Posts tagged design

When I first stumble across the site of Postmammal (AKA Robert Murdock), my first reaction was “I hate this guy’s guts”.  His portfolio is just that good.  Check it out.

When I first stumble across the site of Postmammal (AKA Robert Murdock), my first reaction was “I hate this guy’s guts”.  His portfolio is just that good.  Check it out.

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Four color letterpress print by The Heads of State featuring business card of fictional characters found in The Great Gatsby. An interesting premise with beautiful results.

Four color letterpress print by The Heads of State featuring business card of fictional characters found in The Great Gatsby. An interesting premise with beautiful results.

The Dieline’s Top 100 Designs of 2010

As the year winds to a close, The Dieline has put together a post covering their top 100 designs of 2010.  In addition to being a nice roundup of packaging design, it also happens to include some work by yours truly.  A big thanks to the folks at the Dieline for including the packaging for Macadamia, coming in at #83.

Core77 Gift Guide

Core77 does killer gift guides each year.  I dare you to look at this page and NOT buy something.

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Techniques for Combining Fonts

For such a short article, there’s a lot of red meat here.

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The Difference Between Art Direction & Design

This is by far the best description of what distinguishes art direction from design that I’ve read.

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Great short about the relationship between designers and thinkers, and their desks.

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Another interesting collection of vintage design from Monoscope.  This time, cassette tapes.

Another interesting collection of vintage design from Monoscope.  This time, cassette tapes.

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As a wannabe audiophile and lover of mid-century design, I love this collection of hi-fi literature covers from Monoscope.

As a wannabe audiophile and lover of mid-century design, I love this collection of hi-fi literature covers from Monoscope.

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Milton Glaser - Ten Things

If you are a designer, do yourself a favor and read this.

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A periodic table of creative influences by Mat Dolphin. Clever.

A periodic table of creative influences by Mat Dolphin. Clever.

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Dieter Rams’ Ten Principles of Good Design

  1. Good design is innovative.
  2. Good design makes a product useful.
  3. Good design is aesthetic.
  4. Good design makes a product understandable.
  5. Good design is unobtrusive.
  6. Good design is honest.
  7. Good design is long-lasting.
  8. Good design is thorough down to the last detail.
  9. Good design is environmentally friendly.
  10. Good design is as little design as possible.

More Examples of vintage Japanese graphic design and illustration from A Journey Round My Skull.  It blows my mind that this image was created in 1932.  It looks like it could have been illustrated yesterday.

More Examples of vintage Japanese graphic design and illustration from A Journey Round My Skull.  It blows my mind that this image was created in 1932.  It looks like it could have been illustrated yesterday.