Myths and facts about web design

business cards

fun and interesting business cards. Great site for inspiration! Click here!

typography

Heres a pretty cool video about typography!

portfolios

After checking out different websites for inspiration for my own portfolio website, I found that this website here has a lot of good examples of successful online portfolios.

iphone apps

http://www.designer-daily.com/5-gadgets-to-make-the-most-out-of-your-iphone-11373

There are gadgets for nearly everything for your iPhone. My personal favorite is the number 3 which is one of the priciest. I guess I never would have thought to project images from a phone!

coffee cups

For the coffee lovers. What a great way to start your morning!

http://www.youthedesigner.com/2010/11/10/30-delicious-coffee-cup-design-examples-to-perk-you-up/

LInux

There are a variety of software platforms that pc and mac users use on a daily basis. One of these platforms is called Linux. Linux is typically a platform used on PCs. Linux now has developed software that will allow designers to create their projects on. These programs are called; Inkscape, Openoffice Draw and Xara Xtreme.

How would you define graphic design? Here is a quick and interesting list of the top 5 defintions of graphic design. Which do you prefer? I think I'm leaning towards deffinition numero 5.

http://www.designtalkboard.com/design-articles/whats-design.shtml

iPhone apps

http://www.designtalkboard.com/design-hardware/iphoneapps.php

the limits are endless! May come in handy.

double the size

Two for one! Double the space to work. I know I would love that, no matter how large the screen, I always feel I need more room while working with the Adobe Suite. This looks great!

http://www.dexigner.com/tag/Web+Design

3D on Web!

Strata Live 3D CX 2 allows you to share and distribute embed interactive 3D content anywhere on the web. This will allow viewers to see products in a virtual three-dimensional environment. This program will be shared among social networks. This is an easy opportunity for companies to display their product in 3D not just in 2D. More opportunity to sell!

http://www.dexigner.com/tag/Web+Design

Billboard!

http://www.allgraphicdesign.com/graphicsblog/2010/11/05/best-cool-clever-unique-billboards-and-outdoor-advertising-part-iii/unique-billboard-6/

This is an example of just one of the many clever and unique billboards shown at this website. It really makes you think outside of the box. They all go beyond the limits of a typical billboard design.

CorelDraw

This post is all about the comparison between Adobe Illustrator and CorelDraw. Personally, I didn’t even know what CorelDraw was about until I read this article. Check it out!

http://www.allgraphicdesign.com/graphicsblog/2010/11/12/adobe-illustrator-versus-coreldraw/

Web Fonts

Monotype Imaging Annoucnes Winners of its Web Fonts Award

The web is finally expanding its horizons and stepping out of its normal day to day bland typography. The new webfonts are still a new thing and webfont vendors are still in the process of spreading the word on the new type faces allowed on the web. A contest was held to see who could create the best webfont based on creativity, typography and readability. The winner of the contest was Design Made in Germany.

http://www.graphics.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=4564

Chalk art

I was checking out cnn.com on news one day and found that a chalk artist was featured in a section of the news. His work was phenomenal. Creating 3-D works on cement looks amazing. It looks as though theres a hole in the ground! This video features a different artist, Kurt Wenner. The piece he is working on looks like there are monsters coming from the ground. Oh no!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BU9i6YOPp68&feature=player_embedded#at=62