7 Online Tools To Create Invoices For Freelancers & Small Businesses
I worked as a freelancer for two years before I entered the advertising world. It takes a lot of hard work to be a freelancer. Your time may be your own, but as Diana once said, being on your own also means you have to have a different mindset than that of an employee. You tend to work longer hours, ...
Sneaker Design: Design And Sell Your Own Sneakers!
Postcards, t-shirts, sketchbooks, photo albums and tons of other things are available for you to design yourself and sell. It is made possible through a slew of different online services that also host your online store for a small fee. The creativity is really all yours and having some skills usi ...
Beautifully Designed Bottles – Now Your Tap Water Has Style!
I wrote an article a few weeks ago about a couple of guys who started a company called "Boxed Water Is Better." They suggest that drinking water out of a box is better for the environment than drinking it from plastic bottles. You can read that article here. Although I believe it is a step in the ...
A Website For A Greener Earth – Now Recycling Is Fun!
There are so many natural calamities and disasters that we hear on the news and experience ourselves like floods and earthquakes. The cause, many times, is because people have been reckless about taking care of our environment. The good thing is that there are a lot of organizations now that are t ...
Typography Puzzle – Mind Twisting Letter Blocks
Anyone that has tried to solve a puzzle with over 1,000 pieces knows the frustration in getting started. Just finding those first two pieces that fit together to start off your journey into the land of patterns and colors can be a challenge. Sure, it's great fun if you have nothing else to do, and ...
Helvetica – Now You Can Have Your Font And Eat It Too
Everyone loves Helvetica. Even though I'm not a designer, I have seen many of my designer friends fall completely in love with that font. I asked @Minervity what the appeal of Helvetica is, and he said, "It is a robust, iconic font that looks good in almost all designs." I never knew a font could ...
Fun Eye Glasses Designs – For Your Inspiration
For those of us who have to wear glasses, it is often a dilemma about which frames to choose. Every year I have my eyes checked, and when I do, I try to update my look. Believe me, it takes me hours to choose a pair because there are so many to choose from. You have the round frames, the over-siz ...
The Double Cheeseburger with Zero Calories!
I love cheeseburgers and I love paper art, so this article makes me happy. Have you noticed that the trend lately with food art is to make it tiny? It doesn't take much snooping around the Internet to find some very creative itty-bitty food creations.
These particular examples, created by Steph ...
How To: Embed A Forum Into Your Website
Engaging our readers, our followers and our friends in the different social networking platforms is a daily habit for a lot of people all over the world now. We use Twitter, FaceBook, LinkedIn, etc... Bloggers have always been looking for ways to communicate with their readers, and not just commun ...
FatTag Deluxe: Lets You Tag ANYTHING With An iPhone
Graffiti is one of the coolest yet most illegal activities you can embark on if you're an artist or designer. Of course, there are several types of graffiti, and it all isn't exactly nice looking and meticulously done. Having traveled around the world, I have seen some rather cool designs and some ...
219,000 Cigarettes – A Smoking Hot Installation
I don't smoke, but I don't have anything against anyone who does. I smoked when I was attending University, but when I graduated and moved away, suddenly it wasn't fun anymore. About five years ago, I was at a party and in the mood for a cigarette. I took two puffs and puked for two days. Needle ...
Summertime Flip Flops – Design Inspiration For Your Enjoyment!
Summer is one of my favorite times of the year. It allows us to go to the beach or just hang out at the mall wearing t-shirts, shorts and flip flops. I am a big flip flop fan. I have about 12 pairs in different colors and designs. Just last weekend, while I was out with my friends, we saw a big ...
Will It Fly? – Dude Reverse Engineers Mayan Space Vehicle
How many times have we heard about the end of the world, and how many times has it been depicted in movies and songs? I'd say too many, but that isn't the point. The world is in a constant need for breaking news and odd facts about the state of the human race. However, if you look around the worl ...
23 Ingenious and Artistic 404 Error Pages – Design Inspiration
I am not a designer, but I have a deep appreciation for creative and inspiring designs. I work with designers, marketing departments and creative people every day. I'm always fascinated to see what they come up with and since I'm very much a visual person, sometimes just looking at a beautiful desig ...
Robotic Bird Surveillance #FAIL
Surveillance is a huge business in the world, and it equates to billions of dollars in revenue for companies trying to make our every day a little safer. I can promise you, unless you're in the jungle (even there you can be seen from satellites) that you won't go one entire day without being captur ...