rydan:

Mustache Mania

by Bianca Green

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Ice Cream Soldiers by Pocketowl on deviantART

theoinglis:

Some designs from the late and great Alex Steinweiss, inventor of the modern album cover!

See more here, with commentary from Steven Heller

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Ice cream inspired Oyee Design pumps - far too cool.

Stumbled across this site while procrastinating and have to say that procrastination has never paid off so well.

Apart from the web design being more like a piece of art, the fabric prints and clothes sold make Me and Oli one of my new favourite websites.

So if anyone’s asking, I’d very much like the fox print Thelma dress for Christmas.

Have to admit it took me a little while, but if you stare hard enough what do you see?

Follow the link for a great collection of clever logos taken from Design Shack.

The best part about this infographic?

So you need a typeface » Invitation » Like something handwritten do you? No » How about something a bit fancy? No » Something fun then? » Are you alone? Yes » Ok then, come with me » **very long curly line** » Comic Sans.

Bringing back so many memories. 

I can remember playing Donkey Kong on Super Nintendo in the 90’s and thinking it was the coolest thing ever.

Too cool.

danceabletragedy:

jennifer collier

Things made out of paper, so cool…

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Infographics are brilliant for simplifying information - especially if you are a visual person like me.

Rather than having to trawl through the data and numbers and then trying to make sense of everything you’ve read, an infographic does it all for you.

This graphic from Lab 42 is a perfect example of how complex information can be both informative and interesting.

My favourite point - 10% of people don’t know what a #hashtag is.  Yep, I was one of those 10%.

If your feeling an information overload check out Lab 42’s website to help simplify life.

Give anyone a post-it and chances are they’ll start doodling (is this too big a generalisation?). 

However, I wonder how many people’s doodles come out like Pixar’s Aaron Hartlines post-its.

With my post-its generally consisting of stick figures, I think I might start pushing myself to be more of a creative doodler.

heyoscarwilde:

A selection of Pixar animator Aaron Hartline’s Daily Post-It Notes artwork and photographs that has been updated daily since August 2009 :: via thedailypostit.com

It’s strange that despite our desks being the place where creation often takes place, they are generally the least inspiring of spaces.

While not everyone has the opportunity to purchase something quite as breath taking as this piece by Ritter Furniture, there are ways to make your own place of work a little more stimulating.

Personally, I love to cover the surface of my desk with postcards, posters, magazine pages and photographs underneath a perspex cover. 

By simply being surrounded by creativity, I find myself feeling more creative.

This poster really resonates with me.

Before I do anything (pen to paper, mouse to paper etc) for a design I like to take the time to look at the colours, styles, textures, images and typography that will inspire what I do.

Only once I have a clear idea of where I’m heading do I start physically designing the layout.

From there I sketch out want I want to do and then begin to play around in Illustrator etc.  After that comes the tweaking, retweaking and a little more tweaking.

Come the end, the design has taken on a different aesthetic from my original inspiration boards, but without that starting point I would instead waste hours experimenting with colours, patterns etc that have already been experimented with to a higher quality by others.

I guess my point is that as the poster says “It’s not where you take things from - it’s where you take them to.”  Nicely summed up I say.

More facial hair illustrations…

brigidsaysciao:

funny beards, yo.

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I wish I had the patience to do something like that.  Two and a half years - never going to happen.

krystallina:

Dalton Ghetti creates minature masterpieces on the tips of pencils using just a razor blade, sewing needle and sculpting knife. 

The typical piece takes several months, the longest piece of interlocking loops took two and a half years.

via Accidental Mysteries

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