Archive for August, 2008
Friday, August 22nd, 2008
Designers That Inspire: Marian Bantjes
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I’ve been meaning to write a blog post on her work for a while, but just couldn’t remember how to spell her last name! Marian Bantjes work is quite amazing and inspiring. She does alot of amazing illustrative lettering.
1 Comment » - Posted in Graphic Design, Web 2.OH, design, illustration, type by Niki Brown
Thursday, August 21st, 2008
No iPhone For Me, But a PSD Template Will Do!
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Found links to this on a couple of blogs (swissmiss, design notes). Lots of little interface things organized on layers and folders (which i cropped out.) Pretty easy to stick any image in there and make it look like its really on the screen! Totally free and available here: www.teehanlax.com/blog/?p=447
2 Comments » - Posted in All Things Apple, Free, Graphic Design, Web 2.OH, design, illustration, industrial design by Niki Brown
Thursday, August 21st, 2008
Crowd Sourcing: How Will This Affect The Design Industry?
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NPR had an article on their website this morning about crowd sourcing, which made me write this rant.
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Crowdsourcing is an interesting concept, and probably a very alluring one to business people. The jist of it is that you put a request or an idea out there and ask [...]
5 Comments » - Posted in Graphic Design, Web 2.OH, Web Design, design, design ethics by Niki Brown
Wednesday, August 20th, 2008
Free Font: FF Chambers Sans Italic
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New free font of the month at font shop. Click here to download.
Comments Off - Posted in Graphic Design, Web 2.OH, funny, illustration, type by Niki Brown
Tuesday, August 19th, 2008
Pimp Your Bike
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Bikers seem to be everywhere in the Boston area. In my neighborhood alone there are several sweet looking bike shops with bikes that make my heart flutter. For now, ill have to stick with my modest walmart mountian bike, but that does not mean that I can’t look cool while [...]
2 Comments » - Posted in Boston, Web 2.OH, funny, industrial design by Niki Brown
Monday, August 18th, 2008
4 Interesting Things To Do In A Job Interview
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I had a job interview last week which I feel went well, but I did some strange things due to nervousness. I thought I would blog about the funny things I did in order to make me feel better! (pictured to the right: me, doing the heisman with my portfolio)
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