Design Heroes

Pencil Pushing

Come and push pencils with us. We are all about daily inspiration of all things illustration. We pretty much reckon that all the illustrators showcased must have a super power to be able to create such great artwork.

22 Feb 10
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The Measure of Type

"Typographic measurements are used nowhere else. How we came to have them is interesting, but the main point here is how to take maximum advantage of them."

  • article
  • graphic design
  • typography
  • guide
  • print design
17 Feb 10
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BBC - Global Visual Language 2.0

"About 2 years ago, after printing out the site onto what has now become jokingly known as the 'Wall of Shame' we decided to embark on an ambitious project, called Global Visual Language 2.0, with the aim of unifying the visual and interaction design of bbc.co.uk and the mobile website."

  • article
  • graphic design
  • web design
  • ideas
  • branding
  • digital
  • interactive
  • clients
  • agency
17 Feb 10
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Ampersands for Haiti

"The Society of Typographic Aficionados (SOTA) have recently announced their latest Font Aid benefit project. Working under the theme ‘Coming Together,’ hundreds of type designers have contributed an ampersand for a special benefit font, currently under development. All proceeds from the collaborative font will help Doctors Without Borders in their relief efforts following the recent disaster in Haiti."

  • article
  • graphic design
  • typography
  • inspiration
15 Feb 10
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A Nails Life

A great series of creative photos from Vlad Artazov, a Czech photographer. 

14 Feb 10
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Vanity Barcodes

Vanity Barcodes brings suprising and delightful creativity into a once purely functional part of packaging.

  • portfolio
  • graphic design
  • illustration
  • branding
  • product design
  • agency
10 Feb 10
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Flaunt

Flaunt (subtitled "Designing effective, compelling and memorable portfolios of creative work") is a book from Under Construction authors Bryony Gomez-Palacio and Armin Vit. "Through more than forty case studies, nearly twenty interviews with experienced professionals, and a series of (nonscientific) surveys, Flaunt is a resource for design students as well as young, experienced, freelance, and independent designers."

10 Feb 10
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app.itize.us

"app.itize.us is a painstakingly curated presentation of the best of the best designed iPhone apps that are available via the app store (for free or paid)."

10 Feb 10
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All RGB

The objective of allRGB is simple: To create images with one pixel for every rgb-color (16777216 to be exact); not one color missing, and not one color twice.

09 Feb 10
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