Government-sponsored logos are nothing new: The famous blue eagle of F.D.R.’s 1935 Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.) was designed by the noted advertising art director Charles Coiner. But last week President Obama unveiled the logos for two economic recovery programs of his own: the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) and the Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (Tiger). Read more here.
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Graphic Content | Making Obama’s Marks by Steven Heller for the New York Times
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Naive Graphic design
Naïve documents the extraordinary renaissance of Classic Modernism, from the 1940s to 1960s, in contemporary graphic design. For more click here.
Friday, March 6, 2009
Why should I work for nothing? I might as well not work, right?
Meet 99designs. One of the companies that is the demise of the graphic design industry as we know it. What do they do? In a nutshell, they put out a design project for spec designs, a gazillion designers across the world submit designs like a contest, and one is picked by a client for a pittance of a fee.
As a graphic designer, I will never do spec work. Period. Why? Because what I do for a living is worth something, it's my job and it's valuable. The implications of the services that 99designs offers, are devastating. Giving away creative talent will not provide a living and will not help careers to blossom. What it will do is kill an industry I love. It could kill creativity as a way to make a living for us right brainers.
For my critics, I offer you this to respond to comments like "get with the program": Your program sucks. I am young, progressive, open-minded, a tech geek and a passionate creative. But this is the "long tail" approach gone wrong.
Why should I work for nothing? I might as well not work, right?
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
How To Use Icons To Support Content In Web Design
Why use icons? Design is all about communication: it doesn’t matter how important or exciting the information that you’re sharing is if you fail to hook your visitors. When initially viewing a website, most users will first scan the page for visually interesting content, and only after something grabs their attention will they actually begin reading. Icons are a simple, effective way to draw users into the content of your website. Click for more!
Saturday, February 28, 2009
Design by Paul Rand
Design is the method of putting form and content together. Design, just as art, has multiple definitions; there is no single definition. Design can be art. Design can be aesthetics. Design is so simple, that's why it is so complicated.
Paul Rand
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Monday, February 16, 2009
Facebook new Terms of Service. Beware.
For all you designers, photographers, writers, artists, businesses, etc..., if you are on Facebook beware of their new terms of service. According to consumerist.com, they own everything you put on their site. Oh boy!
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