Category: Inspiration
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The Future of the Book. As seen by IDEO
The Future of the Book. from IDEO on Vimeo. via @standardistas
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Frank Chimero: Anonymous asked: What advice would you give to a graphic design student?
If you meet a person who cares about the same obscure things you do, hold on to them for dear life. Sympathy is medicine. Seeking advice is addicting and can become a proxy for action. Giving it can also be addicting in a potentially pretentious, soul-rotting sort of way, and can replace experimenting because you…
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Dieter Rams, Ten principles for good design
Good design is innovative. Good design makes a product useful. Good design is aesthetic. Good design makes a product understandable. Good design is unobtrusive. Good design is honest. Good design is long-lasting. Good design is thorough down to the last detail. Good design is environmentally friendly. Good design is as little design as possible.
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Michael Bierut: 5 Secrets from 86 Notebooks
Renowned graphic designer Michael Bierut claims that he’s not creative. Instead, he likens his job to that of a doctor who tends to patients – “the sicker, the better.” Digging into the 86 notebooks he’s kept over the course of his career, Bierut walks us through 5 projects – from original conception to final execution…
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Sensology by Michel Gagné — Another really beautiful animation.
This piece of work reminds me of a conversation I had with Michel late one evening in Burbank about 15 years ago.
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Stefan Sagmeister: The power of time off
Understanding the value of time off. The two week break is effectively useless, getting your head out of work and being happy with letting go takes the first week, followed by a couple of days of blissful relaxation before three days of anxiety about what will need to be done before getting back to work. I have…
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The Third & The Seventh
The Third & The Seventh from Alex Roman on Vimeo. .Fullscreen it, please. A FULL-CG animated piece that tries to illustrate architecture art across a photographic point of view where main subjects are already-built spaces. Sometimes in an abstract way. Sometimes surreal. http://www.thirdseventh.com/ via @chockenberry
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Inspiration: 60+ Vintage Automobile Ads | Psdtuts+
A really nice compilation of 60+ Vintage Automobile Ads | Psdtuts+ I was going to right an essay on how we have become so risk averse when it comes to typography and design. How the over emphasis on tools has moved is away from the craftsmanship of good typography, illustration and design. Then I read…
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KUSTAA SAKSI
Kustaa Saksi - Pretty Cool People Interviews from SubmarineChannel on Vimeo. Having stared at the interweb for about six weeks wondering if there could possibly be something new out there of interest, I came across this picture in my flickr contacts which contained a magic link to Pretty Cool People interviews. Wow I have been…