A few interesting bits of digital ephemera I’ve found on the information super highway in the last week.
Mid-century Modern & Tiki
- Paul Malon’s Flickr Stream, an amazing collection of mid-century ephemera, you simply MUST check this flickr photostream if you have any interest in the 1950’s.
- Summer’s officially over, however this is good advice on Tiki Torch Safety.
- Great posters from the 1950’s. Good inspiration for designers or fans of the 1950’s from the great design inspiration site Daily Inspiration. Posters: Part 1 Posters: Part 2
Good Design resources, tips and tricks
- Lifting a logo from a PDF via David Airey‘s other great blog Logo Design Love.
- HTML 5: What Designers need to know
- An important read, Typography Field Guide. Also from logo making master David Airey.
Design contests
- Pantone and Behance have a competition finding the best use of color in a design project.
- 125 video shortlist announced today for YouTube Play
Infographics
- A cool poster: Grand Taxonomy of Rap Names
Freebies
- Some great retro-inspired labels from Designer Cathe Holden’s great blog Just Something I Made.
- Cool 70’s inspired vector graphic from Allonzo Inc.
- Just in time for Halloween, a great collection of blood splatter brushes for Photoshop
Illustration
- One of my favorite illustration blogs Urban Sketchers. Loads of inspirations and great sketches from artists around the world.
- Ireland based artist and designer Jennifer Farley’s illustrations are simply amazing. I can’t wait to read her (hopefully) forthcoming children’s book. Some publisher needs to jump on her book.
If you have any cool design, art, tiki or mid-century links or thoughts let me know. Leave a comment or shoot me an email.
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Hi Delvin!
Thanks a million for including me in your links, mucho appreciated. I got my first publishing rejection letter for the book last week, but they were at least nice about it : )
Jennifer, I’m sure some other publisher will pick it up soon. Your illustrations are fantastic.