October 2006 Archives
Adrian Shaughnessy explains why illustration and graphic design are growing farther and farther apart.
Illustration Today: A Symposium on the State of the Art will be held on November 11, 2006, in The New School's Tishman Auditorium in NYC. The day-long symposium will bring together three generations of illustrators, animators, toy designers, writers, artists and producers.
Some of the most creative ads you'll ever see from around the world ...
Understanding color in 3-D form is key to its practical application. Designers and professors John T. Drew and Sarah Meyer explain in "Color Legibility: Designing With Warm and Cool Colors".
The results are predictable when packaging for a brand of cleanser more than resembles the packaging for a popular sports drink.
Bryony, over at SpeakUp, points to blogger Cameron Moll's AuthenticJobs.com, "a targeted destination for standards-aware designers and developers and the companies seeking to hire them."
Some colors are practically synonymous with a brand. You hear the word UPS and the color brown immediately pops to mind. The same holds true for Target and red. A few colors even take on almost magical qualities. So why do some shades form a strong connection with consumers? Michelle Taute explains.
Can you create a Halloween-themed image using supplied stock photos? Enter this month's graphics.com Photos.com Challenge for a chance to win a 3-month subscription to Photos.com.
After the usual hurdles and hiccups, graphics.com's redesign is finally complete, and I'd first like to thank everyone who was involved in this project. So, thanks to all the editors, designers, and developers who worked very hard to make this happen.
The challenge with this particular redesign had to do with the dual role of the site. Graphics.com is its own site with its own audience within the graphics.com network. At the same time, it's the flagship site for the whole graphics.com network. So, we had to figure out a way for the site to retain its own identity and feature its own content, while making sure it functions as a gateway to the other graphics.com network communities.
I'd like to share with you a few of the changes we've made to help achieve this goal.
