The day’s best and most important design- and design business-focused articles, tutorials, and resources hand-picked by Pariah Burke.
- Humorous Posters Of Graphic Design Puns That Will Make Designers Laugh
Featuring simple graphics and funny words, these cards illustrate the various quirks of being a graphic designer and poke fun at the many issues that they are concerned with at work.
Tags: typography design
- I’m dreaming of a pocket Macintosh
Can you imagine a Macintosh in a smartphone form factor? Benj Edwards can, and he uses his imagination to create what he calls the MacBook Pocket.Tags: iOS OSX
- 6 Hidden benefits of being a Self Made Freelancer
So, while other people believe that you need a 5–6 person team in order to build a successful freelance business, we’ll be right here building an empire; alone and loving every minute of it.Being a self made freelancer comes with some great benefits a…
- Designer lives and works completely out of a 26 litre backpack
This is an unapologetically long post. It’s an in-depth look at what gear I use to travel around the world, constantly, with only a 26L backpack. It’s written for the gear freaks and professional travellers. Newbies and veterans alike. If you just want to see the list, then skip to the end. If however, you’ve got a cup of tea and 15 minutes for a story, then read on.
- How valuable is Twitter really?
I’ve been thinking a bit about Twitter lately, and just how useful it is as a tool or platform.
Tags: Twitter
- Textscapes: Words That Come Right Off the Page, Literally
Text on paper, 3D printed to create city landscapes out of the letters.Tags: typography 3Dprint
- How Tagging Can Streamline Your Print + Digital Workflow
The transition from producing strictly print books to producing content for a multitude of digital formats means it’s time to rejig some tried-and-true workflows. Colleen Cunningham, Senior Ebook Developer at F+W, A Content + eCommerce Company, has some thoughts about using a content management system to produce content in the digital age.