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Design inspiration and thoughts on artful.design.

From picas to pixels, kerning to layer masks, the world of design can be a big place. Even bigger if you don’t know where to start. I spend much of my time trying to improve myself and run across lots of good links and good advice every day. And on occasion, I even generate my own thoughts on design and the design process! As such, I would love to share with the world what I have come across.

Every week, me and my fellow designers will be bringing you our favorite links and advice from the design field the only way we know how. Feel free to follow our RSS feed and please contact me if you would like to contribute your own thoughts to this blog.

posted by devigner on Tuesday, August 17th, 2010 at 7:03 pm

The Pixel Pad

The Pixel Pad

You can’t pick your family, but you can pixel furniture! Ok, so maybe that joke wasn’t the best. However, these great pieces of furniture for... ... continue reading this entry

posted by devigner on Tuesday, August 10th, 2010 at 11:26 pm

Captcha-ing Attention

Captcha-ing Attention

What do you get when you take a spam capturing system and take it out of context? No, not a lame joke but some great... ... continue reading this entry

posted by devigner on Thursday, August 5th, 2010 at 4:01 pm

Quick Shot: Yummy Yummy Ink

Quick Shot: Yummy Yummy Ink

Russian designer and illustrator Ugur Derinogullu would agree that art and design should go hand in hand. These illustrations and designs for K BB Covers... ... continue reading this entry

posted by devigner on Wednesday, August 4th, 2010 at 10:11 pm

In the Garden of Good and Evil

In the Garden of Good and Evil

That’s right! Yours truly has a show this Friday in Fort Collins, Colorado! If you are in the area and want to check it out,... ... continue reading this entry

posted by devigner on Saturday, July 24th, 2010 at 3:29 pm

The Micro of the Macro: Tilt-shift

The Micro of the Macro: Tilt-shift

Tilt-shift is a style in photography in which the rotation of the lens plane is relative to the image plane, called tilt, and movement of... ... continue reading this entry

posted by devigner on Tuesday, July 20th, 2010 at 9:56 pm

Past Present: 1950s Posters

Past Present: 1950s Posters

Sometimes you have to see where you came from to learn where to go. Recently I have been influenced greatly by the grace and simplicity... ... continue reading this entry

posted by devigner on Monday, June 28th, 2010 at 5:14 pm

Rubikubism – Mixed Up Art

Rubikubism – Mixed Up Art

The Rubik’s Cube, that wonderful 3-D mechanical puzzle invented in 1974 by Hungarian sculptor and professor of architecture ErnÅ‘ Rubik, is one of the... ... continue reading this entry

posted by devigner on Monday, June 21st, 2010 at 9:05 pm

Melissa Haslam and Delicate Art

Melissa Haslam and Delicate Art

The surrealistic, beautiful and crazy images by Aussie artist Melissa Haslam are at once haunting and amazing, fantastic and engaging. They show something delicately haunted... ... continue reading this entry

posted by devigner on Tuesday, June 15th, 2010 at 10:15 pm

Lego: Building Art

Lego: Building Art

There is something so common, so charming, so simple that it has transformed the world around it…literally. That thing is the building block known as... ... continue reading this entry

posted by devigner on Monday, June 7th, 2010 at 1:33 pm

The High Art of Loish

The High Art of Loish

Lois van Baarle (or loish to her DeviantArt followers, like myself) is an amazing digital artist from the Netherlands. Using a Wacom tablet, some crazy... ... continue reading this entry