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 […]
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Stop putting the Arch in your logo.
I will be the first to admit that I’m in love with the arch. Ask anyone who knows me. You could almost consider it an obsession. But I think it’s because I didn’t grow up here. The simplicity of the design and the materials used to build the Arch makes it so beautiful. Well…when it […]
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 […]