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Category Archives: Design
Paul Rand hates you and your blog
Commentary on your shitty blog, by uber-design-god Paul Rand. Now go outside and make something you can hold in your non-cow hand. Found at Ace Jet 170
My Crap is in Schmap!!
Schmap!! City Guides is using one of my photos in their publication. Specifically a photo of the Bluebird’s marquee as a thumbnail for the venue. Sweet Schmap!! To make things even sweeter, if you have an iPhone they’ve recently developed … Continue reading
Wish I’d thought of that…
Nicely put by Frank-C.
PMS® 18-3943: Blue Iris – Color of the Year
Get your swatch libraries loaded, cause I just found out that Blue Iris is the new black! Pantone Selects Color of the Year for 2008: PANTONE® 18-3943 BLUE IRIS: A Multifaceted Hue Reflecting the Complexity of the World that Surrounds … Continue reading
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Tagged color, color mafia, color of the year, Design, graphic, pantone, PMS
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100% Graphic Design
Found in Tim Barry’s photostream.
New Word: Keming
A fan-fucking-tastic visual pun from Ironic Sans.
Note to self…
A simple reminder from illustrator Keri Smith
Back in my day…
We didn’t have no fancy clone-stamp tool. All we had was our finger. “Smudge it some more,” they’d say, and we would. Found at HumorPix.
Birth of the Biohazard Symbol
Charles Baldwin, a retired environmental-health engineer, explains his role in developing the biohazard symbol, and it’s peppered with tons of user research: “The color was blaze orange, one of the colors chosen in Arctic exploration as being the most visible … Continue reading
Is your Designer fluent in Cultural Generalism?
Todd Roeth, Assistant Professor of Graphic Design at the School of Fine Art, contemplates Lorraine Wild’s idea of cultural gemeralism as it relates to effective design. Designers need to be students of all corners of their culture’s playing field. Designers need to have … Continue reading
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Tagged book, cultural generalism, Design, hi-lite, highlight, learn
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