Browsing Tag: design inspiration

Don’t be a Comic Sans Criminal.

I came across the website Comic Sans Criminal last night and thought it was fantastic. Not only does the site feature great typography, it tells you why the [ugly] font Comic Sans exists and how it should and more importantly shouldn’t be used [as in never.] Maybe you want to let someone close to you […]

Excuse the language, but…

This site is not only hilarious, but actually a great resource for design advice. It gives you countless phrases that design students and professionals have either heard or said to one another, but it just so happens to have a seven letter curse word inserted into each phase. It’s perfect for when you need a […]

I <3 Typography

I admit it, I love typography. I didn’t always love typography, mainly because I didn’t have a good grasp of the subject. I didn’t take my first typography class until my junior year of college—mainly because that’s how the curriculum was set up. I went into it with pretty much no previous knowledge of typography, […]

Oil & Water Don’t Mix

I found this video on one of the many design sites I read. It’s of a London-based graphic designer who designs and creates a poster using the oil from the BP disaster in the Gulf. I think this may be the only neat thing to come out of such a horrible disaster. Too bad they’re […]

Ballerina Love

I have a slight obsession with ballerinas. Just a slight one. When I was 5 years old, I said I wanted to be a professional ballerina when I grew up.  Well, as everyone knows I’m not a professional ballerina.  I wasn’t put in dance classes, but my mother [wanted to torture me and] decorate my […]