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31 May
Mind blowing examples of experimental typography
Compilation, Fonts, Typography
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Typography is often thought of in its practical form, as text on a web page or printed material.
A designer may look at typography in the way that it will impact their design, considering aspects such as spacing, leading, weight and size.
But let’s put all of that aside as we take a look at typography used as an experimental form of art.
In this post we feature over 100 amazing typographical experiments, crazy compositions and funky fonts that ooze creativity.
These examples were collected from Behance’s Typography Served, a truly amazing resource for all typeface enthusiasts.
You can read more about each piece and their authors by clicking on the respective images below. Enjoy!
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29 May
Our favorite tweets of the week
May 23-May 29, 2011
Best Of, Compilation, Twitter
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Every week we tweet a lot of interesting stuff highlighting great content that we find on the web that can be of interest to web designers.
The best way to keep track of our tweets is simply to follow us on Twitter, however, in case you missed some here’s a quick and useful compilation of the best tweets that we sent out this past week.
Note that this is only a very small selection of the links that we tweeted about, so don’t miss out.
To keep up to date with all the cool links, simply follow us @DesignerDepot Read more
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28 May
Comics of the week #79
Comics, Funny, Humor
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Every week we feature a set of comics created exclusively for WDD.
The content revolves around web design, blogging and funny situations that we encounter in our daily lives as designers.
These great cartoons are created by Jerry King, an award-winning cartoonist who’s one of the most published, prolific and versatile cartoonists in the world today.
So for a few moments, take a break from your daily routine, have a laugh and enjoy these funny cartoons.
Feel free to leave your comments and suggestions below as well as any related stories of your own… Read more
27 May
How to create a cute little monster in Illustrator
Illustrations, Illustrator, Tutorials
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Today, we’re going to show you a simple way to achieve a gradient-heavy illustration of a little monster.
It’s got a 3-D feel, but it’s done using only gradients. So, stick with us; we’re going to use and see some really nice easy tips for creating this little monster. The tutorial is intended for beginners.
We’ve included the Illustrator file at the bottom of this post, so you can download it to learn more from it.
If you followed this tutorial to create your own little monster, please share your results and experience with us in the comments.
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26 May
Book review: the Smashing Book 2
Books, Opinion, Review
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In February, Smashing Magazine officially released their latest print book project, The Smashing Book 2, and they were kind enough to send me a review copy at no charge.
This review is not a paid review, nor is it influenced in any way by Webdesigner Depot or Smashing Magazine.
Although this review does give the book some valuable exposure, this is primarily going to be a discussion of the strengths and weaknesses of the book.
Thus, I won’t be reviewing the contents or discussing the improvements from the previous Smashing Book. You can get those details on the book’s product page, or on Smashing Magazine’s own article that formally announced the book. Read more
25 May
Simplito: A free social icon set
Freebies, Icons, Social Media
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The awesome folks at DesignDeck has designed a cool set of 24 social icons which we’re calling “Simplito”.
The icons are provided as JPGs, PNGs and a master PSD file for easy editing.
You are free to use the icons for personal and commercial projects as per the licensing terms attached in the file.
Please do not distribute these icons. If you want to share these with your friends, simply direct them to this page so they can download their copy from here.
The download button is right under the large preview after the jump. Enjoy the new awesome icons! Read more
24 May
Interview with Dribbble’s co-founder Dan Cederholm
Design, Interviews, Opinion
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Dribbble has quickly become one of the most popular communities online for designers.
It offers the opportunity for designers to get feedback on their works-in-progress, show off the work they’ve just completed, and otherwise network with others in the field.
While Dribbble has been largely successful in the design community, there has also been some controversy surrounding certain aspects of the site.
Dan Cederholm, one of Dribbble’s co-founders, took time from his busy schedule to answer a few questions about where Dribbble has been, where it is now, and where it plans to go next, as well as to address some of the criticism that’s been directed at it.
We thank Dan for this candid interview and invite all WDD readers to chime in and let us know what you think about it in the comments.
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