You asked your legal, copyright, and trademark questions, and Jean has answered! All questions are culled from the comments section attached to the original ‘Ask Jean’ post. We invite you to ask more questions. Dear Jean, Help! I’m hoping to launch a new line of children’s and adolescent’s clothing later this year. We did our research and it seems...
In a post earlier this week, I reviewed the latest version of Photoshop Elements. Elements has never been a hugely popular program, but I think the recent release is well-suited to the needs of at least some users. The same can be said of the CorelDRAW Graphic Suite X4. It’s easily overlooked, but actually might be worth considering. Photoshop...
“Another recession could be just around the corner, but at least for now, malls and restaurants are full again, traffic is terrible and everything is back to normal.” That’s what I wrote back in August, 2007. Since then, time-bomb mortgages have been blowing up all over the country, foreclosures have become a national crisis, major U.S. financial institutions are...
Have you ever used Photoshop Elements or CorelDRAW? If you’re a professional designer, probably not. In all likelihood, you rely on Adobe’s Creative Suite. You use Photoshop for bitmap imaging, Illustrator for vector artwork, and InDesign (or Quark) for layouts. And if you work in an in-house creative department, where you have to have the industry-standard apps, this same...
In my former office, there was a stack of old Emigre magazines. I spent countless hours paging through those back issues, and I can honestly say that most of what I know about design in the 90s–when technology was changing everything–I learned from Emigre. The magazine ceased publication in 2005, ending a slow decline that began in 2001. Recently...
Edward Tufte is one of the undisputed experts on all things pertaining to the display of information. In this video and the accompanying text he shares his thoughts on the iPhone, and specifically, how it “solves the design problem of small screens by greatly intensifying the information resolution of each displayed page.” If you design interfaces or work with...
Flickr and the Library of Congress have joined forces and created an exciting new program. If all goes according to plan, the project will significantly expand the reach of the Library by making its collections vastly more accessible. So far, more than 3000 photographs from two of the Library’s most popular collections have been posted to Flickr’s pages. Users...
A recent post on BoingBoing, (Everyone’s favorite blog other than this one.), introduced me to a new magazine called ILLO. I guess I’m a little late to the party, as issue #1 debuted months ago and issue #2 is already in the works. Still, I’m sure glad I discovered this new magazine. ILLO is all about illustrators and modern...
PRINT is now accepting entries for its Regional Design Annual, which some call “the most comprehensive survey of graphic design in the United States.” There are fourteen separate categories and all printed communications published or appearing in the U.S. between January 1, 2007 and December 31, 2007 art eligible. Art directors, designers, illustrators, photographers, and typographers are encouraged to...
In Part 3 of our series about Google’s Webmaster Tools, we took a close look at the Statistics Section. This time, we’ll discuss Links and Sitemaps Sections. The Links Section Pages with External Links. The pages listed here are those that have been linked to by others. Once again, this is important information that affects each page’s PageRank. There’s...
