As I spend time (ie – all day) on the web I come across quite a few interesting and amazing things. Instead of trying to write an entire post about each one I thought I’d throw a bunch at you all at once. Check out some greatness and let me know your favorite!
(via You Look Marvelous)
This article outlines one couple’s attempt. Not as easy as they would have liked, but certainly something to aspire to. I know a couple people trying this as well. Read More
Brand New is a website that reviews and critiques new and redesigned logos and identities. Always a good read, they are not always praising designs just because they are new or designed by a famous design firm. Recently they wrote about a logo tournament that ends with just one logo standing.
The tournament was judged by some of the biggest names in the design world. Though the reasons these logos made it into the tournament is a little unclear, the ensuing battle is spectacular. And while we wouldn’t necessarily agree with all of the decisions (we think Apple should have made it further – but we’re a little biased), the overall winner makes sense. Not only is Target’s logo brilliantly simple, their in-house design team has been winning awards (for things like this) across all media in the past few years.
Not everyone agrees with the results of the showdown; check out the comments on that post to get some other opinions. And don’t forget to tell us what you think about the fight to the death here.
this week’s link is truly amazing. ted.com is the website for the annual ted conferences held in california. the theme for each year is a little different (this year they are tackling easy stuff like “what is art?”) and the speaker’s topics can range widely, but the greatness of the ideas presented is consistent.
theconference {readmore}is always sold out far in advance, and the tickets are a pricey $6,000 anyways, but thankfully ted’s website allows you to watch videos of the presentations and have your mind boggled in the comfort of your own home (or office).
and mind-boggling is exactly how we would describe each and every presentation we have watched so far. but don’t take our word for it – go check out some ted videos for yourself. while you’re there, admire the beautiful presentation of videos on their frontpage.
don’t know what to watch first? we recommend janine benyus’s fascination discussion of biomimicry as well as Blaise Aguera y Arcas’s Jaw-dropping Photosynth demo.
this is a great video introducing web 2.0. some people don’t believe in the idea of web 2.0, but we do and maybe you should to. but what is web 2.0? well, you can always wiki it , but this video is a fast (dizzingly fast) introduction to the idea. great graphics and music make it fun to watch.
(via cre8d design )
We’ll admit it – graphic designers can be a fussy bunch. We’re often very opinionated, quiet perfectionists. So, if you are having a problem with a graphic designer and need to absolutely destroy him or her, what can you do?
Well, we recently received this great article entitled “8 Ways to Drive a Graphic Designer Mad “. It gives a step-by-step process on how to utterly dismantle a graphic designer and make him/her cry; though it had me crying with laughter. Why? Because in actuality we have had all of these things happen to me personally. So please read this, laugh, and then don’t do these things to your poor designer. Please. Have pity.