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CoverActionPro: Present your work like the big shots.
Coming from the world of corporate in-house design, I understand the notion of "no time, no budget". Which is the reason I kind of love CoverActionPro.
Halfway To Friday: 5 Sites To See.
With Friday two long days away, I couldn't wait to post these. Personally, I'm very excited for the official opening of Daytum.com--I love this stuff! And the idea that I can literally shoot my alarm clock--awesome. And finally, a little perspective—50 famous logos and their evolution over time. Enjoy.
Book Report: Slide:ology
I Have Seen The Light. Why in the world has it taken this long to bring out a great book on presentation design?! Is it because we all avoid slide work like the plague? Is it because real designers don’t “do” slides? Or is it just a misunderstood medium? Enter into the picture Nancy Duarte and her [...]
6 Great Finds For This Week
The financial markets were crazy this week! I’m happy to be done with the week. (I work in-house for a financial firm). So, in an effort to keep this post on the lighter side, I'm sharing a collection of 6 interesting finds for the week. Enjoy and leave a comment below or email me.
The 5 Best Finds of the Week.
1. Moustache Revival Month coming to an end. (RustyGeorge) 2. Amazing Site With 3D Navigation from Pentagram. (Pentagram) 3. FORE! New iPhone Golf Game Swings Into Action. Literally. (iSmashphone) 4. Street Corner Science Lessons with a Nobel Laureate (ScienCentral) 5. Thinking Bigger (Seth Godin) Leave a comment or email me.
Building Your Character with Type
Image: Power to the people: Miguel Cardona Here’s a great way to fill a few minutes of downtime and brush up on your typeface anatomy knowledge. Here’s a quote from the site: Parts Of A Character is a typography project that originated as an educational print, aimed at typography students, created by artist and designer Susanne Cerha [...]
In-house Power: Unleashing Design
In-house reimagined. The process of being a top-notch in-house design department is never ending. The same is certainly true for outside design firms but it’s the pressure of proximity and attitude that makes it more difficult for in-housers. Working for the same company, where clients have access to you any time they want, is not the easiest environment for [...]
Stunning Hand-Etched MacBooks.
I’m going to keep this post short and sweet. Here’s some brilliant examples of inspirational hand-work by Chicago artist Michael Dinges. His current show— “Dead Reckoning” — features a set of laptops engraved with spectacular images, as well as a “set of brass instruments styled after traditional sea-faring navigational tools.” It’s all very amazing and another [...]
The Creative Unplugged.
I’m back from holiday and raring to go. While away, I took a break from my laptop. Oh, I checked e-mail and Google Reader, but I limited my time to 10-minute sessions—and no Twitter, Facebook or Linkedin. Gasp! What did I do? I worked on outdoor projects—like the pond that needed cleaning. And the stone wall [...]
Headed North for a Holiday.
My wife is Canadian and when we started dating, she sent me a “declaration”(below). Turned out, this declaration is from Molson’s I Am Canadian beer campaign that was huge in Canada at the time. I fully admit to being an ignorant American before I met her–knowing very little about Canada or other counties & cultures. [...]
STOP The Madness.
What if your corporation was in charge of designing the STOP sign? Here’s a funny video about the corporate creative process that’s been making the rounds. I’ll admit I didn’t laugh at first. The same way I didn’t laugh the first time I saw Ricky Gervais playing David Brent in the BBC version of The [...]
The 5 best finds of the week.
Get The Glass site design and image from Designchapel No. 1. Two related, smart, fun, stunningly beautiful websites. This isn’t that tired “Got Milk” campaign they’ve been running here in the states. These sites are amazing. The first site: Get The Glass and when your done there, go here: The second site: Got Milk? —————————– No. 2. A better way to [...]
Set Your Own Standards
Illustration from Adam Furman. I haven’t been caught up in Olympic fever. Until today. There’s an unlikely Olympic star in the making and I’m a sucker for an underdog. I’m a Fam Fan. On my way home tonight, I caught an NPR story about the top U.S. steeplechaser, Anthony Famiglietti, who’s participating in his second summer Olympics. First things first. [...]
Easy listening with Flight of the Conchords
It’s only Wednesday but I feels like I’ve worked a full week! We have people on vacation, another one off getting married and our Summer workload is higher than normal. AND I haven’t taken any time off yet but that’s changing late next week. The entire family, all 6 of us, are headed to Toronto for [...]
Really Simply Said: RSS Explained Simply
The lazy man’s way to surf. Last December, my wife and I spent Christmas in Florida. I remember sitting by the pool, comfortable and relaxed, reading a new book. We decided to get a couple drinks and I had two choices–get up and order the drinks from the bar across the pool complex or order them poolside. I [...]
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