The day’s best and most important design- and design business-focused articles, tutorials, and resources hand-picked by Pariah Burke.
- How to Create a Magnetic Brand
Instead of trying to get the average person to view your marketing, you put into motion strategies that will attract them to it. If you’re Apple or Google, virtually anything you do is pulling people towards you, but most brands don’t have that kind of mystique. However, there are ways to create it.
Here’s how:
- Letters in Wonderhand, On Handwritten Typopgraphy and Typefaces
As a letterer I tend to use a lot of script letterforms in my work. These are based on handwriting or calligraphy and therefore respond differently depending on the hand behind them. When working with these I vary the design parameters according to how loose, how nervous, or how static I want ‘the hand’ to appear.
- The Most and Least Friendly U.S. States for Small Businesses
Thumbtack, in partnership with the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, has released the results from the third annual Thumbtack.com Small Business Friendliness Survey. The study, drawing upon data from over 12,000 small business owners, provides …
- The Art of Profanity: Showcase of NSFW Typography
Expletives and Art seem to make the perfect pair. A simple word can invoke an emotional response or set a specific tone, which makes it a powerful tool for designers and artists to convey their message. In today’s showcase I feature 30 fun examples of profanity filled typography designs which will either entertain or offend. Either way, they’re probably not safe for work or the eyes of children!
- Ultimate 40+ Cheat Sheets for Graphic and Web Designers and Web Developers
We have included guides both for hardcore web designers and web developers to make it sound like ‘A complete web design guide’. We have tried our best to portray guides in the best format to make it easy for visualizing and downloading for future referencing.