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Sometimes brilliance hits us in the middle of the night (or early evening in my case). Yesterday I had the brilliant idea of  creating a new social voting site where designers could vote on their favorite Graphic & Web Design articles. Since i’m obsessed with little cheese eating creatures (also known as mice) I thought I’d give the site a mouse theme.

So here it is guys. Click the link and go try it out. Submit your articles and let me know what you think!

Design Squeak: http://design-squeak.com

*note i’m just poking fun at Designmoo. I had a random idea last night and decided to run with it. In all seriousness it was nice to do something completely unplanned and fun in the realm of design. I forget that design can be fun. So go ahead…give yourself an hour and make something instead of browsing blogs for ‘inspiration’. THE END

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In this quick tip I show you how to make a simple gear illustration using the transform tool. Let me know if you have any requests for quick tips!

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I asked my twitter friends a simple question a few weeks ago: Who inspires you? At the time I was working on a project and wasnt feeling that creative. Thanks to everyone who submitted answers for this post! I hope you enjoy the work of these 17.5 inspiring designers!

Also follow me on twitter (@nikibrown) to stay tuned and participate in future posts like this!

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It all started out with a harmless tutorial made by another designer. Which then prompted me to tweet this. I know I tend to rant about things on twitter from time to time, but I think I hit a nerve here. Some of the tutorials I have seen lately have been reducing design to a step by step ‘process’ that removes creative thought and problem solving.

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In this quick tip I show you how to use the pathfinder tools to draw shapes…and even a donut! As always – leave a comment and let me know what you think! And don’t forget to subscribe via iTunes.

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I spent a semester abroad in Rome, Italy when I was in school. While I was there (studying very…very hard) I took a trip to Zurich where I visited a poster museum. Much to my surprise the exhibit was displaying Italian poster design from Milano. Check the pics I took and keep in mind that these were all designed before Illustrator of InDesign were invented!!!!

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