It is not be a new idea but a nice execution of it. More than anything it is a good reminder of how far a pertinent illustration can advance communication—even when you speak the same language.
In the Ideabook Design Store: Before & After: Page Design...
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In the Ideabook Design Store: The Desktop Publisher's Idea Book...
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In the Ideabook Design Store: Templates for InDesign, QuarkXpress, or PageMaker...
]]>It is not as simple as it looks. Here, for example, is a technical wiki for the royalty-free illustration and photography site istockphoto.com. It is designed to help the those who submit work for sale to understand what can and cannot be distributed under royalty-free guidelines. You might be surprised at the scope of the imagery that cannot be used without the permission of its owners.
The istockphoto wiki on copyright and trademark issues ...
In the Ideabook Design Store: Design-It-Yourself: Graphic Workshopa...
NEW in the Ideabook Design Store: Tintbook CMYK Process Color Selector...
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This is an illustration technique you will definitely want to add to you toolbox. The effect is achieved by changing the depth of field (among other things).
I know there are folks who think that if you don't create everything from scratch that you are somehow “cheating”—I'm not one of them. To me, a well designed grid or template is like any other tool—a smart way to amplify productivity.
The Google Blueprint CSS framework...
An introduction by Jeff Croft, one of the original contributors...
A demonstration of the web framework (all of which can be edited)...
]]>Truth be told, I am more likely to hang a poster than a painting. Here are two sites where you can buy originals and prints of published and unpublished works by both well-known and not-so-well-known illustrators.
In the Ideabook Design Store: Graphic Artists Guild Handbook: Pricing & Ethical Guidelines...
]]>This month on ideabook.com I want to share one of the more controversial issues with you—regarding the concept of self-expression. Even if you don't think this is something you would normally take the time to read, please take a few minutes to read it through and to share your thoughts about it with me.
So it is refreshing (and nostalgic) to see great craft being practiced. Thank you to my friend Sheila Hanchard who points us to the work of Russian animator Alexander Petrov. Though he is best known for his artistic achievements—among others, his adaptation of The Old Man and the Sea—he is the director of several much-acclaimed, anti-conventional spots for United Airlines.
One of the United Airline spots—titled The Rose...
A clip from The Old Man and the Sea...
The Canadian animation studio Petrov works through, click Welcome > Directors...
And a fascinating documentary of Petrov's pastels on glass technique...
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Erik Gauger's Notes from the Road...
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What type of semantic computational algorithm could possibly make such a subjective judgment? The human brain. Yup, these industry innovators propose that what we need is not another regurgitation of every other machine-picked list, but a lineup selected by people.
“The bottom line,'” as they describe it, “is that we are trying to enhance your online reading by both displaying stories from the sites that you’re already visiting and helping you discover sites that you didn’t know existed. In this way, our goal is the 'cessation of Internet stagnation.'”
We are honored to be included on the Design page.
The idea is “Wine Find”—a loose, perforated portion of the label that can be removed by the seller or customer as a reminder of the exact brand and vintage of the bottle they purchased.
That's the type of jolt thinking that gets me pumped—I can immediately think of several ways to translate the same concept to other media and formats.
The Wine Find label (450KB PDF)...
Stellar label designs and a better photograph of a Wine Find label (1MB PDF)...
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