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advertising: with fun
a list of international ads, convincing with fun
Economist « Wirtschaft « DiePresse.com
*thanks floki*
nerd: graphic design mistake stickers
stickers to highlight graphic design mistakes
http://www.creativetechs.com/iq/design_police_proofing_stickers.html
*thanks rainer*
design quiz: progdesign
A design research project, testing your knowledge about various
graphic-design eras. Quite funny, and you’ll be surprised of your
results. A quite funny way of science.
Design Bingo:
*thanks david, nice one*
logo re-design
a handful of logos, which were redesigned, before and after, interesting to compare
http://www.aclevercookie.com/
the-best-and-worst-logo-remakes-of-the-century/
graphic design: poster art
an interesting collection of poster art from the last century
http://www.bobstaake.com/posters/conga.html
logo design: logo evolution
a very interesting post on how company logos have developed over time
http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/07/
the-evolution-of-tech-companies-logos/
*thanks phillip*
fashion: buttons competition
a button design is a good start for a competition entry:
http://www.stereohype.com/pages/
products_CompetitionWinners.asp
collage: handiedan
handiedan has some very nice collage artwork, so go see it:
http://www.handiedan.com/collage/pin_ups.html
*thanks thomas*
advertising: creative commercials
darkroastedblend compiled a best of ads for us, so lets see them:
http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2008/01/
creative-ads-issue-9.html
all in all, there are 9 pages with the best ads, so take some time
vintage graphics: travel ads
stunning graphics from the 20s and 30s, focuse on travel and airlines
http://www.travelbrochuregraphics.com
music and sponsorship
logotypes you know for sure are , well, modified
essential german language skills needed;)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgE3qdP1nuU
*thanks martin*
paper engineering: stamps
russian stamps:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/85098956@N00/
sets/72157600201139707/
european stamps:
http://www.pingmag.jp/2006/06/05/
overlooked-graphic-design-european-stamps/
worldwide:
http://www.flickr.com/groups/stampcollection/pool/
http://www.flickr.com/groups/44124356212@N01/pool/
space stamps:
http://www.flickr.com/groups/spacestamps/pool/
bird stamps:
http://www.flickr.com/groups/birds_stamps/pool/
basketball stamps:
http://www.internationalbasketball.com/basketballstamps2.html
chinese sport and other assorted stamps:
http://www.xabusiness.com/china-sports-stamps.htm
books: book cover design
a very interesting list of very well designed book covers, all from 2007
http://nytimesbooks.blogspot.com/2007/11/
my-favorite-book-covers-of-2007.html
via theserif.net
music: blog: album covers
a blog dedicated to album covers, every cover comes with detailed information, for the singles too
blog: manystuff
the quality of sites of this kind is rising, so here another one, collecting beautiful items (print mainly)
list of design tipps (and books)
a group of designers was asked 5 questions, read the answeres here:
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/
2007/04/20/35-designers-x-5-questions/
portfolio: siggi eggertson
a very interesting way of creating vector portraits here
http://www.vanillusaft.com/works/zootwoman/01zootwoman.html
2 ressources for corporate identity
a huge ressource for CI and logo-design
a blog on marketing campagins
http://www.historyofbranding.com
blog on graphic design: serif
a nice daily dose of inspiration here:
http://www.serifpublishing.com
this japanese one is also striking:
interior: graphic design: wall stickers
they are called wallstickers, decals, wandaufkleber, surface graphics or stickers for grown-ups. and they really rock. graphic design for your living room - and if you don´t like them any more, just peel them off. an absolute must have!
(web)design: a site dedicated to knock-offs
if you made something unique and somebody else copies it, make it public on this site:
http://youthoughtwewouldntnotice.com
*thanks stefanie*
PDF-Mags: list online
finally: a magazine for pdf-magazines - no searching anymore
many mags from all over the world online listed and categorized
graphic design: adam woodhouse
impressive digital graffiti artwork here; generally, it seems to me, the whole adobe site has increased in quality
http://www.adobe.com/designcenter/gallery/swf/
index.html#u_sContent=woodhouse
graphic design: limkis
photography/graphicdesign: neil duerden
a fantastic mix of image, drawing and graphic design in this portfolio here:
http://www.neilduerden.co.uk/
via joshspear
