Creative Community Bulletin 27 November 2013

Great con­tent found by Pariah and shared to the design and cre­ative com­mu­ni­ties on social media.

  • How to Move to a Foreign Country
    Moving to a for­eign coun­try is one of the biggest life tran­si­tions you can ever make. While it can be chal­leng­ing and fraught with paper­work, it can also be an immense­ly reward­ing and enrich­ing expe­ri­ence. Whether the move is for busi­ness purpo…
  • Draw Your Success Moment to Storyboard Your Next Career-Building Step

    In a talk at 99U, Gebbia shared an exer­cise where he asked par­tic­i­pants to take a piece of paper and write one line on what they want to achieve. Then, he asks them to image the moment it all comes togeth­er, and draw that ‘suc­cess moment’.

  • 16 Thin, Fabulous & Free Fonts

    If you think you can nev­er be too rich or too thin- specif­i­cal­ly the “thin” part- you’ll love today’s edi­tion of fea­tured free fonts. I’ve often found myself search­ing for thin fonts for projects, but for some rea­son, most font foundries don’t list “Skinny” as a cat­e­go­ry. Here are 16 of my favorite thin fonts, most of them gor­geous at large sizes, all of them free to download!

  • When Should You Invest in Design? Always.

    If your com­pa­ny isn’t apply­ing design, you’re going to end up in the red. Businesses today must com­pete for an increas­ing­ly more con­nect­ed and dis­cern­ing cus­tomer. With lim­it­ed time and so much com­pe­ti­tion, how can a com­pa­ny ade­quate­ly explain the need their prod­uct is ful­fill­ing? Design think­ing can be applied to every­thing from prod­uct incep­tion to mar­ket­ing strate­gies to logis­tics and even com­pa­ny cul­ture — all of which help to keep you in the black.

  • When Should You Invest in Design? Always.

    If your com­pa­ny isn’t apply­ing design, you’re going to end up in the red. Businesses today must com­pete for an increas­ing­ly more con­nect­ed and dis­cern­ing cus­tomer. With lim­it­ed time and so much com­pe­ti­tion, how can a com­pa­ny ade­quate­ly explain the need their prod­uct is ful­fill­ing? Design think­ing can be applied to every­thing from prod­uct incep­tion to mar­ket­ing strate­gies to logis­tics and even com­pa­ny cul­ture — all of which help to keep you in the black.

  • The Super Talented Illustrator, Irina Vinnik
    “Her illus­tra­tions imme­di­ate­ly struck me as being fan­tas­ti­cal­ly detailed. Drawn in a mole­skin they have a qui­et unas­sum­ing qual­i­ty that makes them even more interesting.

  • The Art of Negative Space #inspi­ra­tion
    “Selected illus­tra­tions employ­ing neg­a­tive space by Tang Yau Hoong”
  • 8 pro tips for cre­at­ing inter­ac­tive infographics
    Infographics are every­where on the web right now, and they’re increas­ing­ly inter­ac­tive. Luke Clum offers 10 pro tips for cre­at­ing an inter­ac­tive info­graph­ic – read on to find out how you can cre­ate a design that tru­ly engages with its audience.…
  • BRAND: A Working Definition
    A brand is a liv­ing, breath­ing thing that is beau­ti­ful­ly imper­fect, fal­li­ble and unfinished.
  • An iPad Story-Telling Experience That Integrates Digital With Physical

    Spatial sto­ry­telling is a new and inter­ac­tive way of telling your sto­ries dig­i­tal­ly by mesh­ing it with the phys­i­cal space. 

    IDNA is the first sto­ry deployed on this pro­to­type. Each scene was first designed from a 360-degree point of view, so that the user can shift their iPad in any man­ner and it would still be a seam­less inter­ac­tive experience. 

  • The Definitive Guide to (Mostly) Free Images

    They say noth­ing on the Internet is tru­ly “free.” Even ser­vices like Gmail and Facebook come with a price—namely, your pri­va­cy (free with a string attached would be more accu­rate). It’s the same with “free” images from sites like Flickr and and Stock.XCHNG. Here’s what you need to know about free and most­ly free images on the web.