Feb
28
We’ve got a lot to thank Bill Gates, Steve Jobs and the computing world’s other leaders for. They’re responsible for some of the greatest leaps forward in communications and business in the last 30 years-and many of the biggest innovations in design, too.
Without them, our industry wouldn’t be what it is today, and many of the world’s top designers wouldn’t have a platform for their work.
However, there is one reason to resent these giants: their choice of fonts. In releasing mega-popular suites and catering to a broad, design-illiterate audience, leading business applications such as Microsoft Word shocked us with the overused fonts that they include standard in their latest releases.
This isn’t a riff on the world’s worst fonts, but rather an invitation for amateur designers and business users to stop abusing some of the world’s best fonts.
Nothing is particularly wrong with Impact or Comic Sans as fonts per se, but there is a huge deal wrong with using them in every situation. The 10 fonts below are overused and patently annoying, and we give 10 good reasons to stop using all of them.
see the post here
Jan
21
Movies aren’t only sources of entertainment, they are also masterpieces that display the true power of the creative human mind. However, is it possible to achieve the same results by recreating the most popular movie scenes using only typography, dialogue and music? The creators of the following videos certainly believe so.
Dec
30
I may sound workaholic but December is not only about holidays, it is also about logo design and the carefully created logos by creative artists around the world. With more logos than the previous month, I could say that December was a fruitful month for logo design. Now be inspired!
Here they are
Dec
26
Know what happens when you search Google for “tentacle pot pie”? Not much.* Let’s fix that! I created this tentacle pot pie for Babble using store bought dough. Easy and a wee bit creepy. Even if you’re not up for tentacles I found this chicken pot pie from Simply Recipes to be most delicious. Babble has also posted a short interview with me, thanks!
see it here
Dec
08
In 1938, Alex Steinweiss of Columbia Records invented the concept of album covers and cover art, replacing the plain covers used before. Over time, cover art became an important part of the music industry, both as cultural icons and as marketing tools. Since then, cover art has evolved with the advancement of technology. The format has changed as well. We no longer use 12” LPs. Today, cover art is designed mainly for CD covers and digital downloads. In this article we will feature some inspiring examples of typography in album covers from the 1960’s until today.
see the covers here
Oct
12
Looking for an ad-agency? A photographer? A freelancer? A graphic talent or a make-up artist?
just check this site….
Sep
29
Do you want to catch your readers attention with a big, eye-catching font? Then check out this post. Here you’ll find 10 beautiful fonts that are perfect for creating big, bold headlines. Use them for you website, posters, logos… Just don’t forget to read the user agreement so you know when you can use these fonts!
here they are
Sep
26
inimal web design has become a big trend in 2010. You won’t find large pictures or glossy buttons in minimal designs, but fonts are some of those rare accents they can have. Carefully chosen fonts can really enhance your design. Usually minimal web designs tend to have clean, light fonts, but not always it’s the best solution. You can, instead, pick a nice bold font to give your design a niche. That’s not true that you have to pay for the good-looking fonts.
There are plenty of free, great looking fonts around the web. In this article you’re going to find 40 clean, crisp and, of course, free fonts for your minimal web design.
get them here
Sep
25
A few new free fonts to choose from is always useful right? Today I looked around at the large creative community site behance.net. It is a great place to seek out inspiration and I also found that it is quite a treasure for finding interesting free fonts. What I like about the font you can find here is the awesome examples the designers have created to showcase their fonts. This alone is worth a visit! In this article I give you an overview of some of the fonts I found interesting, but there are certainly a lot more on behance.net ready to be downloaded.
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