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 Friday, June 27, 2008
Sweet Pics
Dang! I knew you could print short messages and even logos on M&Ms but now you can print photos. O rly?! Ya rly!  via PhotojojoPosted by Megan
Just for Fun
Friday, June 27, 2008 1:53:28 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00) 
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Type In The NYT
The New York Times recently published a story in its technology section about designing your own fonts. It offers a couple of resources that could be helpful to both professionals and amateurs. What's interesting is that it's ranked the number 1 story in the technology section this morning. Before the personal computer, most people were oblivious to fonts. Some may have recognized Courier and Elite on the I.B.M.
Selectric typewriter ball. Then word processing programs offered a
hundred or more fonts, from Arial to Wingdings. More were offered in
software packages and on the Internet. Now, many people can recognize
fonts by name. Indeed, a documentary about typography and one of the
most familiar typefaces, “Helvetica,” played to sellout crowds at film
festivals.
Posted by Megan
Typography
Friday, June 27, 2008 1:28:46 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Thursday, June 26, 2008
Local Love
After the city guide on HOW's hometown went up on design*sponge this week, another d*s reader named Drew had posted his own on his designcincinnati blog. Following a rabbit trail of links from Drew's blog, I found Handmade in Ohio, which then led me to Wire & Twine. I really dig the low-tech look of the site's navigation (and also their cool T-shirt designs):  Not that I spend all my time chasing web links, mind you. No, not at all. Posted by Bryn
Gifts and Goodies
Thursday, June 26, 2008 8:48:52 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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2008 In-HOWse Designer Conference
The website for the 3rd annual In-HOWse Designer Conference just went live. I have to admit that it made my heart skip a beat because I'll be co-hosting the event with HOW's art director Bridgid McCarren. I guess I shouldn't worry too much because the last two years have been awesome. This year's speakers include Moira Cullen, design director for Coca-Cola and management guru Peter Philips. Check out the whole line-up here.  Posted by Megan
Events
Thursday, June 26, 2008 2:25:00 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Wednesday, June 25, 2008
48 Hour Film Project
My husband Ben, who is a designer, recently participated in The 48 Hour Film Project, where local creatives challenge themselves to make a short film in only 48 hours. The rules include drawing a random genre for the film and incorporating required elements like a specific character, prop and/or
line of dialogue. The team Ben was on made a movie called OMG Force about millennial detectives that give their boss a headache with all their texting and web surfing. He just emailed me that the movie won a people's choice award at its recent screening and is moving on to the city-wide finals. The winner of each city final will then go on to the international finals.  Posted by Megan
Creativity | Just for Fun
Wednesday, June 25, 2008 5:54:42 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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The Nati Rules
Design*Sponge just posted a wonderful City Guide for Cincinnati, HOW's hometown. I'm super impressed because there are even a few places on it that I hadn't heard of. The only thing I would add is the secret used book store in Clifton. I don't know the address, but I always manage to find it.  Union Terminal is one of my fave buildings in the city. It used to be a train station but now houses Cincinnati's Museum Center. Posted by Megan
Design Resources | Just for Fun
Wednesday, June 25, 2008 5:34:22 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Tuesday, June 24, 2008
101 Photoshop Tips In 5 Mintues
To announce his new video blog, dekePod, Photoshop expert Deke McClelland created a hilarious, yet useful, video that includes 101 Photoshop tips set to music.   Posted by Megan
Design Resources | Just for Fun
Tuesday, June 24, 2008 3:36:18 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Stand Out Cards
Coroflot just posted an article about how to make your business card stand out by Carl Alviani. Business cards are a sort of great equalizer in the professional world.
Everyone has them, everyone exchanges them, and generally speaking, the
less important you are, the more say you have in how yours looks. For
creative professionals, especially the legions of us who work for
ourselves or in a tiny little studio or consultancy, this makes them
exciting -- what our personal or small-business brand lacks in name
recognition can be made up in creative expression, at least that's the
theory.
 If you want more business card inspiration, check out the card roundup from HOW's last business annual. Posted by Megan
Design Resources
Tuesday, June 24, 2008 1:51:00 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Special Effect
FOH Sam Harrison shared a link to this website, which promotes an organization called The Girl Effect. The site's graphics are as breathtakingly simple and effective as the organization's mission, which is to change the world, one girl at a time. The Nike Foundation is one of the organizations behind the effort; we'd love to know who the creative team is behind the website (perhaps Nike in-house or agency folks?).
Thought Provoking
Tuesday, June 24, 2008 1:44:48 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Decoding Design Preview
If you missed designer Maggie MacNab speaking about her new book Decoding Design at the recent HOW Conference, now you can check out a short video preview that offers a glimpse into the fascinating world of numbers and symbols in design.
Posted by Megan
HOW Books
Tuesday, June 24, 2008 1:14:30 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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