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California “I Voted” Stickers

I LOVE these California “I Voted” stickers. They feature “I voted” 13 different languages. English · Spanish · Chinese · Korean · Tagalog · Russian · Armenian · Persian · Hindi · Japanese · Khmer · Thai · Vietnamese I can’t think of anything more American than this.

WhatFontIs.com

Another site to identify fonts from images.

What day is it?

Does anyone know what day it is? Maybe I should start a website.

GoDaddy Has a New Logo

Well, that’s something.

Tesla Truck, Cyber Truck

Simone Giertz did it better

Worse than Comic Sans?

I’m probably going to get in trouble for this one.

Color Inspiration

Adobe has updated their color site with some cool new features.

Movie Poster Design

A brief (well, 10 minute brief) take on the design and history of movie posters via James Verdesoto and Vanity Fair

SNL Behind the Scenes: Cue Cards

Two of my favorite things: Design and Television production.

Marc Edwards Vector Icon Speedruns

Part of the fun of being a designer is learning new things and it’s amazing what one can learn just from watching another designer work. While it’s hard to get time to visit someone’s studio, watching them work online is the next best thing. I spent an afternoon watching these Illustrator icon speed runs by […]

Occasionally I Forget I Have a Website Blog

It tends to happen to me a lot that I forget that I have a blog that I need to be posting to. When I’m pitching ideas to clients, I always say, “If you’re not going to update it, then don’t even have it.” Ah, physician, heal thyself. But here I am late at night […]

Logos Drawn From Memory

I saw this great post at signs.com which made a lot of interesting points about how & what we remember about logos. The Burger King logo was especially fascinating because of which logo was drawn most frequently. Logos are a personal pet peeve of mine. The most iconic of logos really don’t change much over […]

Inspiration: Vintage Logos

A collection of vintage logos found on Flickr

Make Good Font Choices

With all the apps available, it’s easier than ever to do your own social media posts and make them eye catching. It’s also pretty easy to make them horrible as well. Here’s a little help from the folks at Adobe to help you make better font choices.

Futura: A Brief History

via vox.com

Creative Lessons

So many creative lessons in this short video. Get out and live. Constraints feed creativity. Imperfections add beauty.

Designers Pick Best & Worst of Political Logos

Political campaign design is a tricky thing; there are a lot of limitations ( “What shade of red, white & blue do you like, sir?” ) and a wide array of things to convey over a wide range of media ( yard signs anyone? ). Politics aside, the Obama logo was the most memorable as […]

Adobe Flash — Is it time?

New exploits and Firefox killing it by default has brought Flash back into the spotlight this week for reasons that probably make Adobe cringe. Even Norton did a sponsored Tweet today with friendly instructions on how to disable it in IE, Firefox and Chrome ( No love for Opera anymore, I suppose ). If you’ve […]

What is Responsive Web Design?

The trend towards Responsive Design has been going for a while now, but there’s a good chance that term means absolutely nothing to you. What is Responsive Design and why should you use it when building your website? Hopefully by the time you are finished reading this, you’ll have a good general handle on the concept. What […]

Aaron Draplin Designs a Logo Before Your Eyes

I watched this earlier in the week and it changed my life. I got no fewer than 10 very usable bits of info ranging from inspiration sources to keyboard shortcuts to creative process. Glory!