On the occasion of "Next," the AIGA's Biennial National Design Conference in Denver, Design Observer published a book, The Next Page: Thirty Tables of Contents. Head over to the Design Observer to view the 30 pages as a slide show
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Sitepoint book for free
20May08
Grab your free high resolution PDF copy of “The Photoshop Anthology: 101 Web Design Tips, Tricks & Techniques” for absolutely nothing, no catch, from Sitepoint themselves. Make sure you do it fast, as the clock is ticking. Get your PDF version here.
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Darfur campaign
09May08
Louis Vuitton is upset over the use of their pattern in a Darfur campaign by Nadia Plesner to raise awareness. Click here to read the full post.
30 WWF ADs
09May0830 WWF print ADs from different parts of the world. Some of it is so simple and straight forward that it is just absolutely amazing.
save trees, save wildlife.
where is your home?
Continue reading ‘30 WWF ADs’
30 pics for your creative juice
07May0830 pics to keep you creative juice going when you hit rock bottom and you need that bit of an eye candy to get you back on track.
CANS Festival update
06May08
CANS Festival was absolutely wonderful, a success (judging by the never ending queue) and they definitely have to do it again.
Not to ruin the show for all of you whom didn’t attend it till the very end, we have refused to upload any pictures of the events till now, just to preserve the thrill of the show for you.
Banksy, civilian, Bandit, Vexta and the rest did put up a really nice selection of work, some of their famous ones, some revisited (with a nice twist), and some brand new. They never fall short to impress as they have used all sorts of different mediums to provoke the audience, ranging from garbage cans, shopping baskets, broken cars, trees, mirrors, street signs, to everything imaginable (not exactly but you know what I mean).
Office 2008
02May08
I know, I am late with this review, but I just recently updated to Office 2008, and I wanted to play around before I shared my thoughts with the rest of you.
Ladies and Gentlemen get strapped in as this is the longest post I have ever written.
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Word 2008
Definitely very different to Word 2004 look wise, new main toolbar, with bigger, clearer icons against a plain background. Microsoft has abandoned it’s default Times and Arial fonts in favour of new and nicer- looking typefaces called Calibri and Cambria. Default heading styles use shades of blue to produce a much more elegant, modern look.
The Gallery is the most impresive new element. Click on the button and an array of pre-designed objects appears. Documents Elements are a very interesting idea, Continue reading ‘Office 2008′
sometimes, it just happens
01May08
It seems somehow the government has been a bit less fortunate when it comes to logo design (london olympics, anyone!!). The Office of Government Commerce has assigned FHD with the task of rebranding it, sadly thought the people at FHD forgot to rotate the logo before submitting it. Read the full story here
Moral of story, always make sure you rotate your logo before submitting.
while we’re still at the logo and typo topic, a highly recommend time waster would be this (rather difficult) Font Game, not for the faint hearted typo fanatics.
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3 events worth noting
01May08
The CANS Festival: A street party of stencil art
A stencil street party in London, free and open to public to view and contribute to the show as long as you follow the rules of engagement. Promises a host of top street artists.
exact location will be announced on Friday at 10.30am
from 3rd till 5th of May ‘08
attend for free
click for more info
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UBS Openings: The Long Weekend 2008
London’s most exciting celebration of contemporary art. UBS Openings: The Long Weekend brings you three days and nights of extraordinary live events and performances combining art, film, music and dance.
held at the Tate Modern
from the 23rd till 26th of May ‘08
most of the events will free to attend
click for more info
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e-drawing the Line: a symposium exploring contemporary issues in illustration
Re-drawing The Line is a one-day conference open to professional illustrators, designers, artists and creatives from related industries, as well as students, offering presentations, cross-disciplinary panel discussions and lively debate on contemporary topics and trends that are shaping the industry.
held at LCC, London
on the 5th June 08 (10:00 - 17:30)
tickets: £30 non-members, Concessions: £25 AOI members, £20 students
click for more info
Enjoy and see you there 
Marion Bataille’s ABC3D
30Apr08
Following yesterdays footsteps in the paper work magical world, I would like to highlight the French designer Marion Bataille’s upcoming book entitled ABC3D released later on in October this year. It is an alphabet pop-up book, taking you through each of the 26 alphabets in a bold and brilliantly executed ride. Starting with the lenticular cover, letters morph into one another and spring into states of depth, using nothing but striking black, red and white palette. Preorder your copy today from amazon
