I’ve been on Facebook for several months now. Generally I ignore any ads on it. However, it finally started to dawn on me that all the ads were singles ads. I assumed this was because my status of “single” in my profile. So I turned off my relationship status and looking for, yet I continue to … Read more Strange Singles Ad
I hope that you have a Merry Christmas! Here’s a cool link from the folks over at Mental Floss on about the first Christmas Card. Want to give a meaningful gift this Christmas Day? You could always donate to one of my favorite causes and donate to Susan G. Komen for the Cure. (I don’t work … Read more Merry Christmas!
Here are a few great design inspiration links: Archive of Postage Stamps by Type Designers Great Book Covers from 2008 Smithsonian’s Flickr Page Lee Sutton’s Flickr Page Time Life Photo Archive (hosted by Google) Enjoy!
So I’ve been planning this year’s holiday card since last year. I had a few too many sketches from last year that I felt were cool enough, so I made life easy for myself this year and started from these sketches from last year: I decided to “zoom in” on the what I call the … Read more My Holiday Card – O Christmas Tree
Eric Karjaluoto from smashLAB has an interesting essay on his ideas on ideas blog about how to streamline your creative process to be less rigid and more agile while keeping it efficient and productive. While the changes he suggests are small, I believe they make sense for the most part and I’m willing to give … Read more Agile Design Tips
I was out shopping the other day with a friend and we were looking at the Christmas stuff. Along with the typical Christmas lights, candy, and displays there was this: I call him “Gansta Rappa Spuds Mackenzie”, and he sings and lights up. He has either a gold or silver plated “grill” in addition to … Read more Just what they didn’t want for Christmas!
Are you a procrastinator? Me too, that’s why Santa Nick’s got ya covered on some cool gift idears: For those last minute shoppers with some dough, here are some way cool gifts: Vertical Blinds Lamp (very clever design and technology) Gesture-Based Interface (Ok, this one’s not out yet, but this is too cool, it could … Read more Cool Last Minute Christmas Gift Idears for the Designer in Your Life
Today is the 60th anniversary of the signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The folks over at Design Observer have a great article about it. Basically, UDHR is the new “Bill of Rights” for anyone, no matter what country they live in, for the 21st Century. Alas, its adoption is at an incredibly … Read more Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Don’t like the way you look? Want to have the perfect photo for your profile on Facebook or Match? Just use this brand-spanking new software developed in Israel! Apparently these fine folks have figured out algorithms to “idealize” most anyone’s face. Right now, it only works with hi-res, head on shots, so the technology has a ways … Read more Improve Your Looks with Software!
I saw Madagascar over the Thanksgiving weekend. The original movie was good, not great, but it was entertaining. So I figured the second could be fun to see. I think it is one of the rare cases where the sequel is as good as, or in some ways, is better than the original. I really … Read more Great End Titles
I was in Wal-Mart the other day buying Christmas gifts and I wanted to buy some chocolate for my dad. I went over to the holiday candy section and was browsing the selection when I came across this: (apologies on image quality, I only had my cell phone camera handy) What the heck? Who in … Read more Poopy Packaging Idea
Crazy busy week this week for me. I hope everyone has a great Turkey Day. Don’t each too much and enjoy time spent with your family and friends!
So as I ripped open my latest box of Kleenex® tissues the other day, I noticed that the strip with the tissue count said “180”. I was a bit confused because I recently started buying the larger packages that I thought came 280 in a box. So I went and got another box. And sure … Read more Friday Fun: Kleenex Typo
I found this on Boing Boing the other day…Target now has gift cards with a built-in 1.2 megapixel digital camera. I’m not sure how practical this is, but it just sounds really cool and appears to be well-designed.
So I was on vacation to San Diego in mid-October. It is a beautiful city and my friend and I had a great time. And I was able to catch a coupe of signs that made me go hmm…. The first sign I encountered was at the parking garage. While the small sign says “push”, … Read more Seen in San Diego
This is one of the coolest things I’ve seen. It’s glowing wallpaper lit with fiber optics, so the patterns actually light up on your wall. Very impressive!
I admit it, shop at Wal-Mart. I prefer Target, but sometimes what I need just isn’t there. Luckily, the Wal-Mart closest to my house is one of the redesigned ones that is more pleasing to look at, at least from a graphic designer’s point of view. I do hate the self-checkout systems, though. I’ve always … Read more Wal-Mart on Friday Fun!
From my friends over at HOW comes this NY Times (free registration required) article talking about upscale brands feeling the pinch of the financial “crisis”. And they seem to be utilizing some low-end tactics to keep the customers coming: coupons and steep discounts. Is this a new trend until the financial storm blows over? For designers: … Read more Not-As-Upscale