SAVE OUR PLANET. IT'S WHERE I KEEP ALL MY STUFF.

Lovely as a Tree, a nice website with all the information required for you to be a more environmentally aware graphic designer.

CSS help

The following articles will help you position elements using CSS and Div tags:

Floats

Display

Both articles have tips that will work across IE, Safari, etc...

Unknown Land

Unknown Land
Janno Hahn

Print Galore!

Holzor


Brainstorm Print and Design



Crossbird Project



Also worth a look, the Silent Giants.

Laser Etching.

For all those that recently did laser cutting, here's a little something to make you feel inferior.

Scott Campbell

Packaging

For some ideas for your pacaging (especially those aimed at the younger generations), you might want to look here.

Eternal Flame. A short by George Russell & Luke Bonner

Public Gothic (free font)

Public Gothic is a free font made available through this blog.

Sample:


More information here and here.

Robert Samual Hanson

Robert Samuel Hanson is an illustrator who create simple and funny work based around strong colours and bold forms.

Site

Blog

Luke Bonner's Blog

This is a blog written by one of our alumni currently doing a third year with Graphic Design.

lukebonnerblog.co.uk

It's worth a read as the posts are intelligently written, thorough, and will give you a good insight into the type of projects you can expect to undertake.

Words in Pictures

Words in Pictures: The Next Big Thing

An article from the Times about the exhibition Poor.Old.Tired.Horse discussing the expanding role of words in contemporary art.

Images from the exhibition

Texting Andy Warhol

A radio 4 programme considering the role of text in art.

Images mentioned in the programme

Some inspiration for business identity...

http://www.allgraphicdesign.com/graphicsblog/2008/08/the-coolest-business-cards-beautiful-unique-business-card-designs-part-4/

Best. Client. Letter. Ever.

jQuery and Lightbox

jQuery uses JavaScript to organise and style date. You can use Plug-Ins such as jQuery Cycle to create interactive galleries.

More information and tutorials:

jQuery Cycle Plugin

How to

Lightbox allows you to create pop-up galleries with next and previous functionality.

Lightbox 1

Lightbox 2

Type on the web

Some helpful links that have some useful information regarding structuring and formatting type with HTML and CSS.

8 simple ways to improve typography in your designs

CSS type tutorials

Setting type with a baseline grid

Enterprises Un-Ltd

This may be the most unusual business card ever, not because it’s a unique design or is made out of some weird type of material, but because of what it says. Apparently, Enterprises, Un-Ltd can help you out with, well…just about anything you can imagine! Pretty bizarre!

2012 icons

Link to Creative Review blog



More information

History of the internet (pictograms)

Please see the videos below:

Creative Business Cards

Here's some creative business card ideas to inspire us. Hopefully.

Ken Deegan

Ken Deegan has just completed a 4 year Vis Com course. He has done some really good typographic work. Check it out. Ken Deegan

Brett and Jermaine

Make your own Brett and Jermaine paper toys.
Download here

The EU is looking for a fresh new logo for organic products and the winner will receive 6,000 euro!!

You’ve got the ideas. You’ve got the talent. Now here’s your chance:
The EU is looking for a fresh new logo for organic products. If you are a young artist or designer, enter our logo competition and send us your creation. Your logo could be on organic products in all 27 Member States, and the winner will receive 6,000 euro!!
The competition is organised by the European Commission.
http://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/organic/logo/index_en.htm

Join us on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=85375798276&ref=nf

What Goes Around, Comes Around

This is an American anti-war campaign. It's nice.





See more here.

Coralie Bickford

An interview with Coralie Bickford, a senior book cover designer for Penguin.

Art Director @ Publishing advice

Irene Gallo's advice on portfolio submission to art directors, interviews and illustration.

Illustration

Linda Solovic





Kelly Ording





Mark Weaver





Borja Bonaque





Shepard Fairey’s Studio Number One





Shiny Squirrel





Squirrels Made Me do It

Advertiting and identity

Visit London






The Italian Public design festival is worth a look. The design is very pink, but entertaining.

a bit about the history of typography and print

Periodic Table of Typefaces



The Romance of printing

Information Graphics 2

A typographic interpretation of Obama's inauguration speech

Typographica returns

It's back here!

Typographica has a review of the best typefaces 2008 here, below is a preview.

Made By Sawdust

Whilst taking a break from writing up PPRD1 comments I saw this:

THE LAST DAYS OF DECADENCE



http://www.madebysawdust.co.uk/

http://www.sneakyraccoon.com/

PostSecret Exhibition

PostSecret, originally uploaded by bedford_gallery.

PostSecret was recently at the Bedford Gallery.

More details are here, here and here.