April 2007 Archives
The AbleStock.com Design Brief at graphics.com
With the supplied images, create a design based on the (hypothetical) monthly design brief. Each month three winners will receive three months access to Ablestock.com.
Stockxpert Monthly Image Contests
Open to all contributors, upload your photos, illustrations, or 3D renderings that communicate the monthly theme. First place winner will receive 80 GB iPod. Second place winner will receive a 30 GB iPod. Third place winner will receive a copy of CorelDRAW X3 Graphics Suite.
Jupiterimages' Volkswagon Eos Giveaway
Tell JI your story that illustrates the theme "Life Is Tough" for a chance to win a brand new Volkswagon Eos.
Dynamic Graphics Magazine's Re:Design Contest
Submit examples of your own before and after projects for a chance to appear in Dynamic Graphics' December/January 2008 issue. One grand prize winner will receive a one-year subscription of multimedia resolution images to JupiterImages Unlimited.
Good luck!
It's always a treat to discover unique businesses people create out of their passions. In the following case, a couple's love of design, art, and the environment has kept over 15 tons of vinyl out of landfills.
The Spring 2007 issue of Subaru's Drive magazine spotlights Subaru owners Nora and Nicolas Weiser of Denver, CO. The couple is founder of BetterWall, a company that rescues and sells museum exhibit street banners.
At no cost to the museums, the Weisers take exhibit banners and sell them to the public. A portion of the revenue then goes back to the museums from where the banners came.
And who buys these banners? According to Nicolas in the article, people use these banners as display pieces in the their homes.
You can read the full story at Subaru's Drive magazine website.
As most of you know by now I've moved over to the images side of the business doing community development for our micropayment stock site, Stockxpert.com.
This week Stockxpert exhibited at its first tradeshow—Photoshop World in Boston. This was also my first time as an exhibitor, and what a great experience it was!
