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Top 8 Portfolio Sites

February 25, 2012
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Top 8 Portfolio Sites

It is 2012, and time to connect with other designers for inspiration, collaborations, job leads and general networking. We rounded-up 8 amazing portfolio sites to get your work up and seen. There are plenty of sites like these out there, but we think these are the crème de la crème, enjoy!

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Vernazza: From Disaster to Inspiration

January 19, 2012
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Vernazza: From Disaster to Inspiration

The small village of Vernazza in Cinque Terra, Italy experienced an apocalyptic combination of natural disasters on October 25, 2011. “Torrential rains, massive flooding and over 100 mud slides took the lives of 3 residents, terrorized locals and visitors, caused over 108 million Euro in damages and left the town buried in over 13 feet of mud...

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Superman: Then and Now

December 6, 2011
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Superman: Then and Now

It’s a bird…it’s a plane…it’s SUPERMAN! While his sense of fearlessness and charisma have remained unchanged over the years, the striking features of this superhero have not. From post-war strength to a greasy 90’s mullet (not the proudest of moments), Superman has endured trends and cultural changes since conception in 1938.

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40% off Photoshop Brushes and Vectors for NoD Subscribers

December 1, 2011
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40% off Photoshop Brushes and Vectors for NoD Subscribers

To show our appreciation to our subscribers here at NoD we’ve worked with our friends at GreenBulbGang.com (GBG) to bring you an exclusive offer on their Photoshop brushes, vectors, and backgrounds to inspire you and help you along with your design projects.

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Art Basel, Miami

November 30, 2011
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Art Basel, Miami

Generally known for all night parties and scantily-clad beach goers, Miami has now taken on another identity: international art. Over the past 10 years, an international exhibit fair called Art Basel has reinvigorated the art world in Miami and transformed the Miami Beach resort with one of the most prestigious art fairs in the Americas. Although it lasts less...

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Windows of the Season

November 11, 2011
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Windows of the Season

The time has come for the masters of retail display to descend upon Fifth Avenue and Madison Avenue in downtown New York City to create their temporary masterpieces and revive the sense of a winter wonderland in thousands of New York shoppers and tourists.

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“We the Designers” Exhibit

October 21, 2011
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“We the Designers” Exhibit

Graphic design has found itself caught up in the political battle, aptly wielded to gain and maintain recognition for candidates and their campaigns. While candidates have long been using logos, with the unparalleled success of Obama’s “O”, the role graphic design plays in politics has been getting quite a bit more attention. We previously discussed political logos in...

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The Creative Cloud is coming to Earth

October 12, 2011
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The Creative Cloud is coming to Earth

Last week during Adobe’s MAX 2011 event in Los Angeles, the software company unveiled its latest innovation: the Creative Cloud. While cloud computing has been around for awhile and is widely used in the creative industry, the new way that Adobe is bringing the cloud down to earth and into your hands may make it...

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Post-Postmodernism Exhibit

October 5, 2011
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Post-Postmodernism Exhibit

Of all recent movements in art history, postmodernism may be the most controversial. Nevertheless, the slippery-to-define postmodernist movement has steadily become an underlying philosophy for a wide range of work in design, literature, art, film, architecture, fashion, and cultural and literary criticism.

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The Future of Digital Sketches

September 21, 2011
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The Future of Digital Sketches

Wacom is again changing the face of digital drawing - meet the Wacom Inkling pen. Rather than working on the surface of a slick digital tablet, the Inkling allows you to sketch on any paper surface you have lying around. Through continuous communication with a USB receiver and with 1,024 levels of pressure sensitivity, the Inkling...

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