Vitsœ | Good design Back in the early 1980s, Dieter Rams was becoming increasingly concerned by the state of the world around him – “an impenetrable confusion of forms, colours and noises.” Aware that he was a significant contributor to that world, he asked himself an important question: is my design good design? As good design cannot be measured in a finite way he set about expressing the ten most important principles for what he considered was good design. (Sometimes they are referred as the ‘Ten commandments’.) Here they are. Good design is innovative The possibilities for innovation are not, by any means, exhausted. Good design makes a product useful A product is bought to be used. Good design is aesthetic The aesthetic quality of a product is integral to its usefulness because products we use every day affect our person and our well-being. Good design makes a product understandable It clarifies the product’s structure. Good design is unobtrusive Products fulfilling a purpose are like tools.
20 Stunning Photoshop Tutorials Every Designer Needs Photoshop tutorials are everywhere, but good Photoshop tutorials can be hard to find. Designers often have trouble finding enough time to design the many projects that come across their desks, which means they are usually short on the time needed to search for excellent tutorials to improve their skills. The goal of the following collection is to provide a shortcut to twenty tutorials that are worth your time. Keep exploring, though, and let me know about others that you have enjoyed! This roundup starts with the beautiful interesting stuff. My first reaction to any image that I admire is: “I can’t make that.” The image-in-smoke effect is another effect that was out of my league. Why is such a simple effect put down as number three? I’ll be honest. Simple to do, impressive to look at. You don’t have to work very hard to make some amazing watercolor portraits. Anybody can pixelate an image using tools built right into Photoshop. Grunge. Graffiti is art. I am a fan of folding real paper.
15 Famous And Successful Logo Redesigns - What Has Been Improved? As we realize that we are now living in the Brand Era, where everything is branded and labelled we are more concern to companies we believe can help us, shops where we can get our supplies, or websites we trust to keep our data or information securely. This is how a company’s logo appeal as the first thing costumer will consider to trust or not. Among thousands of logos out there, some of them may look cheesy and cheap, and some visually give us confident. In order to grab our attention and get our trust, many companies even consider to re-brand/redesign their logo. Below is a list, in no particular order of what I think to be famous and successful logo redesign from their old logo to the latest with explanations of what has been improved. 1. Toys R Us has been the second largest overall toy retailer in the United States with many branch chain which located in Europe, Asia, Oceania, Africa, and Canada. Old Logo History: New Logo – What has been improved: 3. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13.
47 (More) Brilliant Advertisements [High Quality Photos Last week we gave you 35 Brilliant Advertisements and the story blew up on the web. Hundreds of Repins on Pinterest, 78K shares on StumbleUpon, great action on Facebook & Twitter. All in all it was an awesome story so we decided to pull together 47 more brilliant advertisements for you to enjoy. From The Web Leave a comment comments Tags: brilliant ads
More Brilliant and Clever Advertisements Published on: Nov 06 2012 by Inspiration Here is a series of brilliant and clever advertisements … Clever Ads Billboard Powerful and Creative Ads Creative and Clever Billboard Ads More Creative Billboard Ads Brilliant Minimalist Print Ads Voici une série de publicités créatives et puissantes … 20 creative Logo inspirations #2 Recently I did a lecture at the University about logo design and branding trends, so I post the second appointment of “20 inspirational logos collection” that you can use as inspiration for your own logo designs. 20 inspirational collection#1 15 creative typography inspirations 15 examples of creative typography on posters, flyers, magazines and other medias, for your inspiration. Julia Sonmi Heglund Sophie Henson Nick Keppol Matt W. Jordan Metcalf Narani Kannan Zummi Handmade Font Bendik Kaltenborn Andrea Kalpakidis Amicollective Nicole Lavelle and Michael Eaton Stefano Lionetti Sponsored Ads
20 awesome illustrated typography inspirations 20 stunning examples of illustrated typography from various artists from all over the world. Thea Hamrèn Jarr Geerligs Roel Van Eekelen BiGds Fredrik Oscarsson OcularVision Luke Lucas Giga Kobidze Marta Cerdà Alex Trochut David Nathan Cohen Adolfo Correa Serge Seidlitz, Diego Medina, Open the Door for BBDO Aida Novoa Marco Van Zomeren Sponsored Ads Drawing Typography by Eika Dopludo “Life in Alphabet”, and “In Love” are two pretty amazing projects of representing type using organic inspirations. The author is Eika Dopludo illustrator and artist from Russian. > behance.net/EikaDopludo Life in the Alphabet The idea of the project is to represent a letter in a natural form and appearance. Like something alive has turned into a letter and stood still. I am in Love
Corset-wearing superwomen from the Age of Steam Mixed bag, honestly. Some are just odd, others are dead on as far as in-character goes. Harley is cute, Emma is actually wearing more than usual and probably has an outfit exactly like that stashed for formal occasions. Yeah, I'm all about the Catwoman. Hold Close by =IngridTan on deviantART Creative and Clever Anti-Smoking Ads Here is a selection of creative and clever anti-smoking ads … KellyKAshcraft lucaszoltowski vartcn Smoking kills danielslee Clear Marketing Communications Chi & Partners, London, UK Advertising Agency: BDDP Unlimited, Paris, France Advertising Agency: Neogama BBH, Brazil Advertising Agency: Draftfcb Kobza, Wien, Austria Advertising Agency: CHI&Partners, London, UK Voici une sélection de publicités créatives et intelligentes anti-tabac …
46 Sample Party Invitations and Announcements by admin | June 2, 2010 | Design As an invited guest, you may have felt that buzz of excitement when you were given a beautifully prepared card invite, or saw a high-impact poster announcing a big bash or event. When it’s your turn to make your intended guests feel that way for your party, you may need to get a lot of inspiration to get the idea that makes your invites click. No need to look far though, because you can get a whole lot of inspiration right here with this large collection of creatively designed party invitations and announcements! Take notes on how these designs work and what elements they use so you can apply those insights when creating your own invite designs. Sit back, scroll down and enjoy the ride! Disclaimer: The images on this page are not owned by UPrinting and are used solely as design examples. If you feel that we’ve missed any excellent examples of party invites or announcements that you know of, please share them with everyone in the comments! Leave a Comment
How to Design the Perfect Business Card In this post, we’ll discuss how a thoughtful, well-designed business card can help your company give a good first impression and send the right message. We’ll look at elements to include in your design and the different approaches to take. We often hear of the importance of first impressions in both our professional and personal lives. In business, the first impression we make on potential clients and other professionals can affect how much business we get. Also, we tend to forget that first impressions often begin with a business card. Blink Airbrushing Business Card by Katerina Vourgos Business cards convey the potential of all branded professionals-especially designers-and you should remember that when designing them. Personal Identity Package by Jordan Puopolo Now, what does that mean exactly: the “perfect” design? The Professional To convey that you are a super professional, your business card should have a sharp, clean, minimal design. Dreamten Studios Card by Phillip Lester The Wise