It has been another interesting week on Twitter. Last week I came across some great resources such as Fitvids, a lightweight jQuery plugin for fluid width video embeds, the iPhone app Gadgetbox, a huge collection of code snippets and a JS library that helps you with your web typography. We also found images of the original Twitter homepage. Enjoy! Continue reading
It’s Saturday and you know what that means: time to pick a new logo of the week! This great logo was designed by Shihab, a freelance web and graphic designer who lives in India. The Fing logo was only a conceptual exercise but the idea behind this logo is really well executed. I think that this logo would be perfect for a internet-related company. Continue reading
The GUS-Trans logo is our new logo of the week. It was designed by Floris Voorveld, a Dutch freelance graphic designer living in Spain. His speciality is logo design but he can design pretty much everything else too. He designed this beautiful logo for a German transport company. The running bear represents the speed of this company. Continue reading
It was once again an interesting week on Twitter. The week was packed with useful and interesting tweets. Big news was the Wacom Inkling, a great tool that closes the gap between traditional and digital sketching methods. We also saw the semantic grid system, 12 graphic design paradoxes, a JPEG tool and the beautiful website for the Sony Tablet S. Continue reading
This great logo is an unused proposal for a hear grooming salon.The designer put the hair cutting tools together in a graphic rendition to represent the salon. Strange that the salon didn’t choose this logo, I think it’s hard to come up with an even better one. I really like this logo because it’s clever and well executed. Continue reading
Sometimes it’s hard to find well-designed, inspiring logos. Thankfully I came across this logo a few days ago, the perfect candidate for our logo of the week. This beauty was designed by voxsix, a designer from Alabama, USA. I found it on Brandstack so this means that you can buy it from the designer himself. Continue reading
This great logo was designed by Gert van Duinen, a logo and brand identity designer from the Netherlands. He was asked to design the new logo of the UK based video production company ‘Storm Foundry’. This logo really shows one important lesson in logo design: keep it simple. Combine this with excellent use of negative space and you have a great logo design. Continue reading
Pokemon has been a worldwide phenomena during the 90′s. Actually, it’s still popular amongst kids these days. For me, pokemon provided a lot of fun and childhood memories. I’m sure this is the case for a lot of people. That’s why some artist decided to use these little monsters as a design-subject. Let’s take a look at some of the results. Continue reading
Infographics have been very popular lately; they pop up on Twitter, Facebook, in e-mails… Not a day goes by without bumping in to one. Some artists tried to make infographics more interesting and entertaining by converting them into videos. In this article you’ll find some of the most beautiful infographic videos from various artists. Continue reading
It’s weekend and you know what that means: it’s time to pick another logo of the week. This week I came across the beautiful logo. It was made by a designer from Minsk, Belarus. He created this logo for an owl fan club. But I’m sure you can use this great logo for other purposes too. Continue reading
This beauty was created by Simon Frouws. He has been creative director in various firms but he recently started working for himself. He specializes in logo and package design for the wine industry, with an emphasis on originality and craftsmanship. Simon designed this logo for a coffee shop. I really like the custom type and the overall feel of this logo. Continue reading
Flickr is a great site that allows everyone from photographers to graphic designers to upload and share media as well as be inspired by others. It is truly a great community site and one of the great features are the community pools or groups, they allow everyone and anyone to submit awesome work that will inspire others. Continue reading
The Wriking logo was designed by Tolga, a designer from Istanbul, Turkey. This logo is suitable for anything related to writing, blogging, media, news, etc. You can buy this logo on Brandstack for only $375, a real steal! The domain wriking.com is also included. Continue reading
Jonas De Ro is a designer from Belgium. His work ranges from concept art, animation, matte painting,
to photography, visual effects, sound design and more. In this article we focus on his concept art, so don’t forget to take a look at his website to see the rest of his beautiful creations. Continue reading
Yes, I know this logo has been around for some time. But it was about time this beauty was features as our logo of the week. The God’s Gym logo was designed by Antonius Murdhani. He is a freelance graphic designer and lecturer from Jakarta, Indonesia. Apparently, he is know as a ‘stylorogue’ in some design websites that he joined. All I know is that this logo looks great: it’s simple and strong. Continue reading
Another beautiful creation of my favorite Swedish designer, Mike Erickson. Mike, better known as Logomotive, has over 15 years of experience in the design industry. During this time he created some amazing logos. I’m sure you’ve come across some of his creations whilst browsing the internet. I’m not sure if this logo will actually be used, but I know one thing: it looks great! Continue reading
It’s time for another logo of the week. I came across this great logo on Brandstack. It was made by Logoholic. Logoholic is the alter ego of Bojan Stefanovic, a 35-year old graphic designer from Belgrade, Serbia. I already featured some of this great logos (e.g. Spry, Wunderkiddo…) and he did it again with this one. He created this logo with a construction agency in mind, but I guess it can be used for other purposes as well. Continue reading
This is actually the third concept for a company that offers real estate analysis software. It was made by Choerte, a designer from Slovenia. He is specialized in 3D graphics, landscape architecture and graphic design. I chose this logo as a logo of the week because of the great colors and the beautiful type. Continue reading
It’s time for another logo of the week! This awesome logo was designed by Jason Li, a designer from Ontaria, Canada. He is currently studying Accounting and Financial Management at the University of Waterloo. When I look at this logo, I think he picked the wrong trade. Continue reading
A lot of photographers like to play with reflections in their photos. And as you can see from this collection, this can lead to interesting and surprising results. In this article you’ll find some of the best reflection photographs from around the world. Continue reading
I recently found this lovely logo on Brandstack. It was designed by Veep. As you might have guessed, this brandname is short for ‘caught red handed’. That’s why this brand is perfect for a site that has to do with personal data, spying, information searches, background checks and more. A great logo for security and alarm systems too. Continue reading
Packaging is for all products pretty important and so it is for videogames. And with the shift to buying more and more games online, publishers are adding value to their games via its packaging. That’s why almost every game now gets a special or limited edition when it comes out. What I personally like the most is a game’s boxart. The boxart of a game should reflect its identity. So why not have boxart made by the people who know a game’s identity the best. Below I give you a collection of the best boxarts created by gamers themselves. They all tried to capture the essence of the game in its boxart and besides that, they all look pretty cool if you ask me. Continue reading
This funky logo was created by William Patino. I believe this logo can be used for all sorts of businesses. In case you haven’t noticed; the gecko’s foot in the negative space suggests the letter G. He is currently selling this logo on Brandstack for only $390. I think that’s a great price for this creative, eye-catching logo. Continue reading
I’ve always been jealous of designer who are masters of typography. They can bring letter to life, creating beautiful artwork. That’s why I decided to share some of these great creations with you. In part 3 of our typography inspiration series, you’ll find 20 awesome examples of typography art. Continue reading
I just returned from a trip to Amsterdam. During my stay, I came across a lot of beautiful coffee shops (no, not the kind where they sell weed…). Most of these coffee shops had really beautiful logo designs. That’s what inspired me to compile this list of 25 awesome coffee logos. I tried to avoid logos everyone already knows, such as the Starbucks logo. Continue reading
Holger Pooten is a London based photographer. Thanks to his amazing eye for detail he can create these stunning photos. Because he is so skilled, he had the opportunity to work for well-known companies such as Nike, Adidas, Intel, Panasonic and Virgin. Let’s take a look at some of his creations: Continue reading
This beautiful logo was made by Sean Heisler, a designer with over 13 years of experience. He is currently working under his freelance name ‘Ethereal Brands’. Sean prefers to keep everything as simple as possible, so he often opts for a minimal approach. Xavier Fence offers security, perimeter and barrier fences. Continue reading
After a year of hard work, it’s time to take some time off and relax. There’s no better place to relax than on some exotic beach or in a new and undiscovered city. So why not do it in style and stay in one of these gorgeous hotels? This is just a selection of my favourites, I’m sure there are hundreds of other beautiful hotels out there. Continue reading
It’s weekend and that means it’s time to choose another logo of the week. Recently I came across this beautiful logo on Brandstack. It was made by lizardboi who even tells us the story behind this logo. You can read the story after the jump… Continue reading
Albert Einstein is probably one of the most influential and best known scientists and intellectuals of all time. During is life he published over 300 scientific and 150 non-scientific works. He was a man who wasn’t afraid of a little controversy. During his lifetime he made a lot of remarkable quotes. Designers can learn a lot from his quotes and perhaps draw some inspiration from them. Continue reading