Featured Typography Artist: Jessica Hische

on July 14th, 2010

Jessica Hische is a typographer and illustrator working in Brooklyn, New York. She has “Type” tattooed on her left triceps. She is young, vibrant and enormously talented. Her work is stunning and inspirational. Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Share on Linkedin share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe [...]

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Awesome Logo for Sash Vet Clinic

on May 12th, 2010

Another logo I came across during my Sydney adventures; this one belongs to the Small Animals Specialist Hospital. Why it’s great Friendly, comforting and cheerful – and admire the distressed “a”, like a wounded animal, supported and aided by the other letters. Love it – if someone knows the designer let me know! Bookmark on [...]

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Packaging Design: Help Remedies 2.0

on May 12th, 2010

ChappsMalina was approached by Help Remedies, a New York City-based startup with a big idea: to revolutionize over-the-counter medication. The resulting line consists of 6 products that are designed to guide you through the medication aisle with ease and comfort. From “help, I have a headache” to “help, I can’t sleep”, instead of yelling “FAST [...]

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Ad of the Day: Lego Click

on May 10th, 2010

Really cool, in a weird sort of way. Got me in a groovy mood for no reason whatever :) Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Share on Linkedin share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post Tell a friend

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Running a design website or blog? Why you need alt tags NOW

on May 9th, 2010

So Google rolled out their new, Bing-inspired interface. Some people like it, some not quite as much. Regardless of how you feel about it, it does bring to light some important points of consideration with respect to the ranking your site. One of the most interesting thing I cam across was the new option “Sites [...]

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Blackbird Pie: Embed your Tweets in HTML (the nice way)

on May 8th, 2010

No more screenshots and embedding them as images! Twitter has launched Blackbird Pie, a service to create a nice looking embedable tweet code in HTML, nicely making use of your awesome Twitter background. You can try it out here: http://media.twitter.com/blackbird-pie/ Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Share on Linkedin share via Reddit [...]

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How to install the new Salesforce Plugin for WordPress

on May 4th, 2010

This is a demo on how to install, activate, and configure the WordPress-to-Lead for Salesforce CRM plugin. WordPress-to-Lead is a free WordPress plugin that let’s you easily create contact forms and publish them to your WordPress site or blog. What’s even better, is that WordPress-to-Lead automatically captures every lead and inquiry directly into Salesforce CRM. [...]

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So You Need a Typeface -Chart

on May 3rd, 2010

So you need a typeface is an alternative way on how to choose fonts (or just be inspired) for a specific project, not just by browsing through the pages of FontBook. The list is (very loosely) based on the top 50 of the “Die 100 besten schriften” and has been put together by Dutch designer [...]

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