Kid Chip shows the art and thought behind his cover designs The Hilarious Art of Book Design. Just a little more inspiration for us to bring to our designs.
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Clarity and Mystery in Design
Chip Kidd is a book designer who knows too well how often we judge things by first appearances. In this TED Talk he explains the two techniques designers use to communicate instantly — clarity and mystery — and when, why and how they work.
Watch it and get thinking about your designs.
Four Color Printing Process Explained
Video by Printing for Less.
The Printing Process – Sheet Offset Press
Video by Sappi.
The History of Typography, in Stop-Motion Animation
Simple explanation but a good introduction.
Symmetry vs. Asymmetry
An interesting look at balance used in logo design.
Wind-powered mechanical creatures called “Strandbeests”
Read the Article at Hear & Now
Change is Everything by Son Lux
One lovely stop motion video using push pins and elastic string along with a message so true: Change is Everything.
Click on the image to view the video.
A video on how The Made Shop created this music video can be found at NPR.
Canadians Love Poop, Americans Love Pizza: How Emojis Fare Worldwide
NPR reports SwiftKey analyzed more than a billion pieces of emoji data, organized by language and country. The poop emoji was most popular in Canada. Read more…
Harriet A. McCullough 