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Sherlock Holmes – Opening Closing credits design

admin — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 09:48:49 +0000

If you haven’t seen Sherlock Holmes yet the best thing for me about the film (including the CGI shots of London) is the opening and closing title sequence. It a master piece of illustration and design. Read more about how it was done and by who here – Sherlock Holmes opening title sequence.

Creative Blogs- Reading this month

admin — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 13:28:42 +0000

Some creative blogs I’m reading this month -

www.collectivesunited.com

www.whatcreative.co.uk/blog/

CSS Grids

admin — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 07:33:46 +0000

Using CSS for design and layout is a must for todays designers. Here are a few links to Grid layouts and CSS generators to get you started and saving you time when building a new site.

www.gridsystemgenerator.com

www.1kbgrid.com

www.pagecolumn.com

kematzy.com/blueprint-generator

netprotozo.com/grid/

www.designbygrid.com

www.spry-soft.com

I Love Typography

admin — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 08:17:44 +0000

As a designer there’s something I love about typography – which leads me to this site which is a daily read in my rss reader.

http://ilovetypography.com/

More typography here – http://new.typographica.org/2009/features/our-favorite-typefaces-of-2008/

marshall alexander

admin — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 13:44:56 +0000

Looking for something different to use that shiny printer for, then why not download these PDF creations and get the glue and scissors out!

http://marshallalexander.net

Hyperakt Group – typography

admin — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 15:06:16 +0000

I was looking around for typography inspiration not for a brochure but just for a fun web project. I came across Hyperakt Group, a design agency with some varied and interesting work.

I love this project for North Star Fund, excellent use of typography, colours and design.

Hyperakt has been charged with unifying and strengthening North Star’s branded materials. Each new North Star piece, beginning with their 2007 Annual Report, conceptually conveys the organization’s inspiring devotion to civil rights. The “Tools for Democracy” report includes typographic illustrations made from the ingredients necessary to build and maintain a democratic society. From front to back, the themes of freedom, justice, truth and unity are highlighted, bringing the organization’s strength and character into sharp focus.

Why not check out there site for more great work. Hyperakt

Kyan – Creative web design and development

admin — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 08:57:36 +0000

Well produced website and some great work from this agency. I especially like the work they have created for BoxWish, great colours and some nice fonts used throughout the design. Great use of CSS make this site accessible to all.

Some of their recent work, love the use of colour on BoxWish.

www.kyanmedia.com

Get Sign Off – online proofing tool

admin — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 10:11:18 +0000

Got my invite to a new service called Get Sign Off. It’s essentially a proofing tool that a client or team can then view and comment on. You can overlay notes and edits directly on the designs or documents (although only gif, png or jpeg can be used). You can follow these conversations via RSS or email.

I really like the simplicity of the service, it’s easy to set-up users from your team then create logins for clients to come in and add there comments and requests.

The one thing I have found is to delete a client you have to delete the entire project which is rather weird considering clients and there teams can change.

Other than that I can’t fault it, simple and easy to use. Get sign off is invite only at the moment, and once you do get an invite you don’t get any to share, so why not sign up!

www.getsignoff.com

TypeChart – view web fonts

admin — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:24:40 +0000

TYPECHART Let’s you flip through web typography and view the CSS associated with it.

Typechart

Qbrushes – Photoshop brushes

admin — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 13:03:17 +0000

Need some great brushes for photoshop, then take a look at Qbrushes. An excellent resource for all types of photoshop brushes.

Qbrushes.com