Another year, another Adobe CS iteration. CS6 further revises the visual brand that has developed over the last few versions of the Creative Suite. While the success of the end result is debatable, their thorough writeup on the design process is always an interesting read.

Another year, another Adobe CS iteration. CS6 further revises the visual brand that has developed over the last few versions of the Creative Suite. While the success of the end result is debatable, their thorough writeup on the design process is always an interesting read.

May 21, 2012     CONTRIBUTOR      TAGS  branding  design  adobe  cs6  process  
Lovely weather app concept by Thorsten Beeck. Posted on Dribbble as a rebound to another really nice concept. 

Lovely weather app concept by Thorsten Beeck. Posted on Dribbble as a rebound to another really nice concept. 

May 16, 2012     CONTRIBUTOR      TAGS  design  app  mobile  weather  blue  iphone  concept  ui  

Pigmentpol branding by Feld and Atmo Design. Read more here. (via acd05) 

May 15, 2012     CONTRIBUTOR      TAGS  branding  design  video  color  german  
 ”City of Melbourne asked Landor to develop a cohesive brand strategy and new identity system. The challenge was to reflect City of Melbourne’s cool sophistication on the world stage, capture the passion of its people, and provide the city with a unified, flexible, and future-focused image. The new identity needed to overcome political complexities, improve the cost-effectiveness of managing the brand, and unite the disparate range of entities (including the council, City of Melbourne’s destination brand, and an ever-growing portfolio of different initiatives, programs, services, events, and activities).” - Behance

 ”City of Melbourne asked Landor to develop a cohesive brand strategy and new identity system. The challenge was to reflect City of Melbourne’s cool sophistication on the world stage, capture the passion of its people, and provide the city with a unified, flexible, and future-focused image. The new identity needed to overcome political complexities, improve the cost-effectiveness of managing the brand, and unite the disparate range of entities (including the council, City of Melbourne’s destination brand, and an ever-growing portfolio of different initiatives, programs, services, events, and activities).” - Behance

May 14, 2012     CONTRIBUTOR      TAGS  Branding  Melbourne  city  identity  Typography  design  
“To get something new done you have to be stubborn and focused, to the point that others might find unreasonable.”

— Jeff Bezos

(Source: swiss-miss.com, via maxistentialist)



April 16, 2012     CONTRIBUTOR      TAGS  design  quote  bezos  amazon  

Boarding Pass/FAIL

“This all started on a recent flight aboard a Delta Airlines plane. I was heading back from New York where I had met up with fellow designer Dustin Curtis. If you are not aware of Dustin’s take on American Airlines, go read this. Anyway, I was inspired by Dustin and his attitude towards shittily designed things, to say the least. I was bored so I started rummaging through my stuff trying to find something to read when I grabbed my boarding pass. So I stared at it for a while. Rubbed my eyes, then stared at it some more. It was like someone put on a blindfold, drank a fifth of whiskey, spun around 100 times, got kicked in the face by a mule (the person who designed this definitely has a mule living with them inside their house) and then just started puking numbers and letters onto the boarding pass at random (yes, I realize that a human didn’t lay this out, if a human had, judging by the train-wreck of design, they would have surely used papyrus). There was nothing given size or color importance over anything else, it was a mess. “ 

Read More by going to his site. Well done and thoughtful…

(Source: passfail.squarespace.com)

April 12, 2012     CONTRIBUTOR      TAGS  design  Typography  
Pat LaFrieda’s Big App For Meat is an iPad app developed by Pat LaFrieda and production company Zero Point Zero. They call it the “definitive butcher’s guide to every cut of meat”. Love the textures, colours and overall style.

Pat LaFrieda’s Big App For Meat is an iPad app developed by Pat LaFrieda and production company Zero Point Zero. They call it the “definitive butcher’s guide to every cut of meat”. Love the textures, colours and overall style.

February 1, 2012     CONTRIBUTOR      TAGS  design  app  ipad  tablet  meat  cooking  food  
The Hello app by Evernote. A quick and pretty way to add bare-bones contact info to your phone. They suggest handing over your phone to someone you’ve just met and getting them to fill out the profile. The app also pulls in events from your calendar. 

The Hello app by Evernote. A quick and pretty way to add bare-bones contact info to your phone. They suggest handing over your phone to someone you’ve just met and getting them to fill out the profile. The app also pulls in events from your calendar. 

February 1, 2012     CONTRIBUTOR      TAGS  design  mobile  ui  evernote  iphone  app  

Clear for iPhone. Coming soon. Super simple. Fun. Colourful. Gesture-based. Designed and built by Realmac Software, Milen.me and Impending. Love it.

January 26, 2012     CONTRIBUTOR      TAGS  design  app  ui  iphone  mobile  motion  video  gesture  

StrongStuff is the website and portfolio of Tom Whalen, who creates gorgeous vector illustrations. He’s designed many movies posters that I wish would have been the official posters for all of these films. I plan on referencing these in the future for icon inspiration.

January 25, 2012     CONTRIBUTOR      TAGS  vector  illustration  movie  poster  design