Archive for February, 2010
Pivot the Movie
An amazing animated short; “When a man is witness to a murder and takes pictures of the killer, he has to run for his life. During the chase he is able to turn the tables and the prey becomes the hunter. All resulting in an unfortunate ending.” Find out more at: pivotthemovie.com. Via Design You [...]
Read moreHow iPad Affects the Way we Design Websites?
Whether or not you love or hate the iPad it poses some interesting questions and/or opportunities for web design. A great article from Smashing Magazine discusses how designing with smart fluid width designs and using a smart combination of CSS and Javascript the User Experience can be drastically improved.
Read moreApplying Mathematics To Web Design
“Mathematics is beautiful.” This may sound absurd to people who wince at numbers and equations. But some of the most beautiful things in nature and our universe exhibit mathematical properties, from the smallest seashell to the biggest whirlpool galaxies. Some very interesting web designs based around the mathematical concepts of the “Golden Ratio” and “Golden [...]
Read more70 Great Fonts For Graphic Designers
Another great collection of fonts for designers from Unstage. Kind of an update to some of my past font posts.
Read moreYouTube AdBlitz
The aftermath of the Super Bowl ads seems to be the topic of the day. I thought that YouTube did a nice job of collecting them all on their Adblitz channel where you can view and vote for your favorite spots.
Read more2010 Nebraska ADDY Awards
I had a great time last night at the 17th annual ADDY awards. Congratulations to all of the winners there was some really outstanding work this year. I would also like to congratulate the creative team at Nelnet, we walked away with 10 awards (7 gold and 3 silver), not bad for a little in-house [...]
Read moreNest T-shirt
A simple and sophisticated t-shirt design promoting their new identity and services.
Read moreLemonade The Movie
Lemonade The Movie website | watch the entire movie on Hulu What do people who were once paid to be creative for a living do when they’re laid off? They get creative with their own lives. Lemonade is an inspirational film about 16 advertising professionals who lost their jobs and found their calling, encouraging people to listen [...]
Read moreTypography Mania #14
Typography Mania is a weekly post series from Abduzeedo that showcases the best of Typography work on the web, from videos to images everything is full of great design and inspiration. Be sure to check out this weeks collection here.
Read moreVerizon Big Red Gum Spoof
This was pretty good, as soon as the jingle started it fired up all sort of nostalgia for the classic Big Red commercials. I have to say it’s a pretty well done spoof on a classic commercial, made me laugh. They also did a pretty solid parody for the old De Beers diamond spots.
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