50 Totally Free Lessons in Graphic Design Theory, by Danny Outlaw
Oh Darkroom, I miss you.
Jon pointed me to this wonderful photo project showcasing London’s remaining professional darkrooms. Looking at the images I had flashbacks to the smell of all the chemicals. Oh darkroom, I miss you!
(image: gordon bishop associates #1 by richard nicholson)
Designers Without Borders
Interesting upcoming Panel Discussion on the topic of “Designers Without Borders”, a discussion about design in a globalized world. Six well-known designers from various cultural backgrounds will participate. Specifically: Matteo Bologna, Roberto de Vicq, Carole Goodman, Maya Kopytman, Pablo Medina and Takaaki Matsumoto.
The event will take place on May 1st at 6pm, at NYIT, 16 west 61st Street, NY on the 11th floor auditorium. R.S.V.P at rvavetsi [at] nyit.edu by May 1st.
Win Time To Design
Oh, I wish I could enter the Time To Design Award. Heavenly! You get to stay in Copenhagen with your own mini studio. Located at The National Workshops for Arts and Crafts beautiful building in Copenhagen you will have access to professional workshops for wood, metal, graphic, photographic, textile printing, weaving, ceramic, conservation and computers. DKK 50,000 to cover your material costs. After a long day at work, retreat to your private flat furnished with all the great danish design classics. Your work will be exhibited for 2 weeks at the Normann Copenhagen flagship store.
Magnetic Pixels
MagneticPixels: A fun new way to decorate your fridge, or any flat metal surface that holds magnets. Add some life to your filing cabinets, metal doors, memo boards, etc. Or try your local home improvement store for metal wall paint and you can even make this puzzle on the wall. The further you step away from the magnetic pixels the more photographic the image appears. Love this! This might be my first introduction to the world of Pixels with Ella.
DUMBO AIGA Event: Stories From The Front
Ever wonder what other designers do or say to get their jobs? Finally, your chance to be a fly on the wall for other designers’ presentations. Five design icons will recreate actual presentations that won work or solved problems, demonstrating skills in PowerPoint, patter, and bravura. Short descriptions of the original RFP/Design Briefs will be presented so that we’ll know what the presenters received before creating their solutions. This recession-special event combines revelatory techniques on how designers win jobs—and lots of drinking. The five presentations will be followed by open questions, honest answers, and genuine commiseration from the audience. This event will be hosted in DUMBO, at Galapagos, an event space equipped with a bar.
AIGA | Stories From The Front: My Dog and Pony
Wednesday 29 April 2009 7:00–8:30PM
The event has been combined with a DUMBO Open Studio Tour beforeheand, swissmiss is one of them!
Carve Your Own Wooden Postcard
Spare the trees: Carve Your Own Wooden Postcard.
Obama In The Sea of Hope
After 8 years lost in The Sea of Holes… America emerges into the Sea of Hope with a new president at the helm. Wear your hope on your sleeves, literally.
Pen Love T-Shirts
Adobe Illustrator Pen Love T-Shirt by CreativeTechs
Google & LEGO
Google Logo made out of LEGO. It doesn’t get any better than that. Click here to view large.
I love you, Robot.
We all love robots. And sometimes we love to show that love. I Love You, Robot T-Shirt by MediaFury.
Need a Problem?
Need a problem? Order one! Here’s how it works: Order the desired number of problems. Pay the ordered problems safely and easily via PayPal. Within 48h, you receive from needaproblem a specially generated link to your e-mail address indicated at PayPal, from which you can call up your problem. As soon as you have solved the problem, you send us the proof to solution(at)needaproblem.com. Your proof will be checked and – if you wish – you will be listed on the list of best problem solvers.
This is all based on the philosophy of:
“The biggest enemy of hapiness is – apart from pain – boredom.” — Arthur Schopenhauer
And yes, something like this can only come out of Switzerland.
(thanks rob)
Graphic Design Contracts
A few months ago David Airey wrote a brief article about graphic design contracts. His readers offered some excellent advice in the comments, and here he features a select few of these contract tips.
Drawords today for Typophiles
I am a big fan of Craig Frazier’s Drawords.com Project where he creates an illustration and people submit the caption. Very entertaining! WIth the current illustration (above) he is calling all designers, typographers, letterheads and fontfreaks. So, connect with your inner copy-writer and submit your words!
Web Trend Map 4
So excited to have made the cut, once again, on this year’s Web Trend Map 4, created by iA Inc. I am right on the Creative Track, next to Jeffrey Zeldman and DeviantArt. Hello there, neighbors! See the Full Size Beta Version here on Flickr.
James Earl Jones recites the alphabet
Here, James Earl Jones recites the alphabet. This one is like the one on “Sesame Street: old school” DVD where he counts from one to ten. The pronounciation of every letter is crystal clear.
(via H&FJ)
What Do You Want To Make Better?
The Better Project harnesses the collaborative power of the Web to help make anything better. It takes just a few minutes to set up your own instance, invite others and start sharing and discussing ideas around causes and interests you care about.
A bottle of ‘vino’ I would buy.
I admit it, I judge wine by its label. This design by Moruba gets my thumbs up.
Jack’s Life Lessons
Jack’s Life Lessons. My favorite: Allow endings
The Internet Version of A Standing Ovation
What is the mark of Web success in 2009? A million page views in a week? A spike in Twitter mentions? Both are meaningful indices, but not quite as satisfying as traffic crashing your whole site. It’s the Internet version of a standing ovation.” — Sasha Frere-Jones
(via glass)
Regrets
This made me smile. I need the equivalent for not getting back to people’s emails in a timely fashion!