gracefully!

    Charlie B. Johnson
    27 Apr 2013 | 3:19 am
      Every healthy relationship requires equal amount of understanding and respect from each partner. As a graphic designer, you can’t always expect your client to be compromising and bully him with rude professionalism. Most of the times, it becomes a part of a designer’s job to educate his client about the procedure involved into creating a project. Similarly, some clients are so rude and stubborn that they get on your nerves, block your creative energy, and make you want to scream right on their faces. These clients deserve to be shunned because of their disrespectful behavior. If…

  • Realistic 3D Paintings Of Aquatic Life by Kenglye

    Charlie B. Johnson
    18 Apr 2013 | 11:21 pm
      Over the years I have come across many phenomenal artworks by prominent artists. But never have I seen artworks more vivifying and realistic than that of Keng Lye from his recent series “Alive without breath”. Even after gazing at it for several seconds, I wasn’t able to discern whether it was an artwork or a photograph. So tremendous is its level of realism.  You too will be in awe and obfuscation, once you see them. The artist begins by painting the fishes (note: he tries to use as little paint as possible). He then pours resin into the bowl. Thereafter, he…
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  • Six great Dropbox alternatives

    James
    21 May 2013 | 8:00 am
    You have Dropbox, right? C’mon, who hasn’t at least tried it? For those who haven’t, Dropbox is a simple way to sync files from one computer to others, and share files with family, friends, and co-workers. Dropbox has cemented itself as a staple of any multi-Mac user’s toolbox. It works near flawlessly, and couldn’t be easier to use. But there are plenty of alternatives out there that offer similar services, if not exactly the same ones. Here are a few that I’ve tried and really like. Most offer paid upgrades for more storage and features, but all are free…

  • Adobe InDesign CC: First Look

    James
    20 May 2013 | 8:00 am
    InDesign CC has been completely updated under the hood to offer better performance, more stability, and a modern architecture to support the growth of exciting new features for years to come. CreativePro has a first look at the new Adobe InDesign CC (Creative Cloud) version due in June. I can’t wait to use the new dark interface, and experience the speed increase! Related posts: Adobe Creative Cloud: The prices and the facts Adobe launches Creative Cloud and CS6 Common myths about Adobe Creative Cloud

  • Secrets of the InDesign Control Panel

    James
    16 May 2013 | 8:00 am
    It’s an old article covering Adobe InDesign CS5, but Secrets of the InDesign Control Panel is worth taking a look at because almost everything still applies to InDesign CS6 today. Related posts: Save space and never open the InDesign Swatches panel again Working with color in Adobe InDesign Access InDesign’s Text Wrap panel with this shortcut

  • Get cleaner strokes in Photoshop CS6

    James
    15 May 2013 | 9:00 am
    There are two ways to apply strokes to shape layers in Photoshop CS6 — via layer styles, which have been around since version 6 (that’s the ancient version 6.0, not CS6), or via the all-new vector shape options. They may appear similar at first glance, but there’s some significant differences. Bjango has put together an excellent post on getting higher quality strokes in Photoshop CS6 that’s definitely worth a quick read! Related posts: Free brush strokes Photoshop brushes Adding gradient strokes to type in Adobe Illustrator Cool Site: Photoshop Style A Day

  • Overlooked features of OS X’s Finder Path Bar

    James
    14 May 2013 | 9:00 am
    Open a Finder window (Finder > New Finder Window) and then choose View > Show Path Bar. The Path Bar appears at the bottom of all your Finder windows, showing the complete path from your computer to the current folder. At first glance, that’s all the Path Bar does. But as Sharon Zardetto points out in her Macworld article: Five overlooked abilities of the Finder’s Path Bar, it can do a whole lot more. Related posts: Get more info about your files and folders in Mac OS X’s Finder Add tabbed windows to Mac OS X’s Finder Save time with OSX Finder shortcuts
 
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  • 60 Shopping Cart UI For Your Inspiration

    Nancy Young
    22 May 2013 | 8:01 am
    Statistics says that online shopping is growing day by day. But what is the secret component of each popular online store? Is it the variety of goods or its quantity? I think these days they are not key elements anymore. In fact, we should be looking at design attractiveness and usability to keep buyers on the site. In order to create really cool aesthetic design, all website elements should be taken under consideration, and when it comes to a site banked on e-commerce, we mustn’t forget about the shopping cart. Today I’d like to showcase 40 shopping cart designs that shows how…

  • jQuery How-to: Creating and Inserting New Element (Part 2)

    Thoriq Firdaus
    22 May 2013 | 6:01 am
    In our previous post, we started a discussion on how to create and insert new elements with the jQuery (and JavaScript) Append method. We’ve learned how to create and insert new elements to the body document. In its basic form, the Append method inserts the new element as the last child or (technically) before the closing tag of a specified element. In certain cases, however, we might need to insert the new element at a more specific point. In this post, we will tackle this issue. Recommended Reading: jQuery: Creating And Inserting New Element – Part I For demonstration purposes,…

  • Cities And Skylines Wallpapers [Wallpaper Wednesday]

    Nels Dzyre
    22 May 2013 | 3:01 am
    Photography lovers would not miss out on taking photos of city skylines, and while most of us would love to put our own creations on our desktops, a city skyline view is not really that easy to capture. It’s a good thing that there are a lot of skyline wallpapers out there that you can use in place. We’ve done the hard part for you and grouped these wallpapers together in a compilation below. In this week’s Wallpaper Wednesday, we are featuring more than 30 beautiful cities and skylines wallpapers. From Manhattan to Tokyo, Prague to Taipei, these beautiful celebrations of…

  • 5 Simple Steps To Keeping Your Smartphone (And Data) Safe

    Brian
    21 May 2013 | 8:01 am
    Smartphones have evolved from being able to just check email and has now allowed us to do so many other things when paired with other devices. Nowadays, we can pay with our smartphones with digital wallet apps are able to store multiple credit cards. Most of our private information (together with other contact information) can be found in the apps on our smartphone through chatlogs, pictures, calendars, and notes. This is why we rely so much on our smartphones and store so much sensitive data on it to make our lives easier. With all these sensitive data onboard a tiny device, we should pay…

  • 9 Thing You Should Know About Firefox OS

    Ashutosh KS
    21 May 2013 | 6:01 am
    If you use the browser Firefox instead of Chrome and Safari, chances are you have heard about Firefox OS, the new open source operating system for smartphones and tablets from Mozilla. The organization is serious in working to make the Web open and accessible to everyone. Though this new mobile OS is an emerging technology, it is quickly catching the eyes of users, developers, and critics. In this post, we will have a look at what’s in store. Recommended Reading: Cloud Operating System You Can Try Out for Free Q1: What is Firefox OS? A: Firefox OS (codenamed Boot2Gecko or B2G) is a…
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  • Graphic Design Job of the Day: Graphic Designer

    kscott
    22 May 2013 | 12:50 pm
    The Ad Council is a private, non-profit organization that marshals volunteer talent from the advertising and communications industries, the facilities of the media, and the resources of the business and non-profit communities to deliver critical messages to the American public. The Ad Council produces, distributes and promotes thousands of public service campaigns on behalf of non-profit organizations and government agencies in issue areas such as improving the quality of life for children, preventive health, education, community well-being, environmental preservation and strengthening…

  • “Wood and Pulp” Found Materials Exhibition Opens Saturday

    Melissa Mazzoleni
    22 May 2013 | 11:30 am
    You may have caught wind of the “Wood and Pulp” exhibition featuring the work of Damion Silver and Scotty Albrecht. Whether you have or haven’t, the artwork these two artists create from found materials is worth checking out. Presented by Colab, “Wood and Pulp” opens this Saturday, May 25th and will run until June 23rd Continue reading»The post “Wood and Pulp” Found Materials Exhibition Opens Saturday appeared first on HOW Magazine Blog.

  • 2013 National Design Award Winners Announced

    Karli Petrovic
    22 May 2013 | 6:00 am
    In case you missed it, the Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum announced the recipients of the 14th annual National Design Awards program on May 9th. This prestigious award honors excellence and innovation across various design disciplines. A jury selected the following winners from nominations submitted by the general public: Lifetime Achievement: James Wines Design Mind: Continue reading»The post 2013 National Design Award Winners Announced appeared first on HOW Magazine Blog.

  • Mall of America’s New Logo and Rebranding

    Melissa Mazzoleni
    21 May 2013 | 11:30 am
    Rebranding work is always interesting to me because it usually involves so many elements, such as combining a company’s history with contemporary design elements. Okay, I’ll come clean, I enjoy before and after scenarios, especially when it involves a well-known entity, such as the Mall of America. To rebrand the Mall of America for its Continue reading»The post Mall of America’s New Logo and Rebranding appeared first on HOW Magazine Blog.

  • Tuesday Type Treat: Calluna (A Slab Serif Font)

    Karli Petrovic
    21 May 2013 | 6:00 am
    Calluna, an accidental typeface created when Jos Buivenga needed some space from his current typography project, Museo, is a slab serif font that works in text and display type settings. The process of crafting Calluna actually began with Museo. Buivenga simply added slab serifs to the stems of his current design. The result was surprising: Continue reading»The post Tuesday Type Treat: Calluna (A Slab Serif Font) appeared first on HOW Magazine Blog.
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  • Dunked, Not Just Another Portfolio Tool

    Chad
    22 May 2013 | 5:13 am
    Dunked is a beautifully designed new portfolio creation tool from the amazing Orman Clark. Most important tool for any designer is his/her portfolio, and there are no lack of tools out there for you to build with.In my opinion, there is always room for new projects to surface as it pushes one idea to become a better idea. Dunked wouldn’t be anything if we didn’t have WordPress or Carbonmade previously. I welcome Dunked with open arms, and Dunked looks like a promising new tool. If any of Orman’s previous work has told us is that his eye for design is among the best in the…

  • Marketing and Design: A Love Hate Relationship

    Claire Roper
    13 May 2013 | 5:48 am
    The best advertising is a clean, simple idea that is beautifully executed. But what the best ads will not tend to reflect are the back-room battles that go into making your average ad or campaign. At the heart of the turmoil is arguably the frisson that tends to exist between marketers and designers. While marketers have tangible, measurable objectives, designers often have ‘visions’. This disparity between ways of working, thinking and existing will inevitably lead to tension. A happy medium of compromise can usually be reached to achieve the final product – but usually not…

  • 9 Inspiring Workplaces

    Samuel
    8 May 2013 | 4:46 am
    When I first started out freelancing, I was working from my student bedroom. Although being poorly lit, completely disorganised and cluttered, and there being barely enough space for a desk next to my bed, it was my creative workspace for over a year. I researched, tested, and created print and branding solutions from that tiny room, despite the various practical and physical limitations. I even had a team of clients in there once, collaborating, co-creating and rapid-prototyping ideas for their brand – all within easy reaching distance of my sock drawer.I think it’s a pretty…

  • Responsive Web Providing an Optimal View

    Uroosa Rajani
    6 May 2013 | 5:40 am
    There was a time when having a website for your company was optional. Today it’s more important that bill boards, television commercials and an ad campaign combined!But… Responsive Websites?! Are they Alive?We wish. Today, websites need to battle it out with a number of different devices and browsers, and deliver optimal viewing in each. A good description on what responsive websites are and what they represent is: “Day by day, the number of devices, platforms, and browsers that need to work with your site grows. Responsive web design represents a fundamental shift in how we’ll build…

  • Designer Spotlight: Andrés Ariza

    Chad
    2 May 2013 | 5:00 am
    Every week we are discovering new, awesome, design stars and showcasing them right here. The spotlight may hit on a logo designer, UI designer, videographers, web or graphic designer—we’re bringing you a new talent.These bad ass designers bring their “A” game time and time again and we hope that you will find this as a great design resource and be introduced to a few fellow peers along the way.Andrés ArizaBehance | Twitter | Flicker
 
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  • “I think you are more perfect than Helvetica” Poster by Bisgràfic

    Graham Smith
    8 May 2013 | 7:34 am
    Know someone who shares your insatiable lust for Helvetica? Then head over to Bisgràfic and check out their gorgeous Helvetics poster which simply states, “I think you are more perfect than Helvetica”. I would be dead chuffed if someone gifted me this. For €40 you will get a 300 limited edition run of a 50x70cm offset poster printed in two colours onto 150g/m2 stock. Boom. Bisgràfic also have a fine selection of other posters/prints to purchase on their BStore That’s one heck of a nerdy compliment! » Via: CosasVisuales » Source: Bisgraphic Read “I think you are…

  • New York City Transit Authority Graphics Standards Manual by Massimo Vignelli

    Graham Smith
    25 Apr 2013 | 6:26 am
    New York City Transit Authority Graphics Standards Manual There are a few real world establishments that can claim to have the endearing longevity that the brand identity for the New York City Transit Authority has had and continues to experience. Designed by Massimo Vignelli of Unimark International, in New York in 1970, the New York City Transit Authority’s brand identity has achieved cult status amongst the creative community. Niko Skourtis, Jesse Reed and Hamish Smyth have collectively created this archival record of the New York City Transit Authority Graphics Standards…

  • Niice: A [Logo] Design Search Engine With Taste

    Graham Smith
    22 Apr 2013 | 4:22 am
    As designers we certainly have a healthy supply of places to draw logo design inspiration from, but it’s always intesting to see new takes on web site inspiration format. Niice simply collects logo designs and other graphic design imagery from: Dribbble, Behance and Designspiration and free flows them into a  flexible grid for instant consumption. Key in your search tag criteria and boom… » Source: http://www.niice.co/ Read Niice: A [Logo] Design Search Engine With Taste on imjustcreative - logo & brand identity design portfolio and blog. Related posts: Logo Inspiration on…

  • Vintage Cover Designs From The US Space Program

    Graham Smith
    4 Apr 2013 | 4:18 am
    A stunning collection of 20 American space (NASA) program: covers, reports, brochures and other vintage era space themed design and typography all from an upcoming: 2013 April 18 Space Exploration Signature Auction by Heritage Auctions. Just trying to imagine the excitement of having the responsibility to create such historic pieces of design. My favourite cover is this last one above for the Gemini Press Reference Book, but in general there is some gorgeous typography through out the entire collection. » Source: http://space.kinja.com/ » Via: Daring Fireball Read Vintage Cover Designs…

  • iconify.co: a clean, fast, responsive and minimal logo portfolio

    Graham Smith
    1 Mar 2013 | 4:36 am
      Affiliate Links: Links to Iconify in this post are of the affiliate variety. This means that if you sign-up to the paid plan I get a nice little financial kick-back. I don’t usually do affiliate stuff, but I’m making an exception in this case iconify.co: a clean, fast, responsive and minimal logo portfolio I did an ever so tiny write-up on iconify.co a while back: Iconify—An Online, Responsive, Minimal & Downloadable Portfolio App before I had chance to use it myself. Now I have used it, uploaded all of my logo and icon designs, just wanted to do a quick follow up…
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  • Free as in Fortune Cookies

    30 Apr 2013 | 1:42 pm
    Trello has been out for less than two years and it’s been growing like wildfire. We recently hit 1.5 million members, of whom about 1/3 perform some action every month, and our MongoDB database now contains more than 70 million cards on 3.7 million boards. So the obvious question I get all the time is, “How exactly are you supposed to make money with that?” You may have noticed that Trello is free. Not “free trial,” not “freemium,” but just plain old free. Some people have justifiably wondered if it really makes sense to pay a dozen people, nestled in fancy offices with free…

  • The Patent Protection Racket

    2 Apr 2013 | 11:31 am
    The fastest growing industry in the US right now, even during this time of slow economic growth, is probably the patent troll protection racket industry. Lawsuits surrounding software patents have more than tripled since 1999. It’s a great business model. Step one: buy a software patent. There are millions of them, and they’re all quite vague and impossible to understand. Step two: FedEx a carefully crafted letter to a few thousand small software companies, iPhone app developers, and Internet startups. This is where it gets a tiny bit tricky, because the recipients of the letter need to…

  • Town Car Version Control

    11 Mar 2013 | 6:34 pm
    The team at Fog Creek is releasing a major new version of Kiln today. Kiln is a distributed version control system. One of the biggest new features is Kiln Harmony, which lets you operate on Kiln repositories using either Git or Mercurial. So you can push changes to a Kiln repo using Git and then pull them using Mercurial. This means that you never have to decide whether you want to use Git or Mercurial. Religious war: averted. But, I’m getting ahead of myself! For those of you that have been living under a rock, the single biggest change in developers’ lives in the last decade (besides…

  • Software Inventory

    9 Jul 2012 | 8:35 am
    Imagine, for a moment, that you came upon a bread factory for the first time. At first it just looks like a jumble of incomprehensible machinery with a few people buzzing around. As your eyes adjust you start to see little piles of things that you do understand. Buckets of sesame seeds. Big vats of dough. Little balls of dough. Baked loaves of bread. Those things are inventory. Inventory tends to pile up between machines. Next to the machine where sesame seeds are applied to hamburger buns, there’s a big vat of...sesame seeds. At the very end of the assembly line, there are boxes and boxes…

  • Trello at UserVoice

    17 Apr 2012 | 12:57 pm
    The folks over at UserVoice are using Trello quite extensively throughout their development process. Founder Richard White describes it all in detail. Need to hire a really great programmer? Want a job that doesn't drive you crazy? Visit the Joel on Software Job Board: Great software jobs, great people.
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  • Where is ‘Top of Mind’, and How Do I Get There?

    Jacob Cass
    14 May 2013 | 9:30 am
    This is a guest article by fatrabbit CREATIVE. – Quick, name a soft drink. Maybe you said Coca-Cola; perhaps it was Dr. Pepper or 7Up. Either way, the soda that you picked obviously has a strong, memorable branding strategy. We don’t have to preach to you about the importance of a strong brand (If we did, we wouldn’t be very good at our jobs). Analysts have spent their time, energy and countless kilowatts of brain power trying to create a measurable way to rank brands by how memorable they are. If only they’d have thought to just ask people. Then, they might have stumbled on a…

  • The Best Techniques to Add Speed to Your Writing

    Jacob Cass
    30 Apr 2013 | 9:00 am
    This is a guest article contributed by Steve Aedy. Time is money. This expression is not new to anyone. We all know how valuable our time is. But pointing out the obvious is sometimes more hurtful than helpful. We are already stressed about how long it takes to write a quality blog post. Imagining each expensive minute tick by, without anything to show for it is terrifying. You have come to this blog post hoping to find ways to make your writing even more effective and profitable. We won’t insult your intelligence (or waste your time) by mentioning obvious tips like “write first and…

  • My Fav Tweets From This Week (April 15-23)

    Jacob Cass
    23 Apr 2013 | 8:20 am
    Here are a few interesting links that I tweeted this week. Feel free to follow me @justcreative for more and thanks for the 60,000 followers which was just reached this week! Web Design Articles Simplifying for the wrong reasons on Mengto’s blog A great article looking at how some applications and websites are over simplifying. A nice site blog design too! Three Exemplary Typefaces for User Interfaces on Typekit’s Blog A look at three typefaces ideal for UI design. Mobile Web Design for Content-Heavy Websites: 8 Clever Techniques from Golf Digest on Mobify A in depth look at…

  • Social Media Tips From Gary Vaynerchuk

    Jacob Cass
    3 Apr 2013 | 2:29 pm
    This is a guest article contributed by Tom Jones. — Vayniacs near and far would all agree. Tacking a sticky-note of your favorite social media tips from Gary Vaynerchuk on your computer screen can help you crush it online — whatever your “it” may be. For Vaynerchuk, the first “it” he crushed was wine. From the wine, out poured a whole new passion for social media and what it can do to turn an all-consuming interest into a cash-generating online career. CEO and co-founder of his social media brand consulting firm, vaynermedia.com, Vaynerchuk first earned his…

  • How To Invoice Effectively to Avoid Poor Cash Flow

    Jacob Cass
    13 Mar 2013 | 8:30 am
    A business goes through a lot right from the start to keep it’s head up among fellow competitors. Among the many problems faced, cash flow is the biggest issue that causes over 70% of start-ups – including freelancers – to go down within the initial year. While there could be many factors governing the cash flow, invoicing happens to be the most critical in the list. Therefore, it is important for a business to invoice effectively and avoid any dreaded late payments. So, here’s a brief guide on how freelancers & small businesses can invoice effectively to keep their cash…
 
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  • Showcase of Websites Featuring Full Screen Videos

    Chris Spooner
    20 May 2013 | 12:00 am
    We’ve all seen videos on websites restricted to a specific frame size, but why not make use of the user’s whole monitor? Once upon a time only Flash was capable of such wizardry, but these days Javascript and HTML5 make it perfectly feasible to stretch your video footage to fill the browser window. This post showcases 15 website that all make use of full screen video techniques. The Build Film iuqo El Monstruo Captain Dash Adidas Design Studios Barrel 2012 Recap TAG Interativa Facebook Home Black Negative Mercedes-Benz A-Class SF Dok Art, Copy & Code Peugeot RCZ Brightly…

  • Line25 Sites of the Week for May 17th 2013

    Chris Spooner
    17 May 2013 | 12:00 am
    Line25 Sites of the Week is a weekly roundup of the most outstanding website designs that I stumble across during my every day browsing. In this week’s collection, we have designs from WerkPress, FreeAssociation, Bob Galmarini, Escape Flight and ps.design. WerkPress View the website FreeAssociation View the website Bob Galmarini View the website Escape Flight View the website ps.design View the website

  • 15 Awesome Websites That Tell a Story As You Scroll

    Chris Spooner
    13 May 2013 | 12:00 am
    As new CSS properties are becoming more widely supported designers are combining tools to create amazing websites that were once only feasible in Flash. This post showcases 15 websites that take parallax scrolling to the next level by combining CSS animations and Javascript to manipulate page elements upon scroll to immerse the user into a developing story. Every Last Drop Ben the Bodyguard Dangers of Fracking Eclectic Pedicab Rides Hegarty On Advertising Range Rover Evoque Inception Explained Slavery Footprint How Far is it to Mars? Air Jordan 2012 James Bond 007 Cars Evolution Peugeot…

  • Line25 Sites of the Week for May 10th 2013

    Chris Spooner
    10 May 2013 | 12:00 am
    Line25 Sites of the Week is a weekly roundup of the most outstanding website designs that I stumble across during my every day browsing. In this week’s collection, we have designs from Future Insights 2013, Allison Hagendorf, Facebook Home, Wistia and Symbolset. Future Insights 2013 View the website Allison Hagendorf View the website Facebook Home View the website Wistia View the website Symbolset View the website

  • How To Create an iOS App Icon for Your Website

    Chris Spooner
    6 May 2013 | 12:00 am
    Did you know you can give your website its very own app icon for iPhones and iPads? It only takes a few seconds and it makes your site look really smart when it’s saved on a user’s home screen, or when viewed in popular apps such as Reeder. Why create an app icon? Specifying an app icon is one of those little finishing touches that isn’t really noticeable but makes all the difference if you take it away. Without an app icon if you bookmark a site on your iPhone or iPad you’re left with an ugly screenshot of the page crammed into the little rounded square, but with one…
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  • Charlie Hunter

    Charley Parker
    22 May 2013 | 3:06 pm
    When walking around during the recent Wayne Plein Air Festival here in Southeastern Pennsylvania, looking for painters working in the streets of the town (and feeling a bit like a birder searching for rare species, as many of the participants had found off the beaten path locations to paint), I came across Vermont artist Charlie Hunter working on the small painting of a railroad underpass shown in my photo above, top, and was immediately impressed. Unfortunately, neither my hasty location photo, nor the relatively small reproductions of work on Hunter’s website or the sites of the…

  • New website for National Gallery of Art

    Charley Parker
    22 May 2013 | 11:48 am
    The National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. is one of the great art museums in the U.S., and a national treasure on which I am happy to see my tax dollars spent. The NGA has long had a web presence, but it has never been quite what those of us who admire the museum’s collection might have liked, with small images of items in the collection and less than ideal presentation overall. That has all changed, as the museum recently rolled out a beautiful new website. Searching or browsing the collection is much easier, and many of the individual objects are now provided with zoomable high…

  • Classic Disney animators paint a tree

    Charley Parker
    22 May 2013 | 6:39 am
    Bracketed by Walt Disney reading quotes from Robert Henri’s The Art Spirit, this delightful short from 1958 briefly visits four Disney animators in the studio, where three of them are at the time working on the classic Sleeping Beauty animated feature, and then follows them into the California countryside, where they paint an old live oak. Accompanied by jaunty Disney documentary background music, the four artists, Marc Davis, Eyvind Earle, Joshua Meador and Walt Peregoy, set up their equipment and, in a variety of media and styles, each paint their interpretation of the subject. I was…

  • Eye Candy for Today: Van Dyck double portrait

    Charley Parker
    21 May 2013 | 8:44 pm
    Lady Elizabeth Thimbelby and her Sister, Anthony van Dyck In the National Gallery, London. Use fullscreen and zoom controls to the right of the image. You can zoom in even further than I have here. Van Dyck dazzles with his masterful rendering of fabric, flesh and hair. I love the way he has positioned and painted the hands.

  • Matthew Cook

    Charley Parker
    20 May 2013 | 4:24 pm
    UK illustrator Matthew Cook often works in an area of illustration known as reportage, essentially called on to observe and report on scenes in which news or events of interest to the publication for which he is working are happening. This is something of a throwback to the days prior to the widespread use of photography in publications, in which illustrators were the eyes of the reading public for events like the Civil War, in addition the more familiar interpretive use of illustrations for stories. Among Cook’s subjects have been the war in Afghanistan and a project in which he…
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  • Globalogozation

    Alen Pavlovic
    2 May 2013 | 2:03 am
    This article has the same target audience as many of the great design related websites and books. It is created to help BOTH designers and all the ‘general population’ readers to get a clearer picture of ‘state of the logo design’ today. To narrow the subject down a bit, I came up with the term of ‘globalogozation’ (fusion between words logo and globalization ) with a goal of sharing some thoughts on how the modern media/communication affects the logo design. Design Innovators If you take any of the design areas, being graphic, product, web, fashion, interior or any other…

  • Roger Oddone

    Sinisa Komlenic
    1 Apr 2013 | 11:25 am
    Roger Oddone is a design studio focused on corporate identity development. It also offers brand strategy and naming in collaboration with some of its partners. The studio is based in São Paulo, Brazil and serves clients worldwide. web: www.rogeroddone.com.br

  • Thomas Bossee

    Sinisa Komlenic
    1 Apr 2013 | 11:24 am
    Thomas Bossee, also known under his freelance identity, “Made By Thomas.” He was born, raised and still resides in the country that is most famous for its beer, chocolates and French fries. You guessed it, Belgium. He studied journalism for three years after graduating high school. After coming to the conclusion that writing was not as exciting as expected, he studied another two years to become a desktop publisher. During his education, Thomas discovered his passion for logo design, typography and branding. He started his own company during his second year. He prefers to call it his…

  • Tim Lapetino

    Sinisa Komlenic
    1 Apr 2013 | 11:20 am
    Tim Lapetino is a brand strategist, designer and writer who has collected nuggets of insight and craft in his lifelong design journey. Passionate about the power of design and branding, Tim believes in crafting design solutions with immediacy, emotional connection, and exquisite craft. He also enjoys action figures, baseball statistical analysis, and discussing the deeper issues of graphic design. He currently serves as Adjunct Faculty at Chicago Portfolio School and on the AIGA Chicago Board of Directors as Co-Development Chair. Along with building mashed potato models of mountains, Tim’s…

  • Steve Zelle

    Sinisa Komlenic
    1 Apr 2013 | 11:19 am
    Steve Zelle an award-winning logo designer and consultant with over 20 years of experience developing identities with clients around the globe, operating as idApostle. He write articles about the creative process and logo design and he created and run Processed Identity, a website where designers share the creative processes used when defining and refining visual identities. After graduating from college with a certificate in graphic design, He worked for several Ottawa studios before starting up Ricochet Creative Thinking in 1990. Ricochet quickly became recognized as one the top studios in…
 
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  • 2013-05-21 | My Taxi

    Jacob Cass
    22 May 2013 | 7:04 am
    My Taxi app. Credits: In House Related Logos: 2012-12-12 | Uni of Arts Helsinki (1) 2012-03-22 | Tour de France (3) 2012-02-24 | Bufete Alfonso López (4)

  • 2013-05-16 | The Great Gatsby

    Jacob Cass
    17 May 2013 | 6:58 am
    The Great Gatsby Credits: Like Minded Studio Related Logos: 2013-04-12 | Slant Design Lab (2) 2013-03-01 | Hundred Studioo (3) 2013-01-31 | Juliet Nicole (4)

  • 2013-05-14 | Save My Date

    Jacob Cass
    14 May 2013 | 3:01 pm
    Save My Date, personalized unique dates. Credits: Contrast 8 Related Logos: 2012-02-14 | CCA (11) 2008-12-18 | Romeo & Juliet Nightclub (5) 2013-02-26 | Heart Surgery (2)

  • 2013-05-13 | Leoninus Consulting

    Jacob Cass
    13 May 2013 | 3:31 pm
    Leoninus Consulting Budapest Credits: SimonSays Related Logos: 2012-10-22 | LSO (7) 2012-09-11 | Launchware (9) 2012-06-21 | Logomotive (7)

  • 2013-05-08 | Guadalupe Brewing

    Jacob Cass
    9 May 2013 | 7:02 am
    Guadalupe Brewing Credits: Unknown Related Logos: 2013-03-14 | Gold & Appel Realty (2) 2013-02-07 | Birdie On The Bay (2) 2013-01-09 | Love Water (9)
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  • 5 Web Design Mistakes Novices Make

    Lucy Harper
    9 May 2013 | 4:25 am
    As a web designer or business owner, you’ve probably seen it all when it comes to novice web design creations. On the one hand, it’s understandable that small-business owners need to stay within budget while getting their online business up and running. What they don’t understand is that sometimes the shortcuts that save money in the short-run end up costing a lot more down the line. These five web design mistakes are ones you can present to potential customers when trying to help them understand why it’s worth their while to pay for your services. In the end, having a The post 5 Web…

  • Friday Photography Inspiration #89

    Natalie Turner
    26 Apr 2013 | 12:39 pm
    This post is a part of our weekly photography inspiration series. Each Friday we feature some of the most professional and amazing photographs captured by talented photographers from all around the world. Here are latest photographs for your inspiration. If you like this post feel free to share it on Twitter and Facebook. Photography Quote of the Week: “While there is perhaps a province in which the photograph can tell us nothing more than what we see with our own eyes, there is another in which it proves to us how little our eyes permit us to see.” – Dorothea The post…

  • Would You Turn Down a High Five From Tom Selleck? No – and You Shouldn’t Turn Down Outbound Links Either

    Thomas McMahon
    24 Apr 2013 | 6:44 pm
    A nasty rumor has been going around the web and it has caused a lot of problems for bloggers, webmasters, SEOs, link builders, and even site visitors and readers. In an effort to hold on to Google’s ever important PageRank, some people are unwilling to link out to other websites and only link internally within their own site. The thought being that linking out to websites will make their PageRank flow right out the door and they’ll lose everything they’ve been striving for. But this is a backwards way to approach the web and it creates a poor web experience The post Would You Turn Down…

  • Friday Photography Inspiration #88

    Natalie Turner
    5 Apr 2013 | 9:30 am
    This post is a part of our weekly photography inspiration series. Each Friday we feature some of the most professional and amazing photographs captured by talented photographers from all around the world. Here are latest photographs for your inspiration. If you like this post feel free to share it on Twitter and Facebook. Photography Quote of the Week: “You don’t take a photograph, you make it.” – Ansel Adams &nbspThe post Friday Photography Inspiration #88 appeared first on MachoArts | Design, Social Media, Blogging tips.

  • 7 Useful tools you should use to make web development more efficient

    sandramiller
    1 Mar 2013 | 6:34 am
    Web development is rocket science for most people because it’s demanding and detailed. The development process requires a site map, a design, the code, styling and many small elements to make its entirety. Without using the proper management tools, your web development process risks suffering from inefficiencies, which cost money. This article gives you some of the most effective tools to use in order to have an efficient web development process. Plagiarism checker The technology age is moving so fast and web developers need to move with it. With the number of competitors springing up…
 
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  • Resurrected Landmarks

    Eric Meyer
    8 May 2013 | 12:05 pm
    It was just last week, at the end of April, that CERN announced the rebirth of The Very First URL, in all its responsive and completely presentable glory.  If you hit the root level of the server, you get some wonderful information about the Web’s infancy and the extraordinary thing CERN did in releasing it, unencumbered by patent or licensing restrictions, into the world, twenty years ago. That’s not at all minor point.  I don’t believe it overstates the case to say that if CERN hadn’t made the web free and open to all, it wouldn’t have taken over the net.  Like previous…

  • Blink Support(s)

    Eric Meyer
    24 Apr 2013 | 8:43 am
    Just a quick followup to last month’s post about @supports: @supports (text-decoration: blink) { #test { color: green; background: yellow; text-decoration: blink; } } Results in all @supports-supporting browsers I was able to test: green text on a yellow background, except Firefox 22, which additionally blinks the text.  The latest nightly builds of Firefox 23 do not blink the text, thanks to bug 857820. Discuss.

  • No Laughing Matter

    Eric Meyer
    20 Mar 2013 | 8:11 am
    From the wise and insightful Amber Fisher, who credits The Rocket Science Group’s Voice and Tone as an inspiration: One of the things I teach tech writers: it’s okay to have fun with your audience most of the time. But never joke with frustrated people. If you’re delivering bad news, an alert, or helping a new user troubleshoot a problem, be straightforward and transparent. As I’m sure Amber would be the first to say, said rule is not just for tech writers.  In any online interaction, synchronous or asynchronous, with someone you don’t know really, really well, that rule…

  • Unsupportable Promises

    Eric Meyer
    19 Mar 2013 | 9:01 am
    Over the past year and a half, the CSS Working Group has been working on a CSS Conditional Rules Module Level 3 module.  Now, don’t get overexcited: this is not a proposal to add generalized, formal if/then/else or switch statements to CSS—though in a very limited way, it does just that.  This is the home of the @media rule, which lets you create if/then conditions with regard to the media environment.  It’s also the home of the @supports rule, which lets you…well, that’s actually more complicated than you might think. I mean, what do you think @supports means?  Take a moment to…

  • How Twitter Got Its Line Breaks

    Eric Meyer
    14 Mar 2013 | 2:22 pm
    In the past day or so, Twitter started “supporting line breaks”.  This is something lots of third-party clients had been doing for a while, and heck, even Facebook does it.  In fact, if you had a tweet with linebreaks get auto-posted to Facebook by the Twitter-to-Facebook tool that Twitter provides, the linebreaks would show up there even though they didn’t on Twitter itself.  Until recently. So how did they do it?  With CSS.  Here it is: .tweet-display-linebreaks .tweet .js-tweet-text{ white-space:pre-wrap } That’s it.  I’m not going to comment on their selector construction,…
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  • 10 Years

    Dave Shea
    7 May 2013 | 8:52 am
    Wow. It's finally happened. The CSS Zen Garden is 10 years old today. The web has come a long way in the past decade. CSS3, HTML5, responsive web design, web fonts, a version of Internet Explorer that doesn't make you want to commit seppuku every time you debug, and any other progress that we already take for granted. (You can get a sense of just how far we've come by reading the original cringe-worthy requirements.) As you can probably imagine, I've had a lot of proposals for a "CSS Zen Garden for X" over the years. Javascript, PHP, the mobile web, CSS3, HTML5, ebooks, responsive web design.

  • A New Number 1

    Dave Shea
    1 Nov 2011 | 11:24 am
    Take it with the usual grain of salt that should accompany any news of global browser trends, but, extrapolating out from the 2011 trend in StatCounter's Global Stats Chrome appears set to surpass IE as the most-used desktop browser some time next summer. And that will finally end the 13 year domination of the market by Internet Explorer. Though, I'm a little sad that Chrome's market share is also coming at the expense of Firefox.

  • Serendipity

    Dave Shea
    8 Mar 2011 | 9:46 pm
    How does a photo of a fruit fly breeding chamber lead to the discovery of one's own lineage back to 14th century France? That's not a question I'd ever have thought to ask, but this evening I found an answer after following the most fascinating click trail in, well, ever. It started with an idle perusal of recent Flickr photos from my contacts. Jeremy Keith is currently in Chicago for DrupalCon, and after a page of tantalizing food and architectural photos, I found myself back in Brighton looking at his photos from a laboratory-related exhibit at the Lighthouse Gallery. One especially mundane…

  • Free Icons

    Dave Shea
    22 Feb 2011 | 4:15 pm
    I've decided to slap a Creative Commons license on the entire darn Chalkwork Family and make them completely free for personal use, starting right now. I've been considering doing this for quite a while. These icons represent a lot of hard work for me between 2006 and 2009, so you can imagine I've thought through the implications of making them available for free download without a pay barrier: will people use them commercially and not pay? Will they abuse the license terms? Will some redistribute them elsewhere? Will they modify them and claim them as their own? The answer to each of those…

  • Boilerplate

    Dave Shea
    31 Jan 2011 | 3:25 pm
    If you're not aware of it yet, HTML5 boilerplate is a fantastic starting point when creating a new site with its namesake markup language. But where Boilerplate focuses on basic document setup, external files, scripts, and bug fixes, it strikes me that it doesn't do much hand-holding when it comes to basic document semantic patterns. As I've been working more and more HTML5 into my projects, I'm noticing a common template emerging. I'm sharing this as a minimum viable starting point since I'm still getting comfortable with the new semantics myself. Combined with Boilerplate, I'm feeling more…
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  • 30 Awesome Cornfield Pictures for your Inspiration

    Joan Mae Maguale
    22 May 2013 | 3:30 am
    Among the fascinating scenery of nature that you will see when having a trip into a remote location is the vast acres of eye-soothing green cornfields during a growing season...The post 30 Awesome Cornfield Pictures for your Inspiration appeared first on Naldz Graphics.

  • 25 Sets of Free Wood Brushes for your Designs

    Joan Mae Maguale
    21 May 2013 | 3:30 am
    We have already presented a number of high quality Photoshop brushes in the past. Today, we are providing our beloved readers once again with a new compilation of Photoshop brushes...The post 25 Sets of Free Wood Brushes for your Designs appeared first on Naldz Graphics.

  • 27 Free Bubble Wrap Texture for your Designs

    Joan Mae Maguale
    20 May 2013 | 3:30 am
    A compilation of high quality Photoshop textures is a very helpful resource for every graphic and web designer. But in terms of finding the proper texture which are freely downloadable,...The post 27 Free Bubble Wrap Texture for your Designs appeared first on Naldz Graphics.

  • A Collection of Smartly Designed Pen Logo for your Inspiration

    Joan Mae Maguale
    19 May 2013 | 3:30 am
    We have already showcased a compilation of pencil logo designs in the past. Today, we are going to share with you several creative designs of pen logo to inspire many...The post A Collection of Smartly Designed Pen Logo for your Inspiration appeared first on Naldz Graphics.

  • Photography in Action: Sports Photography Tips and Inspiration

    Kareen Liez
    18 May 2013 | 3:30 am
    We are certain that you have seen a local paper with an image of your favorite boxer giving a powerful punch to his opponent or maybe a picture of the...The post Photography in Action: Sports Photography Tips and Inspiration appeared first on Naldz Graphics.
 
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  • Laravel 4: A Start at a RESTful API (Updated)

    Chris Fidao
    22 May 2013 | 9:00 am
    RESTful API's are hard! There are a lot of aspects to designing and writing a successful one. For instance, some of the topics that you may find yourself handling include authentication, hypermedia/HATEOS, versioning, rate limits, and content negotiation. Rather than tackling all of these concepts, however, let's instead focus on the basics of REST. We'll make some JSON endpoints behind a basic authentication system, and learn a few Laravel 4 tricks in the process.The AppLet's build an API for a simple Read-It-Later app. Users will be able to create, read, update and delete…

  • The Right Way to Retinafy Your Websites

    Allan Berger
    21 May 2013 | 7:55 am
    Making your website ready for Retina display doesn’t have to be a hassle. Whether you are building a new website or upgrading an existing one, this guide is designed to help you get the job done smoothly.Make it Retina First The easiest and most time-saving way to add Retina support is to create one image that is optimized for Retina devices, and serve it to non-Retina devices as well. By now, every modern browser uses bicubic resampling and does a great job with downsampling images. Here’s a comparison of downsampling in Photoshop vs. Google Chrome, using an image from our Growth…

  • How to Create a PyroCMS Theme

    Zac Vineyard
    20 May 2013 | 9:00 am
    Like most content management systems, PyroCMS uses front-end themes. Though PyroCMS themes are built a bit differently than what you might be used to from other systems, they’re still quite easy to create. They’re so easy, in fact, that very little PHP experience is required to assemble them!The Folder StructurePyroCMS themes consist of HTML, images, CSS, and JavaScript, arranged into the following supported folders: css img js views views/layouts views/partials views/modulesWhile these folders will no doubt look familiar to you, the "views" folder makes the most sense…

  • The Linux Firewall

    Patkos Csaba
    17 May 2013 | 11:00 am
    There are several firewall applications for Linux, but what you may not realize is that, at the heart of all these programs is a single all-mighty application that is built right into the Linux Kernel: iptables. This is the Linux firewall. No matter which program you use to configure your firewall under Linux, it ultimately all comes down to iptables. All that these other programs do is configure it.So, here comes the question: if those programs simply configure iptables, why not simply configure it directly yourself? Doing so is easier than you might think!Networking BackgroundIf…

  • Tuts+ Premium Cash Back Offer: 3 Days to Go

    Joel Bankhead
    17 May 2013 | 10:00 am
    This offer ends soon! Act now and don’t miss out on cash back when trying a monthly Tuts+ Premium subscription.At $19 a month, Tuts+ Premium is fantastic value. But it’s even better when we hand your first $19 right back to you!For a limited time, we’re offering $19 cash back to new Tuts+ Premium monthly subscribers when signing up via PayPal. If you’ve been thinking about checking out our extensive library of courses, tutorials, eBooks and guides there’s never been a better time to join up and dive in.This offer ends at noon on the 20th of May AEST, so act fast.Become a…
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  • SPACE ODDITY

    Pascal Rotteveel
    13 May 2013 | 2:43 am
    Commander Chirs Hadfield performing David Bowie’s Space Oddity at the ISS. David Bowie has nothing on Chris. At least not when it comes to the video.

  • Red Bull Studios

    Bert Hagendoorn
    6 May 2013 | 12:47 pm
    My friends at Momkai just launched the new visual identity and global website for Red Bull Studios, the network of international state-of-the-art recording facilities. They developed the new website with interactive 360-degree photos and a style guide for print and video elements – as well as for the decor of the studios. Great stuff!

  • Yo Mama’s Night

    Arjan van de Steeg
    2 May 2013 | 10:55 am
    On the 11th of May Yo Mama throws the fifth and last edition of Je Moedernacht. The party is at Noorderlicht in Amsterdam on the night before Mother’s day. Because it’s the last thing Je Moeder will do, tickets are just five euro. Hopefully see you there!

  • Buienradar ‘hack’

    Harm Wimmenhove
    1 May 2013 | 4:07 am
    The Netherland’s most used weather app Buienradar was ‘hacked’ the evening before and during Queensday. Visitors saw truly severe weather conditions approach their country and all the festivities in it. It was a stunt by insurance company Centraal Beheer, done by Tribal & DDB Amsterdam.

  • THE BUILD

    Reuben Alexander
    23 Apr 2013 | 4:41 am
    The Build is an interactive film exploring the world of independent custom bike builders in Portland, Oregon. Thor Drake, James Crowe and Casey Him tell their story in an honest, very authentic way. Nice work by INSTRUMENT productions.
 
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  • Maximum Quality: 44 Free Fonts for Creative Designers

    Dirk Metzmacher
    22 May 2013 | 5:34 am
       We did it again. We curated more than 40 high-grade fonts for your designing pleasure. Each one is equipped with additional info as to whether the font is private and commercially usable and in which format it will be delivered. Most fonts contain special characters from several languages, but as our audience is international, we did not check that for each and every charset possibly demanded. You will need to do that by yourself. As you are on it, you should as well double-check whether the license has probably been changed and what kind of usage it allows. Have fun with these…

  • Book of Wisdom: 7 Things Web Designers Can Learn from Print

    Noupe Editorial Team
    20 May 2013 | 2:30 am
       Although the knowledge in effective web marketing has increased over the last decade or two, there is still a great deal that web designers can learn from print designers. After all, print marketing has been around since the invention of the printing press and roughly five-hundred years of successful designs can’t be wrong.

  • CSS3: InDesign-Like Text Formatting with Exclusions and Regions

    Denis Potschien
    17 May 2013 | 12:30 am
       It's Adobe again. They made two proposals to a coming standard, which would lead to the possibility to format and present texts on websites just as we already know it from DTP software such as InDesign. With Exclusions we will be able to let text flow in any shapes and forms, while Regions will allow us to split texts between two or more HTML elements.

  • Back from the Shoe Box: Audio Cassette Revival Art Work by Benoit Jammes

    Dieter Petereit
    16 May 2013 | 12:00 am
       Children of the Seventies and the Eighties are likely to be particularly interested in what we want to show you today. French artist Benoit Jammes found a bunch of audio cassettes in his basement, yet did no longer own the appropriate player hardware. So he went ahead and sculptured the former sound sources to something more visual. We had a little talk with Benoit...

  • HowTo: Build (Sort of) an Instagram Clone with HTML5

    Noupe Editorial Team
    15 May 2013 | 12:30 am
       When I started out on this app I was only really just interested in seeing if the web platform had really evolved to a point where an app like the hugely popular Instagram app could be built using just HTML, JavaScript and CSS.  As it turns out we can in fact do exactly that.  This article walks you through the technologies that make this possible and shows how it is entirely feasible today to build interoperable web applications that provide a great user experience no matter what brand of browser the user is running.
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  • Under The Knife

    22 May 2013 | 3:14 am
    A great "one take" video from director Jeremy Cole and singer Etta Bond for Channel 4's Random Acts: See also: The making of....

  • SIGGRAPH 2013 : Technical Papers Preview Trailer

    22 May 2013 | 2:49 am
    We look forward to this video every year...A preview of the amazing work shown in the SIGGRAPH 2013 Technical Papers program (aka "the premier international forum for disseminating new scholarly work in computer graphics and interactive techniques"):

  • People running for trains in slow motion

    22 May 2013 | 2:30 am
    Does what it says on the tin: From Andy & Lisa.

  • Square Stand

    21 May 2013 | 2:37 am
    Square has reinvented the register:

  • Bret Victor: Drawing Dynamic Visualizations

    21 May 2013 | 2:36 am
    Bret Victor presents a new tool for creating dynamic data-driven visualisations that combines the power of stats applications and programming tools (such as Excel, D3, R and Processing) with the direct manipulation capabilities of graphics applications (like Photoshop and Illustrator):
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  • Box Magic!

    Adriana de Barros
    18 May 2013 | 6:30 am
    These “transparent” boxes are part of a series titled “Trompe L’Oeil; Petite Maison” by Elise Victoria Windsor. Her goal is to combine a physical object (which she addresses as being a sculpture), and layering over a photograph to create a ghost-like effect when its placed to background. This project is similar to Cayetano Ferrer’s “Invisible Mail Packages.” Photos © Elise Victoria Louise Windsor Via L'Acte Gratuit

  • Graffiti Outdoors to Gallery Walls

    Adriana de Barros
    17 May 2013 | 9:18 am
    I’ve been keeping an eye on David Walker’s artwork updates through Facebook. And last year and in 2010, I had featured some of his colorfully dimensional spray-paint murals. Within this post, I have included his latest creations which were splashed on canvases and building walls—a few, like the second one down is for a solo exhibition in Paris, France. Artwork and photos © David Walker

  • Minimalist Blue Sky

    Adriana de Barros
    16 May 2013 | 12:32 pm
    Photographer Winfried Werner loves to take photos of wildlife and natural landscapes in Kiel, Germany. Some of his portfolio pictures include digital manipulation, but for this post, I have only displayed images that are real without photomontage. Photos © Winfried Werner Via 500

  • Talk to the Hand or is it a Foot?

    Adriana de Barros
    16 May 2013 | 4:47 am
    Most of Oriana Fenwick’s pencil drawings have been made for editorial articles in magazines like DWELL, Sneakers, CUT, and more. Artwork © Oriana Fenwick Via Behance Network

  • Galloping into the Sunset

    Adriana de Barros
    15 May 2013 | 9:33 am
    Pantonio’s graffiti art is identified for its black-spray-painted characters with expressive white highlights that look like horse hair and muscle tissue. See also: “Big Foot and Friends” and “Every Man Dies—Not Every Man Lives.” Artwork and photos © Pantonio Via Fecal Face
 
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    The Social Commerce Social Sourcing Space

  • Illinois library turns to crowdfunding for advanced technology

    Craig Agranoff
    20 May 2013 | 5:27 am
    The Northlake Public Library in Northlake, Illinois wants to give its patrons access to cutting-edge technology, specifically digital creation tools like a 3D printer.  This sort of thing is well outside of their budget, however, so to raise funds, instead of a bake sale, bond initiative, or other traditional funding attempt, the library went to the cloud. Given their plans, the crowd-based approach is very fitting.  Through an Indigogo campaign, the library is hoping to raise $30,000 to outfit the library with an iMac, a drawing tablet, a Wacom Cintiq display, a fancy lightbox, and a 3D…

  • DIY firm Brit + Co combines tech with style

    dave
    17 May 2013 | 1:51 am
    When former Google staffer Brit Morin got married, she hired a programmer to develop an app that could help her manage her wedding plans. The app eventually grew and became Weduary, a platform that helps users design websites for weddings. Inspired by this success, Morin started her own do-it-yourself (DIY) firm known as Brit + Co, which blends homemaking, crafting and a touch of tech. Since its launch, Brit + Co has uploaded many how-to videos and step-by-step posts. She has also initiated projects requested by other people and sold various items including books, crafting starter kits and…

  • BlackBerry unveils Q5 smartphone

    dave
    17 May 2013 | 1:39 am
    The smartphone market has recently been dominated by Apple and Samsung. Now BlackBerry is hoping to join them at the top with the launch of its Q5, a low-cost, brightly coloured smartphone targeting emerging markets. Chief Executive Officer Thorsten Heins, who unveiled the handset at the company’s Live conference in Orlando, is optimistic that the new product will be a hit. While Heins did not reveal much information about the smartphone’s hardware, he gave a preview of the handset’s 3.1-inch touchscreen and classic QWERTY keyboard. Its design is akin to the BlackBerry Curve as well as…

  • Congress introduces DMCA reform

    Craig Agranoff
    13 May 2013 | 12:49 am
    While attempts at reforming the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) this past year have been lackluster at best, a bi-partisan team of lawmakers in the House of Representatives has finally introduced a substantive modification to the DMCA that would remove many of its harshest provisions. The Unlocking Technology Act of 2013 is sponsored by Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Thomas Massie (R-KY), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), and Jared Polis (D-CO).  It explicitly legalizes the unlocking of cell phones, for starters, and then goes a step further to allow the unlocking of copy-protected content for legal use…

  • E-commerce site Joy & Revelry now online

    dave
    10 May 2013 | 1:52 am
    Joy & Revelry, an e-commerce platform that allows style influencers to acquaint their audiences with exceptional products based on their design preferences, is now officially out of beta. The platform enables established style influencers, known as “Style Mavens”, to create their very own online shops. These elite influencers include famous home décor magazines, well-known lifestyle bloggers and top pinners on Pinterest. By collaborating with Style Mavens, the firm is revolutionising how the social media elite can earn money from their influence. Unlike other home décor…
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  • Giveaway: Free Subscriptions to Depositphotos

    Jacob Gube
    20 May 2013 | 3:00 am
    Advertise here with BSA Up for grabs in this week’s giveaway are three 30-day subscriptions to Depositphotos — one of the most popular sites for downloading royalty-free files online. The subscriptions being given away are usually worth $99 each. The subscriptions will allow the winners to download up to 300 royalty-free stock photos, illustrations, videos, vector art, etc. Read on to see how you can be one of our lucky winners! About Depositphotos Depositphotos is a creative online platform that gives its users an opportunity to buy and sell high-quality stock photos, vector…

  • Winners of Interactive HTML5 World Maps from Simplemaps.com

    Jacob Gube
    5 May 2013 | 11:00 am
    Advertise here with BSA Last month, we had a giveaway of interactive HTML5 world map licenses from Simplemaps.com. Each license, which lasts a lifetime, is worth $199. In this post, you’ll find out who the five lucky winners are. The Winners Here are the five Six Revisions readers who’ve won a license from Simplemaps.com. Rommel RB Riyadh Al Nur George Avenirer Heru Congratulations to all the winners! The winners should have already gotten an email from me containing information about their prize. SQL query showing the 5 winners that were selected at random. Email addresses were…

  • The Winners of Premium WordPress Themes from TemplateMonster

    Jacob Gube
    13 Apr 2013 | 3:00 am
    Advertise here with BSA At the end of last month, we published a giveaway of 3 premium WordPress themes that were kindly provided by TemplateMonster, one of the oldest and most popular companies on the Web where you can purchase and download website templates and CMS themes. In this post, I’d like to let you all know who won this awesome giveaway! The Winners Here are the three lucky Six Revisions readers who have won themselves a premium WordPress theme of their choice: Dinesh Dhiman Pedro Regadas Anish Shah On behalf of the Six Revisions community, I’d like to congratulate our…

  • Winners of 5-Year Subscriptions to TeamLab

    Jacob Gube
    7 Apr 2013 | 12:38 am
    Advertise here with BSA We recently announced a giveaway of five TeamLab five-year account subscriptions, which are worth $250 each. In this post, I’d like to announce the five lucky Six Revisions readers who have won. The Winners Here are the five randomly chosen giveaway participants of five-year subscriptions to TeamLab. Colleen C Mayur Damaris Goetze Tate Noel Nuguid Congratulations to our five winners! Each winner should have already gotten an email from me containing information about his or her prize. About TeamLab TeamLab is a universal cloud office for small- and medium-sized…

  • User Testing for Web Accessibility

    Jacob Gube
    3 Apr 2013 | 3:00 am
    Advertise here with BSA If you live in a major city, chances are, your buses, trains, and trams are accessible to people with physical disabilities and special needs. Your elevators and sidewalks, too. What about your website? According to Forbes Magazine, people with disabilities represent the largest minority group there is — a $1 trillion market worldwide. To provide a comparative perspective, consider that the total market for cloud services in 2011 is only $91 billion according to Gartner. The overall market for consumer packaged goods (CPG) in the US, according to McKinsey, is…
 
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    Free and Useful Online Resources for Designers and Developers

  • 11 Useful And Free CSS UI Kits

    Akhter
    21 May 2013 | 12:07 pm
    We have previously presented many user interface (UI) kits for our designers fellows but rarely have compiled UI kits that have been exclusively built with CSS. This is something that many designers are looking for. So, look no further as here we are presenting 11 free CSS UI Kits for you. All of these 11 UI kits have been coded with CSS and contain a wide range of common web UI elements. These UI kits and more precisely the common web UI elements are the resources that you will need to build your own wireframe. We hope that you will find this collection useful for you. Here is the full list…

  • Wonderful Collection Of Free Chart And Graph PSD Designs

    Akhter
    20 May 2013 | 9:43 am
    Charts and graphs are used to show statistics and data in a visually appealing manner. So, if you are looking for some free to use or download web elements that can help you showing statistics and data on your website in an interesting way, then you have come to the right place. In this post, we are presenting an awesome collection of some very useful and appealing chart and graph PSD designs for you. All the charts and graphs presented in this collection are available in PSD format so that you can easily modify them as per your needs and taste. Using charts and graphs always is an advantage…

  • 13 Online HTML5 Tools For Web Designers

    Akhter
    15 May 2013 | 10:18 am
    With this collection, we want to share with you 13 great online HTML5 tools that have been designed especially for the web developers so that they can simplify their development work. These online HTML5 tools will be very helpful for the web developers to build awesome and new revolutionary web pages. Here is the complete collection for you. We hope that you will like this collection and find these online tools useful for you as well. Do let us know your opinions about this round up and share your precious opinions about this collection with rest of the world. Enjoy! Moqups – HTML5 App For…

  • 20 Most Creative And Unusual Bookshelf Designs

    Akhter
    14 May 2013 | 1:20 pm
    Bookshelves are designed in our homes, schools, offices, libraries and companies to keep books, office files and other documents at place. Today, bookshelf is not just a piece of furniture rather it has also taken a form of art. Creative and artistically designed bookshelves showcase the creative and designing skills of the creator. The first and foremost thing in bookshelf design is the usability along with creativity. Unique and creative bookshelves designs look so beautiful and give your room or office a very sophisticated and educated look. Such designs of bookshelves also inspire others…

  • Collection of Free And Premium WordPress Themes With Grid Layouts

    Akhter
    13 May 2013 | 10:59 am
    In this collection, you will see some excellent WordPress themes for grid layout. Although, there is a huge plethora of WordPress themes including grid layout as well but we thought to compile a great collection of some high quality and fresh WordPress themes with grid layout. With these themes, you can layout different web elements into grids that look appealing to eyes. Such types of themes are perfect for magazine and portfolio related websites. From the time when responsive website design trend is getting around, people are now considering transforming their web designs into responsive…
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    Smashing Magazine Feed

  • Designing CSS Layouts With Flexbox Is As Easy As Pie

    David Storey
    22 May 2013 | 5:31 am
       Flexible box layout (or flexbox) is a new box model optimized for UI layout. As one of the first CSS modules designed for actual layout (floats were really meant mostly for things such as wrapping text around images), it makes a lot of tasks much easier, or even possible at all. Flexbox’s repertoire includes the simple centering of elements (both horizontally and vertically), the expansion and contraction of elements to fill available space, and source-code independent layout, among others abilities. Flexbox has lived a storied existence. It started as a feature of Mozilla’s…

  • Mobile UX Research: Exploring Ten Fundamental Aspects Of M-Commerce Usability

    Christian Holst
    21 May 2013 | 6:30 am
       Everyone is talking about mobile. Some e-commerce websites are venturing into it. Mobile commerce (also known as “m-commerce”) has immense potential, exhibiting a 86% growth rate and hitting $25 billion in 2012 (set to reach $86 billion by 2016, according to eMarketer). It’s also a whole new platform, with new interaction methods and usage contexts that introduce a host of limitations and pitfalls to watch out for when designing and running an m-commerce website. With few best practices yet established, m-commerce is, to a large degree, unchartered territory when it…

  • Case Study: Typographic Design Patterns And Current Practices (2013 Edition)

    Jan Constantin
    16 May 2013 | 7:25 pm
       Good typography has always been a defining aspect of effective Web design, and this holds true especially for websites in which the emphasis is on presenting a large amount of content — specifically, articles, news and stories. Whether for a magazine or international newspaper, the designer of any website that distributes a lot of content has always had to consider typographic details as seriously and thoroughly as a print designer would. In 2009, we conducted a survey of then current typographic practices. Since then, responsive design techniques have clearly gained…

  • A Beginner's Guide: Migrating A Website To WordPress Is Easier Than You Think

    Jonathan Wold
    15 May 2013 | 1:33 am
       Now powering over 17% of the Web, WordPress is increasingly becoming the content management system (CMS) of choice for the average user. But what about websites built with an outdated CMS or without a CMS at all? Does moving to WordPress mean starting over and losing all the time, energy and money put into the current website? Nope! Migrating a website (including the design) over to WordPress is actually easier than you might think. In this guide, we’ll outline the migration process and work through the steps with a sample project. We’ll also cover some of the challenges you…

  • A Client- And Server-Side Approach: Providing The Best Mobile User Experience Possible

    Luca Passani
    14 May 2013 | 5:53 am
       Now and again, I hit the swimming pool. It’s a good way to exercise, but also to relax after a long day in front of my PC. I can do quite a few laps in my front crawl, but only because I don’t use my legs much. I kick steadily to ensure that my legs stay lifted and don’t slow me down. I don’t use my legs much for forward propulsion. An instructor once explained to me that legs can definitely help with propulsion in the front crawl, but only at the cost of much higher energy consumption. He also explained that champions use their legs a lot. Their hearts are powerful, and…
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    Speckyboy Design Magazine

  • Are your forms converting? How to effectively A/B test your forms

    Yigit Kocak
    22 May 2013 | 8:39 am
    Are your forms converting? Have you tested them? How would you even go about testing the effectiveness of your forms? Well, it’s quite easy with A/B Testing, which is a fairly straightforward process. You perform A/B testing by creating two versions of your form (one being the original as a control) and splitting your visitors equally between them. When your forms reach a statistically confident number of conversions, you then pick the winner. The winner will be the control form for the next test, and you can continue this process indefinitely. Doubtless, there are always the best…

  • Tools for Formatting, Organizing and Tidying CSS Code

    Paul Andrew
    22 May 2013 | 12:27 am
    If you are an uber-experienced web designer, you probably won’t have this problem. Your CSS files will be structured coherently and concisely, every selector will have been attentively placed, every property will be perfectly formatted… basically, your CSS will look like carefully crafted art. If this describes you, then move along please, this post is not for you. But if you are one of the 99.9% of web designers out there that work with CSS on a regular basis, it is for you. You know how it goes, you start a new web project with a barebones CSS file, and as you build the site…

  • 30 Fresh & Free Photoshop Brush Packs

    Speckyboy Editors
    21 May 2013 | 8:42 am
    There will never be a point when a designer says ‘yep, that is it for me, I have all of the brushes I will never need’! It just won’t happen. The designers toolbox is always evolving, with new resources being added as and when they are needed. And just to help you add even more tools to your metaphorical toolbox, we have a fantastic bunch of Photoshop brush sets for you. There are a total of 30 brush packs below, with a combined total of just over 500 brushes. There is no theme or specific category, other than that they are all large and are of the highest quality. I hope…

  • Weekly Design News – Resources, Tutorials and Freebies (N.185)

    Speckyboy Editors
    21 May 2013 | 12:28 am
    This is our weekly column were we share our favorite design related articles, resources and cool tidbits from the past week. Enjoy :) If you would like to receive our daily updates and keep up to date with the latest and greatest articles and resources from the design community, you can follow us on Twitter, on Facebook or by subscribing to our RSS feed. git – the simple guide How to Write Testable and Maintainable Code in PHP Migrating A Website To WordPress Is Easier Than You Think 10 Developer Tips To Build A Responsive Website [Infographic] Photoshop’s Role in a Web Design…

  • The 5 Most Common UX Mistakes

    Kyle Henderson
    20 May 2013 | 8:06 am
    Many companies are heads-down in their product development process. It makes sense — building a great product takes not only hard work, but collaboration across teams, especially in larger organizations. Sometimes, companies make mistakes when building their products, especially when it comes to user experience. Here are a few UX mistakes we commonly see: Cram That Feedback Most people know that they should be seeking user feedback as early and as often as possible. But knowing is different than doing. Most companies end up cramming user feedback in at the very end of a project, like…
 
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    Subtraction.com

  • Igloo Feed Sponsorship

    desk@subtraction.com
    21 May 2013 | 9:00 pm
    Igloo has some funny new Sandwich videos to lighten your day (and maybe convince your boss and/or IT to upgrade your intranet to something more human). Check them out: Intranet Updates Versions (You can also get a free 30-day trial and bring back Cake Fridays here.) Sponsorship by The Syndicate.

  • When Designers Interview Engineers

    desk@subtraction.com
    16 May 2013 | 9:42 am
    The reality for most designers is that we are very likely to work at companies whose principal line of business is not design, but something else — media, services, widgets, what have you. This is slightly less true if you’re in the studio or agency world, but certainly if you do interaction or product design, you’re probably working in an environment that’s engineering-focused first, and design-focused second (or third). There’s a tech sector, but there’s no ‘design sector.’ Thankfully, as the design profession has matured designers…

  • Mad Mimi Email Marketing Feed Sponsorship

    desk@subtraction.com
    14 May 2013 | 9:00 pm
    Mad Mimi is a design-oriented email newsletter service founded in 2008. Developed to provide a mobile-app-like feel, and with a drag-and-drop email composer, Mad Mimi offers a simple, elegant user experience that helps customers create, send, and track beautiful html email campaigns. Mad Mimi also offers robust APIs, integrations, and add-on features. This makes it a perfect fit for today’s visionaries, artists, and entrepreneurs, including great digital brands like Fancy and StumbleUpon, who use Mad Mimi to communicate with their customers. Best yet, Mad Mimi is free for up to 2,500…

  • Tail Wagging in Interface Design

    desk@subtraction.com
    14 May 2013 | 3:30 am
    A wonderfully argued indictment of skeuomorphism and its inherent falsity, by designer and developer Matt Gemell. It’s well worth a read, though I actually don’t fully agree with it. I’m working up to writing down my thoughts on the widespread distaste for skeuomorphism and the accompanying mania for ‘flat design.’ And when I say ‘working up to it’ I mean ‘trying to find the time.’ Anyway, Read Matt’s piece here. To follow me on Twitter click here.

  • PDFpenPro 6 from Smile Feed Sponsorship

    desk@subtraction.com
    7 May 2013 | 9:00 pm
    PDFpenPro is the advanced version of PDFpen. PDFpenPro does everything that PDFpen does, such as add signatures, edit text and images, perform OCR on scanned documents and export Microsoft Word documents. It also has the ability to create a PDF form, build a table of contents, and convert HTML files to PDF. The new PDFpenPro 6 adds document permission settings. When you share a PDF, you can restrict printing, copying, and editing of your PDFs. You can also use the new automatic form field creation tool to convert a non-interactive form into an interactive PDF form with text fields and…
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    Treehouse Blog

  • Tall Tales From A Large Man – Interview with Aaron Draplin

    Treehouse
    22 May 2013 | 1:08 pm
    Aaron Draplin is a graphic designer and founder of the Draplin Design Company. He’s done work for everyone from his friend’s hot dog company to President Obama himself. He’s also a speaker and co-creator of Field Notes, a popular notebook series among designers. He’s bold, outspoken, and unapologetic about being awesome. He took a minute to talk with expert teacher, Mat Helme, and threw some knowledge bombs at him. Enjoy! The full interview will be available tomorrow to all Treehouse Gold Members. The post Tall Tales From A Large Man – Interview with Aaron…

  • Developing over the YouTube API with JSON

    Jake Rocheleau
    22 May 2013 | 6:30 am
    The process to understand API development is generally complicated but should become easier with practice. Social networks like Twitter and YouTube offer XML/RSS/JSON feeds without the requirement of an API key. However, other smaller networking websites like Instagram and Etsy will require developers to sign up for a new API key before allowing them to make requests from the server. In this tutorial I want to demonstrate a really simple HTML/CSS/JS web application building over the YouTube API. This demo will list a number of YouTube channels which you may click and pull out all the latest…

  • Creating Vanity URLs in Rails

    Andrew Chalkley
    21 May 2013 | 10:30 am
    A vanity URL is a search engine optimized (SEO) URL. Instead of having a meaningless URL like http://storeofthefuture.com/products/2015 wouldn’t http://storeofthefuture.com/products/hoverboard be better and more meaningful? It’s fairly straightforward to make URLs nicer in Rails. I’ll walk you through the process. Baby Steps In Rails the models have a method called to_param. This method gets called when you pass a model into a URL helper like: <%= link_to product.name, product %> Or: <%= link_to product.name, product_path(product) %> By default the to_param…

  • iTunes Scrolling and Mobile Shelving – Treehouse Show Ep 40

    Treehouse
    21 May 2013 | 7:02 am
    In this episode of The Treehouse Show, Nick Pettit (@nickrp) and Jason Seifer (@jseifer) talk about iTunes Scrolling and Mobile Shelving. Here are the links for the week: Quick ‘n dirty iTunes 11 style scroller – CodePen http://codepen.io/vaskemaskine/pen/DrdJE Sly http://darsa.in/sly/ jQuery.Shapeshift http://mcpants.github.io/jquery.shapeshift/ Packery http://packery.metafizzy.co/ Pure CSS Peeling Sticky – CodePen http://codepen.io/patrickkunka/pen/axEgL Package Managers: An Introductory Guide For The Uninitiated Front-End Developer – Tech.Pro…

  • How Learning to Program Got Me A Technical Co-Founder

    Spencer Fry
    20 May 2013 | 6:30 am
    When I started learning to program back in February 2012 in order to build Uncover, I simply wanted to be able to see my ideas through to a solid prototype that customers could use. Nothing else mattered. I’d watch tutorials, read books, practice exercises, deploy code, fail and repeat–until I collapsed on my keyboard. Every day I’d wake up with a strong sense of accomplishment. But no matter how much progress I made, I still knew I’d need to find a talented technical co-founder to work with. I’ve been around the block enough times to know that a year of programming wouldn’t…
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  • It Takes More Than Formatting to Make a Book

    admin
    16 May 2013 | 4:34 pm
    As much as I am having a really good time designing books for self-publishers, I hear entirely too many of them talk about needing only a cover designer and someone to format their text. It is true that ebooks don’t take as much design as print—unless they are fixed layout ebooks, any design and layout choices can be changed by the reader. (Hence my extremely mixed feeling about ebooks, despite my listing toward being something of a technology junkie.) That said, and taking ebooks out of the equation, too many self-publishers want the benefit of cutting out a third party as publisher and…

  • An Interesting, New Way to Work

    admin
    25 Mar 2013 | 6:48 pm
    Something new is happening on this latest job. I am getting paid on a monthly basis before beginning the “meat” of the book project. In other words, like some other professionals, I am on a retainer. This came up in a fairly uncomplicated way. The client—a small, independent publisher—made it clear from when we first spoke that, although her company is of modest means, she definitely believes in paying freelancers fairly for the work they do. So she proposed paying in monthly installments, starting when we signed our agreement to work together. It takes a bit of getting used to,…

  • The Phaidon Archive of Graphic Design Companion, Part VI Identity

    admin
    20 Mar 2013 | 4:08 pm
    The next category in The Phaidon Archive of Graphic Design is Identity. To the extent that a book cover, for instance, establishes identity and can be part of a larger “package” that could include ads, posters, websites, etc., I guess I understand the idea of Identity. But a true Identity element is used in those different ways: in print, packaging, video, and so on. The Archive shows some powerful and effective pieces. They demonstrate some very well-known examples of brand in the twentieth century. As book design is my area, this category is the first one I viewed a something of an…

  • The Phaidon Archive of Graphic Design Companion, Part V Book Cover

    admin
    6 Mar 2013 | 7:44 pm
    Before I learned to design books, I learned to love books and movies. And film titles were actually some of the first graphics to make an impression on me. So I looked forward to the Film Graphics category from the moment I saw it named on one of the divider cards in the box in which The Phaidon Archive of Graphic Design arrived. Film graphics often find their way onto movie posters, in addition to titles and credits. And this category is about the graphics themselves. It has the smallest number of examples in the categories reviewed to this point. While not immediately intuitive, the…

  • Type Size and Leading, White Space and Page Color

    admin
    24 Feb 2013 | 6:01 pm
    The size of type, of an individual letterform in a particular typeface, is measured from the top of the highest ascender to the bottom of the lowest descender. (Note: I originally had some kind of brain freeze and defined this incorrectly. But Michael Brady was kind enough to point this out to me in a LinkedIn group discussion.) But that doesn’t mean different typefaces fall the same way on a page. Some typefaces have larger x-heights (measured from baseline to the top of, say, a lowercase x. Others have longer or shorter ascenders and/or descenders. So there are definite differences in…
 
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  • Salt Lake Startup Weekend

    Tony Naccarato
    19 May 2013 | 9:31 pm
    It was another great Startup Weekend, this time in Salt Lake City, Utah. This time I feel like I was able to get more sleep but also able to produce more and create a great product. This time I went in looking for a project that I could put my design skills to good use(...)

  • Lone Rock

    Tony Naccarato
    2 Mar 2013 | 9:33 am
    I had the opportunity to go with the Photowalking Utah group out to Lone Rock in Tooele, Utah and take some pictures. It was really a great experience and a good opportunity to meet some people interested in the same thing—photography. It started off with a long walk on a muddy road to get to our destination.(...)

  • Startup Weekend Ogden

    Tony Naccarato
    5 Nov 2012 | 3:38 pm
    I decided to give myself a challenge this last weekend by going to the Startup Weekend Ogden and it was exactly what I wanted—a challenge. Committing yourself for 54 hours to coming up with an idea and seeing it through to the end, it was pretty intense. I came home exhausted but ready to do it again.(...)

  • Easter—It’s about Jesus Christ

    Tony Naccarato
    6 Apr 2012 | 9:30 am
    While driving in the car to work I heard a commercial for a local super market promoting their Easter deals for this coming Easter weekend. I usually don’t get caught off guard with the worldly view of Easter but the way they phrased their ad really hit me. The pitch was basically, ‘What is Easter’(...)

  • Change Something, and Find What You Love

    Tony Naccarato
    6 Oct 2011 | 10:30 am
    “If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?” And whenever the answer has been “No” for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something. Steve Jobs, Stanford Commencement 2005 Thanks Steve.
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  • Olé! Wanda Barcelona’s ‘Fantastico’ Celebrates ICFF, Language of the Fan

    Guest
    22 May 2013 | 7:27 am
    The W New York Hotel Union Square helped ICFF celebrate its 25th anniversary with an exotic installation imported from Spain. We equipped writer Nancy Lazarus with castanets and asked her to survey the scene. (Photos courtesy W Hotel Union Square) Wanda Barcelona is heading back to Spain with many new fans. The design firm, which specializes in “paper dreams, ephemeral architecture, and creative spaces,” created “Fantastico” (above) for display at the W New York Union Square during ICFF. The enormous yet graceful wooden fan with intricate paper cutouts celebrated the…

  • Design Jobs: People.com, The Washington Post, Agora

    Nadine Cheung
    22 May 2013 | 7:24 am
    This week, Time, Inc. is hiring a freelance photo editor for People.com, while The Washington Post needs a video graphics editor. Agora is seeking a graphic designer, and Green Room Communications is on the hunt for a senior graphic designer. Get the scoop on these openings and more below, and find additional just-posted gigs on Mediabistro. Freelance Photo Editor – People.com Time, Inc. (New York, NY) Video Graphics Editor The Washington Post (Washington, DC) Graphic Designer Agora (Delray Beach, FL) Senior Graphic Designer Green Room Communications (Boonton, NJ) Magazine/Web Designer…

  • Frieze Fatigue? ICFF Exhaustation? Relax with Paul Delvaux

    Stephanie Murg
    22 May 2013 | 3:15 am
    Paul Delvaux, “La Joie de vivre,” a 1938 oil painting. (© Paul Delvaux Foundation, Belgium) You came, you saw, you Friezed (and joined the Collective), and then dived straight into NYCxDESIGN and ICFF. In the few days that stand between you and a road trip, body of water, and/or that teetering stack of unread books you can now refer to as your “summer reading list,” soothe your weary eyes with the help of Paul Delvaux (1897–1994). A selection of 20 of the Belgian artist’s quietly seductive works are on view through June 1 at Blain|Di Donna gallery in New York,…

  • Score That Job: Hachette Book Group

    Kevin Eck
    22 May 2013 | 2:30 am
    Do you have the New York Times Best Seller list memorized? Do you have a passion for books and want to get into the publishing business? In this episode of “Score That Job,” career expert, author and mediabistro editor Vicki Salemi sat down with Andrea Weinzimer of Hachette Book Group and got the inside dirt on what they’re looking for in a candidate. Here a few tips — know the industry and know which authors they publish (hint: rhymes with James Patterson, Nicholas Sparks, David Sedaris…). Or just watch the video. You can view our other MediabistroTV productions…

  • Say WWWhat? Whitney Museum Unveils New Graphic Identity

    Stephanie Murg
    21 May 2013 | 8:22 am
    With its imminent move downtown to new Renzo Piano-designed digs, the Whitney Museum of American Art decided that its graphic identity was also in need of an overhaul. And so it’s out with Abbott Miller‘s 13-year-old wordmark (which, like a fine wine, would only have gotten better with age) and in with a…spindly, shape-shifting line? The new identity, created by Amsterdam-based Experimental Jetset and unveiled today along with the museum’s redesigned website, is an anti-logo: lacking distinction, gravitas, and the ability to be seen from across a room. The…
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  • Create a Sidebar that Sticks Within an Element

    Chris Gilchrist
    22 May 2013 | 4:15 am
    You’ve probably seen this trick used before with social icons or a sidebar that sticks to the top of your screen as you scroll down the page. The problem is that often they don’t stop scrolling and up either disappearing behind another element or overlapping something they shouldn’t, which looks cheap and unprofessional. In this tutorial we’ll create a ‘sticky element’ that only scrolls until the maximum height of it’s parent element which will prevent that unsightly overflow. Let’s start with a very basic html structure: <style> body{…

  • 40 Stunning Doodles for Inspiration

    Steven Snell
    21 May 2013 | 4:34 am
    When it comes to art and design sometimes the best way to boost your own creativity is to browse inspirational works of art from others. In this article we’ll showcase 40 examples of amazing doodles. The hand-drawn style is one that can be used in a variety of different ways and on all kinds of different projects. You could incorporate doodled elements in a web design, business card, poster, t-shirt, or just about anything. The items shown here come from various artists. Most of them are available for larger views at the source, which you can reach by clicking on any of the images or…

  • 40 Beautiful and Minimal WordPress Themes

    Steven Snell
    20 May 2013 | 4:00 am
    Finding the right WordPress theme for your website or for a client’s website is not an easy task. Even with the huge selection that is available, if you have some specific things in mind for your site you may find that it’s very difficult to locate a theme that would be a perfect match.  In these situations, you may be better off to start with a theme framework or a minimal theme and customize it through the use of a child theme to meet your needs. In this post we’ll highlight 40 minimal WordPress themes that are worth a look. The themes showcased here are…

  • Photo Manipulation and Digital Art Inspiration, May, 2013

    Rahul Chowdhury
    17 May 2013 | 4:06 am
    Welcome to the second article in the new series that showcases inspirational photo manipulations, and here we are back with some amazing works or art that will amaze you once again, as promised. So without wasting any more time, let’s dig in, and see what we have here for this month. TV Bots Computer Man Light Lady Revealing Identity Space Expedition Guitar Imagination Zebra Formation Ice Cream Watch Holding Cup The Juggler Golden Man Erasing Door Biker Wolf Skeleton Family Astronaut on Fire Speed Lovers Young vs Old Thunderbeast Insect Ride Road to Victory Poison Ivy Well then, we come…

  • Free Download: Avatar Icons

    Steven Snell
    16 May 2013 | 3:40 am
    Today we have a free download that will allow you to create your own custom avatars. The icon elements come in Adobe Illustrator format and you can mix and match various elements to create your own avatar. These icons were created by Freepik especially for our readers. You can download the set and use them to create your own interesting and unique avatars. Download the set (1MB zip file) About the Designer: Freepik is a search engine tool that helps graphic and web designers to locate high quality free illustrations, vectors, psd and images and download it without copyright infringement. With…
 
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  • Art Direction of Powell-Peralta and the Bones Brigade

    Jeshurun Webb
    22 May 2013 | 10:47 am
    I always admired the athleticism and brotherhood of the kids who rode BMX and skateboarded in my midwestern high school. I spent hours photographing their street tricks for my photography classes. It seemed uncomplicated and pure: wanting to be close to this two or four-wheeled machine and yet longing to be far away from the ground.A whole new world of aesthetic culture opened up to me. I loved their punk zines and choppily-edited amateur promotional videos. Lately, I’ve been bidding voraciously on late 1970s  to mid-1980s issues of SkateBoarder Magazine on ebay. I buy them…

  • The Faces of Clarendon, The Typeface

    Steven Heller
    21 May 2013 | 10:59 pm
    There were a few Clarendons — a thick-faced condensed type with heavy serifs. The original Clarendon is an English slab-serif created in in the 1830s by Robert Besley for Fann and later Thorowgood and Co. type founders. A version was made into a wood typeface and also was reworked in metal by the Monotype Corporation foundry in 1935. Hermann Eidenbenz and Edouard Hoffmann made their own version based on Besley’s original design in 1953. The Craw Clarendon family designed by Freeman Craw was released by American Type Founders in 1955, with light, bold and condensed variants. Fortune or…

  • The Paradox of Juxtaposition

    Steven Heller
    20 May 2013 | 11:05 pm
    Franklin Knight Lane (July 15, 1864 – May 18, 1921) United States Secretary of the Interior from 1913 to 1920.These are poster stamps — collectible mini-posters produced from before the turn-of-the-19th/20th-century to around the 1930s and used to advertise and commemorate things, people, events and, of course, products and services. These particular poster stamps are a curious amalgam of politics, government, history, tea and irony (at least seen today).The stamps celebrate the United States Park Service by featuring President Woodrow Wilson’s cabinet against a graphic…

  • 10 Fantastic Pattern Books for Children

    Jude Stewart
    20 May 2013 | 8:30 am
    When the inscribed circles of fate align such that you are simultaneously: a) seven months pregnant, b) write about graphic design, and c) froth enthusiastically at the mention of color and patterns, well: it becomes high time to blog about smashingly beautiful children’s books on same.Today’s post is first in a two-part series, highlighting 10 books you’ll want to snag for the pattern-loving-kid (or parent-to-be) in your life. Soon we’ll tackle a top ten of amazing color books for kids — an Olympian challenge given how crowded the playing field around that topic is.I’ve loosely…

  • Marks on China

    Steven Heller
    19 May 2013 | 10:38 pm
    In London during the 1920s every hotel had its own china make and pattern designed by various dinnerware firms in the U.K. and abroad. I recently stumbled into a cache of ledger notations from a china and porcelain distributor that lists where and what each hotel, club and institution had in the way of plates, cups and saucers, according to their respective marks and signatures.Despite the crudity of ledger pages, the marks — logos by any name — exude a certain design elegance consistent with the era in which they were made.For more Steven Heller, check out Citizen Designer: Perspectives…
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  • CNN Travel Article: Best Places to Escape the Wired World

    steph
    10 May 2013 | 7:30 am
    There’s nothing like stealing away to that tropical island hideaway only to have email bleeps, blaring tablets, and annoyingly loud cell-phone talkers drowning out the serene sounds of the ocean. In my latest article for CNN, I uncover the 10 best unwired oases offering the perfect mix of modern comforts and low-fi distractions. Check out my article on CNN TRAVEL

  • CNN Travel Article: America’s Most Amazing Hotel Pools

    steph
    26 Apr 2013 | 9:46 am
    When the humidity is off the charts and temps are sky-high, there’s nothing like taking a quick dip to cool off. But throw in jaw-dropping views, insane settings, and ingenious design – and the pool is more than just a water-filled hole. It’s the ultimate place to chill. From sharks to hot springs, mountain vistas, and water elevators – I take the plunge into America’s most amazing hotel pools. Check out my article on CNN TRAVEL

  • CNN Travel Article: America’s 10 highest-tech hotels

    steph
    11 Apr 2013 | 10:36 am
    Every vacation you swear off technology. You’re not going to check your email or look that evil, nasty thing you call a laptop. You bring your iPhone “for emergencies only,” lock it in the room safe, and pinky promise you’re not going to touch it…yeah, right. In my latest article for CNN, I finally embrace my inner tech-addict and plug into America’s most gadget-ified hotels. Check out my article on CNN TRAVEL Image Courtesy Yotel New York

  • Conde Nast Traveler Article: Jazzed Up

    steph
    21 Jan 2013 | 6:24 pm
    In the February 2013 issue of Conde Nast Traveler, I write about the world’s first free-standing building dedicated entirely to jazz, San Francisco’s just-opened SFJAZZ Center. It was an honor and a thrill to interview architect Mark Cavagnero, artistic director Randall Kline, and tour the amazing new space. CHECK OUT THE ARTICLE BELOW or Read it on CONDE NAST TRAVELER’S SITE.  

  • Travel + Leisure Article: America’s Best Hotels for Foodies

    steph
    14 Dec 2012 | 8:07 pm
    What’s more satisfying than a hotel with a luxurious four-poster bed, marble bath, wood-burning fireplace, and Blue Ridge Mountains views? How about a dinner courtesy of James Beard Award–winning chef Patrick O’Connell—and waiting right downstairs. Guests of Virginia’s Inn at Little Washington don’t have to travel far for a world-class meal. Chef O’Connell’s creative dishes, such as carpaccio of baby lamb with Caesar salad ice cream and pappardelle with chanterelle mushrooms, apricots, and country ham, secured Little Washington the No. 1 ranking among America’s best…
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  • Design & Money: Understanding Value

    VSUAL
    15 May 2013 | 12:58 am
    Dear readers, I was given this opportunity, probably once in a lifetime, to write an essay on Design & Money. I was assigned to do it on a voluntary basis or in much more simple constructed words: “Do it for free”. I accepted those terms. To bring more transparency, I need to break down the concept of “Design & Money”. Design has nothing to do with money — nothing at all! Design is a state of mind, a creative process of continuous development and improvement. Design is like art — a way to shape history; pointing out its beliefs and to be able to come up…

  • Rabi, The Painter

    VSUAL
    7 May 2013 | 12:22 am
    Click on a thumbnail for gallery view… Surrounded by several painters Rabi, as Rabindranath was affectionately called, had always wanted to paint. Writing and music, playwriting and acting came to him naturally and almost without training, as it did to several others in his family, and in even greater measure. But painting eluded him. Yet he tried repeatedly to master the art and there are several references to this in his early letters and reminiscence. In 1900 for instance, when he was nearing forty and already a celebrated writer, he wrote to Jagadishchandra Bose, “You will be…

  • Design & Money: How Good Design Becomes Good Business

    VSUAL
    3 May 2013 | 10:30 pm
    Incubis was set up as a design studio in the mid 90s together with a close friend from NID, Sabyasachi Paldas; My brother, Rohit, an architect, joined us in a couple of years. We started in a time where Design (especially Industrial Design) was relatively unknown (a time when NID and NIIT were used interchangeably and Design meant “Dress-Design”, whatever that is). There was no mobile telephone, no email and no internet, which meant that the only way to get potential clients to know you was to either connect through office switchboards or wait patiently for appointments in assorted…

  • Siente Bellas Artes: Heart for Art

    VSUAL
    24 Apr 2013 | 9:01 am
    Antonio Maria Valencia, a passionate musician and composer from Columbia had a dream—to preserve the rich musical culture of Columbian music. In 1931, this very dream led him to establish a conservatory in the city of Cali that became ‘Instituto Departamental de Bellas Artes’. However, this dream, Antonio’s vision and the hopes of thousands of artists, musicians and designers is in perils because in a controversial decision, the government has pulled of its financial support and funding for this very prestigious institute. The streets of Cali are today filled with…

  • Money & Design: How Much?

    VSUAL
    21 Apr 2013 | 8:34 pm
    “How Much?” Two words that have echoed all my professional life. As young designers, we always knew what we were worth for a client: the value we would bring to his business, the increased brand value, the costs we would save for him but when it came to costing our own efforts to achieve this, we were hopelessly out of sync. Years ago, I was called upon to do the product graphics and colour schemes for a tractor. A large industry with heavy spending on a research centre, it was an ideal client to have. The briefing was professional, the meetings were cordial, till the time came to…
 
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  • Spring Beasties...

    21 May 2013 | 5:00 am
    The beasts are always cute when they are little.Not always so much when they are bigger.It's that time of the year, where deer are jumping fences are racing to see if they can make it across the highway before you reach the same point. Yikes!!This little sweetie won't be racing any cars. We'll just keep it little, and cute. On a card. Or a scrapbook layout :)Happy Tuesday!Rhoda

  • Summertime Lemonade

    14 May 2013 | 5:00 am
    Happy Tuesday!I took yesterday off (my last personal day of the year). Now I am trying to put my brain back into school mode.It's hard.All I can think about are summer mornings with a cup of coffee. Hot afternoons at the river or lake. Adventures. Places we can go and play. And art. Time for drawing and being creative.One of my kids' favorite things to do is a lemonade stand at my dad's. He lives on a prime corner (really close to main street). They set up in the shade of a lilac tree and hawk their wares all afternoon.Looking forward to hot summer days and refreshing beverages.You can either…

  • Happy Mother's Day

    13 May 2013 | 6:37 am
    I hope you all had a wonderful weekend. Filled with fun and activities YOU enjoy.My brain has officialy moved over to "summer mode" after our weekend of fun. It's unfortunate since we still have 3 weeks of school left. Yikes.We drove home to Salmon with our bikes in tow. And then we rode like crazy.A full afternoon on the race tracks and dusty off roads. Sandy (my MIL), even challenged herself and learned to drive the 4-wheeler. Three generations out being motor-heads.On Mother's Day, we did the same. A longer ride. Some fishing. A hot springs at the end of the day with my dad. A pile of worn…

  • Making the Most of It...

    8 May 2013 | 5:00 am
    We rode our bikes again this weekend.Twice!While we were zipping along a dirt road in the pines, I realized that we are already in summer mode. We still have 4 weeks of school, but we are already acting like it's summer.Packing food and leaving the house on a moments notice.Staying out late, sucking up the most of the sunshine.Not thinking about the responsibilities and chores that we will have the following day.Heck. We almost forgot about "school night bedtime".When we were sitting around the table eating pizza last night, we decided that we are going to milk this summer for everything it's…

  • A Matching Set...

    7 May 2013 | 5:00 am
    Good Morning :)Last week I posted a cute little girl and her bike. There were a few requests for a sweet boy and his bike as well.So this week, we have Hayden and his bike:You can either right click and save the image, or you can click "here" to download the image. Whichever works best for you.Happy Coloring!Rhoda
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  • Fun Illustrations by Jonatan Iversen-Ejve – #4

    WhatanART
    22 May 2013 | 11:19 am
    Here are some more artworks by one of the most featured digital artists on WAA, Jonatan Iversen-Ejve (Previously here, here and here). Artist – Jonatan Iversen-Ejve iversenejve.blogspot.comThis post was published on What an ART !!!

  • 3D Illustrations by Stefan Davidsson – “Jokers Circus” and “Jokers Wife”

    WhatanART
    22 May 2013 | 4:29 am
    Created using 3ds Max and V-Ray, these two 3D illustrations are the works of Stefan Davidsson, a freelance CG artist based in Örebro, Sweden, specializing in the creation of high-end 3D animations and imagery for commercial and architectural markets. Artist – Stefan Davidsson www.visualwork.seThis post was published on What an ART !!!

  • “Rufus – The Little Dragon” – Handmade Polymer Clay Sculpture by Giulio Golinelli

    WhatanART
    20 May 2013 | 6:31 am
    Giulio Golinelli is an Italian sculptor and illustrator who makes cartoonish polymer clay sculptures that can be easily mistaken for digitally created CG models. Featured below is one of our favorites of his work, ‘Rufus – The Little Dragon‘; a sculpture that was handmade with Super Sculpey and acrylic colors as part of ‘The art [...]This post was published on What an ART !!!

  • 3D Art by Tomi Väisänen

    WhatanART
    17 May 2013 | 5:42 am
    Some cool 3D works by Tomi Väisänen, a CG artist and multimedia student from Finland. Artist – Tomi Väisänen darkki1.deviantart.comThis post was published on What an ART !!!

  • Awesome Fan Art and Crossovers by Ricardo Chucky

    WhatanART
    17 May 2013 | 5:23 am
    Ricardo Chucky is a 2D illustrator and art director based in São Paulo, Brazil who apparently has a serious knack for making awesome fan art and crossovers based on some of our favorite video game, cartoon and comic book characters. Check out some of his work below, and enjoy! Artist – Ricardo Chucky www.chucky.com.brThis post was published on What an ART !!!
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  • BEAUTIFUL RETRO POSTERS BY GRAPHIC DESIGNER MARIUS ROOSENDAAL

    Semhal Nasreddin
    20 May 2013 | 1:11 pm
    Marius Roosendaal is a super talented graphic designer and art director who hails from Amersfoort, Netherland. He seems to specialize in retro artwork and after coming across his posters, I had to share my favorite ones with you. Hope you enjoy viewing them as much as I do. Cheers .                                       For more of Marius Roosendaal’s work check out his website or his work on behance Related posts: TRULY PHENOMENAL BRANDING AND IDENTITY WORK OF GRAPHIC DESIGNER STEVE HAMAKER…

  • 40 OUTSTANDING USER INTERFACE KNOBS

    Semhal Nasreddin
    11 May 2013 | 8:35 am
    Today I am showcasing 40 really well done user interface knobs to inspire you.  User interface is a science and an art all at the same time. It blends technology with aesthetically appealing and beautiful design. The goal is to attract users and to make the interaction efficient, easy, and pleasing.. Enjoy   Knob   navigation-knob   minimal-metal-knob   dark-audio-interface-knob   camera-remote-iso-knob     volume-control   white-leather-ui-knob   ui-volume-control   plastic-knob   volume-knob-pure-css   damaged-metal-volume-knob…

  • STAR WARS SERIES: 60 AWESOME EXAMPLES OF CREATIVE DARTH VADER ART

    Semhal Nasreddin
    4 May 2013 | 8:58 am
      I noticed some pretty cool Star Wars themed art the other day, and I wanted to compile the ones I liked best and share them with you. This compilation is all about the one and only Darth Vader. Enjoy.   STAR ROCKER     Darth Vader   Lil Wayne theartofstarwars   Artwork by Tom Brodie Brown   Darth Vader   Darth Vader     Movember Posters 2010       Darth Vader Unmasked   Theartofstarwars Artwork by Adam Spizak as seen on  tiefighters   Zensur     Darth Vader Star Wars Identities_       MC…

  • TRULY PHENOMENAL BRANDING AND IDENTITY WORK OF GRAPHIC DESIGNER STEVE HAMAKER

    Semhal Nasreddin
    27 Apr 2013 | 9:43 am
    Steve Hamaker who goes by the name Stevaker, is an incredible graphic designer originally from Kansas. He now resides with his family in Chattanooga Tennessee.  He creates amazing work that spans from logo work and branding to web design, and illustrations for apparel. His work truly wowed me when I first came across it a few days ago and I hope you will be as equally impressed. Enjoy                         For more of Stevaker’s work check out his website. Related posts: INCREDIBLY GIFTED GRAPHIC DESIGNER RADIM MALINIC aka…

  • 35 EXAMPLES OF REALLY SEXY VEXEL ARTWORK

    Semhal Nasreddin
    14 Apr 2013 | 1:37 pm
    Vexel art is pixel based artwork that looks like vector art. The following are 39 beautiful and sexy examples. Hope you find them inspirational . For my article on vector art check out 50 Examples of Beautiful and Sexy Vector Artwork   VEXELS   Gimme-More-Braaaainsss     Wedding   Alicia-Keys-Vexel-Art     Azure-Sea   Eternal-Flame-     Boys-of-Summer   Head-For-The-Stars     Just-another   In-Depthtwo   The-Collaborators Hush-Hush   Summer-Charm-Close-Up     Lipsss   Settia   let-me-know…
 
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  • 3D Printing is just loved by everyone

    11 May 2013 | 1:37 am
      You would have seen people loving the 3D printing technology.  It sure is an interesting part of manufacturing technology.  This has opened many opportunities for the designers as it can make them earn plenty of money.  Moreover, this technology lets the artists to upload their very own models by creating them with their own imagination.  With 3D printing artists can reach a large flow of clients and make their own new and imaginative prototypes.  

  • Blogging tips to make blogging effective

    30 Apr 2013 | 4:37 am
      Blogging has become a lot common these days as every other person we see has a blog to run. It is not necessary that you start blogging even if you just have something to sell. People nowadays are blogging because it is just a part of their hobby.  Blogs can be found on a number of topics that we hadn’t even imagined.  If you are running a blog, then you will have to keep a number of blogging tips in mind in order to make it a success rather than just a source of making money.

  • Flyer printing - An effective marketing tool

    14 Apr 2013 | 11:34 pm
       There are many good ways through which one can promote one’s business and flyer printing is one of them. Though there are many other ways through which a business can be effectively promoted but still a flyer can also do whole lot of good in promoting a business.   Not many know this fact that flyers are considered to one of the best marketing tools on the basis of their size and form.  Flyer printing is a significant part of any marketing campaign because it is to be included the marketing packet.

  • Social Media Explained (VIDEO)

    3 Apr 2013 | 6:08 am
      This short movie explains what the social media is all about. Today everyone starting from the age of a kid to an old person is available on social media. That’s when the companies have started to create social media presence so as to target customers from all over the world. You have to work very tactfully for expanding your business over the network and for that you will have to make sure that you do not commit social media mistakes.  

  • Key elements to make a perfect logo design

    22 Mar 2013 | 7:48 am
      No matter what type of business you are running, it is one of the prerequisites to have a business logo.  Basically, a logo design is a mixture of symbols, graphics, font, illustration, typography and many other elements.  A great logo design can do wonders for a business whereas a bad one can totally ruin the repute.  The logo of a company gives it a brand recognition with which a company can target audience.  
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  • Petheadz: Do Pets Really Look Like Their Owners?

    Igor Ovsyannykov
    22 May 2013 | 12:32 am
    Zach Rose is a 23 year old photographer/filmmaker from Toronto, Canada. He has taken the concept of pets looking like their owners and put a creative spin on it. In his series titled ‘Petheadz,’ Zack takes DSLR portraits of people’s pets and merges them with portraits of their owners. This idea started as an exercise in creativity, but has quickly gained the attention of many online publications. The project is still active, so if you wish to stay updated be sure to follow Zack on Instagram. Enjoy!

  • 35 Visually Expressed Thoughts and Feelings by Carlos Lang

    Igor Ovsyannykov
    21 May 2013 | 11:25 pm
    Carlos Enrique Lang was born in Monterrey, Mexico. He moved to Los Angeles, California at the age of 17 where he got involved into photography and all sorts of visual arts. He constantly strives to create beautiful work and inspire other in the process. Care365.tumblr.com is his year-long project where day by day feelings, thoughts, and desires are exposed in different visual ways. I collected some of my favorite quotes to share them with you. Most of the images contain popular quotes, lyrics, and personal words of wisdom from Carlos. Enjoy!

  • Tips for Improving Your Website Usability

    Igor Ovsyannykov
    21 May 2013 | 10:55 pm
    This article was written for Inspirationfeed by Charles Mburugu. Charles is a professional blogger who likes sharing tips for internet marketers and bloggers. Currently, he is writing for websitetemplates.org. Usability is very important for the success of any site. A website that is usable, enables visitors to find what they are looking for easily and quickly. Here are some tips which can help you enhance the usability of your site. 1. Use a search box A search box is a vital element of any site. Visitors can use it to find what they’re looking for without having to click through…

  • Spark Off Your Career as a Well-Known Blogger

    Igor Ovsyannykov
    21 May 2013 | 10:30 pm
    This article was written for Inspirationfeed by Kelsey McNanie. Kelsey is an aspiring writer who loves to write and talk about the game of America’s Past Time, and is also a part-time How-To manager and designer. He also is the CEO and Executive Editor of 101 Baseball News. When you think of the word Journalism many things come to mind, but with the rapid extension of technology progressing through the lives of millions each day, one of the keys is online blogging. An array of thousands take to blogging each and every day, hoping to hit the big time … however, they’ll never…

  • 5 Reasons Why Freelancers Should Accept Online Payments

    Igor Ovsyannykov
    21 May 2013 | 2:18 am
    This article was written for Inspirationfeed by Debbie Allen .Debbie is a professional writer and blogger who specializes in topics of interest to women and online marketing strategies. More and more people are discovering the pleasures of freelancing. Whether they decide to freelance on a full-time basis or just to supplement their income, it’s a way to gain some control in a unique way. Accepting online payments can be a simple process. But in some cases, getting paid is not as simple as it could be. Accepting online payments can simplify the process for everyone concerned. In fact,…
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  • Top tips: How to choose images for your website or article

    admin
    16 May 2013 | 8:33 am
    There are a few things to remember when choosing images for your website or next blog post. Here are some of the basics that everyone needs to take into account. Here are our top 5 tips for choosing the best images: 1: Choose the image based on the context. Are you guilty of using an image just because you think you should have one? Are there images on your site of generic business people shaking hands dotted about? Perhaps they suit the content if they are on an article about how to close a business deal or working together, but maybe there is a better image you can use out there? 2: Think…

  • Pac Man cookie cutters!

    admin
    20 Mar 2013 | 6:14 am
    The simplest ideas are sometimes the best. Love these cookie cutters from Fab.com You can get yours at http://fab.com/sale/18809/product/28898/

  • Stage One: Excitement

    admin
    19 Mar 2013 | 4:35 am
    Jumping out of a plane! Wooooo! Yeah! What a great idea – raising money for charity… We are genius’, why on Earth did we not do this before? Every year. Twice a year. We are going to rock! The charity will love us and we will be helping so many people! Stage Two: Denial It’s ages away… it’s fine…we have time to raise enough money and get in touch with everyone and learn all the safety aspects. This is going to be easy enough. You just jump. An expert will be doing all the hard work and thinking and keeping me safe. This is a piece of cake. The sky…

  • Can you make the snow warmer?

    admin
    14 Mar 2013 | 10:57 am
    A while back a group of design companies in Ireland worked together to produce a series of light-hearted posters to illustrate the funniest comments they had ever received from clients. Proceeds from their exhibition and poster sales went to support Temple Street Children’s Hospital. It would be great to see a series of counter-posters illustrating the funniest things clients have heard from their designers as well! One for next year maybe. We picked our favourites below: You can see the rest of the collection on their site http://sharpsuits.net

  • How to build the perfect tweet

    admin
    14 Mar 2013 | 10:11 am
    Love this simple infographic from the guys at MarketingThink showing the anatomy of the perfect tweet. How many of these rules do you follow when writing your social media campaigns? Click image for larger version!
 
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  • Customer Spotlight: Ireland.com

    Ryan Arruda
    13 May 2013 | 8:53 am
    Ireland.com is the online presence of Tourism Ireland, an organization marketing the Emerald Isle as a premiere travel destination. The layout of the Ireland.com site is quite kinetic, with modular content blocks of varying size overlaid upon large, vibrant photographs. The site utilizes the Rockwell typeface family nearly exclusively; it’s employed not only for headlines, [...]

  • Use SkyFonts to Sync Google Fonts to Your Desktop

    Darren Glenister
    2 May 2013 | 8:19 am
    While more and more Web design is being done in the browser, much of the initial prototyping is still handled within desktop design apps. This requires Web designers who are working with Web fonts to also acquire desktop versions of their fonts. It also put an onus on Web font providers such as Google and [...]

  • New Fonts.com Web Fonts Master Subscription Offers Unlimited Desktop Fonts, Typographic Command for Digital and Print Design

    Johnathan Zsittnik
    1 May 2013 | 8:16 am
    At Monotype, we believe that type is the foundation of good design and that this principle holds true whether you’re designing for the Web, print or any other medium. With the aim of providing the tools necessary to deliver great typography for all media, today we proudly unveil a major enhancement to our Fonts.com Web [...]

  • eText Fonts Provide Quality e-Reading Experiences

    Alan Tam
    3 Apr 2013 | 5:42 am
    I’m pleased to announce a collection of typefaces specifically crafted for high-quality e-reading experiences, particularly for content displayed at smaller text sizes. Intended for Web and digital content publishers and device manufacturers, the suite offers some of the most widely used typefaces traditionally used for print that have been designed and tuned for ease of [...]

  • Celebrating St. Patrick’s Day with Irish and Celtic Typography

    Matt Brinkerhoff
    26 Mar 2013 | 9:39 am
    Many of the traits that are traditionally associated with Celtic and Irish Typography are actually vestiges of the ancient Insular script style, originated in Ireland over 1400 years ago. Insular scripts, which are identified by their unique letterforms, all-capital case setting and often-ornamented or flourished letters, heavily influenced the Gaelic and Irish handwriting and type [...]
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  • 25 Best and Creative Typography Design examples for your inspiration

    admin
    22 May 2013 | 5:58 pm
    Typography is one of the most fascinating elements of graphic design. If it’s web design, album art, posters, or any other type of graphic design, typographical inspiration can be a great resource for designers. Here we have added 28 most beautiful examples of typography designs for your inspiration. View All Typography Inspiration Posts here > read more

  • 25 Stunning HDR Photography examples and Tips for Beginners

    admin
    20 May 2013 | 6:48 pm
    High-dynamic-range imaging (HDRI or HDR) is a set of methods used in imaging and photography to capture a greater dynamic range between the lightest and darkest areas of an image than current standard digital imaging methods or photographic methods. HDR images can represent more accurately the range of intensity levels found in real scenes, from direct sunlight to faint starlight, and is often captured by way of a plurality of differently exposed pictures of the same subject matter. read more

  • 40 Brilliant Animal Logo design examples for your inspiration

    admin
    20 May 2013 | 5:59 pm
    In this post we have added 40 Brilliant Animal themed logo designs for your inspiration. My favorite logo designs are Mouse, rare rats, Buck Haven, Duchshund Show, SumoShirt and HJMews . Please tell us your favorite logo design. Subscribe with us for daily graphic inspiration updates. read more

  • Daily Graphics Inspiration - 549

    admin
    18 May 2013 | 7:10 am
    This post is part of our daily Graphics Inspiration posts. If you want to participate and share some of your Inspired Graphics, send us via email contact@webneel.com, also use "Daily Inspiration" in the subject. You can Subscribe with us to receive Daily Graphics Inspiration emails. Checklist Icon Beautiful painting. It's so captivating. Wot Colours?!! Amazing peacock painting Amazing Tree Book shelf Amazing Vase Beautiful Vases Beautiful Violin Photo Best of Design Photo Best of Design Photo Best of Design Photo can you remove my wrinkles…

  • 40 Beautiful Animal Portrait Photography examples - Zoo Portraits

    admin
    18 May 2013 | 1:38 am
    Animals put human dresses and smiling for portrait photography series, Zoo Portraits is an creative project by Spanish photographer Yago Partal. He did the experiment and captured the funny pictures of animals with human dresses. read more
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  • Art Direction of Powell-Peralta and the Bones Brigade

    Jeshurun Webb
    22 May 2013 | 10:47 am
    I always admired the athleticism and brotherhood of the kids who rode BMX and skateboarded in my midwestern high school. I spent hours photographing their street tricks for my photography classes. It seemed uncomplicated and pure: wanting to be close to this two or four-wheeled machine and yet longing to be far away from the ground.A whole new world of aesthetic culture opened up to me. I loved their punk zines and choppily-edited amateur promotional videos. Lately, I’ve been bidding voraciously on late 1970s  to mid-1980s issues of SkateBoarder Magazine on ebay. I buy them…

  • The Faces of Clarendon, The Typeface

    Steven Heller
    21 May 2013 | 10:59 pm
    There were a few Clarendons — a thick-faced condensed type with heavy serifs. The original Clarendon is an English slab-serif created in in the 1830s by Robert Besley for Fann and later Thorowgood and Co. type founders. A version was made into a wood typeface and also was reworked in metal by the Monotype Corporation foundry in 1935. Hermann Eidenbenz and Edouard Hoffmann made their own version based on Besley’s original design in 1953. The Craw Clarendon family designed by Freeman Craw was released by American Type Founders in 1955, with light, bold and condensed variants. Fortune or…

  • The Paradox of Juxtaposition

    Steven Heller
    20 May 2013 | 11:05 pm
    Franklin Knight Lane (July 15, 1864 – May 18, 1921) United States Secretary of the Interior from 1913 to 1920.These are poster stamps — collectible mini-posters produced from before the turn-of-the-19th/20th-century to around the 1930s and used to advertise and commemorate things, people, events and, of course, products and services. These particular poster stamps are a curious amalgam of politics, government, history, tea and irony (at least seen today).The stamps celebrate the United States Park Service by featuring President Woodrow Wilson’s cabinet against a graphic…

  • 10 Fantastic Pattern Books for Children

    Jude Stewart
    20 May 2013 | 8:30 am
    When the inscribed circles of fate align such that you are simultaneously: a) seven months pregnant, b) write about graphic design, and c) froth enthusiastically at the mention of color and patterns, well: it becomes high time to blog about smashingly beautiful children’s books on same.Today’s post is first in a two-part series, highlighting 10 books you’ll want to snag for the pattern-loving-kid (or parent-to-be) in your life. Soon we’ll tackle a top ten of amazing color books for kids — an Olympian challenge given how crowded the playing field around that topic is.I’ve loosely…

  • Marks on China

    Steven Heller
    19 May 2013 | 10:38 pm
    In London during the 1920s every hotel had its own china make and pattern designed by various dinnerware firms in the U.K. and abroad. I recently stumbled into a cache of ledger notations from a china and porcelain distributor that lists where and what each hotel, club and institution had in the way of plates, cups and saucers, according to their respective marks and signatures.Despite the crudity of ledger pages, the marks — logos by any name — exude a certain design elegance consistent with the era in which they were made.For more Steven Heller, check out Citizen Designer: Perspectives…
 
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  • INDO

    Pants
    4 May 2013 | 9:20 pm
    INDO • Original Doodle I know, I know it’s been awhile…save it. After relocating from one coast to the other I’m finally getting settled into a decent groove here; even have a bed to sleep in, moving on up I tell ya. Anyway, I’ve been scouring the pages of some old Field Notes books and re-discovered a truckload of my old doodles. It got me to thinking about all of these tiny sketches I’ve done over the years in notebooks, sketchpads, envelopes, bar napkins when I used to tend bar…literally anything I could draw on. Thousands of lost little drawings. I…

  • Photography Archive

    Pants
    23 Jan 2013 | 9:38 am
    Photography Archive I’ve added an archive of random images from the depths of my photo library to the ‘Work’ portion of the site. I have gigabytes worth of photographs scattered across multiple drives and as I come across more forgotten ones, some of them may end up there as well. I haven’t done much shooting in the past year, but once I hit the road for the west coast I may feel inspired to get back at it. I’m 100% confident in saying that photography is strictly a hobby of mine, a way to get out and clear my mind of the day to day. It’s just a way for me…

  • M.A.S.K. Posters

    Pants
    23 Jan 2013 | 8:11 am
    M.A.S.K. PostersA couple of self-initiated posters I created in honor of the most underrated toy brand of the 1980′s, Kenner’s ‘M.A.S.K.’ The post M.A.S.K. Posters appeared first on Paul Pants.

  • A Little Portrait of Chao Li

    Pants
    21 Jan 2013 | 7:22 am
    A Little Portrait of Chao Li I’ve been toying with some different illustration styles lately and decided to try my hand at some portraits. This one was created for my good friend Chao Li a couple months ago. Since she had already asked me to do one for her, it was a natural choice as my first official portrait in this style. I used several reference photos of her to compile the image, but put it together completely in Illustrator from scratch. Zero tracing. Just a few images open in Apple Preview floating around my artboard. I enlisted the services of Illustrator’s brush tool…

  • Bold Choices

    Pants
    16 Jan 2013 | 5:13 am
    Bold Choices This just might be my favorite ad of all time. Sure it’s a spot for whiskey, but the message it delivers is crystal clear: “The choices we make define who we are.” It may resonate a bit more with me simply because over the past few months I’ve made a series of bold decisions, both personally and professionally. Most recently, there have been two major changes in my professional life. If you’ve visited my site in the past, the first one is pretty obvious. I started Swivel Arms in the summer of 2011 and it has served me well, however a lot’s…
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  • Using Online Website Creators to Build Websites

    Binit
    19 May 2013 | 10:59 pm
    Building a website is not a big deal anymore. There are thousands of skilled and freelance web designers and developers you can find over any job sites or niche sites like Freelancer. All you need to do is to choose one, give a brief idea about how you want it to look like and wait for them to present you with the finished work (Simple, ain’t it?). Now, the question here is, can you afford a beautiful website under your budget?  Well, there is (as always) a solution, you can do it by yourself even if you have no programming or web design experience at all.  Thanks to website builder…

  • ModelBox 3D – 3D Visualization and Prototyping

    Inspihive Editorial
    13 May 2013 | 6:01 pm
     We would like to share with you a little about a new product launching on Kickstarter on May 15th called ModelBox 3D.  Created by Laura Krause and Eric Sagotsky, 24-year-old Los Angeles-based artists and founders of We Make Art Things, ModelBox 3D was recently recognized by MAKE Magazine as one of the most exciting projects coming to the Bay Area Maker Faire in the Road to Maker Faire Challenge. ModelBox 3D is a fast and affordable 3D visualization tool which allows anyone to bring their digital art or commercial model to life. It provides artists and designers with the creative freedom to…

  • Life In Alphabets By Eibatova Karina

    Binit
    24 Apr 2013 | 10:12 pm
    The idea of the project is to represent a letter in a natural form and appearance.Like something alive has turned into a letter and stood still.In some letters it’s possible to find symbolism, others are just an abstract form.In the alphabet you can find only one human – a woman in space. And one unreal creature – a dragon, also a very symbolical sign. View Portfolio       Order Print

  • Nostalgia: Handmade Cassette Tapes Artwork

    Binit
    17 Apr 2013 | 11:24 pm
    Benoit Jammes is a 33 year old graphic designer, living in Paris, France When asked about this project he said: “This work on cassette tapes is entirely handmade, with a bit of work but so nostalgia… It so happened that he found a bunch of old cassettes at home; seeing them brought me back, in thought, to an earlier time, the 80s, and to me as a kid. In any case, I could not play them any more so resurrecting them sounded like a good idea…it was sound, it became visual! And I am pretty sure they are more happy now than in a shoebox :-)“ I think people from my…

  • Visual Communication Design Based on Street & Pop Art

    Inspihive Editorial
    7 Apr 2013 | 1:53 am
    “Curta Como Quiser” (Watch as you like / Dig as you like) film festival design project that has just been released by Dona Baronesa design studio from São Paulo – Brazil. Since the creation of its concept and name “Short Way You Want.” Even the design of its visual identity, website, calls on and offline, posts, ads, vignette, dissemination and scenography. The young and innovative spirit of the festival is translated by the aesthetics of street art. Also using language websites, since it is a multimedia festival that seeks to bring the films beyond theaters, bringing its…
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  • 50 Best (and Average) Startup Logos From Europe in 2013!

    21 May 2013 | 1:13 pm
    With 2012 come and gone (and half of 2013) we saw many European economies put to the test by the financial crisis. Some startups from last year reflect this bad environment in their poor logo design, while other ventures managed to shine despite the crisis. Today we are taking a good peek at 50 startup company logos from the old continent. In terms of noticeable logo design trends, European startups preferred minimal approaches with typical, clean and strong typography, and bright, contrasting colors. Other logos seemed to go too far on the wrong side of minimalism, forgetting to leave in…

  • 2013 Philippine Logo Design Awards Are Open!

    10 May 2013 | 7:56 am
    Dear Philippine designers, We're excited to announce the launch of the inaugral 2013 Philippine Logo Design Awards! Is your portfolio chock full of awesome logo designs?! Are you looking to gain national and global exposure for your supreme design skills? This contest is you! We're on the hunt to find the best logo designer in the Philippines. How to Enter: To be part of the contest, you need to choose an original logo design from your existing portfolio and upload it to DesignCrowd. It can be a design that you've sold to a client, or a ficional design. As long as it's original, you can enter…

  • Case Study: How I Crowdsourced My Book Cover Design

    8 May 2013 | 4:34 am
    Case Study: Dane Pymble of Small Business Wizardry Walks through the Design Process for His New Ebook! Numerous small businesses find success in using DesignCrowd for crowdsourcing different brand and product designs, and one small business owner from Australia is no exception. Dane Pymble, owner of Small Business Wizardry, an Australian small business community, recently used DesignCrowd to crowdsource an ebook cover design for his new book. He graciously agreed to describe his process below: I was writing an ebook and needed a book cover design, I got the cover designed through DesignCrowd…

  • How To Win More Design Contests

    7 May 2013 | 5:35 am
    If you've just joined DesignCrowd or actively participate in design contests, you'll be helping thousands of clients crowdsource a range of design services. From company logos to t-shirt design, to brochure design, our designers specialise in over 40 different types of graphic design services, availble 24/7, all year round. DesignCrowd designers have earned nearly $10M in contest wins. For new designers on the platform you're probably thinking, 'what do I need to do to win?' This blog post will outline five tips to increase your chance of winning contests on DesignCrowd. #1. Submit Original…

  • 50 Awesome Absolut X Vodka Party Posters

    1 May 2013 | 6:27 am
    We've noticed a slew of big brands crowdsourcing on DesignCrowd because it's easy to tap the creative talents of over 115,000 designers. The recent Absolut X poster design contest is the latest in a string of brands including Microsoft and HTC using our platform. Brands get access to infinite creativity and designers get to work on big brand projects. It's a win-win scenario! In March, Absolut's contest ended with a total of 175 submissions. In conjunction with the official contest, DesignCrowd and Absolut asked US-based contestants to create a poster for the masquerade live event in which…
 
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    Solopress

  • 5 FREE Alternatives to Photoshop (Video)

    Samuel Martin
    22 May 2013 | 9:57 am
    In the wake of the new Adobe Creative Cloud, people everywhere are faced with the decision of paying a monthly fee to upgrade to a newer version of Photoshop or face the alternatives. Don’t panic! We’ve took the best of … Continue reading →The post 5 FREE Alternatives to Photoshop (Video) appeared first on Solopress.

  • How creative design agency Pixel Panda Studios are building their brand

    Rik Haynes
    22 May 2013 | 7:45 am
    Kaiman Brown at Pixel Panda Studios explains why this new Manchester-based enterprise prints at Solopress… Pixel Panda Studios (www.pixelpandastudios.com) are a full service creative agency. We love creative design and development. But we are not just an app or site … Continue reading →The post How creative design agency Pixel Panda Studios are building their brand appeared first on Solopress.

  • Is this the world’s coolest beer packaging?

    Rik Haynes
    21 May 2013 | 8:22 am
    Miller Genuine Draft launches innovative beer cooler box into UK stores… Having a refreshing, ice cold bottle of beer just got even easier this summer, thanks to Miller Brewing Company and the cardboard specialists at CRP Print & Packaging. Their … Continue reading →The post Is this the world’s coolest beer packaging? appeared first on Solopress.

  • Print Works: Using Leaflets To Advertise a Rugby Tournament

    Rik Haynes
    21 May 2013 | 3:14 am
    There was no need for a noisy haka when Find Rugby Now wanted to shout about their upcoming London 7s rugby tournament… thanks to the help of Solopress! Find Rugby Now builds rugby communities by helping people find rugby clubs, … Continue reading →The post Print Works: Using Leaflets To Advertise a Rugby Tournament appeared first on Solopress.

  • Weekly Top 5 tips and inspiration for print designers

    Rik Haynes
    20 May 2013 | 4:53 am
    Our Top 5 round-up of this week’s cool stuff for graphic designers includes edible business cards and the latest designer video profiles on YouTube. Please join my Google+ circle at http://gplus.to/RikHaynes for lots more design news and tips… every day! … Continue reading →The post Weekly Top 5 tips and inspiration for print designers appeared first on Solopress.
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  • Photography by Joanna Kustra

    somethingdesign
    21 May 2013 | 2:31 am
    Joanna Kustra The post Photography by Joanna Kustra appeared first on somethingdesign.

  • Featured Design #34 | Corporate Identity Package – Artistic

    somethingdesign
    20 May 2013 | 4:27 am
    Download from here The post Featured Design #34 | Corporate Identity Package – Artistic appeared first on somethingdesign.

  • Mister Dress-up and SomethingDesign | T-shirt Design Contest

    somethingdesign
    18 May 2013 | 2:49 am
      See the contest details | View the entries gallery here Background Mister Dress-Up is an online t-shirt store where we showcase new artists every week. Submit a design / idea, get printed and make some cash! The selected artworks will be sold as limited editions for one week exclusively. Somethingdesign.net is a website with free design resources and inspiration. We sell premium items on Graphic River. Also we provide a place for artists to download a variety of free graphic items/elements to enhance your designs and creativity. Brief Got good art/design skill? Got good ideas?

  • 10 Landing Pages for $19

    somethingdesign
    16 May 2013 | 2:17 pm
    Download from here The post 10 Landing Pages for $19 appeared first on somethingdesign.

  • Featured Item #33 Fullscreen Background WordPress Theme

    somethingdesign
    15 May 2013 | 1:25 am
    Download from here The post Featured Item #33 Fullscreen Background WordPress Theme appeared first on somethingdesign.
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  • Weekly Creative Vector Inspiration #1

    Adrien de Broglio
    20 May 2013 | 11:00 pm
    This post is part of a weekly Inspiration series featuring a collection of my favourite creative vector artwork from great designers all over the world. If you want to contribute with any vector artwork suggestions, feel free to comment or contact me via the contact page!   Ballistic Brewing by Stranger & Stranger   KFD Skate Deck by Greg Darroll   City Slickers Exhibition – Cape Town by Greg Darroll   Cavistons by Steve Simpson   Close Encounters by Don Clark   X Jiukoushan R.D. Series Notebook by Filter017   Various Illustrations by Konstantin…

  • Mobile Friendly Website and the Big Debate

    Simmon Pierre
    16 May 2013 | 1:30 am
    It is a common practice among designers to focus on designing and developing a desktop version of a website and putting their best foot forward while doing so, caring a little for its mobile version. They still treat mobile version of a website as something of a luxury that a website can enjoy only once the desktop version is up and running. Though responsive design is on the rage, most designers still start the day with the desktop version and when they are done with it, they start cutting down on the excess in an effort to create the mobile version. As obvious, these mobile sites are…

  • Quick Tip – Apply Multiple Photoshop Styles on a Layer in Photoshop

    Adrien de Broglio
    14 May 2013 | 3:15 am
    In this Quick Tip, we’ll learn how to Apply Multiple Photoshop Styles on one Layer in Photoshop using a keyboard shortcut and a few Photoshop Styles. I use a lot of layer styles in my projects and most of the time, save those layer styles as a Photoshop style to be able to use it later on other layers. Here’s how to apply a few of your favorites styles on one layer. Step 1 – Convert Layer Styles into Layers In this example, I want to apply 3 different Photoshop Styles I’ve created previously on a text layer to create a letter with stripes and a stroke. To apply those 3 styles…

  • Geometric Blurred Color Shapes Wallpaper

    Adrien de Broglio
    14 May 2013 | 3:00 am
    Here’s a new Wallpaper on Supercolortuts. I was playing around with shapes and colors in Illustrator and created those simple shapes / patterns then added a few blur effects in Photoshop. I thought it would look good on my desktop, so I created this wallpaper. This wallpaper is available with resolutions for Computers, iPad and iPhone. Resolutions : - 2880x1800px - 2560x1440px - 1920x1200px - 1680x1050px - 1440x900px - 1280x1024px - 1280x800px - 1024x768px - iPhone - iPhone 5 - iPad  

  • Swatches of the Week #20

    Adrien de Broglio
    14 May 2013 | 2:30 am
    For Designers or Graphic Enthusiasts colour is everywhere, we use colours every day in our creations. The combination of the colours on a project makes all the difference. Every week we share a combination of colours / swatches that blend well together. Feel free to download the Illustrator and Photoshop Swatches. Download  
 
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