Ragnar Freyr

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Thu, 02 May 2013 15:30:55 +0100

On 14th of March the fourth issue in the stamp series of...

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 14:04:00 +0100

On 14th of March the fourth issue in the stamp series of Icelandic Contemporary Design was issued by the Iceland Post. This year it is dedicated to graphic design.

The stamps are designed by graphic designer Örn Smári Gíslason and the motifs are the work of four young graphic designers, Sigurdur Oddsson, Ragnar Freyr, Ran Flygenring and Siggi Eggertsson.

The Icelandic Design Centre initiated collaboration between Iceland Post and the Association of Icelandic Graphic Designers and the stamps were a part of the Association’s 60th Anniversary Exhibition at the Reykjavik Art Museum.

More information here.

Mortality as Inspiration (by James Victore)

Wed, 27 Feb 2013 10:24:07 +0000

Mortality as Inspiration (by James Victore)

"Technology is no longer witchcraft to be feared by the masses. We’ve grown accustomed to having..."

Wed, 16 Jan 2013 11:08:20 +0000

“Technology is no longer witchcraft to be feared by the masses. We’ve grown accustomed to having phones, tablets, and computers around us to do things. With both visual and interaction design, we’re nearly past the point of real-world metaphors being useful, and the simplest representation is usually best.”

- The Future of Design — The Brooks Review

I was approached for a video interview in August 2012 by a new...

Mon, 14 Jan 2013 10:28:46 +0000

I was approached for a video interview in August 2012 by a new design and clothing venture from Boston called Nomadic Apparel. In the video I awkwardly talk about how I started as a designer, some of my recent projects and the Icelandic design scene.

Nomadic Apparel just launched their online store this weekend and started their awesome Siege Engine (parcel) truck that they will be driving around the East Coast in the coming months.

Check out their store for some cool t-shirts, posters and buttons. My high quality prints Rewind and Waste can be found there for mere $10. Use coupon code invasion2013 and knock a few bucks off your order.

Check out their store: www.nomadicapparel.com

GuideGuide

Thu, 10 Jan 2013 13:39:41 +0000

GuideGuide:

A great Photoshop extension for creating pixel accurate grids, midpoints, baselines and margins fast and easy. Highly recommended.

Noah Stokes | Photoshop Shortcut to Copy Color Hex Value

Thu, 03 Jan 2013 11:06:32 +0000

Noah Stokes | Photoshop Shortcut to Copy Color Hex Value:

A nice trick to quickly copy color hex value using Photoshop shortcuts.

FontBook for iPad & iPhone-

Fri, 21 Dec 2012 15:24:45 +0000

FontBook for iPad & iPhone-:

Fontbook is now availale for the iPhone. A fantastic reference app.

Behance & Adobe: Serving The Future Of The Creative World

Fri, 21 Dec 2012 09:51:42 +0000

Behance & Adobe: Serving The Future Of The Creative World:

Adobe buys Behance. Big news!

Rounded Rectangle Radius Resizer « Photoshop Scripts

Thu, 13 Dec 2012 15:01:56 +0000

Rounded Rectangle Radius Resizer « Photoshop Scripts:

Why isn’t this in Photoshop already? Fantastic script.

I’m a sucker for inspirational videos. Videos that inspire...

Tue, 11 Dec 2012 16:44:00 +0000

I’m a sucker for inspirational videos. Videos that inspire me to reflect, change or think about the world around me in a new way.

I started collecting these kinds videos I’d watch in a bookmark folder a few years ago. Later I got the idea to start a website around the collection that I could share with family and friends. The Inspivids project was born.

As I am writing this today there are exactly 200 inspirational videos on Inspivids. Categories include Art and Design, Health, Family and Science. I try to post regularly but mostly when I stumble upon something that moves me.

Recently I updated the site a little bit. Both the code and the visuals. It should be a tiny bit faster and browsing it should also be more straight forward. Furthermore, sharing should now be easier on sites like Twitter and Facebook. I still don’t provide share or like buttons though. You’ll have to copy and paste the URL.

Anyways, hope you like it and enjoy these videos. Visit Inspivids.

"It’s more like, if I have an idea, what is the tool that I need in order to work with it in a sort..."

Fri, 07 Dec 2012 15:39:11 +0000

“It’s more like, if I have an idea, what is the tool that I need in order to work with it in a sort of lump of clay way, and sometimes the right tool is pen and paper, because the idea’s really rough, and sometimes the right tool is Photoshop, because the idea is really visual and sensitive to detail. And sometimes the right tool is HTML because it’s more about getting the right elements on the page and functionality.”

- Ryan Singer from 37signals on software design, workflow, and “Judo” | Nathan Barry

Offscreen Magazine — Christmas Wishlist

Wed, 28 Nov 2012 10:03:31 +0000

Offscreen Magazine — Christmas Wishlist:

Lots of great Xmas gift ideas for designers and screen workers.

Wow! Seems like Adobe is taking web design in Photoshop to the...

Wed, 28 Nov 2012 09:54:00 +0000

Wow! Seems like Adobe is taking web design in Photoshop to the next level. Copy CSS? CSS swatches? Yes please! (I wonder how these changes affect CSS Hat?)

Responsive design testing tool – Viewport Resizer

Wed, 28 Nov 2012 09:42:56 +0000

Responsive design testing tool – Viewport Resizer:

By far the best Responsive design testing tool I’ve tried. Works as a simple bookmarklet. Get it.

Collecting Payment Information Within a Single Input

Wed, 28 Nov 2012 09:33:42 +0000

Collecting Payment Information Within a Single Input:

Way to embrace the constraints of mobile device text input and make it super easy to input credit card data. Nice.

"We had ambitious goals to create a crazy, beautiful, worthwhile game with a wide audience that would..."

Thu, 15 Nov 2012 11:43:32 +0000

“We had ambitious goals to create a crazy, beautiful, worthwhile game with a wide audience that would be very successful, both creatively and financially — and therefore make lots of money for our employees and for our investors. But we only managed to create a crazy, beautiful game.”

- A sad announcement from Tiny Speck | Glitch

"There are two main reasons for poor products to exist. Either the team was broken by paralyzing..."

Fri, 09 Nov 2012 16:30:25 +0000

“There are two main reasons for poor products to exist. Either the team was broken by paralyzing bureaucracy and process during development, or the creators didn’t care enough to obsess over ultimate quality.”

- Product Performances | Dustin Curtis

Better Password Masking For Sign-Up Forms

Mon, 29 Oct 2012 10:52:23 +0000

Better Password Masking For Sign-Up Forms:

A nice write-up about password masking on sign-up forms on Smashing Magazine.

One way to design patterns for Retina Are you not sure how to...

Tue, 23 Oct 2012 17:26:00 +0100

One way to design patterns for Retina

Are you not sure how to incorporate pattern and texture design into your iPhone or iPad application design flow? If you are like me and design at 1x you might have had problems with this in the past. Here’s a nice solution:

Design the pattern in Retina size (2x). For example: If you want 2px vertical lines with 2px space between them on your iPhone, make them 4px and have 4px spacing.
Define the Pattern in Photoshop.
Apply the Pattern Overlay Layer Style to your layer in the 1x document.
Scale the pattern to 50%.
Hit OK.
You are done.

Now, at 1x the pattern is 2px and has 2px spacing. When you scale your document by 200% the pattern will automatically transform to 4px, have 4px spacing and stay crispy clean. Perfect!

I recommend using Bjango’s iOS Photoshop Actions & Workflows for scaling PSD files.