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 Friday, June 05, 2009
Brainstormer
The Brainstormer is a clever Flash app developed by illustrator Andrew Bosley. It's perfect for time you get stuck and just need to come up with an original idea. Spin the wheel and get inspiring word combinations like:
Benefaction - Steampunk - Celler
Vengence for a Crime - Enlightened - Fishing Boat
Self-Preservation - Wild West - Cannon
via Drawn!Posted by Megan
Creativity
Friday, June 05, 2009 7:25:56 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00) 
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Little Snapper
Designer Samantha Warren just shared an awesome new tool for collecting visual inspiration on her blog. She's using LittleSnapper to keep track of and organize all the cool things she finds online.
There are two factors that make LittleSnapper the solution for me:
It seamlessly integrates into my work flow.
I have the icon in my dock, when I see something I snap it. It
provides fields for all the information that makes that “snap” useful
to me. There is a field for the web address, description, and
descriptive tags. I hardly have to go out of my way to document a
really cool piece of design. My only suggestion for improvement here
would be a tag suggestion feature… its hard to remember if I am using
the tag “Packaging” vs “Package Design” when I am in a hurry.
It has an online gallery component that creates an RSS feed.
While I could set little snapper up to integrate with my Flickr
account, personally I want to keep my Flickr for photos and personal
design pieces, and have a separate area just for inspirational work of other
designers. Having it online is essential for me because I may want to
pull it up in a pinch to show clients or students and I would also like
to share it with you guys. The fact that an RSS feed is generated adds
a whole other component to it that I would like to play with further.
Eventually I would like to pull the RSS feed to my blog to display
selected pieces of inspiration.
 Posted by Megan
Design Resources
Friday, June 05, 2009 4:42:07 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Sniper Vs. Shotgun
To explain their design process, Atlanta-based Matchstic recently created a PDF showing the difference between a shotgun and sniper approach to branding. The basic differences are:
The Shotgun:
• SHOT QUICKLY WITHOUT MUCH PLANNING
• RELEASES WIDE SPREAD OF PELLETS, HOPING FOR A HIT
• THE LEARNING CURVE IS LOW, EASY TO START SHOOTING
• THERE CAN BE COLLATERAL DAMAGE
• PRODUCES SOME SUCCESS, SOME OF THE TIME
The Sniper:
• MUCH TIME SPENT PLANNING AND SETTING UP THE SHOT
• TAKES ONE SHOT TO HIT THE TARGET
• THE LEARNING CURVE IS HIGH, REQUIRES PRACTICE
• THERE IS A LOW RANGE OF ERROR
• VERY FEW PEOPLE BECOME SNIPERS
Which do you think is more effective?
 Posted by Megan
Designers
Friday, June 05, 2009 2:18:25 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Job Of The Day
Web Graphic Artist
Google, Mountain View, CA
The area: Product Management and Marketing
One of the many
reasons Google consistently brings innovative, world-changing products
to market is because of the collaborative work we do in Product
Management. With eyes focused squarely on the future, our team works
closely with creative and prolific engineers to help design and develop
technologies that improve access to the world's information. We're
responsible for guiding products throughout the execution cycle,
focusing specifically on analyzing, positioning, packaging, promoting
and tailoring our solutions to all the markets where Google does
business.
The role: Web Graphic Artist
Web Graphic
Artists possess the ability to create graphics independently, as well
as take direction in a team-based environment. You are a utility player
with strong artistic ability, web design expertise, organizational
skills, and great attention to detail. You should have great free-hand
illustration skills and the ability to create clean web-ready designs.
An online portfolio is required for consideration.
Responsibilities:
* Create web images and digital illustrations.
* Create graphical User Interface elements.
* Manipulate pixel-level details to create elegant icons.
* Optimize web images for download efficiency.
* Respond to a variety of web and graphics related requests across departments.Posted by Megan
Industry News
Friday, June 05, 2009 1:35:50 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Thursday, June 04, 2009
Furniture Font
Cody Haltom, an Austin-based designer, worked on this funky furniture font when he was employed at The Butler Bros., a design and advertising firm. Now, he has an office at Public School, a collective environment housing many
other talented creatives.
via Neatorama
Posted by Megan
Designers | Typography
Thursday, June 04, 2009 2:09:50 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Cryptic Dingbats
Kryptoids pay tribute to an unlikely range of visual motifs: circuit
boards and org charts, chemical structures and family trees, transit
maps and crop circles, not to mention their original source of
inspiration: shift knob diagrams. Each Kryptoid font contains 300
pictomorphs, and each of those comes in three substyles for a total of 900 unique glyphs per font. The substyles
are accessible as OpenType features, and can be stacked and colored in
your favorite OT-friendly drawing application.
 Posted by Megan
Typography
Thursday, June 04, 2009 1:31:52 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Job Of The Day
Senior Graphic Designer
Fundex Games, Plainfield, IN
Fundex Games is Hiring! Fundex Games, Ltd. is an established player in
the toy & game industry, with a focus on card & family games as
well as backyard & tailgating games. There is currently an open
position for a Senior Level Graphic Designer.
As a Senior
Graphic Designer at Fundex Games, you will be responsible for packaging
and product design. Working with the Creative Director and other
Graphic Designers and Artists, you will help shape the creative
direction for our current and future games and entertainment products.
You may also be responsible for assigning and tracking projects
submitted to our in-house team. You must also be a leader and mentor to
other designers and individuals on the team.
This is a great
opportunity for someone to join a company that is focused on innovation
and growth. If you are a creative and enthusiastic team player with the
ability to pay attention to details, this job would be a good fit for
you.Posted by Megan
Industry News
Thursday, June 04, 2009 1:26:33 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Wednesday, June 03, 2009
Job Of The Day
Graphic Designer
Blue Hive Inc., Worcester, MA
We are a young exhibit and event design company looking for another senior level designer to join our growing staff. This person should be passionate about
developing graphical environments that interpret our client's brand and the story they wish to tell . Enjoy working in a team environment . Skills should include strong conceptual thinking and a mature abilities to bring artwork to production.Posted by Megan
Industry News
Wednesday, June 03, 2009 1:29:24 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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