Articles exploring digital design, user experience, interfaces, visual trends, creative tools, and how design influences usability, branding, and interaction.
Geek Girl Jewelry – The Ring with a Hidden Message
Some people think that if you are a girl and a geek, you don't like jewelry. This is a popular misconception and since I'm a geek (and a girl) I can promise you that we still like jewelry. However, we like jewelry with a twist. It has to be special and unique for us to truly appreciate it.
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Adobe Photoshop CS5: The First Review
Every designer has been waiting for the new Adobe Photoshop CS5 to see what it has to offer. There has yet to be a nice review of this new and updated software because it just came out about a week ago and people are still trying to master all the new features, and there are a lot of them in there. ...
Discover the Magic of Bar Code Art
Scott Blake is a bar code artist. As if that wasn't unique enough, each piece of bar code in his art is scannable. That's right, you can take your iPhone right up to his art and scan a piece of code to see the product it is associated with.
He has created over 30 celebrity and cultural icon por ...
Crazy Creative and Clever Cassette Tape Art
Remember cassette tapes from way back when? I'm so young that I can barely remember those (cough cough), but I have a vague recollection.
This completely rad artist, Erika Iris Simmons, uses old cassette tapes and VCR tapes to create fabulous artwork. The creativity here is jumping off the page ...
McCreepy Ronald McDonald Pictures – I’m Not Lovin It
Clowns are evil. I've always thought that. Clowns make babies cry, they freak out adults, they have a ridiculous red sponge for a nose, they wear way too much makeup, and they are always sneaking around plotting their next practical joke. Pure evil.
Yesterday my son had an event at his school ...
Kissable Baby Sculptures You Have to See to Believe
Aren't these adorable bundles of joy precious? Too bad their faces are painted and they are cured in the oven or I might actually kiss one. Hyper-realist sculptures are both fascinating and creepy, aren't they? If you want to check out some of the most mind-blowing hyper-realist art I've seen, se ...
OMG Moment – Ultra Realistic Hair Drawings
Every time I see something really beautiful drawn on paper, I get that feeling of amazement. It must have taken an eternity for someone to become so talented at something like this. There is so much refinement involved in drawing, and I think we sometimes forget how much time goes into these piece ...
Airbrushed Feet Artistry – For The Foot Lover In You
Body-painting art is so fascinating, especially when it creates an optical illusion. Craig Tracy is a master of this, and if you would like to check out some of his work, you can do that here. Tonight I stumbled across another type of body painting that also creates an illusion.
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When Corporate Design Gets A Horror Theme Overhaul
Every now and then a company needs a new and refreshed design overhaul to keep up with today's trends. Usually this means a refined approach to what's already around and many times the change goes by unnoticed. One might wonder why even bother to change anything at all then? Well, small subtle ch ...
Wanna Be Cool? – Drink Your Water Out of a Box
We all know the downfalls of drinking bottled water, right? I'm not going to go into any of those, but if you would like to learn more about that, you can read this article published last month on the Mother Nature Network website: 5 reasons not to drink bottled water
It's been a little over a ye ...
Hyper-Realist Sculpture: Can You Tell What’s Real and What Isn’t?
Have you ever stopped to wonder what exactly is real and what isn't? Many of us live a large part of our lives online, and with modern technology, we can "be" whoever we want to be. We can make an avatar and develop an online persona to create something that seems very real, even if it isn't. It ...
19 Freakishly Beautiful Caricatures By Anthony Geoffroy
There are tons of sources of inspiration on the Internet. No matter what you are looking for, you can always find it there. As a designer, it can sometimes be hard to stay focused and inspired and browsing around the internet is one of the best ways to find new creative inspiration to get you goin ...
12 Stylish Staircases – Beautiful Design Inspiration
When I was a child, I developed a love for creative staircases. I always wanted to have a spiral staircase on the outside of my house that leads to the roof. I think it would be so much fun to go up onto the roof to sunbathe, BBQ or people watch.
As I've gotten older, I've become even more enam ...
Divine and Delicious – World’s Tiniest Pastries
Writing articles for Bit Rebels is the ultimate fun factor but it can sometimes become a dangerous task as you are most likely to forget time entirely. And, as we all know, we all need to eat, so I figured I'd look up somewhere I could go to get a short break in the process and fill up the energy r ...
Tiny Plastic People Are Among Us – Unusual Photography
Zany French photographer, Vincent Bousserez, has created a collection of photographs called "Plastic Life" that I just have to share with you because it's all so interesting and unique.
The main theme in the pictures is that things are flip-flopped in proportions. In these photographs, the peopl ...