Let there be light.

Minimal expression with endless interior spaces and light filled rooms. The converged work of Ricardo Agraz, Paolino de Vece and Santiago Ibarrarán on 'Casa I' developed a strong and clean architectural concept that created the right environment to accommodate the needs of a sole inhabitant. ..


 


What's your point?

There can be many pitfalls on the way to getting traffic to that beautiful site you created. All the design and creativity in the world won’t bring visitors to your site. You have to know a few basic laws of optimizing a webpage for search before the traffic will begin to flow in your direction. ..


 


More Than A Pretty Face

Typography refers to the arrangement of text on a page, and appears in some form or another in all instances of written communication.  ..


 


Free Pitch Backlash

It's heartening to see the design profession mature. The damage free pitching does to our industry has been evident for some time. It must be real - there are even Linkedin groups on the subject.

Ben Crick, a Sydney designer, posted our design group earlier this week with a link to his portfolio. Rumaging around in his Behance page , I came across a page that was titled ' I Am Designer - A Manifesto For Change'... ..


 


Logo eye candy


For all you design aficionados, here is a fantastic bit of eye candy. While many of these are mainly inspirational and may not be intended to be great identities, they are clever interpretations and demonstrate the value of creativity. They certainly put a smile on my face. ..


 


The World's Richest Colouring Competition

Do you live and breath sneakers? This may be the colouring competition for you, with a 1st prize of $50,001, that’s $1 richer than the fabled Archibald Prize, the new sneaker art prize is being described as the world’s richest colouring competition. ..


 


Your Brain Is Telling You Lies


The way we see colour is determined by the colours surrounding it. For example, compare square A to Square B - believe it or not they are exactly the same colour. ..


 


Design Thinking


Imagine if your brand, your business, your company could help in creating an improved future. Design Thinking is a process for practical, creative resolution of problems or issues that looks for an improved future result it's a way in which we think outside the box often made earlier in the process that lead to creative solutions. In organization and management theory, design thinking forms part of a solution through innovative, human-centered enterprises.  It is the essential ability to combine empathy, creativity and rationality to meet user needs and drive business success.  ..