Posts Tagged ‘Inspiration’
We are pleased to present below all posts tagged with ‘Inspiration’.
Sexy, Bold And Experimental Typography
- May 12th, 2008
- 102 Comments
Sometimes typography is all you need to communicate your ideas effectively. Graphics can support the type or type can support the graphics, but to deliver the message precisely, you need to make sure your type is expressive enough, your design is distinctive enough and the composition is strong enough. The ...
Read more...Where Do You Draw Inspiration From?
- May 11th, 2008
- 82 Comments
Getting creative is part of our job. Whatever project we are working on, at some point we need to come up with some nice starting point — some fresh idea which we could explore further, build upon and refine until we have a polished, perfect result. Although having an idea ...
Read more...Now More Than Ever: 50 More Excellent Blog Designs
- May 8th, 2008
- 77 Comments
Designing blogs is easy. Designing blogs in a unique way is hard. Whatever blog engine you are using, there are literally thousands of templates available which you can apply directly, without any significant code modifications. That’s efficient, but it’s not creative, because using a default blog-template you risk to end ...
Read more...Pixels Go Mad: The Celebration Of Pixel Art
- May 5th, 2008
- 107 Comments
Pixel art lives both in and beyond computer screen. Artists design pixel art posters, magazine covers, album covers, desktop wallpapers, paintings, “pixelish” video ads and even pixelated tattoos. And there is a good reason behind it: in times when popular design solutions strive for real-life-look or perfection pixel art offers ...
Read more...Inspirational PDF Magazines
- April 22nd, 2008
- 84 Comments
PDF magazines are a great promotional tool used by companies and collectives. They are quick to put together, can be attached to emails, or made available as free downloads. Numerous visual arts publications from around the world are available for you to draw inspiration from. These magazines serve as excellent ...
Read more...Celebration Of Vintage and Retro Design
- April 21st, 2008
- 114 Comments
Retro and vintage designs are often considered as being outdated, looking old, unattractive and dull. That’s not true. Although compared to modern design, retro is mostly a completely different realm, it has a large variety of benefits modern graphic designers often tend to overlook. And that’s a pity. Because we, ...
Read more...Excellent Book Covers and Paperbacks
- April 14th, 2008
- 83 Comments
Book covers are hard to design and nice to look at. An effective book cover manages to catch human’s eye and convey the idea behind the book on one single page. However, it’s getting even harder: to make a book really hard to forget, designers need to design the cover ...
Read more...Slick Laptop Designs and Concepts
- March 31st, 2008
- 66 Comments
Laptop design doesn’t have to be boring. Although often laptops look exactly as we expect them to look like, there is a number of design solutions and approaches which are completely different — unusual, creative, beautiful and damn useful. In fact, over the last years designers came up with a ...
Read more...Favicon Episode 6: Black, Abstract and Hand-Drawing
- March 21st, 2008
- 33 Comments
Every now and again we showcase beautiful favicons — tiny pieces of art you’ll usually find only if you are looking for them or search through your bookmarks. Below you’ll find 50 more outstanding little pieces of art. Please notice that these favicons weren’t chosen simply because of their beauty; ...
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