Inspiration & News
Watch Aaron Draplin Design a Logo in 15 Minutes
Portland, Oregon-based designer and founder of Field Notes Aaron Draplin creates a dozen iterations of a logo for a fictional construction company in roughly 15 minutes, as part of a design challenge from online educational company Lynda. Obsessed with vintage logos...
Wishlist: OneLessDesk Pad by Heckler Design
Looking for clean minimal desks set up, I came across this cool desktop item that I want to my collection. OneLessDesk Pad is an ideal writing, mousing, and palm-resting surface. And it protects your OneLess™Desk’s finish from scratches and spills. Made from an...
Web Field Manual, A Curated List Of Resources For Web Designers
Web designers, are you looking for a one-stop website for the latest trends, resources and inspiration? If you are, you might want to check out ‘Web Field Manual’. Put together by interactive designer Jon Yablonski, Web Field Manual describes itself as a “curated list...
Numi: Not Your Typical Mac Calculator App
Calculators have always been a hard thing to get right in the app world, or wrong depending on which way you look at it. The majority of apps available don't really differ from the one we could just get out our desk drawer, then there's Numi. Numi is a minimal Mac...
Poster Redesign: Chinatown
Chinatown (1974) is one the glorious gems of film noir out of the last century, the artist gave his redemption to this poster concept design in a way that makes it feel like if it was a neo-noir film. A private detective hired to expose an adulterer finds himself...
DIY: Turn a pizza box into a movie projector
Watching a film while eating pizza just got a whole lot better thanks to the pizza box movie box projector from Pizza Hut Hong Kong and Ogilvy & Mather. Together, the two created the “Blockbuster Box” which looks and acts exactly like any normal delivery pizza box...
The 80/20 Rule
I am always looking for new ways to improve design velocity, and a co-worker recommended me this article. The Pareto Principle, also known as the “Law of the Vital Few” or the “80/20 Rule” is well known, even if not by title, to anyone who has the responsibility of...
JOHN TUMBLER: A Minimalist, Geometric Travel Mug
Nineteen-year-old NYU students Szymon Pawica and Mikus Kannenieks have launched a project on Kickstarter touting the world’s first square travel mug. This product serves the same function as any run-of-the-mill thermos, but it’s its innovative cuboid design that...
Helvetica: a film by Gary Hustwit.
Helvetica is a feature-length independent film about typography, graphic design and global visual culture. It looks at the proliferation of one typeface as part of a larger conversation about the way type affects our lives. The film is an exploration of urban spaces...
Swedish Student Creates Concept for Planet Earth Flag
There are nearly 200 countries in the world, each represented and distinguished by a unique flag. Now, Swedish student Oskar Perkefeldt of Beckmans College of Design in Stockholm has taken the task of branding Earth and creating the planet’s pennant. The project,...
WordPress Tips: Customize your theme style
Creating A Child Theme The first step should be creating a child theme. If you ever plan on doing any customization at all, you should always start by creating a child theme as soon as you get started. Child themes are themes which rely on the presence of a parent...
Font Inspiration: HERO
HERO free font is applicable for any type of graphic design – web, print, motion graphics etc and perfect for t-shirts and other items like posters, logos. Price: FREE Download Link: HERE
VSCO Launches Film 00 Free Starter Pack
VSCO will be offering a free Film starter pack that includes two of the company’s most popular presets, Kodak Gold 100 from Film 05 and Kodak TRI-X from Film 06. The film packs contain a collection of tools that can be used to manipulate digital photographs in...
Dieter Rams on Sustainability, Hating Kitsch, and the 10 Principles of Design
As the lead creative force at one of the world’s biggest consumer technology companies – Braun – as well as British furniture maker Vitsoe, Dieter Rams is a certified god in industrial design circles. With over five decades’ worth of work in his portfolio (some of...