The day’s best and most important design- and design business-focused articles, tutorials, and resources hand-picked by Pariah Burke.
- The forgotten history of how automakers invented the crime of “jaywalking”
In the 1920s, auto groups redefined who owned the city streets. It’s strange to imagine now, but prior to the 1920s, city streets looked dramatically different than they do today. They were considered to be a public space: a place for pedestrians, pushcart vendors, horse-drawn vehicles, streetcars, and children at play.
- Mind Mapping Your Startup for Success [Infographic]
To help you decide if you are ready for what it takes to be a successful startup, walk through each of the many questions laid out in the infographic below provided by DesignHill.com.
Tags: Entrepreneur Leadership Startup
- Illustrator 101: Pathfinder: Explained
If you aren’t familiar with Illustrator’s extremely handy “Pathfinder” palette, you might sit down for a few moments to play with it, because it is a true time saver, and an excellent tool for manipulating paths. First, of all let me say that “Pathfinder” is a horrible name for this palette. It doesn’t actually “find” paths. It makes it easy to combine paths, divide objects, subtract shapes, etc.
Tags: Vector Illustrator
- 5 Ways Interactive Infographics Can Boost Sales
Here’s an inside look at 5 ways interactive infographics can boost your content marketing efforts and indirectly impact sales.