Archive for the 'Design' Category

Graphic Design Referenced Review

Friday, July 30th, 2010

I don’t typically post book reviews here but I really wanted to let people know about a book that I picked up at the HOW Conference this summer. Graphic Design Referenced comes from Bryony Gomez-Palacio and Armin Vit of Under Consideration (a great resource in itself).
The book first piqued my interest because of the numerous [...]

Studio Kalamar Architecture

Friday, July 16th, 2010

Although I’m not an architect I often find great inspiration for graphic design by looking at clever and beautiful architecture. This post on Abduzeedo highlights Slovenian architect Andrej Kalamar of Studio Kalamar.
From apartment buildings with sharp geometric lines to an amazing organic feeling pool and spa complex, there is a lot of great inspiration from [...]

Annual Report Design That You’ll Notice

Wednesday, July 14th, 2010

Home Retail Group – Reporting outside of the box from SAS on Vimeo.
I came across this video on the Fast Company website today. It’s a pretty interesting take on the idea of annual report design.
Too often annual reports can be beautiful pieces with lots of time and effort put into them but in the end [...]

A Discussion of Crowdsourcing Graphic Design

Friday, May 14th, 2010

Yesterday I noticed a tweet from Chris Brogan telling designers that he had just put a logo design contest up on a popular crowdsourcing website. If you’ve heard me discuss crowdsourcing then you know I’m not a fan so I sent a quick reply letting him know that most reputable designers are against this type [...]

Hotel Design

Thursday, May 6th, 2010

I came across images today of a hotel in Krakow, Poland. The design of the hotel is absolutely amazing and has a graphical element that especially appeals to me as a designer.
The hotel exterior consists of a sleek aluminum material that is interrupted by beautiful black lines and windows. I have to admit that I [...]