Archive for October, 2007

Logo Design Tip – Keep it Simple

When designing a logo it is important to make sure that the logo can function in multiple environments. This means that your logo design should still look good when its very small or very large. Sometimes we forget this because we get so caught up in the design process. Now I’m not saying complicated and detailed logos are forbidden, there is just a time and a place for certain types of designs.

Need Some Logo Design Inspiration?

BuzzShout has a large collection of logo designs on its site from companies that have submitted their information. Its a pretty nice place to go if you are looking to get your creative juices flowing for identity design. They currently have over two thousand mostly web 2.0 style logos in their library!

Logo Design Inspiration BuzzShout

10 Awe-Inspiring Interactive Websites

We have scoured the web for 10 of the best flash websites we could find. We hope you find these flash websites as inspiring as we did!

Web 2.0 Badge Generator

With the new age of web 2.0 websites also comes a new wave of improved graphic generator sites. Most free graphics and button generator sites I have seen seem like they haven’t been updated in years so its nice to see some new quality generator sites. I find this one especially useful. It lets you easily create good looking and effective web 2.0 badges to use on your website.

Product Spotlight – Behance Action Pad Mini

The Action Pad Mini was designed by the Behance Network team especially for business-minded creative professionals.

Amir Fallah Interview

Hello Mr. Fallah, thanks for taking the time to speak with us. To start, may you please tell us a little about yourself and what you do?

I’m the founder and Creative Director of Beautiful/Decay magazine and Apparel. I also exhibit my personal art work and occasionally undertake freelance design jobs.

Resource Spotlight – Flashloaded

So I was checking out the website Flashloaded.com which is a website that offers a bunch of different flash related products such as flash components, flash website templates, flash movies, video loops and more and I came across a specific flash component that really caught my eye.

Starting a Free Ephemera Collection

Ephemera is a term used to describe every day printed items such as flyers, pamphlets, business cards, ticket stubs, magazines and anything of that nature. At first I would just look for inspiration online, but I soon realized having physical items to look at is so much better, especially for ephemera such as Print Business Cards. It truly helps to be able to feel the texture and weight of the paper and really examine how the ephemera was printed.

An Untapped Market

If you browse the Internet as much as me you probably have come across a standard sales letter website. These websites are usually long one page sites that try to sell you an Ebook or a piece of software. They list endless reasons why you should buy their product and usually provide customer testimonials.

Graphic Design Portfolio – Steve Rura

Steve Rura is a multi-talented designer from Brooklyn, New York. He graduated from Cooper Union in 2002 and since then has been freelancing and working for various companies as a graphic designer.

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