Best Superbowl Game Ever

Today is the big day for fans of American Football. I love the spectacle of this quasi-national holiday. I'm not a big fan of either team, the Giants or the Patriots, so I hope it's a good game. But...

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How They Did It – Giant Megalopolis of the Ants Edition

For this week’s How They Did It, I had to share this amazing video I saw on boing boing, Excavating an ant colony. Pretty amazing what these little guys can do. Fact beats fiction any day! Plus I love the...

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Free Halftone Tree Vector Graphics

I haven't posted a freebie for a while, so I thought I'd share one. This week some mid-century styled halftone tree vector graphics. I made them in illustrator using gradients and the color halftone filter. You can get some...

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Happy Groundhogs Day!

  May summer be here soon!

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Tiki

Tiki, originally uploaded by sodaundkatze. An awesome Tiki

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Good Read: Resonate

This week's good reads is Resonate: Present Visual Stories that Transform Audiences by Nancy Duarte. Yes, I know, I know, yet another book on presentation design and another book from Nancy Duarte? But come on, and not to sound too...

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Three Great Typography Tutorials From Veer

If you've been reading this blog for any length of time you'll notice I am a big fan of the stock photo/illustration/font site Veer. They have great resources for all designers. They also have produced some outstanding videos. For...

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10 Best Video Series on the Internet for Self Education

The internet is an amazing resource for learning new things. If you want to put in the time, there are many great things you can learn. The following are ten great free video series that you should really check...

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-01-29

Good Reads: POP! By Steven Heller http://t.co/5FjXUBQY # I thought this little design turned out very grungy, er nicely... Coffee Stains http://t.co/hvRO5Q5n # Steve Heller on the Eclectic Age of Design http://t.co/wrJq2Ccj # midcenturymoddesign: http://t.co/u6ULrM1D # Photo: hollyhocksandtulips: http://t.co/7vk7vm0r # Photo:...

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How They Did It – Nancy Duarte Edition

I've written about Nancy Duarte before so you know I am a big fan. If you get to work on the design of presentations, do yourself and your audience a favor and follow her advice in these videos: Duarte Design's...

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