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Aug 05 2010 Reinventing the wheel is rarely a good idea, and this is especially true when it comes to creative activities such as design. The less time you spend on tedious tasks, the more time you have for expressing your ideas and being original. Fortunatel,y the design community is very generous in this regard, huge amounts of resources are freely available online, from simple design templates to complex illustrations. This collection brings you 80+ amazing customizable PSD files to help you out with your future projects, either by directly applying them in your designs or just for learning purposes. While most of these files can be used for most of your projects, as with any freebie, make sure you read the description about the usage or contact the author if it’s not clear. Icons, buttons & badges Glass Video Playback Buttons via Birofunk Windows buttons PSD via Vicing PSDFox via Vathanx Free Button Pack via Celerayted Aero Avatar and SIG via FastNFurious Twitter Icons .PSD via JuliusX

20 creative guerilla marketing campaigns We are so overwhelmed with advertising everywhere that it becomes hard for creative agencies to make ads that stand out. Guerilla advertising is a great way to make unusual, surrealistic visuals and situations that passers by will remember. Here is a selection. 1. The bench that turns you into a walking advertisement if you are wearing short shorts. 2. Pretty clever, the urinal that stands out. 3. Seen in New York, how would you not go grab a coffee there? 4. I would be curious to know how many people actually notice this ad. 5. Enter the shark, a cool optical illusion for this National Geographic ad on a bus. 6. Cool idea to promote the movie “The day after tomorrow”, it gives the illusion that NYC has been submerged by the waters. 7. Feels good not to be in the same category as the big boys. 8. Small but poweful, I think the message just got across the bridge. 9. Unmissable ad, I’m sure all the bowlers that went there remembered it. 10. 3M security glass 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17.

the INTERESTING thoughts of EDWARD MONKTON™ Imaginative Package Designs - Design Imaginative Package Designs Packaging is a very important marketing strategy to glamorize a product in order to attract the consumer's attention. Often however, packaging can be neglected by business. Here I have compiled a selection of beautiful packaging designs, some conceptual and some that made it to the shelves but all great examples of the designer going the extra mile to ensure that all important first impression is a positive one. Enjoyed This? Black Mirror / rorriM kcalB