Jessica Walsh | Like Knows Like. Home | Upside Collective. Xtinaissharp : Our desks are ready for the... Upsidetweets : Notes from the dry-erase wall:... Monograms Upside Collective - Follow Betype.co for more awesome post. Google's New, Flatter Logo Has Been 14 Years In The Making. Last week, Yahoo topped off a monthlong campaign, teasing users with tantalizing glimpses at alternate-dimension logos, and finally showed off the final design. Yahoo isn't the only big tech company in Silicon Valley rolling out a new logo: Google is preparing its own logo redesign too. Unlike Yahoo, Google is choosing to run silent and deep with their new logo design, at least so far. But in many ways, the mark has been in the works almost as long as Google has been around.
Although the company has yet to officially announce any details, a new Google logo has been spotted in the SDK for the Chrome for Android Beta, where it was temporarily visible on the new tab page before Google quickly pulled the asset, but not before Ars Technica took notice. You can also see the new design live on Google's servers here. While it's not a dramatic change, it's certainly a more appropriate logo for a modern Google. Instagram. Steve Jobs on Branding. Instagram. Okay Type · Harriet Series. Harriet Series is a rational serif typeface — inspired by design popular in the mid-20th-century, Harriet draws from both transitional faces, such as Baskerville, and modern faces, like Century.
At the same time it is unburdened by these historic models, adopting contemporary features and finish. Harriet includes a set of Display styles with enough exuberance to sparkle at large sizes as well as a set of diligent and sturdy Text styles suitable for body copy. The Harriet Series was awarded a Certificate of Type Design Awesomeness from the Type Director's Club in 2012. Harriet Text Bold Italic, Text Medium, & Text Light Harriet Display Regular Italic Harriet Display Bold Italic & Display Black Harriet Display Light Italic & Text Light Harriet Display Black Italic & Text Regular Harriet Display Medium Italic & Display Regular Harriet Display Black Italic, Text Medium, & Text Regular Harriet Display Bold Harriet Display Light Italic Harriet Text Bold, Text Regular, & Text Regular Italic Features.
Photo by msrivette. Photo by msrivette. Upping Your Type Game. Note: This text was created as a talk for An Event Apart in San Diego. It was presented Tuesday, May 21st 2013. Many thanks to Stephen Coles for his advising and light editing. While the full slide deck is not shown below, about a quarter of the original slides are used as editorial illustrations. To send comments or propose corrections (kind and helpful tone appreciated), email me.
Type Designers are your new best friends. If you are a web designer, you are used to tedium. I want to introduce you to your brother from another mother—another group of humans that, like you, is quite under-appreciated: the type designer. Web designers are familiar with “easter eggs”—the little things they build into the code for people in the know to see and delight in. On Type Designers and Favorite T-Shirts Before I introduce you to a few type designers, I’ll answer the question that every person in the type world is asked—“What’s your favorite font?”
A few type designers I love: Choosing the Right Type. Msrivette : Design is Everything is #Design. Photo by msrivette. Awful Client Criticism Turned Into Posters. EmailEmail If you’re a designer yourself, most of these postcards should ring a bell. Irish graphic designers Mark Shanley and Paddy Treacy, in collaboration with other ad creatives, designers, animators, directors, illustrators and more, created this ”Sharp Suits” series, based on their “favorite worst feedback” from clients. The creators say that the series has raised thousands of euros for charity – and must’ve provided the designers with a great outlet for some of their frustration. Check out their ironic series – they’re funny even if you’re the one hiring the designers! Website: sharpsuits.net. G.F.D.A. / The Passion Project. Nicholas Felton | Feltron.com. Introducing A New Article Design — NYTimes.com. Calm.com.
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This is great! The University of Connecticut has a nice one designed by Peter Good. Web and link to PDF version. (Get the PDF version!) Peter did a great job of differentiating the three identities a university typically has. – The academic and marketing identity (what most would think of as the main identity). – The athletics or mascot identity. UConn has a pretty simple color palette but, many academic systems also include extra Pantone colors to be used for marketing or just for the presidential or university seal (gold, etc.). Stanford University just redid their system too! I also like Vanderbilt University’s. Dirt Poster. Dirt Poster is a Design and Graphic-Design work made by Roland Reiner Tiangco, a new graduate of a Design School, living in New York. While handling the poster, your hands starts to get dirty, and this dirt allows you to see what’s the poster is all about. Check out also the artist’s Website.
Dirt Poster. Kern Type, the kerning game. Fresh Impressions on Brandmarks (from my 5-year-old) DDC4568: Sitting here, getting ready to watch Massimo Vignell. Swissted. Surround Yourself With Passionate People. Brand New Conference. Epilogue Many thanks to all who attended or streamed the 2013 Brand New Conference. It was a remarkable day and we appreciate the support of everyone from attendees to sponsors to volunteers. To give closure to this year’s event, here is a rundown of links of interest. All videos of the conference are available for purchase as individual files to download as well as the complete set. Link The first 30 minutes of the conference, which include a roasting of the more news-worthy posts from Brand New in the previous 12 months to the conference. Link Photos of the event, from 8:00 am to 10:00 pm, by the indefatigable Andrew Ryan Shepherd.
Link A selection of transcribed speaker quotes and a sampling of audience tweets. Link An in-depth look at the making of the logo, identity, and event-related materials we produced. Link Some unglamorous shots of the making of the podium, sewn program covers, and hand-dipped goodies bags with yellow handles. Link Link Link Brand New Conference 2013! Presenting Sponsors. Apple Design Chief Jonathan Ive Knighted in Buckingham Palace, Says 'Best Work' is Underway Now. BBC reports that Apple's design chief Jonathan Ive was knighted today in Buckingham Palace, with Princess Anne performing the honors. Ive's knighthood was announced in December, but the official ceremony was not held until today. Ive's knighthood was accompanied by a rare extensive profile and interview with The Telegraph in which he shares details on his background and philosophy.
“All I’ve ever wanted to do is design and make; it’s what I love doing. It’s great if you can find what you love to do. Finding it is one thing but then to be able to practise that and be preoccupied with that is another,” he says. “I’m very aware of an incredible tradition in the UK of designing and making, and so to be recognised in this way is really wonderful.” “We’re keenly aware that when we develop and make something and bring it to market that it really does speak to a set of values. Stock Photography: Search Royalty Free Images & Photos. Michael Rivette. Portland/CreativeMornings - Aaron James Draplin.
Startups, This Is How Design Works – by Wells Riley. Design Is a Job. Design Is a Job by Mike Monteiro Our ebooks support Kindle, iBooks, Nook and most other readers and devices. Audiobook Design Is a Job, read by Mike Monteiro, available from Audible.com. foreword by Erik Spiekermann Co-founder of Mule Design and raconteur Mike Monteiro wants to help you do your job better. From contracts to selling design, from working with clients to working with each other, you’ll learn why navigating the business of design is just as important as the craft of it. Contents Part 1 What Is a Designer? Part 2 Sticking to Your ProcessPresenting DesignManaging FeedbackGetting Your MoneyWorking with Others Recommended with… Buy both and save up to 20% What People Are Saying This book will teach you how to be part of a service industry without becoming a servant.
About the Author Mike Monteiro is the co-founder and design director of Mule Design, an interactive design studio founded in 2001 whose work has been called “delightfully hostile” by The New Yorker. Additional Info. Brian Hoff ::: Brand and Website Designer from Brooklyn. Infographic: East coast vs west coast designers. Ever wondered what the difference between east coast designers and west coast designers? How designers in New York or D.C. differ from their counterparts in LA or Seattle? After all, we know all about the differences between east coast and west coast rap (and the rivalry that runs along with it). But who knew there was the same kind of divide among designers? This infographic, prepared exclusively for MightyDeals, compares the two camps side by side. Which camp do you fall into? Kerning. Designing for responsiveness. Designing for responsive websites can be a bit challenging at first because the process is so different. As designers, we’ve gotten used to building pixel-perfect mockups as our web blueprints.
But responsive design takes a different approach. A designer’s role is no longer to produce a mockup and then pass it off to the developer because responsive design is not just a two step process, it is a series of revisions. Most of which are made in the browser. It is a collaborative effort between the designer and developer, no longer two separate tasks. Here are some tips and a general workflow to make the transition from designing static sites to designing responsive ones a little easier. Knowing your viewports Before starting any project it is important to determine your viewports. Planning ahead Sketching can be your best friend.
You will quickly realize that not all of the content may fit in the smaller viewports. Yup, those are my actual scribbles. Wireframes and mockups The browser Mockups. Keep That New Year’s Resolution and Make the Leap From Print to Web Design. You’ve been designing for print since college and have an eye for what makes visuals work. But the landscape has changed (and for some, might even look a little scary). So when the ball dropped at the start of 2012, your resolution was to learn a little more about the digital side of it all and make yourself that much more marketable. Now is the time to get started. There are tons of resources out there to help print designers get their feet wet in coding, HTML and digital design. Because of the skills you already possess as a print designer, the transition might even be easier than you think. Coding for Beginners Sites such as Codeacademy and Carl Herold’s Higher Computing for Everyone allow users to learn the basics of computer coding at no cost.
Codeacademy, which started in the summer of 2011, boasts more than 500,000 users and received $2.5 million from investors to finance the venture in October, according to The New York Times. The game-like atmosphere of Codeacademy is fun. ZeroBundle: A great bundle of freebies for designers! Media Queries. The Photoshop Etiquette Manifesto for Web Designers.
Fancy Scrolling Sites. In the last year or so, there's been enough sites that do fancy things when you scroll down that it's kind of a trend. I thought I'd blog it, you know, for the sake of history. By "fancy things" I mean something happens when scrolling down besides the site scrolling down. Elements might move around in unexpected ways or change their size/shape/color/content in some way. It's easier to just experience some of these yourself than listen to me try to fumble through explaining it. These screenshots also don't do much justice. Many of them are video-documented on this site's YouTube channel. So how do they do that? JavaScript. Know any others? Add them in the comments. Share On. Method & Craft. Foundry Co. 40 Professional Examples of Letterhead and Print Work.
The Internet is an incredibly powerful tool for the modern business owner. It’s possible to share contact information with people all across the world in just a few seconds. But when it comes to actually doing business you’ll always want to be working in person. This is where print design and branding effects come into play. Many professional companies will at least print some business cards for their employees, but others gather a whole set of print identity.
In the spirit of our modern digital era I have collected 40 instances of professional letterhead designs. These are all used in print work for styling invoices, letters, business cards, mailing lists, and a whole lot more! B’seen Visual Identity Cooper & Ford Freq Nightclub Lewin Consulting Nada Identity A Cowboy’s Dream Herofilm Branding Metrio Coffee Prospectacy. Freestyle Print Typography Stationery Coroa de Alvalade Rooftop Stationary Snowball Studios Creso Wockbar Bexleys Rick Turner Photographer Ikusgune The Foreign Policy Stationery Set Ionik. 26 Polished White Letterpress Business Card Designs. Design Instruct: A Web Magazine for Designers and Digital Artists. David Airey, graphic designer. Subtle Patterns | Free textures for your next web project.
How To Create a Cool Abstract Radial Pattern Design. List of Excellent Design & Development Sites | Ben Bate. Free web design resources & layered PSD files on Freebies Booth. LarssonPatrik | Free Premium Resources for Creative Minds. Web Design Surrey | Kyan. Patternify | CSS Pattern Generator. Identify fonts by appearance, find fonts by name.
Gridr buildrrr. Space Ipsum. Where We Design | Showcasing Your Design Space. Sensational List Of 25 The Best Design Worldwide Forums. 14 Essential Magazines for Graphic Designers. 25 Examples of Perfect Color Combinations in Web Design. ICON. Vladimir Kudinov Design Portfolio. Studio Ace of Spade. Free PSD's & Resources for Designers. Tools of the Trade. Web development blog, news and reviews - Developer Drive. What Makes Someone Leave A Website? The Infographic. 7 Essential Features a CMS for Beginners Must Have.