Jul 14
32 comments 2008 at 11.33 am posted by Veerle
We continue the exploration of the offline world in search for that spark of inspiration. This time we are going to look at magazines. There are all sorts of them out there and some are better than others. I’ve tried to come up with an interesting mix of styles and topics to keep it diverse.
Jun 30
29 comments 2008 at 03.01 pm posted by Veerle
We continue the inspiration series with some very cool poster designs. The reason I started these series is to show that there is so much more out there to jump start the inspiration process. You don’t need the website galleries all the time. For me it is a good thing to browse around in the *offline* world as well. It’s a bit of glimpse into my bookmark library.
Jun 10
36 comments 2008 at 01.29 pm posted by Veerle
Everybody has an opinion and tastes differ. That’s why you can’t create a design that everyone will like. Also, and this is what my article of today is about, there is a world of difference between designing for a personal project for instance your own blog, or designing for a client project. The final result may not always be as you would have prefered because there is the client’s wish. In the end you might even agree with certain critique that people have on the design of a project…
May 27
41 comments 2008 at 05.27 pm posted by Veerle
With regular intervals I get e-mails from people that want my advice on inspiration and if I have any tricks to help them. The truth is that I don’t possess any secret that works every time when I am in need of inspiration. The thing is that inspiration is a difficult item to put in words as it mostly doesn’t behave rationally. For example in all these years that I’ve been designing I never had the same item twice as an inspiration source.
Apr 18
0 comments 2008 at 09.39 am posted by Veerle
It’s not that easy these days to find talented people and our partner site Authentic Jobs has been helping in that area since 2005. Recently Dan Cederholm from Simplebits and Tina from Swissmiss and The Big Noob joined our little network too. All places that are visited by standards aware designers and developers and add value to the network.
Feb 22
84 comments 2008 at 11.47 am posted by Veerle
The moment of truth is finally here! I’m ready to announce who is in for a prize. This wasn’t easy, as you’ve seen in my previous post there are a lot of great entries in this pool. I’ve picked a bunch of favorites let them rest for a bit and came back to them and made my final decision.
Feb 20
37 comments 2008 at 11.53 am posted by Veerle
What a remarkable journey it has been! The What is Graphic Design poster competition by far surpassed anything that I had in mind. So many people entered and I really wish I could reward everybody. It’s unbelievable how many people have been using the creative parts of their brain. That was my intention from the get go.
Feb 18
39 comments 2008 at 10.42 am posted by Veerle
It’s big, it’s heavy (3KG) and it’s yellow, what is it? It’s FontShop’s FontBook, an invaluable reference tool. I’m not 100% sure but I think it’s the largest type reference in the world. This is the 4th edition since it was first published in 1991. The FontBook 2006 edition was edited by Erik Spiekermann, Jürgen Siebert and Mai-Linh Thi Truong and it replaced the 1998 edition. I had the pleasure to ask a few things about it to Yves Peters from FontShop.be.
Feb 13
24 comments 2008 at 11.06 am posted by Veerle
Sometimes it’s needed to go look in odd places to find inspiration. Take patterns for example, often used for backgrounds etc. There is a bit of a trend in interior design at the moment with the revival of the vintage wallpaper backgrounds from the sixties & seventies.
Feb 06
437 comments 2008 at 01.47 pm posted by Veerle
Are you ready for some creativity? I hope you are because it’s finally time for my previously announced What is Graphic Design Poster Competition. Sharpen your pencils and let those creative juices boil until you come up with a unique concept. I’ve waited a bit longer to start this as I got a few requests from people that are off skiing this week and wanted to join. Now you can submit your poster untill February 15th.
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