2008 at 06.17 pm posted by Veerle
For our next part in the inspiration series we point our direction towards the big white screen. For long time opening credits where just a boring obligated part. Luckily people start realizing that more was possible in the late 1950s and it became a form of art. There is one graphic designer that made several credits mini movies a work of art and his name is Saul Bass. He is solely responsible for a turning point in the movie credits world. What follows is a small selection of what I found inspiring.
2008 at 01.58 pm posted by Veerle
As someone who has a soft spot for typography in general, it is a rather difficult taks to choose my top 10 favorite typefaces. It feels a bit like shifting through all those nice (600 and more) entries I received for the ‘What is Graphic Design’ poster competition from a while ago. What a tough job that was selecting the winners. So here we go…
2008 at 08.00 am posted by Veerle
Today I would like to share an interesting video (of 4 episodes) about 8 student illustrators and 8 student graphic designers (from the Art Center of Pasadena, California) who designed the magazine spreads in the theme of ”Serious Play” for the Wrap Magazine. The interesting part in these 4 movies is the collaboration between individuals that have a different perception of each other’s job but managed to work together intensely. It’s such a valuable lesson because working together is like a red line throughout a career. This got me thinking about my student days and how different things were back then…
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.
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.
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…
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.
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.
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.
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.
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