Category Archives: Design

Sweet Typography at Sweetwater

Posted on January 7, 2010 by W

Getting typography right is hard enough, even when you have all of the image editing tools to aid. But as we all know, many times images are blocked on e-mail clients, which makes the task of designing an effective e-postcard … Continue reading →

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Capitalism Site Launches

Posted on January 4, 2010 by W

The second, more official launch of the BB&T Center for Capitalism at Wake Forest University was today We tried launching the site for the first time back in August but there were too many revisions to make. It’s looking much … Continue reading →

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wonderful designers

Posted on January 4, 2010 by W

There are a TON of wonderful designers out there to bookmark. Be sure to look into the classically great as well as the contemporary. Here’s a starter list: Paul Rand Stefan Sagmeister Milton Glaser Chip Kidd Michael Bierut Neville Brody … Continue reading →

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Twitter on Facebook Pages

Posted on January 4, 2010 by W

Thought I’d post this here, too: I wanted to share a facebook application I just learned about. It adds a tab to a facebook “page” that shows twitter updates: http://www.facebook.com/apps/application.php?id=53267368995#/apps/application.php?v=wall&id=53267368995 It was difficult to find, I didn’t realize it was … Continue reading →

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Google gets crazy with Newton’s Apples

Posted on January 4, 2010 by W

Google is celebrating Newton’s Birthday today with a poppy javasript falling apple. Google recently added javascript to their homepage with the fade in /  fade out of the text around the edges. Google usually adds cool graphics for holiday’s like … Continue reading →

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Awesome RSS Icon Source

Posted on January 3, 2010 by W

I just learned about Feed Icons – “The Home of the Standard Web Feed Icon”

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Wikipedia Icons

Posted on January 3, 2010 by W

Here are a few icons from Wikipedia’s collection. I wan to document them all and talk about the visual meaning. I will try to continue to add more. Feel free to send more along or post links to the other … Continue reading →

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Nicholas Felton’s Graphic Design and Typography Work

Posted on January 2, 2010 by W

I’m a fan. Check out his annual reports and blog. He does a nice job with typography as well as visual representations of data.

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The Very Hungry PDF Reader

Posted on January 2, 2010 by W

There is something familiar about Adobe Acrobat 9′s logo . . . Oh yeah! That’s it! Comparison of Adobe Acrobat 9 artwork and The Very Hungry Caterpillar.

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microsoft paper banner ads

Posted on December 30, 2009 by W

So it seems like a new tend in design is that of having paper cutouts used, especially with some different textures, reminiscent a little of the late 70′s – especially for advertisements. Microsoft is getting on board with the trend, … Continue reading →

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