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The World Best Designers: Mexico - FrancescoMugnai.com - Graphic The World Best Designers: Mexico on January 31, 2010 This week in World Best Designers – Mexico. Graphic Design 24 Kick Ass Portfolio Designs My Top 24 Favorite Websites (Portfolio Focused) Please keep in mind the focus of this post was not the actual work inside the portfolio (although awesome), it was to show the best portfolio design websites. Many of my choices happened to be one page design portfolios. I always tend to gravitate towards the one-pagers because of the simplicity and easy to follow flow. Pretty DIY Fabric Feathers Dishtowel I am so ready for spring. I would like to go pick flowers and strawberries and to not have to wear a sweater all the time. I’m a big baby when it comes to weather. Usually when I get all anxious for Spring to come, I try and rush things inside a bit by doing all my spring decorating – as soon as Valentine’s Day is over. It’s my own personal Field of Dreams moment – “If you decorate for it, it will come.” Only I don’t do the creepy whisper.

Cartagen: London GSS: geo style sheets Just like CSS for styling web pages, GSS is a specification for designing maps. Adapted for dynamic data sources, GSS can define changing geographic elements, display multiple datasets, and even respond to contextual tags like "condition:poor". Click here to view styles for the above map. Vector web mapping Zeen Design Magazine We've got together with New York architects WORKac to give away five copies of the second edition of 49 Cities, their study into design proposals for utopian metropolises. Edited and published by Storefront for Art and Architecture, the book features an interview with Michael Webb of the Archigram collective and an essay by Sam Jacob of London architects FAT. This competition is now closed.

Fabric Transfer DIY I recently posted a couple of old pictures that my dad took and I really wanted to integrate them into a new project. So I used one picture to try out a fabric transfer project using Gel medium. The picture is of my mom and I wanted to capture the vintage feel of the picture, so I decided to transfer it to the back of a denim shirt. Here's how: Supplies: Shirt/piece of fabric, laser printed image, Gel Medium LOSANGELIST Ethnotek is a brand new start-up founded by Jake Orak. The idea behind the company is simple: use high-quality, functional backpacks and messenger bags as a medium to promote ethnic cultures and artistry. Every Ethnotek bag has a removable main front panel which the company calls THREADS. These THREADS are made from fair-trade acquired textiles, sourced in-person and purchased directly from the artisan or village where they originated. That means each purchase of an Ethnotek bag directly supports artisan weaving communities around the world. It’s hard to pick, but our favorite is the Woven-India 1.

Pixorama September 19 to 26 at Pavillon-M, opening Thursday 19, 6pm. TiliX method applied to a realistic subject (first tests) A selection of Pixorama posters now come in a second smaller size. New at our two shops: eBoy USA/Canada and World How to Dye Clothes with Coffee We all know from unfortunate experience that coffee is great at staining our clothes. Use coffee’s powers for good by turning a hot brew into a natural dye. This can produce all shades of tans and browns. What You’ll Need: A medium-size garment for dying A hot pot of coffee 1 cup of vinegar for soaking animal fibers like wool, cashmere- and nylon. [list of animal fibers] or 1 cup soda ash for pre-soaking plant fibers like cotton, linen, rayon - and silk.

The Best Photoshop Tutorials Thank you for visiting the Vandelay Design Blog! We regularly publish collections of Photoshop tutorials like this one. If you would like to learn Photoshop, please consider subscribing to our feed by RSS or by email so you don’t miss these posts. Many of the most popular posts on this blog are collections of Photoshop tutorials in specific categories. 5 Secret Restaurants in Paris Promise you won’t tell anyone…! 1. L’Etage de Pastavino – Saint Germain’s best-kept secret It just looks like an ordinary Italian deli (épicerie in French) on a bustling market street in Saint Germain … but it’s hiding a secret in a dark corner at the back. Indicated only by two blackboards nearly tucked out of sight, something well-worth discovering is at the top of this winding staircase …

Birch trunks Wall Mural Add a sense of depth to any room with the Birch Trunks wall mural from Eazywallz.com. This wallpaper photo is perfect for anyone who loves nature, and makes any room seem larger. It provides a walk through the woods from anywhere in your house. This wall mural is printed on panels of approximately 24" Wide 25 Killer Websites that Make You Cleverer It’s easy to forget that we have access to a virtually limitless resource of information, i.e. the Internet. For a lot of us, this is even true at our fingertips, thanks to the ubiquity of smartphones and an ever-increasing push for online greatness by tech engineers all over the world. As a result, there are countless websites out there that are geared to make you smarter and more brilliant for either a low or no cost. Here are just 25 killer websites that may just make you more clever than ever before. 1.