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Balding Art

admin — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:56:41 +0000

Im receding so quickly i may just go for this pretty soon!

These great pieces of bald art (Head Designs) are by Philip Levine

Check out his website for some more great examples. Awesome work.

Procrastination Illustrated

admin — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 21:58:45 +0000

How do you put off doing what you should be doing?

I used to procrastinate at work by looking for content for the about:network. But now i procrastinate instead of doing the procrastination i should be doing…if that makes sense.

Helvetica Cookie Cutters

admin — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 21:46:05 +0000

We wouldnt be a design blog without the regular homage to the wonder font…

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Photoshop Cooking

admin — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 21:41:18 +0000

Heres a great stop motion animation by Maya Rota Klein about the little known Photoshop CS4 Cooking Edition!

The Color Picker Pen

admin — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 16:16:07 +0000

The Color Picker Pen is a concept design by Jinsun Park that scans colours from anything around and instantly mixes that ink to enable the artist to draw with it straight away! The colour is detected using the pens built in sensor then the RGB cartridge mixes the inks to create the target colour.

Its a great idea…but as pigments use CYMK and not RGB, there may be a problem bringing it to production. It would be great to have a pen like this that can pick up a colour from a magazine etc and use it instantly in photoshop or the like though.via

30 of the funniest printed advertisments…

admin — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 16:44:52 +0000

Spyrestudios have complied their list of 30 of the funniest printed advertisments on their site.

In today’s world of interactive web-based marketing, viral campaigns and high production television commercials, the print ad remains one very powerful and effective means for advertisers to reach their audience.
The printed format, whether it is for magazines, newspapers or billboards, sets specific challenges for ad designers. An idea or message must be communicated simply and swiftly, it must be eye-catching enough to grab the viewer’s attention and convey the important information in an instant. When a print designer employs humour to carry this information, the result can be become a visual ‘one-liner’, a joke that speaks the message the ad intends. This post brings together 30 hilarious print ads that combine great imagery with cracking comedy.

Check out the post for the full list, but heres a couple of my favs…

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Top class building projection.

admin — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 16:36:04 +0000

Ive featured Building Projection projects a few times over at about:blank in the past. Ive always loved them but recently they have all tended to be a little samey….but this one is a little special if you ask me. The building collapse and the water effect just looks awesome! Its been completed by Netherlands based nuformer. Great work!

Hopefully they will do something in the UK soon.

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Creative Insight at Mindcastle

admin — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 20:04:14 +0000

This video documents the creative process behind a in-house christmas card project completed last year by design agency Mindcastle. Its a great insight into how some creatives like to work… In the words of Mr Partridge – “Lovely Stuff!”

our creative process/. 01 from Casey Warren | MIND CASTLE on Vimeo.

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Typeface gifts for your designer best friend!

admin — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 19:37:19 +0000

What a great gift idea for your favourite designer friend type person. All thanks to some wonderfully tight kerning!

Buy it here: Helvetica Necklace

Buy it here: Avant Garde Necklace

The photographic work of Fréd Lebain

admin — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 12:55:55 +0000

French photographer Frédéric Lebain produces these surreal images by taking a photograph then printing them out at scale and then placing them back into the original landscape producing a very odd result.

Creative barcodes from the Japanese

admin — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 12:42:11 +0000

Japanese designers are great at giving old conventions a good kick up the jacksy. In this case, the traditional boring mundane barcode is given a bit of an overhaul with a bit of color and imagination.

Its surprising we havent seen more of these. Im sure its only a matter of time.

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Inspirational Messages for Designers

admin — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 12:29:38 +0000

Think of it as the Magic 8 Ball for designers. When you hit that designers wall….hit f5. Link