Cause/Affect is a biennial, international design competition
Cause/Affect celebrates the work of designers and organizations who set out to positively impact our society. Presented by AIGA San Francisco, the deadline for submission is June 24, 2011.
OpenType Myths Explained
OpenType is the standard font format of these days. But even 14 years after its introduction, many users don’t really know what the term OpenType implies and how it differs from other font formats.
Flash – vs – HTML 5: Why Flash Will Endure
These days, even a slight comparison between HTML5 and Flash gets designers excited. There is always someone who joins in with the question: “Will Flash survive?”
The Design Community Offers Its Favorite Bits of Advice
We, members of the design community, are on an ongoing quest for knowledge and learning opportunities—anything we can find to enhance our skills and share the precious pearls of wisdom we’ve held close to our hearts.
A Toolset For Managing Screen Resolutions
With the increasing demand for unique mid-screen devices, it is becoming an even more arduous task to keep all of the device resolutions and screen sizes straight. So Punchcut has packaged up their Toolset For Managing Screen Resolutions, that help them stay current and they are offering it for download.
How to Use a Facebook Fan Page to Promote Your Freelance Business
Facebook, with more than 500 million active users, presents an excellent marketing opportunity for freelancers. Assuming your target clients are active Facebook users, you can easily find new prospects in this social network.
Zootool – Visual Bookmarking Service
Zootool is a fast-growing visual bookmarking service that has become the standard place for thousands of designers to archive digital inspiration, links, tools and more.
Christophe Heut – Photography
You may have come across some of the fantastic work of Christophe Huet either in print or online. In a world where the attention span is now measured in seconds, Huet has mastered the art of grabbing your attention with unusual imagery.
Designing for the iPad without an iPad
Ever since the iPad came out, the sheer number of purchases has caused quite a paradigm shift in what we used to think was an established medium for website consumption. Tablets are, nowadays, equally important as desktops, so it makes sense that we need to build our websites with this...
Pixel perfect vector pasting
If you’ve drawn pixel snapped artwork in Illustrator and pasted it into Photoshop as a shape layer, you may have noticed that the results can vary from exactly what you’d expect—a perfectly sharp image—to a blurry mess. Here’s how to fix that.