Design Business Links 3 April 2014

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

  • The Evolution Of Typewriters – A Visual Compendium Poster

    Ah, type­writ­ers — who doesn’t love the sweet sound of the old-school word proces­sor. Do you miss it? Well, if have a fond­ness for antiques, type­writ­ers, or hand-illustration, you’ll appre­ci­ate Pop Chart Labs’ A Visual Compendium of Typewriters. It fea­tures over six­ty of the great­est type­writ­ers known to man, span­ning more than a hun­dred years. Each print is signed by the artist and is illus­trat­ed on 100 lb. archival recy­cled stock paper.

  • Build a Cheaper, Customizable Alternative to Apple’s Mac Pro
    “Apple’s Mac Pro, the sleek and shiny trash can from out­er space, is cer­tain­ly a feat of engi­neer­ing. It also costs $3,000. If you want to build a com­pa­ra­ble machine your­self, you can save a lot of mon­ey by going with a Hackintosh.”

  • Uncommon Navigation Solutions – Pamper Your Visitors with New Way of Thinking
    “Navigation has cru­cial sig­nif­i­cance for any web­site. If the nav­i­ga­tion of your site is sophis­ti­cat­ed and not user-friendly enough, your con­tent has no chances to be read by the users. As a rule, nav­i­ga­tion menus are locat­ed in the most visible…
  • Massive List of Book Cover Designers and Book Design Services
    “This page fea­tures book cov­er design­ers, inte­ri­or lay­out design­ers, book type­set­ters, and relat­ed book design ser­vices. We try to be com­pre­hen­sive in these list­ings, so we list any­one in these fields. A list­ing does not mean a rec­om­men­da­tion b…
  • 75 Years of Batman Logo Evolution in One GIF
    “Batman turned 75 on March 30th: see how the icon­ic logo has evolved over the years”
  • 6 Principles of Gestalt Psychology That Can Improve Your Photography from Adorama Learning Center
    “Want to give your pho­tog­ra­phy skills an upgrade? Wouldn’t it be great if you could get peo­ple to spend more time look­ing at and appre­ci­at­ing your pho­tos? Learn and under­stand these prin­ci­ples of Gestalt Psychology, devel­oped over 90 years ago!…
  • How To Build Connections When You’re Just Starting Out
    “We know that oppor­tu­ni­ties often come our way thanks to the peo­ple we know. Unfortunately, many run into a conun­drum: in order to meet peo­ple, you first need to know peo­ple. In hyper-competitive indus­tries, access is every­thing, and the path t…
  • Talkin’ CSS, Animation and X‑Men with Rachel Nabors
    “Last week I had the chance to chat with Rachel about X‑Men, anti-aging creams, SVG and her Future Of Web Design work­shop in ear­ly April.

  • How To Find Your First Clients As A WordPress Freelancer

    Right? Wrong. There’s one bit of free­lanc­ing which is hard­er than any chal­lenge you’ll find on Project Euler. It’s the bit which brings in the bacon. And it’s ridicu­lous­ly hard. That bit is called cus­tomer discovery.

  • The 3 Questions You Need to Ask Before You “Do What You Love”

    Though the advice “just do what you love” sounds great, it can also come across as unre­al­is­tic. Not all of us have the lux­u­ry of not wor­ry­ing about steady income, sup­port­ing oth­ers, or health, after all. Leo Babuta of Zen Habit can com­mis­er­ate, and lists the three conun­drums you must ask your­self first before mak­ing the leap. Here’s one of our favorites: