The Designed

Link Collection April 2010

The Designed — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 03:11:36 +0000

Some great design and inspiration articles that I’ve come across in the last month.

Link Collection March 2010

The Designed — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 07:17:15 +0000

Here are some of the best design and inspiration links around the web for the month of March 2010.

50+ Beautiful Patterns and Useful Tools for Web Designers – Iniwoo.net
30 Blog Designs with Killer Typography – Sprye Studios
20 jQuery Cheatsheets, Docs and References for Every Occasion
– SpeckyBoy
17 Neat Streetcar Pictures – Photography Blogger
99 Alternatives to 99Designs – Visual Swirl
102 Respected Designers You Should Follow On Twitter – Design Shack
Top 10 Best Security Plugins for WordPress – Graphic Alerts
25 Mega Menus for Your Design Inspiration – DesignM.ag
10 Famous Logo Designers and their creations â€“ A tribute!! – Logo Blog
50+ Ultimate Collections of Planet Wallpapers – Naldz
50 of the Best Websites Developed Using Ruby on Rails – The Matchbox
Top 10 Geekiest Decorations for Your Home or Office [PICS] – Mashable
Leather Textures Pack – Design Instruct
A Guide To Typography On The Web – Pelfusion
30 Striking Photos of Urban Decay Beauty – the Photo Argus
150+ Free Paper Textures for your Next Design – Blue Blots
50 Retro and Vintage Web Designs to Inspire You – WDL

The Perfect Office #30 – Abuzeedo

20 Free Italic Fonts

Peter Olexa — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 14:24:40 +0000

Not all italic fonts look as good as their non-italic versions. I would say it’s because the font designers concentrated mainly on the standard version and italic version was thought more as an addition. This is a collection of 20 free italic fonts made just for you. Enjoy!

Free Rubber Texture

The Designed — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 17:29:03 +0000

PremiumTextures.com has recently uploaded a new premium rubber texture pack to their store. It includes 16 sweet rubber textures for only $6. They are giving away one of those quality textures for our readers to use for any of their personal or commercial projects. Youâ€™ll find the preview and download below. Visit Premium Textures to view the rest of the pack and see the other great textures they have available.

Size: 2488×3264

Download

Custom Wooden Toys – 9 Creative Examples

The Designed — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:37:27 +0000

Whether you’re a kid or an adult, toys are awesome. They are even cooler (to some) if they are made by hand. Here are 9 creative custom wooden toys that you may not see at your local toy store.

diego morales

Alongkorn Sanguansook

smallstuffstudio

Emmanuel Gilloz

Lena Voinova

Teodoru Badiu

Incubus project

Ana Areias

egor le

Duct Tape Flowers

The Designed — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 04:24:32 +0000

Amanda, aka DuckTapeBandit, does some amazing art with duct/duck tape. From dresses to flowers, she does it all. Here are 14 of her beautifully made flowers. Check out her deviantART to see more of her work.

23 Music Posters That Pop

The Designed — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 01:44:18 +0000

Music isn’t just about the sounds, but also about the message that is portrayed by the band or event. An excellent way of giving that message is through music posters. Here are 23 of them that really pop.