A fantastic short film by award-winning film-maker Carlos Lascano, who mixes different illustration techniques into one stop-motion film. There is information about how he made it here.
Smashing Magazine has published a list of the Top Ten Typography Sins. Really useful, and welcome aide to convince non-designers why things should be done in a particular way.
So this is how the classic marques looked when they were babies! This series of images was created by the Dentsu agency of Japan for Minichamps, the German manufacturer of high-quality die-cast model cars.
Time Inc has taken the LoveFilm/NetFlix model as a basis for its new venture: MagHound. The MagHound website claims that you can get all your magazines, not just Time Incs, for one low monthly price.
Apparently you can change your magazine selections at any time. So will this be cheaper than a standard subscription? And what will happen to subscription rates? Will the expensive titles be the same price as the cheaper ones? Click here to find out more.
Actually, that's not the good news: The good news is that The Banana Splits are making a comeback. Now that's probably not news to people in the US, but the fact that BBC news are running the story makes you wonder if it will be appearing on the BBC soon – they used to show it all those years ago. It had that psychedelic logo which was "stolen" by Ben & Jerry's (includes interview with Bingo).
The classic children's tv show had the memorable theme tune, The Tra La La Song, which always used to echo around the corridors at school. Although it seems a bit tame compared with the better version by the Dickies – see below and play loud!
Keri Smith is an author/illustrator turned guerilla artist. She has a developed an Artists Survival Kit to help you get through those really crap days. It works just as well for designers, just replace all instances of the word artist or art with designer or design.
Pattern Tap is a where you can get inspiration for web design. It's organised into collections of elements that go to make a complete website, from articles and backgrounds to buttons and 404 pages. Fanstastic.
When I tell people that I'm a magazine designer, their first response is "Wow!" The second is usually "Anything I might've seen?"
The third question happens after they think about it. "So, what does that mean?" I tell them, very briefly, that basically it means decided which pictures to use and where to place them and what size, where the copy will flow and how the headline will be treated, while making sure it all conforms to the magazine style.
On a weekly, this is usually under pressure. A few variations are usually produced before a layout is settled upon. Watch the video below and enjoy the many variations of a feature story on Chinese food for the September 2008 issue of Men’s Health magazine. I'm not sure how many people worked on the layouts or the timescale.
What is it with Tuesdays? Blah! Rain, rain, rain, work, rain, lotsa work, more rain. But luckily an old friend emailed me the vid below.
Joshua Allen Harris produces street art made from plastic bags that are attached to the grills in the road over the New York Subway. The rush of air fromt he trains below inflates the bags into the monsters that he created. It's amazing what people can think of.
I'd like to see him produce a fluorescent devil version and install it late on a Friday or Saturday night. When the bars close it could be amusing to watch the responses from people who've had maybe one too many to drink!
