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Imprint

2011-09-22T11:10:00.000-04:00

Imprint-The Online Community for Graphic Designers — Expanding the Design Conversation

IDD 480B Senior Portfolio Websites

2011-05-11T20:27:00.000-04:00

christyb.orgmtfarrell.comcaseygfarricielli.wordpress.comsarahfreddo.com vingaetadesign.comkylegarrity.comsamngoldberg.commelanie-beth.comcmgraphix.netjeffmeda.comsamanthaschlemm.comkimshanahan.wordpress.comlaurenwank.comelanazaklis.netjeffpannone.com

IDD 480A Senior Portfolio Website

2011-05-11T20:09:00.000-04:00

ashleybernatchez.comsarahcanieso.comgerritmdevries.comphildudley.commichellefore.comgenagelardi.com stephgerleit.wordpress.com uknowchad.comdanielleellenhunter.comerickel.ly laurenmatuszczak.com ronthedesigner.comserenasidawi.comrebeccaspigner.com

Clean Up Your Mess

2011-05-06T18:27:00.000-04:00

Clean Up Your Mess - A Guide to Visual Design for EveryoneIf you're like most people, you feel like a baby when it comes to visual design. You sometimes have a vague sense of what you want, but can't articulate it or make it come about. All you can do is point and cry. This guide will help you communicate with conscious skill. It will show you how to create designs that are easy to understand and

RIT Student Portfolios

2011-04-30T11:26:00.000-04:00

[object HTMLImageElement] Welcome to the Rochester Institute of Tech. 'Creativity: Careers in Motion' online student portfolio portal. Browse through the majors below to review student work, research and resumes.

Building a Strong Design Portfolio

2011-04-29T11:11:00.000-04:00

Building a Strong Design Portfolio -- Web and Graphic Design Portfolio Advice -- DesignMentor TrainingIn the design industry, your work speaks for itself. You might have the longest resume in the world, the coolest credentials, the slickest identity kit. It all matters for naught if your portfolio is weak. Clients and employers evaluate you for jobs primarily on the basis of work you've

Internship Focused Sites!

2011-04-03T12:48:00.001-04:00

Internships and Internship Guidance – Internships.comInternships.com serves as the leading nexus between internships and students, higher education and employers.At internships.com we develop world class tools and services to enable every student, employer and educator to better understand and optimize the work opportunities of the future.Intern Queen Inc., Find Interns, Get Internships. All with

10 Online Tools for Better Attention & Focus

2011-01-02T11:32:00.000-05:00

10 Online Tools for Better Attention & FocusA recent happiness study from Matthew Killingsworth and Daniel Gilbert found that the more our minds wander, the less happy we are. Summing the research, the New York Times wrote, 'Whatever people were doing, whether it was having sex or reading or shopping, they tended to be happier if they focused on the activity instead of thinking about something

Creative Portfolio Display for LinkedIn

2011-01-02T11:28:00.000-05:00

Creative Portfolio Display | LinkedInCreative Portfolio Display is a professional way to showcase your creative work in your LinkedIn Profile. * A free and easy way to display your visual work. * Present creative projects done for past clients or for your personal portfolio. * Showcase your creative talent to recruiters and professional contacts viewing your profile.

Coroflot on Portfolio Reviews

2010-12-30T08:21:00.000-05:00

A portfolio doesn't speak for itself, by Jim Best of PensaCompetition for getting a new job is getting tougher every day. As a prospective employer, I've found that it's easy to weed out design candidates who don't show a grasp of basic skills, but frustrating and difficult to tell the difference between an incapable candidate, and one who just isn't communicating well. This is where good talent

5 Reasons to Hone Your Verbal and Written Skills

2010-11-03T10:12:00.000-04:00

Measuring Up: 5 Reasons to Hone Your Verbal and Written Skills — AIGA | the professional association for designHow do you rate in the workplace? What are best practices? What skills do designers need in order to excel at and accelerate in their careers? AIGA and Roz Goldfarb Associates surveyed a small, but geographically diverse group of hiring managers to learn about the skills they seek in

An Introduction to Graphic Design

2010-10-12T13:41:00.000-04:00

An Introduction to Graphic Design: Observatory: Design ObserverBroadly defined, graphic designers (sometimes referred to as “communication designers”) are the visual ambassadors of ideas: their role is to translate, communicate — and occasionally even agitate — by rendering thinking as form, process and experience. *

Vecteezy

2010-10-09T08:43:00.000-04:00

Free Vector Art - Download Free Vector Art Graphics at Vecteezy!Vecteezy is a community of vector art! We provide a place for vector artists to create and exchange a variety of free vector graphics like Vector Icons, Vector Patterns, Vector Swirls, Flourishes and other cool stuff to enchance your designs and creativity.

The Now Habit

2010-10-08T17:34:00.000-04:00

The Now Habit: Overcoming Procrastination and Enjoying Guilt-Free PlayI've read The Now Habit multiple times, I've given copies away to college freshman I'm teaching (every year I watch them struggle with procrastination and time management), and I've praised the book to anyone who confided in their struggles with procrastination and a sense of despair in the overwhelming nature of their work. If

The End of Forgetting

2010-08-26T07:36:00.000-04:00

The Web Means the End of Forgetting - NYTimes.comAccording to a recent survey by Microsoft, 75 percent of U.S. recruiters and human-resource professionals report that their companies require them to do online research about candidates, and many use a range of sites when scrutinizing applicants — including search engines, social-networking sites, photo- and video-sharing sites, personal Web sites

Why Are College Students Studying Less?

2010-08-23T18:57:00.000-04:00

A good read for the beginning of a new semester:Why Are College Students Studying Less? - Room for Debate - NYTimes.comClasses begin this week at many college campuses around the country. A recent report by two economists at the University of California found that over the past four decades the time college students spend in class and studying has decreased substantially, from 40 hours a week in

Danish Design School Exhibition Images

2010-08-19T15:19:00.000-04:00

Graduation Exhibition 2010 - a set on FlickrThe Danish Design School and friends celebrate and showcase the work of 75 designers on their way into the world.August 19 - 31thCarlsberg, Pasteursvej 4, 6. sal, 1778 Copenhagen V.Opening Hours: 11am – 6pm. Weekends: 11am – 5pm. The 2010 Graduation Show presents the latest prognoses for Danish design by 75 graduate students. With a very high graduation

History of graphic Design Resource

2010-08-18T07:13:00.000-04:00

Design Is HistoryAs a designer it is important to understand where design came from, how it developed, and who shaped its evolution. The more exposure you have to past, current and future design trends, styles and designers, the larger your problem-solving toolkit. The larger your toolkit, the more effective of a designer you can be.Part of the graduate thesis of designer Dominic Flask, this site

A Blog on Ethics in Graphic Design

2010-08-18T07:01:00.000-04:00

Ethics in Graphic DesignEileen MacAvery Kane created this blog as part of her MFA thesis in graphic design at Savannah College of Art and Design as a forum for the exploration of ethical issues in graphic design, to provide resources for further investigation, and to create an open dialogue among graphic designers about these critical issues.Ethics: A Graphic Designer’s Field Guide, was created

Comp It Up: A Studio Skills Foundation

2010-08-13T07:14:00.000-04:00

As a professor of interactive and graphic design, many books cross my desk each semester. Every now & then there is one or two I get excited about. This is one of those books. If you are one of my students - this is a must read - order it now. :)Amazon.com: Comp It Up: A Studio Skills Foundation (9781428322356): Rose Gonnella, Christopher J. Navetta: BooksComp It Up: A Studio Skills Foundation is

Another Color Palette Tool

2010-06-25T06:56:00.000-04:00

0to2550to255 is a simple tool that helps web designers find variations of any color. Perfect for hovers, borders, gradients, and more.

IDD Professor & Alumn Design Blog

2010-06-17T07:38:00.001-04:00

Courtney Phillips has some great posts, go take a read:All finals have been handed in and students have high-tailed it home for summer. Some are fortunate enough to have landed a summer job or internship to work on their skills and maybe even earn a little money, but others are left to wonder…what in the world do I do with the next 3.5 months? It’s a frustrating economy and time to be a design

Logotype/Wordmark

2010-05-19T12:32:00.000-04:00

Logotype/Wordmark Logos: 30 Creative ExamplesLogotypes (or wordmarks) are logos that use typography to represent companies, organizations and products. Logo designers show their talent and creative skills by crafting a logotype that’s memorable, clever, and symbolic of the company they’re representing. To follow up on our logo design tutorial that presented a process developing a logotype from

Portfolio Inspiration

2010-05-19T12:31:00.000-04:00

Beautiful Personal Web Portfolios: A ShowcasePlacing your portfolio on the Web gives you an additional venue to feature your work and gain more clients. In addition, in this day and age, clients expect you to have some form of web presence. For your inspiration, here is a visual showcase of some eye-catching web portfolios of creatives in various industries. This showcase follows up on Matthew

Package Design Resource

2010-05-19T11:39:00.000-04:00

TheDieline.com: Package DesignEstablished in 2007 by Andrew Gibbs, The Dieline is dedicated to the progress of the package design industry and its practitioners, students and enthusiasts. Its purpose is to define and promote the world’s best examples of packaging, and provide a place where the package design community can review, critique and stay informed of the latest industry trends and design

Retro and Vintage Photoshop Tutorials

2010-05-13T08:47:00.000-04:00

50 Beautiful Retro and Vintage Photoshop TutorialsRetro and vintage designs are valued for nostalgia and sentimental memories. You can notice that retro and vintage design is created by using rich colors, grunge elements and various textures. In this collection, you’ll find 50 retro and vintage related Photoshop tutorials. These tutorials are useful and unique, so you will learn some new

design mind by frog design

2010-05-11T13:15:00.000-04:00

Work – Life - Issue 12 | design mindAbout design mindPublished by global innovation firm frog design, design mind is a media platform that includes a print magazine, a website, videos, and events.Written by frog designers, technologists, and strategists, design mind articles provide the design and innovation community with perspectives on industry trends, emerging technologies, and global

Drop Cap Inspiration

2010-05-07T15:25:00.000-04:00

Daily Drop CapThe Daily Drop Cap is an ongoing project by typographer and illustrator Jessica Hische. Each day (or at least each WORK day), a new hand-crafted decorative initial cap will be posted for your enjoyment and for the beautification of blog posts everywhere. To use a Daily Drop Cap on your site or blog, follow the instructions in each post and read about the usage limitations. Daily

idsgn (a design blog)

2010-05-06T19:25:00.000-04:00

idsgnidsgn is a new blog about the things we see and enjoy (or sometimes hate) as designers.We like to talk about graphic design, branding, typography, and sometimes we might post a video or two. Grab our RSS feed and follow us on Twitter where we post the extra bits that don't make it here.

Type Blog

2010-05-06T19:19:00.000-04:00

Type for you.Typeforyou is a blog on typography.

let's all find awesome jobs

2010-04-30T19:15:00.000-04:00

kevin fanning: store: let's all find awesome jobsUnlike my other books, Let’s All Find Awesome Jobs is not fiction. It’s also not magic, or lifehacks. It’s a concise, practical, and hopefully entertaining guide to the incredibly frustrating world of job searches.It’s for people just entering the working world for the first time, people who have jobs but want to find better jobs, and for all of us

Online Drawing Tool

2010-03-20T13:48:00.000-04:00

flame | peter blaskovic | escape motionsFlame is a painting program, it belongs to my 'I am Artist' experimental project. I think with tools which inspires you, everyone can be an artist. You can try it here, change different brush settings and paint your own flame paintings. When you change background from black to white, palette changes from additive to subtractive and the feeling of the

RateMyProfessors

2010-03-13T07:02:00.000-05:00

Funny and enlightening article about the site.The Medium - RateMyProfessors.com. - NYTimes.comAT ANY RATERateMy Professors.com, which started in 1999, is a lovable relic of Web 1.0. With more than 10 million quirky, untrustworthy reviews, it’s going strong. Read it like a novel, watch it like MTV, study it like sociology. Just don’t base any real decisions on it.

Graphic Design Internship Info Links

2010-03-11T10:14:00.000-05:00

These are packed with useful info to help you in the process of finding a great internship. Read thoroughly & make notes. :)A guide to internships — AIGA | the professional association for designHow to Land a Great Internship for Graphic DesignWelcome to Graphic Design InternshipGraphic design intern jobs | Simply Hired

Film and TV Title Competition at SXSW!

2010-03-11T09:53:00.000-05:00

South by Southwest to Honor Film and TV Title Sequences - NYTimes.comNext week in Austin, Tex., the South by Southwest festival will honor the winners of a film and television titles competition, a rare move to recognize those miniature stories and graphics displays that surround the opening credits before the real story unfolds.

More AIGA advice for design students

2010-03-09T14:25:00.000-05:00

Transitions e-newsletter — AIGA | the professional association for designWelcome to Transitions, an e-newsletter created for AIGA student members to help in their education and eventual transition to the workplace as a professional designer. Although not currently published, It includes straightforward articles on subjects of interest to students; provides personal reading lists about

Transitioning From Design Student to Designer

2010-03-09T14:23:00.000-05:00

After School Special: Advice for Emerging Designers — AIGA | the professional association for designGreat advice for graduating students from the AIGA. Be sure to read the comments!

Great design from designers.

2010-03-06T08:38:00.001-05:00

Supermarket - Great design. Straight from designers.Similar to Etsy only a little more designy.

Design Research Resource

2010-03-06T08:10:00.000-05:00

AIGA Design ArchivesThe archives of AIGA serve to identify, preserve and make available records of enduring value. AIGA’s aim is to make conditions suitable for access and to support research that will add to the literature of design and to safeguard its legacy.

2010 Interactive Annual

2010-03-03T12:17:00.001-05:00

Communication Arts - 2010 Interactive AnnualInteractive Annual 16 WinnersThis year’s winners were selected, by our distinguished jury, from a group of entries including Web sites, Kiosks, CD-ROM projects and mobile devices. The 39 winning projects are showcased below, and in further detail in the March/April 2010 issue of Communication Arts magazine.

Evolution of Type Taste

2010-02-25T17:44:00.000-05:00

My Evolution of Type Taste from Grade School to PresentA catalog of my evolving typography likes through time. I didn’t include all of the crappy display fonts I liked in college because it’s just way too embarrassing.

Internship Links

2010-02-15T09:07:00.004-05:00

Internship To-Do’s Research (job sites, portfolios, design sites) Resumé Cover Letter Portfolio (PDF and/or web) Apply/InquirePortfolio Research (see some of the competition)http://www.creativehotlist.com/index.asp?linkTarget=homePort.asphttp://www.designerid.com/Design Industry Siteshttp://www.creativepro.com/http://www.commarts.com/http://www.howdesign.com/Job (Internship) Siteshttp://

myPANTONE

2010-02-11T10:43:00.000-05:00

myPANTONE for iPhone and iPod TouchWho says you can’t take it with you? Not Pantone. Now with the myPANTONE for iPhone and iPod Touch app you have access to a variety of PANTONE® color libraries and the ability to build color palettes and share them with colleagues and clients. myPANTONE offers graphic, web, fashion and apparel designers a way to take PANTONE colors with you wherever you go. Can’

Develop Your Language Skills

2010-01-29T14:29:00.000-05:00

Develop Your Greatest Skill – Language - Stepcase Lifehack

Powerful Writing

2010-01-29T14:28:00.000-05:00

8 Qualities of Powerful Writing - Stepcase Lifehack

Creative Inspiration

2010-01-29T14:16:00.000-05:00

YouTube - Ira Glass on StorytellingThis American Life's Ira Glass on taste, ability and creative development: "Most everybody I know who does interesting creative work went through a phase of years where they had really good taste but they could tell what they were making wasn't as good as they wanted it to be." This is just wonderful: watch it. via Design Observer

Graphic Design History

2010-01-29T14:11:00.000-05:00

Lester Beall | American Graphic Design Pioneer

Multi-touch Interaction Design

2010-01-29T13:43:00.000-05:00

LukeW | New Multi-touch Interactions on the Apple iPadDuring Apple's 90 minute unveiling of the iPad this week, a lot of new multi-touch interactions were shown off. But they went by fast. So as a service to digital product designers everywhere, we took the time to extract 8 minutes of new user interface demos from the iPad keynote. Now you can quickly just catch the UI in action on Apple's new

INSPIRE

2010-01-26T13:35:00.000-05:00

INSPIRE - A publication from the Adobe Experience Design teamGreat resource on design innovation & best practices.

Feltron 2009 Annual Report

2010-01-25T17:02:00.000-05:00

Nicholas Felton | Feltron.com"Each day in 2009, I asked every person with whom I had a meaningful encounter to submit a record of this meeting through an online survey. These reports form the heart of the 2009 Annual Report. From parents to old friends, to people I met for the first time, to my dentist… any time I felt that someone had discerned enough of my personality and activities, they were

Opposing Viewpoints on Designers & Code

2010-01-07T10:23:00.000-05:00

ignore the code: Designers are not Programmers"There seems to be a growing sentiment that interaction designers, visual designers and UI designers need to know how to write code...I disagree with this notion. In fact, I believe that being able to program can be a negative attribute for people who are responsible for designing the user experience. Designers who know how things are implemented or,

Communication Arts - 2009 Advertising Annual

2010-01-05T15:22:00.000-05:00

Communication Arts - 2009 Advertising AnnualThe past year was a difficult one for advertising. Despite the challenging climate, we were pleased to still see some creative risk-taking in the entries submitted.“Not surprisingly, the most innovative work is in the online and integrated categories,” said juror Paul Little. “People are inventing what's new and that’s exciting. It doesn’t always work

Teenagers Unfriend Facebook

2009-12-21T09:00:00.001-05:00

Driven to Distraction, Some Teenagers Unfriend Facebook - NYTimes.com:We decided we spent way too much time obsessing over Facebook and it would be better if we took a break from it,” Halley said.By mutual agreement, the two friends now allow themselves to log on to Facebook on the first Saturday of every month — and only on that day.The two are among the many teenagers, especially girls, who are

Luring the Young Into Digital Jobs

2009-12-21T08:56:00.000-05:00

New Programs Aim to Lure Young Into Digital Jobs - NYTimes.comHybrid careers like Dr. Halamka’s that combine computing with other fields will increasingly be the new American jobs of the future, labor experts say. In other words, the nation’s economy is going to need more cool nerds. But not enough young people are embracing computing — often because they are leery of being branded

Teaching craft in a designed world

2009-12-15T13:05:00.000-05:00

Teaching craft in a designed world - Nick de la Mare - On Design - Creativity OnlineI think at this point it's important to remember that craft, by definition, is fundamentally a dedicated mastery of a chosen subject matter, not necessarily just the deep understanding of a specific material or tool. Richard Sennett, in The Craftsman, cites a commonly understood 10,000 hour figure as the time

Four Things I’ve Learned About Designers — AIGA | the professional association for design

2009-12-02T18:39:00.000-05:00

Four Things I’ve Learned About Designers — AIGA | the professional association for designFor the last two years, I’ve been doing to designers what they usually do unto others. Which is to say, I’ve been observing and studying them, asking a lot of questions and trying to discern patterns. Here are a few things I’ve learned along the way.

Augmented Reality Advertising

2009-11-15T08:32:00.001-05:00

Consumed - The Hype Around Augmented Reality - NYTimes.comVery broadly, augmented reality can be thought of as an inversion of the venerable “virtual reality” buzz concept. Instead of plunging us into a completely digital environment, augmented reality means placing digital things into the regular old world. Those things might be bits of information or renderings of imaginary objects. And they,

D.I.Y. Games

2009-11-15T08:28:00.001-05:00

Can D.I.Y. Supplant the First-Person Shooter? - NYTimes.comThese game designers, a self-described indie scene, form a tightly knit group with a do-it-yourself culture and a rebellious spirit — something like a ’zine movement for video games. New and cheap technologies have enabled the movement’s rise. New tools for production and distribution — through smartphones, over the Web and via

Email 101

2009-11-12T08:30:00.000-05:00

Great advice for students learning how to communicate effectively with your Professors OR anyone using email:Design Educator: Email 101I will not begin this post with the word “netiquette” (you can get the book for more details), because the term dates to the 1980s and this is something I hope someone, especially my students, will read. I’m writing this because someone has to tell this generation

Living Climate Change Through Design Thinking

2009-10-08T07:52:00.000-04:00

Living Climate Change: Actionable Ideas About Our FutureHelp us expand the conversation.Living Climate Change is a place where the most defining challenge of our time is explored through design thinking. It's also a place to show, discuss, and share compelling and provocative thoughts and ideas about the future.

Student Bloggers on College Life

2009-10-03T07:49:00.002-04:00

M.I.T. Lets Student Bloggers Post Without Censoring - NYTimes.comDozens of colleges — including Amherst, Bates, Carleton, Colby, Vassar, Wellesley and Yale — are embracing student blogs on their Web sites, seeing them as a powerful marketing tool for high school students, who these days are less interested in official messages and statistics than in first-hand narratives and direct interaction

Masters Of Design 2009 - Fast Company

2009-09-27T13:47:00.000-04:00

Masters Of Design 2009 - Fast CompanyBe sure to also check out the Past Masters.

Client Advice from FreelanceSwitch.com

2009-09-26T07:45:00.000-04:00

12 Breeds of Client and How to Work with Them – FreelanceSwitchThere are loads of different types of clients out there and chances are at some point you’ll get to meet all of them. So let’s take a look through some typical clients and see if you recognise a few of your own in there!

Photoshop Disasters Blog

2009-09-12T07:56:00.000-04:00

PhotoshopDisastersHave you seen a truly awful piece of Photoshop work? Clumsy manipulation, senseless comping, lazy cloning and thoughtless retouching are our bread and butter. And yes, deep down, we love Photoshop.

International Journal of Design

2009-09-08T13:54:00.000-04:00

International Journal of DesignThe International Journal of Design is a peer-reviewed, open-access journal devoted to publishing research papers in all fields of design, including industrial design, visual communication design, interface design, animation and game design, architectural design, urban design, and other design related fields. It aims to provide an international forum for the

College Advice, From People Who Have Been There Awhile

2009-09-06T08:33:00.000-04:00

Op-Ed Contributors - College Advice, From People Who Have Been There Awhile - NYTimes.comEducators give some helpful advice to young adults entering school this fall.

quirky | social product development

2009-09-05T09:33:00.000-04:00

quirky | social product developmentEveryone has a product idea. Chances are, you do, too. Our 22-year-old entrepreneur-in-chief, Ben, has launched two successful companies based on this premise, with write-ups in Reader's Digest, Businessweek, Entrepreneur, and other mainstream media - including more than one primetime appearance on CNBC.Among other things, mophie and kluster made him something

Design to Improve Life Winners

2009-09-01T18:53:00.000-04:00

INDEX:DESIGN TO IMPROVE LIFEHere are the winners of INDEX:Award 2009. They show us, how design has the power to be part of the solution to major global challenges like climate changes, pollution, natural disasters, poverty, overconsumption and other important issues.

Back to School Tips from Lifehack.org

2009-08-28T16:05:00.000-04:00

Freshman 15: Coping with the First Year of CollegeWhat you do in your first year of college can have a big impact on the rest of your college years – not to mention on the rest of your life. A few missteps might be possible to undo later on, but too many wrong moves and you might well find it impossible to recover later. Blow off too many classes, for example, and your grades will suffer – and no

Inspiration from Design Glut

2009-08-23T12:53:00.000-04:00

Design GlutThe Design Glut website is here to inspire you. We interview creative entrepreneurs about how they got started and what they've learned along the way. We usually post 2-3 interviews a week. Our goal is to create a resource to help you springboard into working on your own projects.

Design Pricing

2009-08-23T12:51:00.000-04:00

A great post with links on estimating pricing for design projects:The design pricing formula | David Airey, graphic designer

Student Graphic Design Projects on Flickr

2009-08-19T09:47:00.000-04:00

Flickr: AIGA Design Educators CommunityGreat samples of student work from class projects. Look & Learn.

Success Secrets of the Graphic Design Superstars

2009-08-18T08:01:00.000-04:00

Success Secrets of the Graphic Design SuperstarsThis blog, and the forthcoming book, will be a collection of interviews from the best-of-the-best designers and creatives. The idea came about because of the number of people, both students and professionals, who have sought me out over the years and asked, “What do I need to do to succeed?” and “How do I get big clients and/or big projects?”

REculture

2009-08-14T07:12:00.000-04:00

REculture: A post consumption economy - Repair, reuse, repurpose, recycle ~ exploring the informal businesses at the BoPRepair, reuse, repurpose, recycle ~ exploring the informal businesses at the BoP

The Personal MBA ™

2009-07-28T11:17:00.000-04:00

The Personal MBA™ - Training the Next Generation of Self-Made Entrepreneurs, Managers, and Business LeadersThe Personal MBA (PMBA) is a systematic program of business self-education designed by Josh Kaufman to help people master advanced business concepts without enrolling in a traditional MBA program. Instead of spending time in a classroom, PMBA members believe it’s possible to get a great

100 Years of Design Manifestos

2009-07-25T13:37:00.000-04:00

100 Years of Design Manifestos -- Social Design NotesSince the days of radical printer-pamphleteers, design and designers have a long history of fighting for what’s right and working to transform society. The rise of the literary form of the manifesto also parallels the rise of modernity and the spread of letterpress printing.This list of design manifestos was buried in a previous post but

The Museum of Forgotten Art Supplies

2009-07-20T14:16:00.000-04:00

The Museum of Forgotten Art Supplies – DrawgerWelcome to The Museum of Forgotten Art Supplies... where tools of the trade that have died or have just about died a slow slow death are cheerfully exhibited.

Operating System Interface Design Between 1981-2009

2009-07-20T14:11:00.000-04:00

Operating System Interface Design Between 1981-2009 | Webdesigner DepotA Graphical User Interface (GUI for short) allows users to interact with the computer hardware in a user friendly way.Over the years a range of GUI’s have been developed for different operating systems such as OS/2, Macintosh, Windowsamiga, Linux, Symbian OS, and more.We’ll be taking a look at the evolution of the interface

Social networks for creative pros | Create | Creative Notes | Macworld

2009-07-20T09:22:00.000-04:00

Social networks for creative pros | Create | Creative Notes | MacworldIIf you’re like most creative professionals, you rely on advice and inspiration from peers to stay on the top of your game. Mainstream social networking sites such as Facebook include thriving design communities, but finding the relevant information means wading through random quizzes and personal drama. For more focused

CUSTOM LETTERS

2009-07-07T16:25:00.000-04:00

CUSTOM LETTERS - FIRST HALF 2009 — LetterCultAs we approach the halfway point of 2009, we’ve begun seeking out the best and brightest in the ol’ Custom Letters Dept. And we are asking for submissions—if you see something we’ve missed, please send us a link.Custom Letters is an evolving category that includes calligraphy, sign painting, graffiti, stone carving, digital lettering, hand lettering,

A Fine Line - How Design Strategies Are Shaping The Future of Business

2009-07-03T09:23:00.000-04:00

A Fine Line - How Design Strategies Are Shaping The Future of Business - Hartmut EsslingerA Fine Line offers a step-by-step overview of the innovation process — from targeting goals to shepherding new products and services to the marketplace — in order to reveal how to arrive at an authentic human design that connects strongly with consumers. With a unique perspective, rich stories, and a global

Design is in the details...

2009-06-23T18:31:00.000-04:00

A Portrait of the Designer: Child’s PlayYou would think that something like letterhead or business cards would be so simple that anybody could design it. After all, it’s just an application of the client’s logo and contact information onto a blank canvas. When I would bring my first round of comps to Lisa, however, she would immediately point out details that I have never before considered.

Inspirational Typography Resources

2009-06-10T12:52:00.000-04:00

42 Amazing Resources for Inspirational Typography: Speckyboy Design MagazineThere are many theories to what constitutes good typography, its not as simple as choosing an appropriate font and setting it in the style of a particular project, that would be too easy. Theories and tutorials are one thing, putting typography into perfect practice is another, and is perhaps the hardest part of any

PutItOn.com

2009-06-09T12:14:00.000-04:00

PutItOn.com - Home to the World's Undiscovered Artists* 1 gigabyte of space for your portfolio* No transaction charge when selling your work* Ability to stream audio/video works in their entirety* Live personal broadcasts to your followers* Translation of your words into 10 global languages* And many more robust portfolio management features"

An Open Letter to Design Students Everywhere

2009-06-08T18:37:00.000-04:00

A must read for all my IDD Majors:Design Observer: An Open Letter to Design Students EverywhereWith structure comes freedom. And freedom, let’s not forget, is what education is all about. It is a great time to be a student. Go out and make great things, things that help us, inform us, enlighten and change and impact the world in millions of meaningful and glorious ways. Your education will not

Lots of Inspiration

2009-06-02T12:53:00.001-04:00

Fast Company: 100 Most Creative People in Business“There are no rules about creativity. Which made constructing our list of the 100 Most Creative People in Business a tricky task. We looked for dazzling new thinkers, rising stars, and boldface names who couldn't be ignored. We avoided people we've profiled in the recent past. We emphasized those whose creativity addresses a larger issue -- from

The best in advertising, design, and digital creativity | Creativity Online

2009-05-22T14:05:00.000-04:00

Creativity Magazine Online

Yale Graphic Design MFA 2009

2009-05-21T09:10:00.000-04:00

Lux Et Veritas: Yale Graphic Design MFA Exhibition 2009I had the opportunity to visit the exhibition last Friday – the final day of the show. I was intrigued enough by the presentation of the work that I scrawled some notes that I thought I’d share.

Steven Heller on Hand Lettering

2009-05-17T11:11:00.000-04:00

Graphic Content | Hand Lettering - The Moment Blog - NYTimes.comI am a big fan of this anti-type typography. This may be because it is something I can do without mastering complex techniques. But it is more complicated than that. Nonetheless, hand lettering is liberating. Sure, most official documents, in fact, most things we read (like books, magazines and blogs) require official typefaces — the

For those about to graduate (or look for an internship)

2009-04-09T15:10:00.000-04:00

Three from Viget Labs – Web Design Blog: Web Design & Innovation in web standardsFinding a Job in the Design FieldPortfolio Reviewin’, Thoughts and Ideas for Design StudentsInterview Expectations : Web Strategy, Web Design, Web Development, and Web Marketing

Very funny...

2009-03-24T07:00:00.000-04:00

in a totally design geeky kind of way...M A X K E R N I N G

More on sketchbooks

2009-03-07T07:22:00.000-05:00

"Sketchbook" by Timothy O'DonnellSketches provide a truer reflection of a designer's thought processes, preoccupations, and problem-solving strategies than can be had by simply viewing finished projects. Highly personal and idiosyncratic, sketchbooks offer an arena for unstructured exploration — a space free from all budgetary and client constraints.

Another color palette generator

2009-03-03T10:51:00.001-05:00

Color Scheme Designer 3

Design Student to Design Professional

2009-02-24T09:51:00.001-05:00

Never SleepThere is a major disconnect between the life of a design student and the transition to being a design professional.To demystify the transition, we share the failures, successes, and surprises during our years in college and progression into the field: the creative process, monetary problems, internships, interviews, mistakes, and personal relationships. We include the work from our

Computerlove | Connecting Creative Talents.

2009-02-23T12:45:00.000-05:00

Computerlove™ | Connecting Creative Talents.Computerlove {cpluv.com} is a unique social platform and source of inspiration for talented creatives. www.cpluv.com/www/editpost/15158. Find inspiration and get fresh, hot design news. Share you work with talented and awarded creatives (Population: 20, 000+). Stay connected with creative people you know and admire. Promote yourself to find a job or get

Student Expectations & Grade Disputes

2009-02-18T04:43:00.000-05:00

Student Expectations Seen as Causing Grade Disputes - NYTimes.comA recent study by researchers at the University of California, Irvine, found that a third of students surveyed said that they expected B’s just for attending lectures, and 40 percent said they deserved a B for completing the required reading.

Homage to Shigeo Fukuda

2009-02-16T12:04:00.000-05:00

Speak Up › An Homage to Shigeo FukudaWe define reality through sensory experience. Some experiences challenge our notion of what is real, so we call them illusions. I could argue that illusion is reality and reality is illusion, but I won’t. Instead, I offer this: If you change the way you look at the world, the world itself changes. No one knew this better than Shigeo Fukuda.How can you look at

Ever wondered about working at Pixar?

2009-02-09T04:22:00.000-05:00

Learning and Working in the Collaborative Age: A New Model for the Workplace | EdutopiaPixar University’s Randy Nelson talks about what they look for when hiring at Pixar:“…the proof of a portfolio over the promise of a resume…” “…more interested than interesting…”Keys: depth, breadth, communication, collaborationAnother article about Pixar University from the NY TimesAnd another article: Pixar's

smARThistory

2009-02-09T03:47:00.000-05:00

smARThistory.orgWhy We Made smARThistoryFor years we have been dissatisfied with the large expensive art history textbook. We found that they were difficult for many students, contained too many images, and just were not particularly engaging. In addition, we had found the web resources developed by publishers to be woefully uncreative. We had developed quite a bit of content for our online

Michael Bierut on Becoming a Graphic Designer

2009-02-08T06:51:00.000-05:00

Preoccupations - Drawing Board to the Desktop - A Designer’s Path - NYTimes.comIN 1972, when I was a sophomore in high school in suburban Cleveland, I was asked to do a poster for our drama club’s production of “Arsenic and Old Lace.” I found a nice big piece of cardboard, did the most elaborate piece of hand-lettering I could manage with a couple of black felt-tipped pens and turned it in to the