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Dynamic Graphics magazine has just launched its 2007 webcast series. These are free, one-hour online seminars on important graphic design topics. Each live webacast is followed by a question-and-answer period. Topics, registration info, and dates and times are available on the DG webcast page.
Think becoming some famous designer means not having to face client rejection anymore? If so, don't tell that to design great Chip Kidd. To Adrian over at BeADesignGroup, this is both encouraging and discouraging.
MyFonts.com has published its Best Fonts from the top ten font design styles of 2006. Winners were chosen based on 2006 sales figures.
Bruce Nussbaum's list of best and not-so-obvious innovation and design books of 2006.
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.
Freelance graphic designers always look for ideas that will help them stand out in a highly competitive market. While some turn to specialization, others have begun to hone their copywriting skills. Graphics.com offers three profiles of individuals who have found success as designers/copywriters.
Rather than letting fear control us, we need to look at how—by taking risks and embracing fear—we can develop our creativity and through design help brands successfully move into the future. Jonathan Ford explains ...
Steve Heller interviews Gary Hustwit about his new film Helvetica, a feature-length documentary about typography, graphic design and global visual culture. The film will debut in 2007 to correspond with the typeface's 50th birthday.
In Britain, nostalgic 30-45 year olds are the driving force behind the return of popular 1970s food products. "'One of the factors which unites a lot of these brands is that they had extremely iconic advertising at the time,' said Tom Blackett, group deputy chairman of the branding consultancy Interbrand."
Michael Blowhard finds overwhelming evidence—online and in print—that tabs have become the next graphic design cliche.
Nature can evoke thoughts of growth, fertility, healing, and harmony. So it’s no wonder that earthy colors, particularly greens, share these connotations. Check out DG's latest color palette: eco-friendly.
Joe Rosenthal, Pulitzer prize-winning photojournalist who captured the flag raising at Iwo Jima, dies at age 94.
The "Graphic Designer" entry on the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Handbook site contains some pretty good statistical information on the nature of the job, job outlook, working conditions, necessary skills, and earnings.
"After 30 years without a major design overhaul, the 51-year-old fast-food giant is adopting a hip new look. The world's largest hamburger chain is redesigning its 30,000 eateries around the globe in a 21st century makeover of unprecedented scale." BusinessWeek provides an overview of what to expect from the new McDonald's.
Once you have all of your applications working in sync, you can save time and money by utilizing your color-managed studio printer as a proofer that rivals more expensive SWOP-certified devices. Rita Amladi shows you how.
STEP inside design is accepting entries for its 2007 Design 100 annual now until October 2, 2006. This year's judges are Stefan G. Bucher, 344 Design LLC, Los Angeles; Bart Crosby, Crosby Associates, Chicago; Robynne Raye, Modern Dog Design, Seattle; James Victore, James Victore Inc., Brooklyn; Armin Vit, Pentagram NY
Chicago Sun-Times reports that Bazooka gum is getting a softer, more multicultural makeover in an effort to gain ground on rivals Hubba Bubba and Bubblicious.
Lack of authenticity is a favorite issue among design critics, but when it comes to the design of the new Colorado state quarter, authenticity is a definite "no no".
For the small design business and freelancer, press releases are a great way to toot one’s horn, stay in the industry limelight, and tell existing and potential clients something you want them to know. Author/designer Kevin Potts offers some advice on press release writing for designers.
Design department heads from companies including Rand McNally and Martha Stewart share their winning makeover strategies.
Wall Street Journal article about more and more professionals who are willing to pay a premium (as much as $5.00 a card) for high-end, eccentric business cards to help them stand out in the crowd. Materials include everything from silk to rubber to metal to real wood with sizes as large as license plates.
BusinessWeek's Reena Jana interviews Phaidon editorial director Emilia Terragni about what makes a design classic. Phaidon recently published Phaidon Design Classics, a three-volume book that features 999 classic designs from the 1600s to the present.
When you perform freelance services for a design firm, you should negotiate and sign an independent contractor agreement. Shel Perkins offers a glimpse at what to expect when faced with one of these documents.
"Starting from childhood attempts at illustration, the protagonist pursues his true obsession to art school. But as he learns how the art world really works, he finds that he must adapt his vision to the reality that confronts him." - Art School Confidential (2006), IMDB
Don't get stuck in the past. Check out STEP's highly anticipated Design Trends 2006 report.
Michael Blowhard explores the book publishing industry's fascination with using bits and pieces of girls on upscale book jackets.
More and more business schools are focusing on creativity and innovation. BusinessWeek examines the techniques some schools are using to push students to think outside the box. Cartoon storyboard drawing, anyone?
Long used to dealing with CMYK, artists are now faced with varied output options. Rita Amladi shows how to cope with various file sources, color modes, and output options while maintaining control of your color throughout an all-RGB workflow.
About a month ago, word circulated across the Net of an online video that parodied iPod packaging as if it were redesigned by Microsoft. The video showed each phase of the redesign until the formerly clean and minimalistic box became a six-sided poster board for every gaudy attention-grabbing "design" trick in the book.
To say the least, it gave some designers a good laugh and more reason to mock Microsoft's design sense. It turns out, however, the joke's on us. The iPod Observer confirmed Tuesday that the creators of the video were in fact Microsoft!
