Oct
22
2011
I've been creating daily designs made in 15 minutes or so and putting them up on special flickr set. I am using this as a way to experiment and hone my craft. Check them out...
Oct
21
2011
Anyone who works with website development or in customer service needs to watch this hilarious video from Google. It is important to remember that customers are looking for simplicity. You want them to buy your product, use your service...
Oct
16
2011
R.I.P. @dribbble: http://t.co/Er8RDm1z #stevejobs #icons #
Big Foot on the Sun! Sunsquatch http://t.co/70NodAQA #bigfoot #
25 Awesome Typography Poster Designs http://t.co/JXxQ5enJ #
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Oct
16
2011
After my last post I was so excited I had to go and watch Lawrence of Arabia again!
It really is a fantastic movie, definitely one of the best movies ever. If you haven't seen it you are doing yourself...
Oct
15
2011
I thought I'd share the outcome of my poster from Ward Andrew's Poster Design Workshop I blogged about a while ago. Using his formula workshop students were constrained by these things:
Pick something (music/movie/book etc...) that you really love.
Pick one...
Oct
13
2011
This is too fun not to share, Frances and Her Rabbit (1961). Learn to draw in this great retro educational film I found on the cool site TV Schoolhouse.
Oct
11
2011
I found this poster design workshop presented by Ward Andrew from Drawbackward Design on YouTube today. It's pretty good if you can get past the crummy audio, but the content is fantastic! Andrew shares his thought process on the...
Oct
10
2011
Now this is a brilliant idea! Give out scary books to friends, family, kids, parents, trick or treaters or anyone. Spread the joy, or terror as it were, to promote reading this Halloween. I'd recommend Ray Bradbury's classic book...
Oct
09
2011
Communication and Graphics Daily is out! http://t.co/ThLZdYcD ? Top stories today via @dayinspiration @topmodelhome @swinburne @inkamagazin #
Preschool Prehistoric Art! http://t.co/qKdhQ1q0 #
“Don’t tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their...
Oct
09
2011
I found this great series from diet.com highlighting the use of PhotoShop in magazines. As designers we need to be aware of the societal effects of our work. A photograph is not reality and treating at such is a...
Oct
08
2011
Don't forget to check out my daily paper.… Communications and Design Daily.
-via Paper.li
Oct
07
2011
If you love typography or the mid-century modern esthetic, you will love: "Our Fonts, Our Friends." It is a fantastically done, faux retro educational film about fonts from the stock image and font seller Veer. Naturally, it's an ad,...