Adobe hosted a special event this past Monday in San Francisco to officially unveil Creative Suite 6 and the highly-anticipated Creative Cloud to the design world.
Adobe hosted a special event this past Monday in San Francisco to officially unveil Creative Suite 6 and the highly-anticipated Creative Cloud to the design world.
Think of the last toddler you saw who so desperately wanted to know "Why?" Part of us is still that toddler wanting to know why the sky is blue. Why is this logo green? Why is the bag brown? Why is my bankcard gold? Sometimes the logic is self-evident; the brown logo is for the local coffeehouse; the package...
Urban areas are a mecca for shopping, browsing, exploring, eating and drinking. And with a dense population, you have more options, hidden gems, and sales all over. But how is one to find all them during the daily grind from point A to point B with our faces buried in our smartphones? Meet CityMaps, an interactive and...
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.
How do you revive an ad campaign to a loyal audience without abandoning or simply repeating a key character--and while still meeting expectations? Old Spice and advertising agency Wieden + Kennedy found themselves in this very situation in the fall of 2010. The viral and heavily followed campaign “The Man Your Man Could...
“Make art. Make progress. Volunteer your creativity to support President Obama’s jobs plan.” That’s the presentation of the “Art Works” poster contest being run by the Obama for America campaign to promote the American Jobs Act. But while Campaign Manager Jim Messina may view the contest as a great opportunity for creatives to put their...
Since 2000, a technological revolution has occurred that may have changed graphic design forever. Now, in one of the largest design exhibitions in over a decade, a collection of design work from the last 11 years explores how technology and social media have affected the way designers create and promote their work.
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...