September 2011
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August 2011
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Give-a-Shit: The Charity Thats all About Caring →
“Give-a-Shit.org is not like all those other charities. We’re not asking you to give us money. We’re asking you to Give a Shit. Now, don’t be packaging it up and mailing it to us or anything, just pick a cause, and show us what you Give a Shit about”
What do you think of this charity? Good idea? Tasteless?
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How to Get Rid Your Virtual Life of Your Ex. →
Thanks to LifeHacker for posting this great guide on how to keep from running into your ex (or someone you just flat out don’t like) in the virtual world be it on Facebook, Twitter, Email, or even text messages.
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IRetrofone: Vintage Style Dock for IPhone →
The IRetrofone fuses modern and vintage technology to give your desk an elegant look. They are a bit pricey, do you think the IRetrophone worth the price tag?
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BookBook: IPhone Case and Wallet in a Stylish... →
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A Quick and Comprehensive Type Guide
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Airline Cancels Ad Campaign After Sex Scandal →
Cathay Pacific airline decides not to use ad with the tagline “Meet the team who go the extra mile to make you feel special” after photographs of crew members having sex in the cockpit hit the web.
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Neo-Nazi shirt reveals pro tolerance message after... →
In a great example of genius socially-conscious design, attendees at a nationalist, right-wing concert in Germany were duped into wearing souvenir T-shirts that at first bore a pro-nationalist stance and symbology but later revealed an anti-far right message offering assistance after they had been washed.
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Dumpster Drive →
Dumpster Drive takes the saying, “one man’s trash is another man’s treasure” to the digital world by creating a second computer trashcan that sends deleted files to a peer to peer sharing network.
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Photoshop Etiquette for Web Designers →
For the sake of your web developers or anyone else in your team that might be working on your photoshop files all designers should take a look at this site.
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The Pitch Board Game →
Right now just in the conceptual phase this board game puts players in the role of a design agency. Unfortunately the kickstarted for this project didn’t get enough support, perhaps if we all show enough interest this project might get taken to the next phase.
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“Both optimists and pessimists contribute to our society. The optimist invents...”
– Gil Stern
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Lost Type Co-op →
Lost Type is a great source for some amazing and well design typefaces with an interesting pay what you want model. Where do you go for great typefaces?
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League of Moveable Type →
Another great typeface resource using the pay what you want model. Got any suggestions for other type resources?
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ummm what?
clientsfromhell:
A client was upset that the animated .gifs from his site weren’t animated when printed out. I tried to explain that it simply wasn’t possible.
Client: Why are you lying to me? I know it’s possible - have you not seen the moving posters and pictures in Harry Potter!?
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Interesting Facts About Politician's Twitters →
When New York search company PeekYou happened to start crunching the numbers on GOP candidates’ Twitter followers last month, they encountered a number so odd that they thought they must have done the math wrong.
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Slim Jim Male Spice Loss Campaign
A hilarious series of commercials from Slim Jim created by Venables Bell & Partners shows how you can increase “menergy” and counter act “male spice loss” with Slim Jim so you can get back to being a man. Check out some of my favorites from this campaign below.
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10 Great Ways to be More Creative at Work
Here are 10 ways to incorporate the art and science of creativity into your environment:
1. Innovation isn’t just for creative types. Involve everyone — even outsiders. We frequently ask the UPS man to stop in and share a quick idea. Invite customers, too.
2. John Cleese, of Monty Python fame, once gave this advice: “If you spot any colleagues engaging in unfamiliar activity such as wondering...
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Computer Vision Syndrome Infographic →
A great infographic on how computer screens affect our eyes and what to do to prevent the damage known as Computer Vision Syndrome.
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“You are the only person on earth who can use your ability.”
– Zig Ziglar
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If Kids Had Business Cards →
Red Balloon, an English School for kids, asked its students what they wanted to be when they grow up. Based on their answers, Ogilvy Brazil designed personalised Kids Business Cards.
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Quotes on Design →
Website with some great quotes and philosophies about design and art
May 2011
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Art Made from Explosions →
Beautifully done video of some wall art made from explosions.
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[Infographic] How Sitting is KILLING You! →
The horrible truth behind the evil known as sitting down.
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“Design is where science and art break even.”
– Robin Mathew
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New Era Caps' Celebrity Rivalry Campaign
New Era Caps is debuted a Yankee’s vs Red Sox Rivalry campaign starring Alex Baldwin and John Krasinski. They are releasing a new commercial for every meeting of the two teams.
Check out the first two commercials here and here
You can go to New Eras Facebook page to pick your side here
Read more about the campaign including an interview with the creative director on how they managed to...
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[Infographic] Are there too many Social Media... →
This infographic from the Huffington post breaks down the facts on social media asks(follow me, add me, like this, ect.)
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[Video Roll] Videos for Designers
Here are some videos that make fun of the less than fun parts of designing.
Redesigning The Stop Sign
There is such a thing as over thinking and over analyzing a design. What would happen if we did it with a stop sign?
Vendor-Client Relationship in Real Life
Sometimes working with clients doesn’t go so smoothly and sometimes some of their requests for designers seem a little odd. This...
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Increase Productivity With Some Fun Posters →
Steve Thomas created some great looking posters aimed at increasing office morale and productivity. They take on modern office problems like using social network on company time and e-mail virus with a retro communist propaganda style look.
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“We are happy when for everything inside us there is a corresponding something...”
– W.B. Yeats
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Top Tweets of the Week →
Check out Huffington Post’s top 7 tweets of the week. Some great ones this week including the 1st tweet from the top of Mt. Everest and a tweet during the raid of Osama Bin Ladin’s compound.
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