Your billboard in the office of a customer
27.07.2011, 10:16How calendars rock your customers
Have you ever considered hanging a billboard in your customers office? No, because it sounds ridiculous? Well, a branded wall calendar is basically just that with a one year placement at ridiculously low cost. Take a look around your own office and you likely find more than one branded office product someone gave or sent you as a sign of appreciation.
Secrets of Adobe Illustrator
26.07.2011, 9:57Fresh from the hidden toolbox
Adobe Illustrator is a fairly complex piece of software. Even after years of working with the vector powerhouse you likely find new features and options, extending the well known tools. Sometimes it’s a simple key stroke which allows creating complex geometric shapes with a only few mouse movements.
Konstantin Datz raffle: winner announcement
25.07.2011, 13:11And the winner is…
Last week we talked to young design talent Konstantin Datz. We drawed 5 cocktail poster.
[App of the week] Vignette
21.07.2011, 11:10Express your creativity
This week we decided to test a budding Android-app.It’s a photo app which provides a wide range of picture modification tools even in the demo version. You can choose between 84 effects and 59 different frames, which are easy to apply to a taken picture or a picture of your gallery.
The art of annoying your fans and followers
20.07.2011, 9:50Things you should do to really mess your Social Media Marketing up
You get to read thousands of instructions how to optimize your Social Media Marketing,
but you’re sick of always playing nice when you just want to throw your computer out of the window?
Here’s the ultimate guide of how to scare everybody away.
„I like“ – 33 fantastic facebook fanpages
19.07.2011, 9:02How companies attract fans
Today we show you some great examples of possible designs in the connected facebook-world of Mark Zuckerberg. Compared to MySpace options are quite limited but this could be a benefit since “more” is not always “better”. Do you remember those absolutely chaotic profiles where you rather wish you never saw them?
We want you!
14.07.2011, 10:42… to tell us what you want us to write about
Writing blog posts is fun and every week our team eagerly searches the web and hits the keyboard to provide you with useful, interesting, entertaining and sometimes plain hilarious stuff. Lately we thought this would be even more fun if we get you on board the creative process. It’s you we are doing this for, after all!
Print Media in Tourism
13.07.2011, 11:00Mind the eye and heart of the beholder
In times of the Internet and the constant exposure to visual treats it is harder to get people’s attention with “simple” print material. You have to go beyond the bland display of facts to make a difference. Below we show you some great examples of how tourism destinations and carriers overcame these challenges with creative and memorable tourism print ads.
33 infographics you shouldn’t miss
12.07.2011, 9:55Extremely creative visual illustrations
Information graphics, also known as infographics are a visual representation of information. They focus on short and precise data and the most important facts are displayed in picture elements. Enjoy!
Interview: Konstantin Datz + Raffle
07.07.2011, 9:55Konstantin Datz was born in Heilbronn, Germany in 1988. After leaving school he worked as a freelance designer and started his academic studies in industrial design in Potsdam. His diverse creations range from infographics to useful designs like the Rubik’s cube for blind people. A prototype of it can bee seen in the MoMA in New York from July 24 to November 6. We talked to the young talent.