My dream bed: Shawn Lovell’s The Tree

One day,
when I find that
leprechaun gold
at the end of a rainbow,
(or I marry some rich banker,
hawker or …………..j/k, Jon)
I’M GOING TO BUY THIS DREAM BED!!
In the meantime, dear Lord, if I’m good enough this year – which I always strive to be anyway, eh? – do say you’ll send ‘ol Saint Nicks down with this [...]

What say you?

WANT TO SEE SOMETHING ON THIS BLOG?
CURIOUS ABOUT SOMETHING IN DESIGN?
HAVE A SUGGESTION?
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Having a tad bit of problem figuring out exactly what I want to write.
Hardly because there’s too little. Rather, there’s too much.
Should it be interviews with designers or local ad agencies feature? Quirky design products or jargon/terminology?
Of course I’ll write about things I’m curious about, but do [...]

M&Ms of Jargon #3: A SERIES PAPER SIZES

M&Ms of Jargon #3: A SERIES PAPER SIZES
[what]
A simple explanation: The common paper sizes used universally
A complicated explanation (to feel smart): ISO metric standard paper size based on the square root of two ratio
[sizes]
The A0 sheet – the biggest size (841mm x 1189mm) is one square metre and each size (A1, A2, A3, A4, etc..) [...]

my favourite ad: Levi’s Dangerous Liaisons

This is my favourite ad of all time, done by bbh (one of my favourites too!).

 

 
The music’s strangely compelling, the characters are perfectly casted, and the transitions are believable and most of all, I love how the whole whirlwind of a journey through the Levi’s timeline.
 
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I did a short [...]

Social Media Breakfast Logo Feedback

 

  what did people think about the logo?
 
(READ MORE HERE)

 

Social Media Breakfast v1

3 weeks back, Daryl (uniquefrequency) wrote that a logo was needed for Social Media Breakfast (SMB). Figuring there was nothing to lose, I told him I’d try. And may I add, with a very big bright smile at that.
Obviously, for the next 2 weeks, I kicked myself due to … the usual reasons.
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“LOOK MOM! My very [...]

BROWN KRAFT PAPER BAGS

M&Ms of Jargon #2: BROWN KRAFT PAPER BAGS
[what]
Paper-bag material.
Most paper bags are made from Kraft paper – a coarse paper made from wood pulp and noted for its strength
[notes]
In unbleached grades, it is primarily used as a packaging material and as it is not madespecifically to reproduce a consistent image, it has slight colour variations [...]

Are Designers Useful?

 

Alice Rawsthorn at IHT wrote once more on One Laptop Per Child (OLPC), a year and a half after she first introduced the non-profit organization and their goal of providing “children around the world with new opportunities to explore, experiment and express themselves” by developing:
 
A $100 educational laptop.
 
It’s the most talked-about design project winning awards [...]

Clarity vs Aesthetics: The RSS Icon

THE RSS HEADACHE
 
I spent an hour trying to put an RSS button on my page.
 
After googling, Wikipedia-ing, FAQ-ing, calling friends and yanking out my hair (in that order, yes. Interesting how internet help comes before human help, eh?), I finally stumbled on the right wordpress page with instructions to answer my prayer.
 
Then, I had another [...]

GATEFOLD

 

M&Ms of Jargon #1: GATEFOLD
[what]
Has extra panels that fold into the central spine of the publication with parallel fold so that they meet in the middle of the page.
[how]
The extended pages are folded and cut shorter than the standard publication pages to that they can nest correctly
[commonly used in]
Pull-out posters in magazines, large-scale illustrations/photographs/graphics in [...]