Mar
23
2010
Design Something Everyday 16/365
After reading the amazing tutorial "How to Creat a Retro Boxing Poster in Photoshop" from James Davies I was inspired to give it a whirl. I didn't get quite as faux-vintage as James did, but went...
Mar
23
2010
While pursuing the world's number #1 package design website™, the Dieline, I was impressed by the new design and product photo shoot for The Impossible Project; a new film for Polaroid instant cameras. I enjoyed the designs startling white...
Mar
21
2010
Cool Chinese Cultural Revolution Posters http://goo.gl/qJ0G #
Cool Metropolis Mashup! YouTube - Que Sera - Wax Tailor http://goo.gl/dIKZ #
RT @jthompsondesign: Saturday Showcase: I Love Typography #3 http://bit.ly/dkH5PR #
Let's go push some pixels around today! #
Showcase Of Web Design In China:...
Mar
15
2010
I found a great article in Esquire wherein book jacket designer extraordinaire Chip Kidd discusses the thinking and methods that underlie some of his recent work. One typography trick that is particularly useful is how he created the distressed...
Mar
14
2010
I am so happy Logorama won for best short animation. It deserves it. #
A nice Vector. RT @vectorvn: Creative Bulletin Board : http://bit.ly/aT4DwY #
Congrats Logorama! marketing http://goo.gl/ezg6 #
Tiki & Peter Sellers? Nothing wrong with that! The Party, Peter...
Mar
09
2010
Design Something Everyday 14/365
This was a design based on one of my favorite poems, Ulysses, by Alfred Lord Tennyson. The poem is very moving, and has the great hero Ulysses (Odysseus in Greek) at the end of his life...
Mar
07
2010
I was at the park with my kids playing in the sand box and I recalled this quote from Chip Kidd's wonderful novel The Cheese Monkeys: A Novel in Two Semesters: "Design is purposeful planning... Graphic design is the...
Mar
06
2010
As I rush to finish a ton of projects I realize that the great philosophers INXS had it right when they said "Not enough time." #
A good introduction to Albin's Countergambit http://goo.gl/zRmZ #
If you love models, as I do...
