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A few well crafted brand marks.
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A clever & unique logo.
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A simple website to showcase new design work. View work sample By no means a ground-breaking or innovative design and very much a work in progress, but having a point of reference is important.
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People tell me “print is dead”.
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A nice package arrived in the post, courtesy of Newspaper Club.
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I recently visited the Käthe Kollwitz Museum, Cologne, Germany – stumbled across these great posters on the way in.
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The illustrations in Remote, the new book from 37signals are gorgeous.
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Digging around in old project folders… These designs never really saw the light of day so…
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A multi-page skeleton web project framework. A simple aim; create a basic, yet expansive web project template that you can download, use and deploy quickly. Bootstrapped LESS integrated stylesheets – commented, variables, mixins, retina ready, minified. jQuery & Google Web fonts ready. Mobile friendly design. View live website View on GitHub Please feel free to download and use in yourContinue reading “Resource 03”
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At Nutshell we use HipChat daily, resulting in CloudApp becoming a fundamental tool. The Auto-upload screenshot preference which I initially found frustrating has become a convenient way to quickly share content – visuals & text. It also serves as a running history of UI inspiration.
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A brief endorsement of Bootstrap – a mobile first framework for faster and easier web development. Yes, I know I am very late into the game. I eventually got onboard – very impressed.
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Stumbled across this lovely poster today – color, composition & type.
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[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tn0ELTO_CI&w=640&h=360] GuideGuide – the efficient way to set up a grid in Photoshop. Enter in a few numbers… magic… columns, rows, midpoints, and baselines – done.
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A few more pretty business cards.
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MailBox iOS App downloaded – impressed. The intro wizard is super helpful in terms of discovering the more advanced gestures.
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Print is frustrating to create but far harder to delete.
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Stamps are better than stickers.
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A very beautiful sketch.
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Another cute branding project – one that @hollydaniels_ will like.
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Why is the Google Drive mark so pleasing?
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I love the web but print will always be special.
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I’m not hugely passionate about cycling but these Le Tour De France illustrations kept me entertained on the train.
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A simple yet timeless mark.
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More thought-provoking work via The Economist.
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Lovely print work – very much a premium brand.
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Extending a logo into a colorful, tileable pattern – nice idea + polished execution.
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Noma Bar has been a career long inspiration to me – a prolific & intelligent artist.
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Some nice print work that caught the eye.
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Happy Monday! Something colorful to brighten your day.
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Another adorable brand mascot – Timehop.
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It would be difficult to be more minimal – Google Glass.
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I’m a sucker for a brand mascot, especially when the illustration is as charming as this – Polar – a super-fast way to create great-looking polls.
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Absolutely stunning design for DBX – Ryan Putnam is a very talented man.
Project 03: Gignite
Posted another web design project to dribbble… Gignite Project.
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More color inspiration, courtesy of Google.
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I’ve always liked the Clarks logotype.
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Some color to brighten your day.
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Zurb Foundation pull off the brand mascot well.
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Nice artwork for the forthcoming Sub Focus track.
Project 02: SoundCloud
A little rough and ready… A project I worked on sometime ago, never really saw the light of day. Posted the project to @dribbble.
Project 01: karsten.me
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The London 2012 Olympics was a success in many ways. I especially liked the Adidas cover wrap campaign for The Metro Newspaper, inspiration delivered daily.