Things like that make me want to be a designer …
(Thanks to colleague Janet Frick for the link.)
Things like that make me want to be a designer …
(Thanks to colleague Janet Frick for the link.)
I will admit, there’s a typography geek inside of me. When I see some great kerning, it makes me smile … and so did this set of Helvetica letters colored like superheroes designed by René Mambembé.
I may need to order a Magneto and Oddjob …
This? THIS IS WHY THE INTERNET ROCKS. There’s no way to do that on a printed page. Hats off to Kevin Quealy and Graham Roberts.
(And “infografing” is totally a word. Now.)
Over at the NPPA Visual Student blog, Brian McDermott has posted the last of a three part series on Designing a Better Portfolio Website.
So … why are you still here? Go read, then build that site. You have lots of time right now …
And not just some little mylar thing, a big, red, helium filled balloon that carries a camera on an intravalometer.
Why? Because my next big hobby could be grassroots mapping. It’s a process that lets you map an area on your own.
Because I, in my mind, apparently have too much time on my hands …
Over at the NPPA’s Visual Student blog, Brian McDermott has a great post up (the first of three) on building your online presence. Great advice, make sure you’re tuning in to this series – a great winter break project.
I need to go look into the Google Keyword Tool now …
Nice piece by Steve Silberman at NeuroTribes about Susan Kare who designed the original Macintosh icons back in the early 1980s. She has a book coming out that looks at all of the icons she has designed over the years … I am oddly fascinated by this.
Love this line:
Instead of thinking of each image as a tiny illustration of a real object, she aimed to design icons that were as instantly comprehensible as traffic signs.
How can we translate that into documentary photography?
CNN has a neat piece up that delves into the myths surrounding Apple’s apple logo. I had heard some of these, but not all. Totally geeky read if you’re a graphics guy or fanboy.
Really, I’m not saying anything about this at all.
Nope.
Okay, maybe one thing: It’s important to know your market.
Also, REALLY?