We All Love Typography “Whether it’s spacing, font choice, position, kerning, I just can’t seem to get that look. I am always looking for designs that showcase amazing typography, below are 50+ examples of what I have found inspiring in my quest to achieve typography greatness.”
Changethethought Christopher Cox collects great works that have been awarded many times and was mentioned by Computer Arts, Design Taxi, Webby Awards, Pixel Surgeon and others. [ via abduzeedo ]
Create Spectacular Concept Art in Photoshop Creating conceptual work can be fun and relies heavily on your imagination. This tutorial shows how to combine stock photographs to create a stunning effect that can be easily reproduced to work with almost any combination of images.
The Rainbow Monkey A portfolio of Markus Hofko. Interactivity meets style. Impressive works.
Vintage Logotypes Well Eric Carl has graciously posted all of the pages from the book to his Flickr page. You can also download all the images in a handy Zip file directly from his blog. More vintage logos. [ via iso50 ]
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Color Chart: Reinventing Color from 1950 to Today This MOMA exhibition takes as its point of departure the commercial color chart, an item that openly declares the status of color as mass-produced and standardized. It features the work of 44 artists who take a position in which art and life mingle rather than remain separate, and where beauty is found in the everyday rather than in the ideal.
Cool Web Characters A collection of mascots used in modern web design. We’ve collected some, too.
bottle caps! A showcase of… well, bottle caps. This photoset on Flickr includes 162 photos.