Tag: designer
Typography Soap – The Cleanest Font Ever Created
Now this is the kind of soap that makes me get excited about getting dirty! I can't wait to mess around in some mud! (Ok, maybe not) I admit it; there are many days when I'm working so hard on a project at my desk that it is a huge inconvenience to take a shower. I do it anyway and rush back to ...
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 ...
Unique Twitter Birds for Your Inspiration
I wrote this article to help boost your creativity when you are on Twitter. For those who have come to love the site and use it as often as I have, you will agree that we like seeing the blue bird that we've come to know as the symbol of Twitter. Did you know that a team of biologists have done so ...
3 iPad Apps That Will Save You Time When Designing
More and more reviews of the iPad and it's features are hitting the web every second it seems. Good, bad, useless, fantastic... well, the judgments are many but one fact remains: The iPad is already a huge hit whether you want it or not. Almost no gadget has been reviewed, debated or discussed as ...
The Climate Dress – Monitoring Pollution Never Looked So Good
Once again, fashion and environmental awareness collide and the result is this: The Climate Dress. There was a lot of thought, planning and love put into this dress. The technology is a collaboration between the Copenhagen design studio Diffus, the Swiss embroidery company Forster-Rohner, the Dan ...
Designer Must Have | Spaces For Ideas – Sketchbook
As a designer, I know that having a piece of paper around you to draw on is as important as having a brain to think with when you're thinking up new, clever and fresh designs. Usually it's an A4 sized paper that I use to sketch down everything that pops into my mind. I will, after a couple of hour ...
Beautiful Bottles | Packaging Inspiration
For me, package design is an important element when it comes to marketing products. With so many products on the market, one thing that helps a brand get noticed is its package, of course, this is especially true for newer brands. Known brands, especially the ones that have established themselves, ...
Web Font Distribution Platform for Designers
Designers thrive on creativity and great ideas. They live and breathe design. They work hard and sometimes it gets frustrating for them when their work is copied or used without given credit. What if you want to create your fonts and want an application that will allow you to host your fonts so t ...
Awesome Illustrations by Simon Vieria
I was in a store today drooling over some art materials that I would definitely love to use when I do my sketching. I really find it very relaxing to just doodle and sketch out my next design or my next article ideas. To be honest, I was quite surprised that most of the designers I speak with real ...
Here’s a Twist For Every Designer | SketchySkin
Post-It's, A4, blocks of paper and a mountain of sketches laying around showcasing your latest icons, wire frames and ideas... there's no end to the number of sketches that every designer draws up to perfect their idea to the very core. It has to be perfect and it's vital for the project and continu ...
Client Show | Designer Client Collaboration Tool!
Collaboration is one main element that can truly guarantee smooth work flow. After one finishes his or her design the next step would be to meet with the client and share the ideas and the creative work. With the client and the designer both pressed for time on most occasions, discussing the work ...
Happy 20th Birthday Photoshop! | Interview with John Knoll
Who would guess that Photoshop, a program that has truly shaped the way we see the world today, is turning 20 years old! I remember the first time I installed Photoshop. I was so excited that I played with it every day for weeks. Now, several years later, I still get lost in the magic of Photosho ...
Pixelcrayons | Setting the Standard for Excellence
I’m a very visual person and I get a lot of inspiration from looking at beautifully designed websites. Since I am not a designer, I often take for granted all the behind the scenes work that has to happen for a website to function properly. To me, it just works. To Pixelcrayons, it is a meticulous p ...
25 Things To Do with a 5 Minute Break!
Everyone works so hard these days. I’m a workaholic and so are most of my friends. We seem to be constantly working. If you sit in front of your computer as much as we all do, then you know how hard it is to take a much needed break sometimes. I work on deadlines with clients a lot, and at times ...
How To: Stay Creative When Facing Deadlines
If you are a designer, a writer, an artist or in any creative field, then you’ve been in the situation where you’ve had to be creative while at the same time, trying to meet deadlines. You also know that sometimes it is a very real challenge not to go creatively bankrupt in that process.
I deal ...