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AttentionWizard – Attention Prediction Tool for Landing Pages
If you're a designer, things are never as easy as "making things pretty". More often that not, a graphic designer has to design something that will sell. A lot of times the design experience will help with optimising a design for conversion; however there are times when experience and flair will only take you that far.
Continue reading...Books and Tea: wonderful posters for Carturesti Library
23. February 2010
Oh the delicate and subtle beauty of these posters! The brilliant Art Director, "guilty" for many other achievements that deserve a few more articles, is Stefan Vasilachi of Grey Worldwide Romania. And the happy client was Carturesti Library, Romania.
Continue reading...Beautiful portraits: Candice Wouters
9. February 2010
I initially meant to do a post on portraits; and then I got stuck on Candice Wouters, a South African born photographer now living in London, whose work I stumbled upon while browsing for something or the other on Flickr. It was a bit inconvenient that her photos come in fairly small sizes, but even [...]
Continue reading...50 Unbelievable Manga Style Illustrations
7. December 2009
This post contains some of the most beautiful illustrations I've seen in a while. I tried to include a variety of manga-style art, that spans a range of mediums and techniques. And make sure to scroll all the way down, I've saved the best for last!
Continue reading...Lead nurturing strategy: targeted communication flowcharts
22. October 2009
The theory splits these non-converting prospects into prospects that need more information in order to feel comfortable enough to purchase; and prospects who are confident about the product but are price sensitive and are shopping for a more affordable option. To cater to these two very different categories of non-converting prospects vendors have to target them with a communication programme tailored to their respective areas of concern. These two flowcharts should come in useful for structuring your lead nurturing campaigns.
Continue reading...User Interface principles in web design – a return to the basics
21. October 2009
There is much hype surrounding website UI design, and a large variety of tools claiming to help optimise the said interface; however, the most useful piece of theory I have found on the topic is dated 1998 and was written by somebody called Talin, whose home page now returns a 404. It was written with reference to program design rather than website design, but I think these 14 principles apply cross-topic.
Continue reading...Fashion illustration: Sandra Suy
19. October 2009
I came across Sandra Suy's work quite recently; I just love fashion illustration (probably because I used to do a bit of it myself in a previous life); and Sandra's work is sharp, and minimalistic, and beautiful.
Continue reading...Annie Leibovitz and her fantastic Disney portraits
17. October 2009
Annie Leibovitz. Are there any words to describe her work? Are there any words to describe her subjects better than her work? Annie is the photographer behind the Demi Moore naked and pregnant cover of Vanity Fair; behind the clothed Ono and naked Lennon cover of Rolling Stone. And the story-teller behind Disney's series of celebrities-as-fairytale-characters series. Just amazing.
Continue reading...Irving Penn – The King of Black and White
9. October 2009
Irving Penn, who photographed celebrities, indigenous people, workers and cigarette butts, has died at his Manhattan home, aged 92. This is some of his work, my RIP for the man who changed fashion and portrait photography for ever.
Continue reading...10 unbelievably cute 404 page illustrations
3. October 2009
Cute, cute illustrations for your 404 pages. Worth a visit - and a smile.
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Limeshot is a Power 150 Blog
The Power 150 is a ranking of the top English-language media and marketing blogs in the world. The name isn't strictly accurate: It currently ranks more than 500 blogs written about every imaginable marketing discipline.
11. March 2010
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