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"Good ideas rarely come in bunches. The designer who voluntarily presents his client with a batch of..."

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:35:38 -0500

“Good ideas rarely come in bunches. The designer who voluntarily presents his client with a...

meaningfonts: A time lapse video of Brian Hoff selecting a font...

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 15:54:00 -0500

A time lapse video of Brian Hoff selecting a font for a logo. I always say great design takes time. I think from the client perspective, computing tools remove “time” from the process. When in actuality, computing only aids in the decision making. Further more clients would like to think they are the decision makers. While designers just present options. I believe it is a partnership. Together we make greater decisions than either party would alone. Making certain that is clear upfront is pinnacle.

Read full write up from Brian Hoff

Electronicalrattlebag (Paul Greer) & Motley Glue /(Orla...

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:38:00 -0500

Electronicalrattlebag (Paul Greer) & Motley Glue /(Orla Handley) of BDH who won a design award from The Royal Television Society for this title animation for an up coming BBC series British Style Genius.

This short title animation is great work, stylish, British, and leaving this American wanting to watch the show.

Coincidentally Meaning Creative’s Esau Kessler has been working with Paul on a pet project for Jessica Taylor’s music microchannel “RockaBilly The Kid”. Esau developed the graphics, and Paul has been contributing content, while Orla Handley is currently “out of office” studing Rockabilly culture in Japan.

Nathan Barry Shop208 sponsor and Jason Hunsperger The Imagery...

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 02:39:21 -0500

Nathan Barry Shop208 sponsor and Jason Hunsperger The Imagery Lab sponsor of The 3rd Ignite Boise event.

Good design is pragmatic and simple. Package Design: Lucky Cat...

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:55:05 -0500

Good design is pragmatic and simple.

Package Design: Lucky Cat Candy Packet

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Marketing to Thrive! Workshop starts next Wednesday

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:39:50 -0500

“K Lipsey Creative is offering Marketing to Thrive!, a dynamic, hands-on workshop for...

7 thought grapes for today: What is art in design? What current...

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:50:19 -0400

7 thought grapes for today:

What is art in design?
What current trends foster creativity, what stifle?
How does digital art change the playing field as we move away from print?
What will tomorrow’s music art look like now that discs and cartridges are becoming obsolete?
In what creative ways can you marry poster art, with online communications?
Is technology affording the age of “broadcast art” and providing true multi-media experience?

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Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:42:23 -0400

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"it’s not always the best products that win. Craigslist, MySpace, AIM and eBay all were poorly..."

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:47:46 -0400

“it’s not always the best products that win. Craigslist, MySpace, AIM and eBay all were poorly...

slantback: “As a result, General Mills (who own Betty Crocker)...

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 03:51:27 -0400

slantback:

“As a result, General Mills (who own Betty Crocker) altered their product, abandoning the powdered egg in their mixes. The requirement to add eggs at home was marketed as a benefit, conferring the quality of ‘home-made’ authenticity upon the box cake mix. (Whether using fresh eggs instead of powdered eggs actually enhanced taste was beside the point.)”

I like this story because it nicely sums up the progression in thinking from ‘just designing for ease and speed’ (old-school usability) to ‘designing an entire experience’ (new-school experience design). (via “Just add an egg” – Usability, User Experience and Dramaturgy- 90 Percent of Everything)

“Designing remains no more a tricky task with Multi...

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 21:38:55 -0400

“Designing remains no more a tricky task with Multi function Design Table”

Yes please, I’ll take two.

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Kickstand Idaho Featuring Brian Lundquist

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 19:19:00 -0400

Kickstand Idaho Featuring Brian Lundquist: Thanks to The Watercooler for providing a good location...

r2witco: Adobe brings Photoshop.com to the iPhone The app is...

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 18:50:11 -0400

r2witco:

Adobe brings Photoshop.com to the iPhone

The app is free of charge and offers tools such as cropping, image rotation, color controls, and simple one-touch filter effects that can change the look and feel of shots all at once. It also features undo and redo controls so that if users make a mistake, or want to revert back to the original, it takes just a few taps.

via CNET News

Next: a light ap for video please.

Big assed post about Fireworks

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 18:00:54 -0400

Big assed post about Fireworks: adobegripes: Jon Hicks on his love/hate relationship with...

Apple to Woolworths: Your New Logo Is Too Apple-y

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 17:57:55 -0400

Apple to Woolworths: Your New Logo Is Too Apple-y: mashable: When it comes to defending their...

ninakix: Graduate designer Nadia Troeman has created a branding...

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 17:55:48 -0400

ninakix:

Graduate designer Nadia Troeman has created a branding system for her school, Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design. Each student fills out a questionnaire inquiring over their own personal cultures, to create their own personal logo (on the right). These individual logos are compiled together for each class, and each class compiles together to make the overall university logo. (via)

‘Narrative Identities’ raises the question of identity, specifically cultural identity, in a world of increasing globalization where people and cultures are converging more than ever before. The question ‘who are you?’ is becoming increasingly difficult for some people to answer. Cultures are meeting, morphing and exchanging. The idea of a fixed identity is becoming redundant. We have to be able to play with representations in order to show a more accurate picture of who we are culturally. My project illustrates a variety of cultural references and challenges our interpretation and understanding of what these references mean to us today.

“Missed, Taken” My friend and filmaker Brandon Freeman produced...

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 15:52:39 -0400

“Missed, Taken”

My friend and filmaker Brandon Freeman produced this short film (10:00) it also stars my other friend John Ravewnholtz. It recently was featured in the Idaho International Film Festival.

“Yale drops a classic Paul Rand logo for a...

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 15:49:53 -0400

“Yale drops a classic Paul Rand logo for a typeface”

Some say “if your organization is lucky enough to have a classic Paul Rand logo, never change it”

Opinions?

(via lukees) benjaminf: As of lately, Mark Weaver has...

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 15:45:49 -0400

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benjaminf:

As of lately, Mark Weaver has definitely been making his way around the blogosphere. His style is a mixture of cut and paste and computer graphics, seamlessly blending together cut outs from old National Geographic magazines and old books to find just the right pieces. His output is also phenomenal, I mean the guy releases nearly a piece a day on his Flickr, which is pretty outstanding, as they’re all pretty great. — (via +KN | Kitsune Noir)

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Wed, 30 Sep 2009 15:45:13 -0400

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