Velocity magazine Editor Steven Watson sent us this link to his new service Stack.
Stack, is a new service that searches out the best independent magazines and sends them direct to your door. The idea came in part from a blog post I read by Russell Davies, which said we should all read a different new magazine every week as a way of staying interesting.
Ready to battle the Big Brand Wolf? UCDA Design Summit will be held in Milwaukee, Wisconsin from March 26-28.
At the conference you’ll discover ideas in branding while inspiring creativity. Registration is now open, with an early-bird registration discount through February 20, 2009.
A look into the sketchbooks of Michael Bierut.
On August 12, 1982, I took a 10 x 7 1/8 inch National Blank Book Company composition book from the supply closet of my then employer, Vignelli Associates. From that moment, I have never been without one. I always have one at my desk. I take one with me to every meeting. I am now in the middle of Notebook #85. It’s in front of me right now. Together, these well-worn books create a history of my working life that spans three decades.
This made me LOL this morning. Joe Luxton uses a hamster cage and tubing to lay out the typography for this open house poster for the university of Brighton. Very creative!!!
We designed the posters and leaflets for the University of Brighton Open Days, using the idea that the hamster cage is an institution (foundation), which the students are about to break out from and make their own journeys. In the case of Brighton, this will most probably be an exciting and colourful journey, hence the hamster tubes.
Release your online inner artist with Sumo Paint – a free online imagine editing software.
Or just browse through some of the images already created using the tool.
ELLESSE, the Italian sportswear brand is celebrating its 50th anniversary next year with the launch of a design competition that will see it collaborate with leading design partners on an international scale. The categories for the competition will range from fashion and textiles, right through to fine art, sculpture, street art, graphics and digital.
Top prize is $6500 plus a chance to party down in Italy!
Forget the film watch the titles is a site dedicated to amazing title design. The site also has a great layout and you can tell the designer was inspired by Saul Bass :)
You know what they say about first impressions. That’s why both Hollywood and independent studios spend valuable time and resources to create the most appropriate main title sequences for their films. At its very best, a title sequence is a self-contained hybrid that combines several moving image techniques – film, animation, cg – to introduce a film.
Zara Gonzalez is the creative mind behind mindless monster – a daily sketch blog. What a great way to stretch your creative mussles!
Though Creattica Daily has always had a twitter account (@Creattica) complete with tweets about new posts, it’s never been much more than an automated posting … until now! I’m happy to welcome on to the Creattica team the very talented Roger Byrne, aka @Styletime, who has just taken over the Creattica twitter account and will be giving it plenty more links, interactivity and kick! And of course you’ll still get tweets about Creattica Daily updates.
If your a big typography nut and your in the Atlanta area, you may want to hit up TypeCon2009.
This year’s TypeCon will take you to more unique places than ever before as we visit museums, art galleries, schools, letterpress studios, and cultural centers for our varied activities. With dozens of workshops, presentations, special events, and exhibitions in the works, TypeCon2009 promises a typographic adventure you can’t miss!
