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The Design Inspiration — Sat, 26 May 2012 09:05:08 +0000

Samurai Challenge

The Design Inspiration — Sat, 26 May 2012 08:55:15 +0000

Everything You Need to Know About Design

The Design Inspiration — Sat, 26 May 2012 08:45:38 +0000

Yellow Duck Business Card

The Design Inspiration — Sat, 26 May 2012 08:35:14 +0000

Joice Magazine Covers

The Design Inspiration — Sat, 26 May 2012 08:25:48 +0000

Pattern 680

The Design Inspiration — Sat, 26 May 2012 08:05:33 +0000

Weekly Web Design and Development Inspiration – N.140

Speckyboy Editors — Sat, 26 May 2012 07:57:31 +0000

This is our weekly selection of our favorite web designs from the past week. Thanks to everybody for their recommendations and please feel free to comment and let us know what you think.

Have you tried StylesInspiration yet? It is our web design showcase that aims to not only showcase the best and most innovative web design styles currently available, it also aims to give you a visual overview of current web design trends and highlight the latest in innovative web technologies. You’ll love it :)Cirulis Typeface

Tim Roussilhe

Scoutzie

UK Energy Consumption

ONST Creative

Whitmans

Fitz Fitzpatrick

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How to Get More Freelancing Visibility

Laura Spencer — Fri, 25 May 2012 21:39:03 +0000

There’s a simple answer to the question of why you don’t have more clients. Your potential clients don’t know that you exist.

While many freelancers don’t think much about how easily they can be found by their prospects, all freelancers should consider visibility. Your freelancing ability affects whether or not you attract new clients.

If your prospective clients can’t find you, then they can’t hire you. That’s a fact.

In this post, I’ll discuss why freelancing visibility is important. I’ll also explain how you can make your freelancing business more visible.

Why Freelancing Visibility Is Important

Are your prospective clients ...

Cool Hunting Rough Cut: The Ice Ball

Cool Hunting Video — Fri, 25 May 2012 21:28:01 +0000

Gardner Dunn hand carves the perfect compliment to Japanese whisky

We recently had the chance to taste The Hakusku, a 12 year old single malt made by Suntory Whisky. In the process we became enamored with their use of a hand carved ice ball. To learn more we visited The Summit, a bar in New York's Alphabet City neighborhood to learn a little more about the process. In our video Gardner Dunn, Suntory's National Brand Ambassador, gave us the run down on the traditional production, purpose and use of the ice ball in Japanese whisky culture.

HHI and Dunderdon

Graham Hiemstra — Fri, 25 May 2012 19:21:47 +0000

Phili's custom motorcycle makers team up with the Swedish workwear company for a contemporary take on a 1970s welder's jacket

Driven by a strong American work ethic and an eye for perfectly minimalist machinery, Hammarhead Industries first drew attention for their vintage-inspired custom motorcycles soon after their 2010 launch. Now hot on the heels of the recently released Day Pack, the new collaboration with Dunderdon takes the Philidelphia-based grease monkeys further into the world of fashion without taking them away from their roots. At the center of the collection is the Swedish-made Welder's Jacket, a heavy-duty waxed suede ...

Abbott Miller / Pentagram, National Academy

we love typography — Fri, 25 May 2012 18:24:20 +0000

Brand Identity by Cellule Verte (User submission)

AbbieMay — Fri, 25 May 2012 16:43:07 +0000

Cellule Verte are a little communication agency based in belgium. They work for Sustainable development/ecologic/biologic compagnies. ‘ Assisting our clients in developing successful marketing strategies and in creating creative communication campaigns, positive and fair.’

The Sound of Your City

Largetail — Fri, 25 May 2012 15:44:04 +0000

WeSC and smart team up in audio experiments around the globe

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Even fans of urbanization don't usually talk about the cacophony of crowded sidewalks and highly-trafficked thoroughfares. What if all you really want to do is sleep in the city that never sleeps? But we're always ready to obsess more about NYC, so when tiny car brand smart asked us to take a deep listen and record the results, we hit the streets.

Part of "The Superlative Journey" campaign for a collaboration with streetwear label WeSC, our audio-scape was one of several captured by a ...

Yahoo! Unveils Axis – A ‘Search’ Browser Enhancement

Sufyan bin Uzayr — Fri, 25 May 2012 15:34:56 +0000

With yet another step towards redefining internet search, Yahoo! recently launched Axis – a web browser enhancement.

Being hailed as a tool to enhance your search experience, Axis lets you search and see visual results without leaving the page you’re currently on. Traditionally, we are used to seeing links as search results. Axis, on the other hand, presents you with a panorama view of thumbnails that you can scroll and view right above the web page you’re currently browsing.

Eye candy? Sure!

Efficiency? Only time will tell!

Yahoo! Axis is being viewed by some users as a direct response to ...

20 Excellent Abstract Illustrations by Russ Mills

Igor Ovsyannykov — Fri, 25 May 2012 15:10:13 +0000

You might have already heard of Russ Mills. If not, let us tell you who this incredible artist is. Between urban fine art and contemporary graphics, Russ creates collisions of real and digital media with a firm foundation in drawing. He mainly focuses on the human form, particularly the face, interweaving elements from the animal kingdom often reflecting the absurdity of human nature.

Graduating from Leeds Met University in 1995, after completing a BA in Graphic Art and Design, Mills started finding gainful employment in various non-creative institutions. Starting with the basics, he began working with pen, pencil and a ...

Rodale to Resurrect Best Life

Grids — Fri, 25 May 2012 15:09:01 +0000

Brandon Kavulla, you can come home now.
Health and fitness publisher Rodale is bringing back Best Life, the high-end men's lifestyle magazine that it folded in 2009, Adweek has learned.
With well-rounded editorial and big-name contributors like David Mamet and Jay McInerney, Best Life was popular with readers and advertisers, carrying brands like brands like Lexus, Charles Schwab and Yves Saint Laurent. However, it became a victim of its newness (it had only launched five years before) and the luxury ad market, which took a dive in the recession.

How Flexible Are You? Business Benefits of Flexible Staffing

workshifting — Fri, 25 May 2012 14:29:08 +0000

Our post today comes from the founder and CEO of Mom Corps, Allison O'Kelly. Mom Corps is a national flexible staffing firm dedicated to connecting progressive employers with professionals seeking flexible work options. Allison founded the company in 2005 after facing her own struggle with balancing her professional and personal lives. Today, a mother of 3 young boys, she operates the 100 percent virtual Mom Corps workforce, which has now grown to 17 franchises, from her home.

So, you're a business owner or manager looking for a way to liven up the place. Employees are sluggish and unengaged, just ...

Moms Who Make the Switch to Freelancing

FreelanceSwitch.com — Fri, 25 May 2012 14:00:30 +0000

I have a lot of mom friends who have decided to leave the typical workforce after having children.

With daycare being as expensive as it is these days, many of these moms didn’t make enough money in their jobs (a couple of them were teachers) to make daycare worth it. Working just to put your child (or children) in daycare can be frustrating—but many moms don’t want to quit their careers to stay home with their kids. I hear that!

But sometimes the numbers don’t add up, and many 9-5 working mothers are left feeling as if they are spinning ...

Lara Cameron: Proteaflora Prints

Courtney — Fri, 25 May 2012 14:00:19 +0000

I’m loving the combination of bold typography and graphic illustrations in this recent print series by artist Lara Cameron. The Proteaflora series is available in her shop as a set of three or as individual giclee prints. Check them out right here.

Little Willy’s

Josh Rubin — Fri, 25 May 2012 13:43:36 +0000

Irreverence and British tailoring collide to create a new boys-wear line with big spirit

A member of the niche bespoke community in NYC, men's store Lord Willy's recently upgraded to larger digs from their humble storefront in New York's NoLita neighborhood. As the shop shuffled next door to a 2,500 square foot space, proprietors Alex and Betty Wilcox decided to turn the old space into Little Willy's, a boys'-only retailer full of ready-to-wear options for stylish young lads. While it may sound odd to think of custom-quality childrenswear, the new boys' line bypasses pretension with playful detailing and smart ...

4 Essential Elements That Guarantee A Simple Yet Elegant Website

Helena Rohner — Fri, 25 May 2012 13:42:51 +0000

Gone are the days when websites used to be full of flashy designs to attract users. This is the era of simple and elegant web designs. Many enterprises and organizations today would rather go for neat and compact websites (at times consisting of only a single page), which present the information clearly and concisely to the visitors.

It is not too difficult to build a website which is simple and yet puts its point across with resounding impact. Let’s take a look at some of the elements which are necessary to making simple, yet impressive websites.

1. An impressive ...

14 Essential Tips for Meeting a Deadline

FreelanceSwitch.com — Fri, 25 May 2012 12:50:29 +0000

Your reputation as a freelancer is pretty much the only thing you have to go on — your bread and butter.

And your reputation is generally based on two things: the quality of your work, and how well you meet deadlines.

Today, we’ll focus on meeting deadlines, as that’s the area that many freelancers have problems with. Sure, you can do great work, but if you don’t turn your projects in on time, you won’t get many repeat customers.

1. Care about deadlines. This is the first step, as many people are very lax about deadlines. You have to be ...

5 Reasons to Spend Time with Other Freelancers

FreelanceSwitch.com — Fri, 25 May 2012 12:00:52 +0000

I make a point of getting on the phone, going out to lunch, even traveling to see other freelancers. It’s a good business habit to get into and it pays off well. There are a lot of reasons why you should spend your time with other freelancers — doing so is making an investment in your freelance career.

1. Other Freelancers Earn You Money

Landing projects is probably the best reason for a freelancer to do anything. Your fellow freelancers are a great source of projects, for a variety of reasons:

Clients ask the freelancers they trust for recommendations for ...

Color Happy 178

Courtney — Fri, 25 May 2012 12:00:39 +0000

This minty vintage specimen was discovered and photographed by Bravo Six Niner Delta in March 2011. The stamps are from the late 1960s and were found in in Englewood, Tennessee—great find.

35 Wisdom Packed Owl Logo Designs

Igor Ovsyannykov — Fri, 25 May 2012 12:00:34 +0000

Owls are characterized by their small beaks and wide faces, and are divided into two families: the typical owls, Strigidae; and the barn-owls, Tytonidae. As you might already know an Owls symbolize wisdom, the ability to see things that are hidden, stealth, swiftness, darkness, freedom, dreams, shape-shifting, secrets, omens, clairvoyance, astral projection, magick, deception, observation, total truth, night, death and misfortune. Got all that?

They are connected to the Underworld and the Moon. They are connected to The Goddess in general, as well as Athena, Mari, Lilith, Anath, Gwynn ap Nudd, Blodeuwedd, Yama and Cailleach.

Recently there has been a ...

Form and Function: Websites That Combine Beauty with Usability

Faith Towers — Fri, 25 May 2012 11:31:21 +0000

One of the most essential aspects of designing a website is finding a balance between form and function, to ensure that the viewer can easily navigate through each page. We have all seen websites that work well but are poorly designed. Conversely, there are plenty of sites out there that look attractive but do not [...]

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Establishing a Client Intake Process

Steven Snell — Fri, 25 May 2012 11:12:02 +0000

One of the most important aspects of the web design process is getting to know the client, their customers, and the specifics of what they want and need to get out of the project. Without this knowledge you could create an amazing design, but it really won’t matter if it doesn’t fit the specific needs of the client and doesn’t communicate effectively with their customers. Most designers would prefer to get to the actual design work quickly, but it’s important to do your due diligence during the client intake process.

Communication during the client intake process is critical because it ...

Code Poet – New resource from the guys behind WordPress

Zaher Karp — Fri, 25 May 2012 10:56:43 +0000

Sharing has always been at the heart of Automattic, the developers of WordPress. And now those developers are looking to give back to the community – in the true spirit of open source. They have just launched a brand new resource for WordPress designers and developers called Code Poet.

Code Poet aims to collect the knowledge that is scattered around the web in such a way that the large WordPress user-base can take advantage of. Pete Davies, Premium Services Lead at Automattic, spoke to us about the learning process they’ve engaged in to identify their developer and designer ...

Collaborating Couples: Three Pairs of Visual Artists and Their Work

Cadence Wu — Fri, 25 May 2012 09:15:54 +0000

It’s often said that great things come in pairs, and we couldn’t agree more when we think about some of our favorite visual artists. All artists featured here have distinct styles, mediums, and audiences. When paired with their spouse, however, their combined body of work looks more remarkable and somewhat complementary. Graphic designers like you, our dear readers, often work alone. So why not collaborate with another designer and prove that two heads are better than one? Read on and find out how these visual artists thrived with their significant others.

Free download: Ultimate Social Icon Set

Walter — Fri, 25 May 2012 09:12:27 +0000

Today’s freebie is a social icon set which contains all the latest icons needed for you social needs! It includes a total of 75 icons, provided in three sizes: 16

The SendGrid Cycling Club

The Design Inspiration — Fri, 25 May 2012 09:05:50 +0000

Atomic

The Design Inspiration — Fri, 25 May 2012 09:00:52 +0000

Daily Inspiration #699

Bruno Ricardo — Fri, 25 May 2012 09:00:47 +0000

Our daily inspirations are work that we find might give our graphic designers some daily input on different perspectives in this design industry. Related posts: Daily Inspiration #576 Daily Inspiration #228 Daily Inspiration #651

Rorohiko’s Soxy Updated for CS6

Graphics Asset Mgmt./Workflow — Fri, 25 May 2012 09:00:03 +0000

If you often find yourself juggling files from different versions of applications like InDesign, Illustrator, and Quark XPress, Rorohiko's Soxy could be a very useful addition to your workflow. Soxy has been updated to version 1.6.2, which supports Adobe Creative Suite 6 applications.

Freelancers weekly digest w/e 25th May

Jon Norris — Fri, 25 May 2012 09:00:00 +0000

It’s Friday and the sun is shining. Let’s be honest, this doesn’t happen often so grab yourself a cup of coffee (we recommend Small Batch) and peruse this week’s selection of interesting, odd and amusing links, lovingly curated by your truly. A cautionary tale for freelancers Freelance journalist Joanne Mallon relates a useful anecdote about getting into bed with the wrong people. In this case her prospective business partners had affixed her name and photo to their promotional material without so much as a by-your-leave. Cheeky. Where do web designers do their business? An unusual approach to inspiration, this Tumblr asks ...

Woman Warrior

The Design Inspiration — Fri, 25 May 2012 08:55:59 +0000

The Soldier of Desert

The Design Inspiration — Fri, 25 May 2012 08:50:10 +0000

We Are Liechtenecker

The Design Inspiration — Fri, 25 May 2012 08:45:58 +0000

Bandar Arts

The Design Inspiration — Fri, 25 May 2012 08:40:55 +0000

Lemonade Business Cards

The Design Inspiration — Fri, 25 May 2012 08:35:09 +0000

Black Astrum Business Card

The Design Inspiration — Fri, 25 May 2012 08:30:19 +0000

Point of View

The Design Inspiration — Fri, 25 May 2012 08:25:17 +0000

Abstract Composition with Yellow Flowers

The Design Inspiration — Fri, 25 May 2012 08:20:06 +0000

Syndication for Articles Only: The How and Why of an Articles-Only RSS Feed

Vladislav Davidzon — Fri, 25 May 2012 07:22:40 +0000

There was a time, not too long ago, when blogging was only about creating full-length entry content for readers to peruse and interact with. That time has long passed, however, and has given way to the era of tweets, blogrolls and link lists, micro-entries, digests, and all kinds of other content which gets published right alongside traditional content.

When it’s placed into a regular WordPress blog design, there’s actually nothing wrong with all of that additional content. It makes semantic sense in terms of its placement, the way its shown, when it is shown, and how users highlight it. However, ...

Logo Design: 4 Reasons Why You Should Take Advantage of Negative Space

Cadence Wu — Fri, 25 May 2012 06:38:25 +0000

Creating a logo is probably the most complicated project any designer would handle. It requires an extensive study of the company and their market, creative thinking, and possibly a few sleepless nights. A logo is a complex specimen: creating one is a science by itself.

2012-05-24 | Armando Ferrari

Jacob Cass — Fri, 25 May 2012 01:58:19 +0000

Armando Ferrari photographer.

Credits: Graphic House

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Logos In The News

LogoLounge — Fri, 25 May 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Bill Gardner of LogoLounge and Gardner Design writes on his blog, Love Thy Logo on ROCKPAPERINK, about the voice of a logo.

The designs for the 2012 London Olympics tickets were revealed by Futurebrand this week, featuring pictograms by Someone and different jewel tones for each venue. The opening ceremony ticket stands out with a gold palette.

In a brand refresh, Kellogg's put forth an updated version of its classic script logo, along with the new tagline "Let's Make Today Great." The color has been brightened and new visuals tie in to the coming Olympic Games as well as ...

Notepad and pencil icon (PSD)

aceall — Thu, 24 May 2012 22:14:06 +0000

A blank notepad with a red pencil on it. PSD template or web and app icon, text box and input form symbol.

Resolution: 1280x1024px
Full size JPG preview: Notepad and pencil icon

File Format: PSD
Color theme: brown, red, white
Author: PSD Graphics
Similar graphic: Blank white notebook

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File Size: 1.40 MB

The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee

CH Editors — Thu, 24 May 2012 21:53:29 +0000

Get in the spirit with tea towels, baked beans and Bentleys

From 10-year-old Katherine Dewar's winning design for the national emblem to Sir Paul Smith's tribute crown for Harrod's, creative displays of respect for Queen Elizabeth II's 60 years on the throne have reached a fever pitch both in the UK and abroad. Her Royal Highness truly embodies majesty, and several designers have successfully captured the spirit of the Diamond Jubilee with concepts that are quintessentially British—at once elegantly regal and playfully tongue-in-cheek. Read on for our favorites.

Ma'amite

Love-it-or-hate-it yeast spread Marmite just got a bit more British with ...

Accords

Mike Giles — Thu, 24 May 2012 19:59:31 +0000

Karim Charlesbois-Zariffa branches out from ephemeral installations to design a restaurant

Multi-disciplinary designer Karim Charlebois-Zariffa has worked extensively on projects for companies like AOL, The New York Times and Moment Factory, but a recent chance opportunity to try his hand at more traditional interior design tested him in new and refreshing ways.

As a fan of Charlebois-Zariffa's design work, the son of one of the owners of Accords—a Montreal wine bar and restaurant—suggested the designer as an interesting option to re-vamp the interior of the space. The unique opportunity to work on the restaurant came with the added challenge ...