Category Archives: Graphic Design

Marketing June 10, 2010

Let the Games Begin

Thanks to those of you who attended yesterday’s Smartshot webinar. A recording will be posted on the blog later today – apologies for the delay! So, apparently there’s some kind of tournament starting up tomorrow? Involving a cup? I thought … Continue reading →

Design June 7, 2010

Illustrating Good Design

Here’s a little catnip for our creatives; after all, it is a Monday. As a follow-up to designer Dieter Rams’ 10 principles of good design, inksie has tapped a group of ten writers and illustrators to come up with essays … Continue reading →

Design April 13, 2010

Learn a Thing or Two

It’s been a while since we passed along some design tips to you fine folks (huh, almost four months!), so we figured we’d share these 40 Outstanding Photo Manipulation Tutorials. Something tells me that pirate hamster image is going to … Continue reading →

Sociocultural Trends March 9, 2010

QR Codes Gaining QRedibility

You know the drill: follow Upshot on Twitter to keep up on the latest SXSW Interactive news. It’s only three days away! We’ve already mentioned that location is the watchword at this year’s SXSWi, but we’d advise you to keep … Continue reading →

Design January 27, 2010

Utensils of the Earth

No need to dig any further – one glance at this package and you get the gist of Scanwood kitchen utensils. They’re wooden. They’re authentic. They’re natural. (Of course, you can also zoom in a bit and see the “Designed … Continue reading →

Design January 25, 2010

Old School Photoshop

Since we recently passed along a handful of helpful tips for creating fonts in Photoshop, we figured we’d round that out with another tutorial on creating vintage/retro images and posters in Photoshop. This link gathers 20 guides to vintage ads, … Continue reading →

Marketing January 20, 2010

Is “Relevant” a Compliment?

Well, sometimes. At least when it comes to Under Consideration’s Most Relevant Brand Identity Work of the Decade. In their year-by-year breakdown of the aughts, they cover the best, the worst, and the biggest logo makeovers under the banner of … Continue reading →

Sociocultural Trends November 12, 2009

Nonconformist Barcodes

And you thought barcodes needed to be uniform! Check out these clever little guys, courtesy of Japanese firm d-barcode. (There’s a larger collection over at The Dieline.) Besides the fact that this breaks up the monotony of an art director’s … Continue reading →

Marketing October 13, 2009

The War of Art

Long, long ago, we covered the Cut & Paste competition as part of our Potty Posting on “The War of Art – Creative Competitions” (and we do apologize about that color palette – it was a long time ago). Cut … Continue reading →

Marketing August 14, 2009

Que Linda

Whew – we went pretty deep this week, with big postings on brand storytelling and creatively seducing bloggers. It’s Friday, so let’s sit back, take in some chill music, and lazily paint a picture or something. Oh, how kind of … Continue reading →