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iPhone Lessons and the User Experience

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:41:15 CST

I recently purchased an iPhone, a decision which proved to be good one, both in terms of functionality and experience. In this article I we are going to are four areas of my first contact with the device, and the lessons they taught me about user experience.

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Must Have High Quality Free Vectors for Designers

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:15:31 CST

Vectors are really useful for design projects and web applications. One of the best thing about vector is the scalability without losing quality. No matter how you size the ve...

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Designers First Designs…

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:31:56 CST

Remember that *first* genius moment in design when you discovered effects in Photoshop or the gradient mesh tool in Illustrator? (I remember these moments quite fondly…) Its always great to look back and where we came from and laugh at ourselves I asked some of my fellow designers to dig though their archives and share their lovely first attempts at design. Enjoy!

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30+ Artist Interpretations of Mario and Luigi

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:39:40 CST

He's short and pudgy with a thing for Peaches. He's an Italian plumber from the Mushroom Kingdom. He is Nintendo's mascot, and probably the most popular video game character ever. You know him as Mario.

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Velora Studios Business Card Sweepstakes! Win Design and Printing of 1000 Premium Business Cards.

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:27:52 CST

The Velora Studios Design Blog is giving three people free design and printing of 1000 business cards. The cards feature extra thick card stock, UV gloss coating and full color printing on both sides!

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Trends Used In Comedy Movie Posters Trom 1915 to 2010

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:17:00 CST

Movie posters are a great source of inspiration for designers of all kinds. This compilation showcases a total of nintey-nine comedy posters, that's one poster a year going all the way back to 1915

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30 Creative Examples Of Glossy Effect Logo Design

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 11:53:35 CST

30 Creative Glossy Logo Designs for Inspirations for designers, logos, logo, designs, design, interfaces

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Avoid design burn-out by limiting client revisions

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 10:22:33 CST

Beginning a new design project is always exhilarating. You're energized and excited about working on the project and creating something effective and beautiful. But have you ever had a project that, by the end of it, you just "want to get it done"? You stop caring so much about the design because you've been forced to change it so many times since the original concept, you don't even feel like it

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1200+ High Resolution GIMP Brushes for Free Download

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 07:43:24 CST

Here we have collected 1200+ high-Resolution Free GIMP brushes that will be perfect for any project you may happen to be working on. They will speed up your work and make life easier.

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Pre Print Basics: Generating Originals | Creativeoverflow

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 06:48:09 CST

Creativeoverflow is all about Design Inspiration and very useful tutorials. From Photoshop Tutorials to all sorts of advice we share our experiences in the design world.

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40 Most Amazing Vector Landscapes

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 06:44:08 CST

A very inspiring collection of brilliant vector landscapes that look so stunning and real!

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Espresso : Mac web development solution | TheLanceLife

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 05:32:37 CST

Dreamweaver is not the only pro solution to web development and if you are a Mac web developer you better have a look at Espresso a all-in-one solution by MacRabbit.

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How to Drastically Improve Your Designs

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 03:27:40 CST

This post covers the concept of design and what is a graphic designer. It will also give you six excellent tips on how you can drastically improve your designs.

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Five New MediaLoot Wallpapers

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 16:32:27 CST

I know we haven't been around very long, and we don't have a fan club yet, but Jon and I are hoping that a few of you are excited enough to want to wallpaper your desktop with the MediaLoot logo.

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Use of Effective Typography in Logo Design

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 13:19:08 CST

To have a nice looking and creative logo is so much important for any brand. Logo represent your brand, here we are presenting you some uniquely designed typographic logo for design inspiration.

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Graphic Designer Arguing With Client Video

Wed, 03 Feb 2010 18:44:54 CST

Hilarious animation of the relationship between a nightmare client and a graphic designer

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Lighting Effects Pack – 50 Free Brushes and Images

Wed, 03 Feb 2010 14:19:54 CST

This graphic design pack is filled with 50 different types of glowing light streaks. Available in two different formats, Photoshop Brushes and JPEG images. The images have full color intact as well as larger dimensions making them more versatile. The great thing about the brushes is they have a transparent background. You choose your format or download both of them.

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Desktop Wallpaper Calendar: February 2010

Wed, 03 Feb 2010 08:59:53 CST

Visual Swirl and Emma Looney are proud to present the second installment of your Desktop Wallpaper Calendars for 2010. February's calendar is another beautiful example of the work of graphic designer, Emma Looney.

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100 Years of Movie Title Stills

Wed, 03 Feb 2010 06:22:00 CST

it's really fascinating to look back at the past and see the way that they designed things back then. Let's take a look at movie title stills from the last 100 years.

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75 Fresh Business Cards for Design Inspiration

Wed, 03 Feb 2010 06:14:00 CST

For marketing point of view to any kind of business, its very important to have a good looking business card. Business card reflects the seriousness of you

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