Category Archives: Playground

Eco Business card

I really like this idea for an Eco consultant’s business card. But bordering on being OCD I’m not sure I’d put in my wallet as it wouldn’t line up with the other business cards I have in there! (Anal or what.) Also, is manufacturing a rubber stamp more ecological than printing a business card? That [...]

Your desktop as a music video?

A digital filmmaker named Dennis Liu has made an amazing video for The Bird And The Bee’s lovely song “Again & Again”. The set? His Mac desktop. You sort of have to see it for yourself to understand; luckily, Dennis has dropped it on YouTube so that the world can see it in low-res glory. [...]

The Rather Difficult Font Game

A bit of fun for you fonts of… font knowledge.
The Rather Difficult Font Game
Post your scores in the comments!
For your info, I scored 26, John Flanagan managed 30, and Luigi Carnovale got 31… 

Release your inner sleeve designer

Taken shamelessly from Creative Review, my mate Dan msn’d me with this;
http://www.creativereview.co.uk/crblog/release-your-inner-sleeve-designer
The rules of the game are simple. Have a crack, and send us your work! Here’s mine…

Photo by *La Greca*

Creative kickstart

Need motivation for a new brief? Got 5 minutes to kill? Or need to get in the mood as the day kicks off?
Every morning, I get a cup of tea and surf through a site that is solely about image book marking. It’s a mass collective of design and image conscious people who link and [...]

20 Horrible Habits of Clients

From YouTheDesigner.com
I’m sure we’ve all come across most of these, if not all, but it begs the question, how do you handle them?
Do you have any tips to help designers who are just finding their feet? Any words of advice when handling a potentially difficult situation with a client?
Or do you have any quotes or [...]

Where does Apple go after iPhone?