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TED Talks have been an enormous source of inspiration to both myself and many other freelancers. All intellectuals will enjoy these speakers who lecture on a wide range of topics. Popular ideas encompass world affairs, society, scientific breakthroughs, technological advancements, plus tons of other fascinating concepts. Check out some videos in the gallery below and let us know your thoughts about TED going into 2012.
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I haven’t done an inspiration post in a while, and I was browsing Flickr this morning, so I thought I’d share some cool typography I found. I’m calling these “portrait typography,” but you may have a different name for them. I like using type as a texture, but this is on the next level. Have a look and see what you think.
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Hey Everyone, I’ve got some new eye candy for you to browse. Neil Duerden, a world famous Illustrator and digital artist always sends me an email when he updates his site, so I thought I’d pass along the news. There are over 70 new images on his site. Head on over and check it out, there’s lots of great stuff to look at. Below are just a few examples from the updated works.
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Time for a little inspiration. Package design can be tricky, but as you can see here, sometimes it can be relatively simple and still come across as beling elegant. Sometimes, less is more….. Here are over 100 examples of package design that either has a minimal style, or a typographic based solution. If you like these and you’d like to learn more about package design, TheDieline.com and LovelyPackage.com are the places to visit. A big thanks goes out to them for a lot of the images you see here.
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If you’re in need of a little inspiration, and you favor illustration, look no further than Neal McCullough. I received an email from Neil yesterday, and I was so impressed with his work, I had to share. Neil is a talented illustrator, and a lot of his work has a “clean, yet vintage” feel about it. Check out his website, HandDrawnCreative.
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In the wake of Shepard Fairey’s debacle with the AP over the rights to the image he used as reference/inspiration for his wildy popular Obama poster, I wanted to share a list of Public Domain Licensed images, in this case, astronomy. Fairey’s situation should hit home with all pixel junkies out there and remind us that we have to pay close attention to the licenses associated with the images we use in our design work. I’ve compiled a list of beautiful, inspiring astronomy images that all have a Public Domain License.
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We’ve all probably browsed through lists of great desktop walpapers, but I thought it would be fun to actually see some of your desktops for real. I’ve done workspace round-ups before, and now we get to peer even closer into some of our collegues’ digital environments. Every artist is different, and as you can tell below….so are their desktops. I asked people on twitter to send me screenshots of their computer desktops and below is the majority of what hit the inbox. I’ll start with mine, below (main monitor only).
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