Anyone thinking of entering the corporate design industry should—but probably doesn’t—know the name Eliot Noyes. Have you ever heard the maxim “Good design is good business?” Its originator, Eliot Noyes, died in 1977, but he laid the groundwork for the corporate design culture we take for granted today. During the 1950s and 1960s, he assembled the in-house design programs...
In the past, I’ve worked on a few projects where there were quite a few layers between myself as copywriter, and the designer(s) of a site. For some reason, many think that as long as the site structure or copy inventory is passed along to the writer everything will be fine. But there are problems that ensue when a...
Bruce Livingstone, Founder, President, CEO, iStockPhoto Bruce Livingstone, 35, is founder, President and CEO of iStockphoto, an innovative marketplace for imagery. Bruce started his design career in 1994, as a clerk in the mail room of Image Club Graphics, a Calgary company credited with being the first to put RF images on CD-ROMs. After a piece of software essentially...
Today is definitely a good day to stay under the covers. For those of us who can’t afford to…take comfort in the storybook-like artwork of Catia Chien. The Brazilian artist’s work will take you back to warm memories of childhood. Known for featuring dreamy watercolor landscapes enlivened by colorful Edward Gorey-esque characters, Chien’s talents don’t stop at paintings. She...
Clients who think they can save on design fees with a template-based site have another think coming. Now that online retail is ubiquitous and consumers are ever more web-savvy, even a small-business client who would have gone with a cookie-cutter site for cost and efficiency purposes has to face the realities of the current times: shoppers are wary of...
Ottawa-based graphic artist Eric Chan marries technology to groovy colorscapes that bring the world of the yellow submarine into the here-and-now. Chan uses generative programs of his own creation to output compositions that are chock full of movement, which is no surprise since music serves as inspiration. Chan manages to combine elements of street art, Japanese prints and graphic...
From designing chocolate to graphic tees, Ayo Kato has done it all! Check out her latest designs
For a record ninth-consecutive year, Anheuser-Busch has just won USA Today’s exclusive Super Bowl advertising poll. And with it, Budweiser has flipped the switch on Bud.tv. With Anheuser-Busch looking to spend over $30 million this year alone on this online video network. The site looks to be easy to navigate, featuring short films like “Finish Our Film”. This mash-up...
Microsoft has come up with some creative advertising for their new Microsoft Office 2007 launch. This web advert takes the shape of a ten page illustrated fairy tale comic book that features a fairy tale princess CEO who saves her woodland empire through the wonders of Office’s newly redesigned interface. Kudos to Microsoft for breaking out of the usual...
