Abduzeedo Design Inspiration & Tutorials

Best of the Week: Xbox One, Offices, Illustrations and more

fabiano — Sat, 25 May 2013 14:31:27 +0000

It's time for our best news of this week. We have a lot of graphic and web design, a bit of architecture, ads, tech news, awesome reads and other crazy stuff! So take a look at the links we've selected for your inspiration and to keep you updated about what's going on out there!

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Shutterstock, W3-Markup, Site24x7 and P2H. A special mention to Media Temple for the excellent service and support with Abduzeedo!

You can keep sending me your suggestions via Twitter twitter.com/FabianoMe or twitter.com/abduzeedo, and include #abdz_best in the message.

Friday 05/24

Best New Apps: Google Hangouts

When (and If) You Should Ever Work For Free

30 Creative 3D Typography Designs

Collection Of Free Pricing Tag PSD Files

Jony Ive's iOS 7 redesign reportedly eliminates 'heavy textures' for a flat, 'black and white' design

Digg’s Google Reader alternative will be called Digg Reader and won’t come as a standalone app

Greene Street Loft by Slade Architecture

Thursday 05/23

Kim Dotcom accuses Google, Facebook, and Twitter of violating his two-step security patent

Foursquare rolls out 'super-specific' filters to help you search out the perfect destination

How far would you go to look like Daft Punk?

Twitter’s Jack Dorsey: if you have an idea, “get it out of your head and start working on it”

Digital Illustrations by Jeff Miller

3 Signs You're Too Busy to Be Brilliant

Google's Field Trip app granting free admission to 13 museums

Wednesday 05/22

Xbox One confusion: Microsoft leaves used games and 'always-online' requirement unclear

Photo sharing for weddings app WedPics raises $1.1 million after serving 36,000 couples

Solweig R Lizlow by Pauline Darley

Urban Green House by SALA Architects

Cool 3d Art by Luiz Eduardo Borges

The Biggest Threat to the Yahoo-Tumblr Combination

Microsoft unveils its next game console, the Xbox One

Mobile UX Research: Exploring Ten Fundamental Aspects Of M-Commerce Usability

Tuesday 05/21

NASA is funding a 3D food printer, and it'll start with pizza

Google will officially retire its Checkout service on November 20, urges US merchants to consider Google Wallet

Side project: The Phraseology Project

Flickr Offers 1TB of Free Space for Your Photos, $50 Yearly for No Ads

Back to the Future DeLorean External Hard Drive

Monday 05/20

18 Websites that Take Scrolling to the Next Level

Is Work the Only Thing You Do These Days? Time to Stop

Inspired Deal: Smashing Web & Mobile Design eBook Bundle – 6 eBooks for only $24!

Manipula: creative production studio

Eclectic South Philly Row House

Francesco Poroli best graphic designer

Paul Rand: Modernist Design - Book Suggestion

abduzeedo — Sat, 25 May 2013 13:40:14 +0000

The book suggestion of this week is about one of my favorite designers of all time, the legend Paul Rand. The title of the book is Paul Rand: Modernist Design by Derek Birdsall, Steven Heller, Nathan Garland, Franc Nunoo-Quarcoo, Paul Rand, Milton Glaser, Ivan Chermayeff. I believe I don't have to explain what the book is about, the title says it all.

We know Paul Rand through the stunning advertising, editorial, publishing, institutional, identity, corporate and intellectual legacy he left behind. A major figure at the epicenter of 20th-century design, his impact on modern communication practice and theory was unparalleled. For him, modernism was a way of life and a form of belief, not a style. Like his European colleagues, he understood modernism's tenets as a something that could be employed to better human experience in the modern world.

Whether he was designing for the American Broadcasting Company, IBM Corporation or United Parcel Service, or teaching at Cooper Union or Pratt Institute, Rand gave life to his art, definition to graphic design and a reputation for quality to a discipline that needed it. His was an early voice in proposing the essence of modernist theories in visual communication, and he was both ruthlessly pragmatic and startlingly visionary. His passion for his subject and his understanding of the theories and realities of perception and communication were immense, and he was often able to illuminate for the layperson the complexities and accomplishments of his triumphant art.

Rand's contemporaries, students and friends knew him as a man even more extraordinarily cultivated and diverse in his talents and interests where their diversity of voices combine to give a vivid, personal and uniquely informative introduction to Rand and his achievements. A compendium of essays, interviews, photographic reproductions, a contextual timeline and an extensive bibliography, Paul Rand: Modernist Design adds to the growing literature on Rand, helping to place him in the proper context within a century of innovative art, design, architecture and technology.

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Daily Inspiration #1456

fabiano — Sat, 25 May 2013 01:47:33 +0000

This post is part of our daily series of posts showing the most inspiring images selected by some of the Abduzeedo's writers and users. If you want to participate and share your graphic design inspiration, You can submit your images and inspiration to RAWZ via http://raw.abduzeedo.com and don't forget to send your Abduzeedo username; or via Twitter sending to http://twitter.com/abduzeedo.

Do you want to see all images from all Daily Inspirations? Check out http://daily.abduzeedo.com

2D

63521134

2rabbitheart1

abbasdezine

ab9

Adam Brown

Adriel Pech

Almog Shemesh

Andrew França

Angel Eduardo

Atish

baki boquecosa

beasty design

Breg

Cheng Ling Wei

cjwho

cloudienetwork

cuded

David Amblard

denst

drawnk

Erick Diaz

freshowl

goodwinchris

hayllucinations

isayx3

jameswongkwan

jesska1919

Jururekamphoto

Kartik Shrivastava

kellychurchdesign

kidmograph

kleetz

koningstuff

krokoart

krantal

KUNSTSTOFF

lait-noir

Lauren Evans

Leandro Mazzochi

leibal

Lobster

Luis Moncada

marcelafae

Mark Watson

Mate Valtr

Michael Wendt

mudflap-alchemy

Natalia

Neil Duerden

Nika

Nils Tiemeyer

Peter Gutierrez

phantomworld

photohab

reekloose

riotwithme

roberlan

Rodrigo Tsuda

Sebastián Zuluaga Valenci

shimansky-pavel

Thadeus Krow Hill

thaeger

The Good, The Bad and The

tomrider30

valaisis

Vincent Jansen

wearviral

WIRTU07

Yiris Hallal

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Sites of the Week: Enjoythis, Impress, New Flickr and more

fabiano — Fri, 24 May 2013 19:48:21 +0000

Have you seen the seen the new Flickr? I think you will "kinda" like it! Also we're featuring other nice and usefull services such as Impress, Framer and Postable. Check out these and other sites in the whole selection, share with us what you think and stay tuned for the next week!

Take a look on all the other sites we're featuring today. Also you can keep sending me your suggestions via Twitter twitter.com/FabianoMe and include #abdz_sites in the message.

DESIGN / CSS

Flickr - flickr.com/new

Biggr. That's right, a terabyte. Spectaculr. Share in full resolution. Wherevr. Available anywhere you go.

Impress - doyouimpress.com

A Smarter Website for Startups. Tell your story with a beautiful, results-driven Smart Site. Delivered in 2 weeks flat.

APP / WEB APP / SERVICE

Postable - postable.com

Thank you cards made easy. The free & easy way to get people's mailing addresses and a totally new way to write thank you cards

Framer - framerjs.com

A prototyping tool for animation and interaction on desktop and mobile.

COMMUNITY / PORTAL / STORE / EVENT

Pitango Bikes - pitangobikes.com

Customize your own single speed, fixed gear or 3 speed commuter bicycle using our revolutionary bike builder.

SHADOW - discovershadow.com

SHADOW is an innovative alarm clock that helps you record and remember your dreams.

STUDIO / PORTFOLIO / BLOG

WerkPress - werkpress.com

Find the right customization team without the fluffy, tweaky stuff.

Enjoythis - enjoythis.co.uk

Enjoythis is a London-based digital production studio, specialising in interface design and development for the web and mobile devices.

THEMES

Tensor - themeguron.com

Powerful site template designed in a clean and minimalistic style.

Rockwall - gavick.com

WordPress music theme designed for musicians, bands, artist, bloggers and the entertainment industry.

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Extraordinary Penguins Photography

PauloGabriel — Fri, 24 May 2013 17:41:41 +0000

Another week has passed us by, and once more it's time to chill! And do you know what animal is an expert in chilling? You got it right already! Penguins are most definitely the cutest birds out there. They sure are great subjects for some amazing photographs, like these!

These images are the work of some really talented photographers. You should really check their portfolios out for more of these, simply by clicking each image! Also, if you got your own penguin pictures, share it with us! We'd love to see it, because sincerely, we can't get enough of penguins... my babies!!! Hope you enjoy these. Cheers! ;)

Andreas Butz

Mike Reyfman

David C. Schultz

Will Burrard-Lucas

Audran Gosling

Will Burrard-Lucas

Kyle Anstey

Ben Goode

Christian Navarrete

Markus Eichenberger

Antoinette Addison

Markus Eichenberger

Ross Konigsburg

Kyle Marquardt

Wolf Ademeit

Kyle Marquardt

Andrew Beck

Ade Photography

Per-Gunnar Ostby

Matt Sellars

Tanya puma100

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Friday Fresh Free Fonts - Yellowtail, Jacques Francois, ...

paul0v2 — Fri, 24 May 2013 15:02:09 +0000

Friday fresh free fonts is a series of free fonts posted every Friday, yes I know it's awesome. I will look forward to bring a lot of great fonts that will sure help you improve your typography work. Check out what I selected for you on this FFFF post and make sure to comeback for more next week.

Yellowtail

by Astigmatic

Download Yellowtail

Prosto One

by Jovanny Lemonad

Download Prosto One

Jacques Francois

by Cyreal

Download Jacques Francois

Nexa Slab

by FontFabric

Download Nexa Slab

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Beautiful Houses: Casa del Viento

GisMullr — Fri, 24 May 2013 04:35:05 +0000

This week we will show you the beautiful Casa del Viento in Tepoztlán, Morelos, Mexico, a project by A-001 Taller de Arquitectura. This house is elegant and charming. The views, the color palette, interiors and kitchen are simply breathtaking. Definitely a great place to live.

Description from the architects: three lines sustain the project of a house open to the wind, in constant blend with its surroundings. 180 degrees of views of Tepozteco integrate the project. The habitation space uses local materials in open and cozy spaces. Casa del Viento also has intimate areas and sustainable details. The house reuses rain water and keep a cool temperature inside using a green zone located on the main terrace.

Make sure to check out A-001 Taller de Arquitectura website for further inspiring projects. See you next week :)

We found this house at ArchDaily.

Photos by Jaime Navarro.

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Incredible Photorealistic iPhone Icons

abduzeedo — Fri, 24 May 2013 03:06:24 +0000

I know you might say that flat design is the new trend and that skeumorphism is past, however the talent behind the work is never over. It is important to understand the context to judge the design. For this post I would like to feature these two amazing icons created by CreativeDash Design Studio based in San Francisco, California. The details and craft behind the work is just mind blowing.

Digital studio focused on enhancing your customers’ experience via incredibly attractive vivid graphics and engaging interface design.

Final

Donut

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Daily Inspiration #1455

fabiano — Fri, 24 May 2013 01:21:30 +0000

This post is part of our daily series of posts showing the most inspiring images selected by some of the Abduzeedo's writers and users. If you want to participate and share your graphic design inspiration, You can submit your images and inspiration to RAWZ via http://raw.abduzeedo.com and don't forget to send your Abduzeedo username; or via Twitter sending to http://twitter.com/abduzeedo.

Do you want to see all images from all Daily Inspirations? Check out http://daily.abduzeedo.com

2D

Aiqal

amocci

Carlos

cjwho

Claude Durand

cuded

Danny Smith

@dollofroz Ruba Alash

Etienne Chaize

Falko Glöckner

gilsonnathan

inspirationfeed

jaimeradar

jameswongkwan

krantal

krokoart

lait-noir

Laura Braconnier

Lauren Evans

linusnystrom

lunaticagency

Marcos Krock

Mark Watson

Michael Wendt

NailDesign

Neil Duerden

photohab

Romeu&Julieta Estúdio

sedkialimam

stylewishh

TheMAG.it

Thiago Rodrigues

Timo

tomrider30

tribhuvansuthar

wearviral

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Logo Design: Zebras

PauloGabriel — Thu, 23 May 2013 17:09:40 +0000

We keep going through our weekly journey checking out great logos! We're thinking ahead and we want to find new topics, good ones, to share with you guys. Last week we featured more logos with hangers, and today we're featuring logos with zebras!

Every week we search through our favorite galleries: Logopond and Dribbble. Both are a great communities for designers everywhere. Also, if you you'd like to suggest ideas for the next subjects, please, tell me by sending me sending me a tweet: @paulogabriel. Cheers! ;)

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Abduzeedo Design Inspiration & Tutorials

Best of the Week: Xbox One, Offices, Illustrations and more

It's time for our best news of this week. We have a lot of graphic and web design, a bit of architecture, ads, tech news, awesome reads and other crazy stuff! So take a look at the links we've selected for your inspiration and to keep you updated about what's going on out there!

Friday 05/24

Best New Apps: Google Hangouts

Via: The Verge

Movies Hipster Kits

Via: Brainstorm #9

When (and If) You Should Ever Work For Free

Via: Lifehacker

30 Creative 3D Typography Designs

Via: Flashuser

Collection Of Free Pricing Tag PSD Files

Via: Designbeep

Jony Ive's iOS 7 redesign reportedly eliminates 'heavy textures' for a flat, 'black and white' design

Via: The Verge

Digg’s Google Reader alternative will be called Digg Reader and won’t come as a standalone app

Via: The Next Web

Wow! Pedro Henrique Ferreira

Via: Designlenta

Greene Street Loft by Slade Architecture

Via: Homeadore

Thursday 05/23

Kim Dotcom accuses Google, Facebook, and Twitter of violating his two-step security patent

Via: The Verge

Foursquare rolls out 'super-specific' filters to help you search out the perfect destination

Via: The Verge

How far would you go to look like Daft Punk?

Via: The Verge

Twitter’s Jack Dorsey: if you have an idea, “get it out of your head and start working on it”

Via: The Next Web

Digital Illustrations by Jeff Miller

Via: Inspirefirst

3 Signs You're Too Busy to Be Brilliant

Via: Inc.com

Google's Field Trip app granting free admission to 13 museums

Via: Engadget

Wednesday 05/22

Xbox One confusion: Microsoft leaves used games and 'always-online' requirement unclear

Via: The Verge

Photo sharing for weddings app WedPics raises $1.1 million after serving 36,000 couples

Via: The Next Web

Solweig R Lizlow by Pauline Darley

Via: Inspirefirst

Urban Green House by SALA Architects

Via: Homeadore

Cool 3d Art by Luiz Eduardo Borges

Via: Cruzine

The Biggest Threat to the Yahoo-Tumblr Combination

Via: Inc.com

Microsoft unveils its next game console, the Xbox One

Via: Engadget

Mobile UX Research: Exploring Ten Fundamental Aspects Of M-Commerce Usability

Via: Smashing Magazine

Tuesday 05/21

NASA is funding a 3D food printer, and it'll start with pizza

Via: The Verge

Google will officially retire its Checkout service on November 20, urges US merchants to consider Google Wallet

Via: The Next Web

Side project: The Phraseology Project

Via: Webdesigner Depot

Flickr Offers 1TB of Free Space for Your Photos, $50 Yearly for No Ads

Via: Lifehacker

Back to the Future DeLorean External Hard Drive

Via: Hiconsumption

Inked Cat design by Moncheng

Via: Fancy Tshirts

Monday 05/20

18 Websites that Take Scrolling to the Next Level

Via: Web Design Ledger

Is Work the Only Thing You Do These Days? Time to Stop

Via: Inc.com

Inspired Deal: Smashing Web & Mobile Design eBook Bundle – 6 eBooks for only $24!

Via: Inspired Magazine

Manipula: creative production studio

Via: Designlenta

Eclectic South Philly Row House

Via: Homeadore

Francesco Poroli best graphic designer

Via: Bloggokin