There is now another iPhone user interface stencil on sale for those of you who are interested in creating your own iPhone/iPod Touch application. Read More
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iPhone User Interface Stencil by Kapsoft
Monday, November 16th, 2009Emigre No. 70 – The Look Back Issue now available
Thursday, October 29th, 2009It’s here!
Finally, after years of planning, research, negotiations, editing, design and production, printed copies of the Emigre No.70 book have arrived at Emigre’s warehouse. Read More
An interesting history of brand names and logo designs
Friday, October 16th, 2009What’s the story behind the brand name and logo design? Quite often, the answer is obvious, but there are some truly global brand names out there that have evolved into something much bigger than they ever expected to be and reveal some interesting stories along the way.
In no particular order, here are some short stories behind the brand names and logo designs.
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How does colour affect buying decisions?
Wednesday, October 14th, 2009Colour is an important factor when choosing a design element, whether it’s used on a logo design, web design as a whole, or even a simple ‘call to action’ button on a web site. Colour sends subliminal messages to people and the majority of us react the same to some colors. Graphic designers are aware of this and make the best possible use of colour to assist in creating actions.
OMG! It’s A New Yahoo Homepage – John Battelle’s Searchblog
Wednesday, August 5th, 2009Free icons for your web site design
Tuesday, July 28th, 2009
WooThemes, the creators of some very stylish Wordpress themes, have just released some free, hand drawn icons of the major social media platforms for use on your web site. Grab ‘em while they’re hot.
This icon set is released on the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.5 license.
Future Maps Opens London Store
Monday, July 27th, 2009
New Columbia Road Shop – Now Open!
The Future Mapping Company have just finished work developing their shop on Columbia Road, East London.
Go and see their full range during the bustling flower market every Sunday between 9.30am and 2.30pm.
To celebrate the opening they’re offering 20% off the complete range.
This offer runs for the next two weekends until Sunday the 2nd of August.
If you can’t get to the shop or would like to place your order online, simply choose your map and then enter ’shop’ as a discount code within the basket section of the website to receive your discount.
Also, coming soon… I’m very excited about this one, their first street map, London! Available late September.
Illustrator in Cornwall
Thursday, July 23rd, 2009
Another blatant plug for a good friend of mine, known only as ‘Cosmic‘ since I met him many, many years ago.
Cosmic is a talented illustrator based in Cornwall, trading under the name of ‘Cosmic Images’. He is available for hire, or you can buy his illustrations at his online shop.
Cosmic’s illustrations remind me of Keith Haring’s work in the late ’80s, but with more humour.
He is currently living and working on a craggy Cornish cliff. Cosmic was a civil engineer and a marketing manager in former careers. He decided to dedicate his life to ‘art’ during a Christmas day skydive over the Mediterranean sea in 1998, and after selling portraits and murals and impersonating Mick Jagger for two years found employment in Cornwall designing signs, then advertising, then hospitality interiors, CAD interiors, corporate identity packages, furniture design, design for print and clothing. A true all round creative guy ;0)
Food Photographer Cornwall – David Griffen
Monday, July 20th, 2009
My friend, David Griffen, is one of the best food photographers in Cornwall and he has recently updated his web site. If you get the chance please take a look at his portfolio. You won’t just see some excellent examples of food photography, but also Interior Photography, some very creative Portrait Photography and some beautiful product photography.
If you’re looking for photography in Cornwall, please get in touch with him. You won’t be disappointed and he has a great personality to match.
Upside Down Celebrities
Thursday, June 25th, 2009
Some great re-touching work going-on in this competition. Genius.



