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H2o Audio.
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As CD sales continue to sink below the turbulent waters of technology, and online sales of music keeps growing, Apple has removed the CD from the background of its iTunes logo with the release of version 10. The new design is somewhat underwhelming. But perhaps it was left intentionally generic…
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A goal without a plan is just a wish. ~Antoine de Saint-Exupery
You might have noticed it already, but I really enjoy living the freelance life. The freedom and the flexibility that I now have allows me to look at things differently. I may not have the security that comes…
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If you’re self-employed, you know how the daily tasks can pile up and overwhelm the bigger picture — if you let them.
But to work “on” your business, instead of just “in” your business, you have to make sure to focus on the bigger picture… even if it’s just for…
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I’m going to start this discussion of by revealing a secret about my own design work: I don’t have a process. At least, I don’t have a rock solid, time tested step by step formula that I follow for all my projects. That’s not to say that I shoot from…
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02 September, 2010Swirly Design Vector Graphic
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Tennis Design Director Gary Stewart helps us get amped for this year’s US Open with more great work…I’m sure that those amazing New York Times videos have already inspired everyone to hop the 7 train to Queens, but first let’s pause for some historical perspective, shall we? Here’s a quick…
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Running a business today is not as straightforward as it once used to be. This is primarily because one needs to maintain records of every transaction that has occurred. Because there are many transaction and of different types, organizing and managing them becomes difficult. To help business owners in this…
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Paper will never leave our lives, no matter how digitized we get. Its potential for beauty is celebrated in many designs today, whether in textures, layers, or other additional effects.
These following paper textures and patterns range from the simple to the exquisite, from the crumpled and colored to the…
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Photographers-turned-truckers peek into America’s trucking subculture
In summer 2008, at the height of the U.S. financial crisis, husband-and-wife photographers James Tribble and Tracey Mancenido packed up their NYC apartment and hit the road to document one of the more obscure necessities of American consumerism first-hand. Armed with little more than…
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It turns out you can get a lot done if you focus on responsibility rather than authority.
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Can thinking about being happy make you less happy?
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Tech autopsy of Google Wave: did Google forget to answer the essential question “what’s it for?”
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Great packaging by recent grad Meaghan Murray.
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They say the first bite is taken with the eye. If so, these appetizing restaurant websites succeed in whetting our appetites, inviting us to a savoury next bite. In these designs, color scheme and introductory copy show vastly different aspects of the restaurant experience. Moody warm tones create atmosphere, vibrant…
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The success of an e-commerce website is defined by sales, not by design. However, that doesn’t mean that design does not matter. In this post we’ll showcase 25 well-designed e-commerce sites from a wide variety of industries. For more on e-commerce sites please see these posts from the archives:
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Here’s a great project by Nicole Ziegler, the branding and design for Ladder Up, a non-profit company that helps the working poor climb out of poverty by providing them with tax assistance and financial aid. Check out more images from the project right here.
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I’m loving the modern, sophisticated branding for Shine, a privately owned luxury furnishings company, designed by James Trump.
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SPD MEDIA MIX is our regular list of publication design, digital, and media news and updates. Please send your links and news items to SPD at mail@spd.org and we’ll add them to the Mix.>> Bon Appetit design director Matthew Lenning has left the magazine and is moving to Austin to start his own…
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By definition, the word “freelancer” implies that you are self-employed take on several projects from multiple parties. Many freelancers find this sort of a glamorous life, but in a sense I have to argue against it. In fact, there’s not too much that is desirable about scraping for food. And…
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Creamy Script is the perfect name for this soft and friendly typeface. Pick it up right here.
via Typography Served
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Here on FreelanceAdvisor we make numerous references to freelancers, contractors and small businesses – after all that’s who we’re here for!
But what are the defining characters of each? What follows is a no-nonsense guide to who’s who and why. Beware: stereotypes abound.
Are you a freelancer?
A freelancer is…
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Well, my mind has officially been blown. Go now and check out this interactive experience set to Arcade Fire’s, “We Used to Wait”. (It works best in Google Chrome but I got it to work in Safari too.) You can learn more about the project right here.