The headlines covering the political uprising that led to the resignation and now death-penalty trial of Egypt President Hosni Mubrarak has led to the showcasing of politically-inspired graffiti, graphic design and photography.
The headlines covering the political uprising that led to the resignation and now death-penalty trial of Egypt President Hosni Mubrarak has led to the showcasing of politically-inspired graffiti, graphic design and photography.
Recently, the Italian magazine Grazia apologized to readers in response to a doctored image of Duchess Kate Middleton that appeared on the May cover of the magazine dramatically shrinking her waistline. While the magazine protested that the image was not edited to make the already svelte Duchess look thinner, the practice of doctoring photographs to make women appear slimmer in...
Want to create professional-looking Web sites without ever seeing a line of code? Design software manufacturer Adobe has been tinkering with this concept since the halcyon days of Pagemill (1994), back when the Web was young. And one might argue that Adobe's top visual HTML editor Dreamweaver fulfills that need nicely, striking a nice balance between providing a visual...
Since the days of the Marlboro Man, many things have changed in the marketing and advertising of tobacco. For one thing, changes in public smoking laws in United States have publicized the dangers of smoking and created a wider understanding of challenges of quitting the addictive habit. But a new legal battle is brewing over a new government...
Stepping into the highly competitive design software market a couple of weeks ago was Serif’s graphic software program DrawPlusX5. Touted as an all-in-one digital artwork, web graphics, and animation tool, DrawPlusX5 combines many abilities of other design programs into one. Within the program you can edit images, paint and draw, and create web graphics and Flash animations. DrawPlusX5 can...
They say a picture is worth a thousand words. So, when that picture is a political candidate’s campaign logo, those words better be positive. With candidates crisscrossing the country hosting events and jockeying for media coverage, the image most associated with a candidate is his or her logo. On bumper stickers, T-shirts, lawn signs, and advertisements, campaign logos need to...
Feeling the pinch from smaller shopping budgets in a down economy, consumer product companies are bringing back retro packaging designs in hopes of catching shoppers’ attention on crowded shelves. Companies like PepsiCo, General Mills, and Proctor & Gamble have been trading contemporary designs on products like Pepsi, Doritos, Cheerios, and Tide for those from the ‘60s and ‘70s...
An innovative solution for a struggling economy, Detroit’s Creative Ventures program is striving to bring creative professionals and business back into downtown. Initiated by the Detroit Creative Corridor Center (DC3), the business acceleration program has enrolled thirteen businesses to participate as ventures-in-residence at the DC3 campus. According to the DC3 website, these residents’ 12-month experience will...
Often an overlooked aspect of packaging design, barcode design has remained pretty consistent since its introduction in the early 1970’s. Originally created to avoid constant retagging of items when the price changed, the barcode eventually evolved into a global tracking number and better way for companies to manage inventory. These days, as this article at Mashable.com shows,...
Jean Perwin is a Miami-based lawyer specializing in Intellectual Property Law, Entertainment and General Corporate Law for a wide range of clients, including graphic design firms, advertising agencies, visual artists and photographers. Her firm handles copyright and trademark registration and licensing, entertainment, computer, internet and general business contracts, partnerships, and corporate matters. She is co-author of The Artist’s Friendly...
