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Ideas on design, technology, culture and more as assembled by Matthew Carlson, a web and graphic designer based in Columbus, Ohio.
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May 13, 2008
iPhone Interface Photoshop File »
320480 has a layered Photoshop file that includes many standard iPhone elements. Should make a good starting point for designing your iPhone Apps.
May 7, 2008
I Love This Quote From Jeffery Zeldman »
Content precedes design. Design in the absence of content is not design, it’s decoration.
March 12, 2008
Photoshop Disasters »
A fun catalog of all the things that can go wrong when retouching an image. I’m kind of partial to the severed hand myself.
(via: Kottke)
March 11, 2008
Six Suggestions that Can Make You a Better Designer »
Eric Karjaluoto:
Start: Until there’s something on the page, you’re nowhere. An enormous challenge for most creatives is the fear of the blank sheet of paper. Get over this as quickly as you can. Stop pondering and just get started.
As someone who always has ideas, but rarely gets around to implementing them, this was a good reminder. And it’s actually one of the reasons things have been a little slow around here lately. I’ve finally started working on an idea I’ve had on the burner for awhile now. More to come on that later…
February 18, 2008
100% Graphic Design »
Seems just about right to me, but I would probably increase the “knowing when to stop” percentage. (via: Quip)
January 25, 2008
A Brief Message: Gone in Sixty Seconds (or Less) »
Amit Gupta:
Your most intuitive, meaningful, and devastatingly clever design is worthless — unless it’s shallow enough to appeal in the first five seconds.
January 24, 2008
318 Different Covers of War of the Worlds »
Starting in 1898 and continuing to the present, it’s an interesting study on different approaches to one specific book cover design. (via: Quipsologies)
January 21, 2008
Design Police »
Bring bad design to justice.
January 11, 2008
Does the 80:20 Rule Apply to Design Projects? »
Michael Johnson:
Very few graphic designers find themselves happy implementing minor tweaks to a global accountancy conglomerate’s corporate ID. They’re drawn to small, highly creative projects that provide that drug-like cocktail of creativity and the search for the eureka moment. After the ‘hit’, it’s a slow downhill slide into creative cold-turkey until the next chance to score arises.
(via: Design Observer)
November 1, 2007
Make My Logo Bigger Cream »
“My logo is so much BIGGER now!” – Bubba’s Used Cars
(via Design Observer)
October 24, 2007
White is the New White »
Steven Heller:
Contrary to notion that white is default, a no brainer, white is a statement, a nod to tranquility in a frenetic world.
October 23, 2007
Alberto Seveso »
Absolutely stunning work. (via: hicksdesign)
May 24, 2007
Seventy-nine Short Essays on Design »
Another book to add to the summer reading list.
April 27, 2007
What if Apple is Bad for Design? »
Thomas de Monchaux:
Or to put it another way, if you round too many corners, you lose your edge.
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