A Boarding Pass Design That's So Much Better Than What We Have : All Tech Considered In our "Weekly Innovation" blog series, we explore an interesting idea, design or product that you may not have heard of yet. Do you have an innovation to share? Use this quick form. Airports are probably the closest real-life example of purgatory. hide captionThe way they are now: One of Pete Smart's boarding passes from last month. Pete Smart When rushing around airports, the piece of paper known as a boarding pass is supposed to help get you to Point B. "It was like someone put on a blindfold, drank a fifth of whiskey, spun around 100 times, got kicked in the face by a mule ... and then just started puking numbers and letters onto the boarding pass at random," designer Tyler Thompson wrote of boarding pass design in 2010. Recently, British designer Pete Smart, who made a name for himself with his effort to solve 50 Problems in 50 Days with better human-centered design thinking, was traveling a lot — 14 international flights in two months. hide captionThe better boarding pass design.
Highly Educated, Highly Indebted: The Lives of Today's 27-Year-Olds, In Charts A new study by the Department of Education offers up a statistical picture of young-adult life in the wake of the Great Recession. What are today's young adults really like? For those who've spent too much time gazing into the dark recesses of Thought Catalog or obsessing over "Girls," the Department of Education has a new report that offers up some enlightening answers. In the spring of 2002, the government's researchers began tracking a group of roughly 15,000 high school sophomores—most of whom would be roughly age 27 today—with the intention of following them through early adulthood. Like myself, many of those students graduated college in 2008, just in time to grab a front-row seat for the collapse of Lehman Brothers and the economic gore fest that ensued. (One important note: I've shorthanded this group as "today's 27-year-olds." 1. Ever hear someone say that "a college degree is the new high school diploma"? 2. 3. But school was easier if your mom and dad had money. 4. 5. 6. 7.
More often than not, you get what you pay for An example of the common tabloid response to design work. Irish Water (who spent €50,000,000 on consultants in 2013 — but that’s another story) hires Dublin-based Zero-G to create a new brand identity. The Daily Mail reports the fee as “€20,000 — €5,000 per word.” Photo credit: Laura Hutton, Photocall Ireland The Union of Students in Ireland (USI) gets wind of the story and thinks Irish Water spent too much on the design, then offers an alternative. “We decided to use a cost effective micro-job website to pay an online seller to create a logo for Irish Water. But the alternative turns out to be royalty-free clipart downloaded from a stock website, which if used would inevitably lead to copyright infringement. A five second Google search finds the same icon in another company logo (albeit botched). Fair play to DIT students Emma Grattan and Derek Doyle who wrote an open letter asking the USI to stop belittling the profession they’re studying to enter. Related posts
Wind Map An invisible, ancient source of energy surrounds us—energy that powered the first explorations of the world, and that may be a key to the future. This map shows you the delicate tracery of wind flowing over the US. The wind map is a personal art project, not associated with any company. If the map is missing or seems slow, we recommend the latest Chrome browser. Surface wind data comes from the National Digital Forecast Database. If you're looking for a weather map, or just want more detail on the weather today, see these more traditional maps of temperature and wind.
The 20 best magazine covers of 2013 | Graphic design The art of print design and magazine covers is more important than ever. With cutbacks, iPads, and the internet, it's imperative that art directors, editors, and photographers get their magazine covers right. Thankfully, celebrations such as the D&AD awards continue to support the art of magazine covers. And rightly so; just take a look at our pick of inspiring magazine covers and you could be surprised at the array of talent on offer. Yayoi Kusama is one of the masters of pointillism and a firm favourite here at Creative Bloq. This cover for W magazine features actor George Clooney, with a customised Armarni suit. 02. Creative Director Richard Turley took the reigns for this incredibly impressive Bloomberg Businessweek magazine cover. 03. Arem Duplessis was the design director and Gail Bichler the art director for this brilliant New York Times magazine cover. 04. Art director Brent Rollins worked on this bold and bright magazine cover for Complex magazine's June/July issue. 05. 06. 07.
No Sew, Tee-Shirt Halter #3 I have the exciting opportunity to head to the beach for a couple of days, to relax and soak up a little of that beautiful Florida sunshine. I wanted to do one more halter top to take to wear with my jeans and this is what I came up with. It can be changed in so many ways let's just say this is a 3 in one shirt. Video Tutorial Things You Need. Tee-Shirt~ mine is a mens mediumScissorsChalk Front Cut where the red lines are. The back cut the red lines Back Cut down the middle of the back cut out.. Front after cutting NOTE* you cut one continuous line from the front to the back. Back After cutting now tie the front wrap around your neck and tie to the two straps in the back. If you want to trim off the excess off the straps. I am leaving mine so I can play and change it up some more.. or tie them into a bow. For those of you who need to watch it being made Like me Here is a video just for you:)Click me>VIDEO Just one more way to change up a Tee Shirt.. Happy Monday. Lots of <3,
The Chain Reaction Project The Chain Reaction Project (TCRP) is a non-profit organisation launched in 2009, when four women committed to help change lives in some of the world’s least-developed nations. “TCRP’s mission is to find a cause, and have an effect and from there, grow their initiative by inspiring others to be catalysts for change as well.” The brand identity was created in 2012 by Singapore-based Bravo Company, a design studio founded by Edwin Tan and Janice Teo. It’s an excellent example of how a simple-looking symbol can form part of a much stronger visual identity, and why there’s a lot more value in logos when viewed as part of the bigger picture. The symbol is based on the Chinese character Rén, meaning “people.” Bravo created a series of icons with the symbol for their client’s various causes. The namecard creates its own chain reaction.
No Sew, One Shoulder Shirt. DIY I wanted a one shoulder shirt to wear out Saturday night but I couldn't find one that fit, So I decided to make my own and no sewing required. Tutorial Things you need. Mens Tee- Shirt* I used a Extra large mens Tee-shirt.ScissorsChalk How to determine the size tee-shirt you need Large mens tee-shirt for a small build Extra large mens tee-shirt for a medium build XXL mens tee- shirt for a large build first make a diagonal cut from under one arm to the top collar. and cut off the other sleeve cut the top apart so that you have two pieces This is how I measured for me. I cut off a small piece as shown in the picture... it just fell better on my arm. also cut your shirt up the side to open it up so that you can tie the strips you cut. Now tie your shirt you can adjust it however you like, tighter or more loose. the second tie from the top, you want to tie a small knot at the end.. because this will hang off your shoulder. I love this shirt.. I hope your Tuesday was fantastic! Lots of <3, Anne
Why Don't Online Readers Like Italics? You can see just about anything you want on the Internet, for better or worse, but one thing you don't come across very often is a major news site that's heavy on italics. So it was striking to see the recently restyled New York Times homepage feature large, italicized headlines running down the left side of the page. The change has the effect of pulling the eye back to that column like some lateral gravity. Ian Adelman, director of digital design for the Times, tells Co.Design that the italicized headlines emerged as the best solution to the problem of lending a sense of urgency to the site's major stories. On the old site, headlines were set in Georgia, which was designed for the screen and conveys considerable force in bold. "We didn't have a weight of Chelt that felt like it could carry that lead story spot, so we tried the italics," says Adelman. More recent work identified other marginally negative impacts.
Easy Chocolate Cake Recipe | Fresh Tastes Blog | PBS Food Okay, so maybe I’m exaggerating a bit here. You do need to measure out a handful of ingredients and stir them together, but we’re talking 1 minute tops, between your dark chocolate fantasies and passing a spoonful of this chocolaty cake between your lips. How is this even possible you ask? Through the modern miracle known as the microwave oven of course. Because most mugs are not fully microwave transparent, the cake tends to cook from the top down, giving you a rich velvety chocolate sauce that drizzles down the sides of your cake when it’s unmolded. It’s literally a hot mess and while they may not all come out looking great, what they lack in esthetics, they make up for in taste. Since this cake is flour-less, it’s also gluten-free, which is not only good news for the gluten intolerant, it’s also great for the rest of us, since you don’t have to worry about over-mixing the batter. Making a cake has never been so simple, so there is no reason not to indulge. Ingredients Directions