Daily Links

Category: Design

Aug 11

Hiring designers - a client perspective

A client's perspective on hiring designers.   http://www.davidairey.com/hiring-designers-client-perspective/

Aug 05

Interview with Rob Janoff, designer of the Apple logo

Interview with Rob Janoff, the designer of the famous Apple logo.   http://creativebits.org/interview/interview_rob_janoff_designer_apple_logo

Jul 31

Skype Logo and Brand Guidelines

Manual and brand guidelines from Skype.   http://logoblink.com/2009/02/13/skype-logo-and-brand-guidelines/

Jul 29

Logo Blink

A blog fully dedicated to logotypes, marks and brand indentity   http://logoblink.com/

Jul 28

Swiss Graphic design

Interesting article about Swiss Style Graphic Design on Smashing Magazine.   http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/07/17/lessons-from-swiss-style-graphic-design/

Jun 29

Web fonts now (how we’re doing with that)

Nice article about the current state of font using in webdesign by Jeffrey Zeldman   http://www.zeldman.com/2009/05/23/web-fonts-now-how-were-doing-with-that/

Jun 28

Paul Rand

Beautiful portfolio site of the well-know American graphic designer Paul Rand (1914-1996)   http://www.paul-rand.com

Jun 27

Download free Twitter Background templates

Free Twitter Background Templates with PSD files, so you can adjust them and upload them as your Twitter background.   http://pelfusion.com/freebies/free-twitter-background-templates-with-psd-files/

Jun 11

30 Illustrator Videos To Turn You Into An Expert

30 Illustrator Videos To turn You Into An Expert. A collection of great video tutorials which you can learn the basics and also advanced illustrator techniques. If you want to learn the necessary skills to becoming an expert then this is perfect post for you. The post contains range of video tutorials covering the best aspects of illustrator.   http://creativenerds.co.uk/tutorials/30-illustrator-videos-to-turn-you-into-an-expert/

May 25

Graphic Design week

A Graphic Design week on Vectortuts: special articles, tutorials and more   http://vector.tutsplus.com/articles/news/graphic-design-week-wrap-up/

May 21

Pattern8

Great looking patterns for download or inspiration.   http://pattern8.com/

May 14

Lovely Package

Great website on package design.   http://lovelypackage.com/

May 12

SVA Dot Dot Dot Lectures: Jason Santa Maria

Lecture on design concepts by Jason Santa Maria (video on Vimeo)   http://www.vimeo.com/4394152

May 07

What’s Golden

Jason Santa Maria discusses the use of the Golden Section in webdesign. Interesting article on what principles apply to webdesign and traditional design.   http://jasonsantamaria.com/articles/whats-golden/

May 06

Printernational

Resource website for print designers.   http://www.printernational.org/

May 05

The Designers Toolbox

The Designers Toolbox has tons of free resources that are very handy to designers: templates, contracts, lorem ipsum generator, and tons of other great freebies.   http://www.designerstoolbox.com/

May 04

Graphic Design: The Forgotten Web Standard

Slides from the talk on Future Of Webdesign 2009 by Mike Kus. Impressive work!   http://www.slideshare.net/mikekus/graphic-design-the-forgotten-web-standard

Apr 29

Faveup becomes Creattica

The popular showcase website Faveup has changed in Creattica. Create a profile on the website and submit your work. Good inspiration source.   http://creattica.com/

Apr 27

10 Principles That Might Make Your Work Better or May Make It Worse

Good tips for enhancing your creativity by Frank Chimero   http://www.aisleone.net/2009/design/10-principles/

Apr 19

Uppercase

Beautiful magazine for the creative and curious!   http://www.uppercasegallery.ca/

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