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AMPs - Alternative Motivational Posters
April 4th, 2007 Design&Art
Much, much cooler than typical motivational posters, RightBrainTerrain’s “Alternative Motivational Posters” are pretty damn cool.
Olay Gets Geeky With Ctrl+Z
March 29th, 2007 Design&Art, advertising
I love this add for Olay. Undo your wrinkles with Ctrl-Z.
Designflip 03 Call for Submissions
March 19th, 2007 Design&Art
Design Diary is accepting submissions for the third issue of Designflip. Designflip is a PDF mag that showcases art, design, illustration, & photography. The theme for issue 03 is “Rotten”. I’m looking forward to this one. I’ll probably submit some work as well.
Photoshop CS3 Public Beta Released
March 8th, 2007 Design&Art, software
Adobe has released a public beta of Photoshop for the first time ever. The final version of Photoshop CS3 is due to be released this spring. In addition to the new features of CS3, Intel-based Macs will see some notable speed increases with the update.
Head over to Adobe Labs to snag your copy of the public beta.
Photoshop Cafe has an article on the new features in CS3 that’s worth a read too.
Coolest Billboards Ever
February 27th, 2007 Design&Art
These billboards by Ian Hart for Ford are sick. Great concept and by far the most original idea I’ve seen in a long time.
Check out a few more on Ian’s site.
AIGA Chicago: Clear Space
February 22nd, 2007 Design&Art
I recently joined the AIGA. Tonight I’ll be attending my first AIGA event - Clear Space I @ Seven Ten Lounge. I really suck at networking, and I hope to improve that this year. This is my first step in that direction. In my experience, a large chunk of opportunities come from who you know, not what you know.
So, in the off chance that a fellow Chicago AIGA member is reading this, drop me a line here so I can say hello tonight.
PDF Magazine Roundup!
February 2nd, 2007 Design&Art, fashion
I’ve discovered a lot of PDF-based design magazines lately. I think it’s a cool concept and great way to form a collaborative design project.
Here are a few of the noteworthy ones I’ve come across…….
