Infographic Of The Day: How Our Students Stack Up Against The World | Co. Design If you only judged by the alarmist newspaper headlines, you’d think American education was on the brink of a nuclear holocaust. But this infographic by Column Five Media offers a more nuanced (if still incomplete) picture. The Pulse of Education Around The World, for the education materials company Course Hero, shows global educational trends, including how the United States measures up against similar countries. The big takeaway: Americans are, well, average. Compared with 15-year-olds in 33 other nations, students in the states rank 14th in reading, 17th in science, and 25th in math, according to 2010 data for the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), a worldwide scholastic aptitude exam. Clouds seem to gather over the U.S., though, when you look at how education has developed around the world over time. The problem with that interpretation, though, is that these figures don’t tell us anything about the quality of the education.
Cool Infographics - Blog NFL Next 10 | NFL symposium lalie Tompkins County Friends of the Library :: Home 365 awesome designers Ladies and gentlemen, Ron Artest becomes Metta World Peace! Amid labor discord that threatens to delay, if not wipe out, the NBA season, there is suddenly World Peace. He is 6 feet 7, wears No. 15 for the Lakers and once participated in the infamous "Palace Brawl." Anyone now making his acquaintance will be meeting Metta World Peace. The most ballyhooed name change of the year became official Friday morning when a Los Angeles Superior Court judge commissioner approved Ron Artest's request to be called something else. According to World Peace's publicist, Courtney Barnes, the Lakers forward had been contemplating the switch for years but "it took years of research and soul-searching to find a first name that was both personally meaningful and inspirational." Artest -- er, World Peace -- had hoped to adopt the new moniker last month but was rebuffed because of an outstanding traffic ticket. And it may be spreading fast. Ron Artest's daughter embracing World Peace Concerns about Ron Artest's distractions miss the point -- Ben Bolch
Magazine webdesign et blog collaboratif - Blog Du Webdesign What do you get after working at Nintendo for 20 years? - Shareables 19 September '11, 10:18pm Follow Ever since we spent afternoons flipping through Nintendo Power and weekends watching and re-watching The Wizard, we’ve imagined that working at Nintendo must be awesome. I mean, who wouldn’t want a bronze Mario statue hanging out on the mantle? The man, Jerry Danson, has worked at Nintendo since 1991, making this is 20th year. Yeah, excuse us, we’re going to be searching for one of these on eBay.
Newsletter Design: 50+ Great Examples A good newsletter campaign can be a great way to inform your subscribers of all your company’s latest news, products and specials. In this post you will see some great examples of newsletter designs from various online companies. If you’re in need of some design inspiration, this post just might do the job. Want more articles on Email Newsletter Design ? Email Newsletter Templates: 40 Hand Picked Premium Designs Email Newsletter: 7 Useful Tips For Creating Attractive And Effective Designs Email Newsletter: Collection Of Inspirational Designs Mailbakery Email Newsletter Coding Service envato EVE online Coach BioShock teamworX filemaker iconinc Heroes Over Europe California Walnuts Anno 1404 Apple Seedcorn Competition JUXT Interactive belladomicile lecool eroi Crate and Barrel Letone citrineny virtuosa tartgraf apple iphone thelomographer Sandals Vexio Fifty Coins Restaurant percept welove72 Apple College fontshop aston workshop Sephora Apple nano pink sherbet designs remixcreative Carpe Diem Authentic Jobs virb typetec
Then and Now: The Evolution of Cereal Mascots Today we’re going to have some good old nostalgic fun and take a walk through cereal box history to look at some beloved characters that have been with most of us since we could chew. Keep reading to see what your favorite cereal box mascot looked like years ago versus today! Why Cereal? Why the heck are you reading about cereal boxes on a design blog? When I was a kid, I used to mostly play the games on the back and compare the nutritional information with the cereals my brothers were eating (the higher numbers always win). As a designer, understanding generational trends is an important skill and cereal boxes provide an excellent study in retro illustration styles. Then the next time a client asks you for a retro design, I guarantee you’ll find yourself thinking about Tony the Tiger or Cap’n Crunch! Tony the Tiger They’rrrre great! image source As you can see, Tony (or perhaps this shows Tony Jr?) Just look at that guy! There are definitely some other trends as well. Toucan Sam image source
Grey Remakes Coke's Mean Joe Greene Ad For Downy Unstopables Procter & Gamble won’t be advertising in the Super Bowl this year, but the event has inspired an homage to a classic big game ad. Grey’s “Stinky” for P&G’s Downy Unstopables remakes the “Mean Joe Greene” Coca-Cola spot that aired during Super Bowl XIV in 1980. The player remains the same—retired Pittsburgh Steelers star Greene—but the “kid” is now played by comic actress Amy Sedaris. And rather than air during Sunday’s game, the ad will run during NBC’s pregame show, between 5:30 and 6 p.m. “Stinky” looks and feels like the old ad—down to the hoodie that Sedaris wears and the Steelers jersey over Greene’s right shoulder—but rather than a Coke, Sedaris hands Greene a bottle of Unstopables, a fabric freshener that P&G introduced last year. “No thanks, Mean Joe,” Sedaris says. “Last time I’m doing this,” Greene quips. Grey needed permission from Coke to remake a memorable part of its advertising history. P&G selected Sedaris in part because she’s not a typical spokesperson.