Today in Design - Top Articles RoundUp 11 September 2014

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

  • 10 won­der­ful exam­ples of design symmetry
    These top uses of sym­me­try in design offer up a reflect­ed sense of illus­trat­ed inspiration.

    Symmetry can real­ly bring a piece of design to life. Whether it’s an ambi­graph or straight­for­ward sym­met­ri­cal exe­cu­tion, these illus­tra­tions are pre…

  • Former Disney Animators Want to Bring Hand-Drawn Animation Back with Steampunk Flick; Launches Indiegogo
    2D ani­ma­tion is the heart and soul of all ani­ma­tion. 2D cre­at­ed the ani­ma­tion indus­try, and with­out it mod­ern computer-generated ani­ma­tion sim­ply would not exist. And 2D ani­ma­tion is a tru­ly American art form. 2D ani­ma­tion is capa­ble of conveyi…
  • Sharing Without Stealing: A Simple Guide to Online Copyrights
    Internet con­tent isn’t all free, and not every­thing is yours for the tak­ing just because you found it online. Get the legal facts about 5 com­mon copy­right myths.
  • Advice for Artists in a Contract Negotiation Illustrated by the Case of An Artist Versus Angry Birds

    The recent law­suit over the use of the Angry Birds’ name for a line of pet toys is the typ­i­cal result of a poor con­tract nego­ti­a­tion. But if an artist can’t afford an attor­ney, what can they do?

  • 14 Mac Hacks That Will Change The Way You Use Your Computer

    Use the fn + Delete short­cut to delete the let­ter in front of your cur­sor instead of behind. Another handy tip: use option + delete to delete the last word typed. You’ll get the hang of it eventually.

  • How a new HTML ele­ment will make the Web faster

    Today, the aver­age size of a web­page is 1.7MB—1MB from images—but change is afoot.

  • A “done-for-you” direct mail let­ter to get new, local clients!

    I love direct mail.

    The fact that the world has gone dig­i­tal just makes it even more rel­e­vant than ever. We’re so inun­dat­ed with emails and Facebook and all the rest that hold­ing a print­ed, crisp, per­son­al let­ter has a new significance.

    It demands atten­tion, shows care (after all, writ­ing an email is so easy – but send­ing a let­ter actu­al­ly takes some leg­work), and is unique.

    I’ve used it to gen­er­ate amaz­ing returns for clients, and for our cre­ative mar­ket­ing agency too. In fact, a few years back we sparked an amaz­ing part­ner­ship with a key influ­encer through direct mail, and we’re about to do it for our agency’s new PSD to HTML & WordPress com­pa­ny, Reliable (check us out!).

Curated by Pariah Burke