One of the most common uses of design skills is production of logos. Companies pay a lot of money and designers often put in a lot of time perfecting the brand ...
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#Infographic: How design and love come together
If you start a sentence off with "Love is like..." you don't often end it with "...being a designer". Then again, if you're not a designer, you probably won't ...
#Infographic: 17 years of web design
It's hard to believe that web design has been a popular profession for nearly two decades. The days of awful designs such as the old compuserve.com website ...
Do you have what it takes to be a graphic designer?
It's a digital age. The worlds of advertising, branding, and art are all flooded with creative people trying to make their mark in the realm of graphic design. ...
Adobe adds subscription-based service
Adobe Systems is well known for its graphic design, video editing, and web development applications. Whether developed or acquired, all the applications are ...
Flat is buzzing in the design world, but for how long?
Many major companies are going flat. No, it's not just the economy or consumer sentiment, but rather in design. Flat is in and it's sweeping across the ...
Hyundai kinda sorta makes a flying car
I just recently blogged about the top car technologies we will most likely see in the future of cars. One of those features was the ability to fly in your car. ...
Facebook joins the flat, simple logo trend
The ebb and flow of design trends always seems to navigate towards and away from simplicity. Today, simple is hot. Flat is hot. Depth, texture, and complex are ...
Festo BionicOpter may bring dragonfly drones to a sky near you
The flight of the dragonfly is unique in the animal kingdom. It’s complex four-wing mechanics give it significant advantages over traditional two-wing flyers. ...
A designer’s guide to color and psychology
The digital devices and printing equipment of today are becoming masterful at presenting the world in full color. Retina displays make the colors pop. HD is ...
Graphic design is good for business
Every business needs graphic design. Why? Because almost everything requires it. You want to have a eye catching website for your company? Then you need a good ...
Graphics so good, they’ll fool your Facebook friends
I did a bad thing the other day. My son showed me a video (below) of an enhanced variation of Skyrim, the popular video game that has kids and adults alike ...
Branding nostalgia: how your brand logo SHOULD work
Take a ride down any major road in America and you're bound to find at least one of the following; a post office, a pizza place, or even a McDonald's. Any ...
After 25 years, Microsoft finally changes up their look
They have had the same familiar look and feel for the majority of their products and services for a quarter of a century. Now Microsoft has changed things up ...
The “Risk” of social media (the board game, that is)
Modifying board games has been a "thing" for a couple of decades now but in the last couple of years it has become somewhat of an internet sensation when people ...