Milton Glaser by Hillman Curtis

‘Artists Series: Milton Glaser’ by Hillman Curtis
I am aware that this interview has been online for some time now, but if like me you sometimes lose sight of why you are doing what you are doing this is the perfect remedy. Milton Glaser’s words of wisdom inspire and reaffirm.
Hillman Curtis offers an inspirational insight into [...]

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Viscom on Facebook!

Design for Visual Communication is now on Facebook, making it easier for you to keep up to date with all of the latest news and events, network and offer your views on the discussion board. To find us on Facebook click here.

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Temptation resistance

Really cool application for your computer (it’s also FREE)
http://winnieshek.wordpress.com/2010/01/27/give-me-some-willpower/

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Why James Chartrand Wears Women’s Underpants

James Chartrand is a professional and successful copywriter. But all is not as it seems. That’s because James is a woman. “Why James Chartrand Wears Women’s Underpants” is a fascinating insight into one of the great stigmas of the modern world. That is, despite decades and centuries of social development, feminism, voting right, equal [...]

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Learn Too Fucking Spell

Amusing and informative article by web designer, Paddy Donnelly that really hits the nail on the head. The article is a semi-rant at those designers who don’t bother to learn the differences between “too” and “to”, “it’s” and “its”, and “affect” and “effect” (These last two in particular I see people mixing up all the [...]

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Graphics Explained (Brand Identity Research)

There is a book called,
Graphics Explained: 7 Top Designers,
7 Briefs, 49 Solutions…In Their Own
Words.
This book strongly represents and demonstrates the world of clients and the relationships that evolve between the designer and client, and how they manage working in these environments. It also show’s the direction followed and how each specific company developed [...]

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Have you seen the film of the book?

I discovered these films on the Creative Review blog and thought that it may be a really good idea to build films which would give you a glimpse into some new illustration books. 
The Tate has created films that demonstrate two art books that have not yet been released.  They are Peter Blake’s ABC and Black [...]

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Antoine and Manuel

Hey everyone. While doing research for our modular project last year I looked at the work of Antoine and Manuel and absolutely loved it. I was then curious to see what their other work was like and so i went investigating. I came across lots of work done by them such as posters, illustrations and [...]

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