Friday, October 21, 2011

40 MEMORABLE DESIGN QUOTES VISUALIZED


1) CHOOSE A JOB YOU LOVE AND YOU WILL NEVER HAVE TO WORK ANOTHER DAY (VIAFLICKR)

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2) BE THE CHANGE YOU WANT TO SEE IN THE WORLD (VIA FLICKR)

3) DESIGN IS THINKING MADE VISUAL (VIA FLICKR)

4) THE ESSENTIAL PART OF CREATIVITY IS NOT BEING AFRAID TO FAIL (VIA DEVIANTART)

5) DESIGNERS ARE MEANT TO BE LOVED, NOT TO BE UNDERSTOOD (VIA ABDUZEEDO)

6) DESIGN MUST SEDUCE, SHAPE, AND MORE IMPORTANTLY EVOKE AN EMOTIONAL RESPONSE (VIA VISUALIZE)

7) CLOSE YOUR EYES AND OPEN YOUR MIND (VIA FFFFOUND)

8 ) QUOTE BY JIM JARMUSCH (VIA ROBOTMONKEYS)

9) INK AND WATER DON’T MIX (VIA BEHANCE)

10) GOOD ARTISTS COPY, GREAT ARTISTS STEAL (VIA MOXYCREATIVE)

11) SIMPLICITY IS THE ULTIMATE FORM OF SOPHISTICATION (VIA MOXYCREATIVE)

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12) SIMPLICITY IS NOT THE GOAL, IT IS THE BY-PRODUCT OF GOOD IDEA AND MODEST EXPECTATIONS (VIA FRESHBUMP)

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13) THE SECRET TO CREATIVITY IS KNOWING HOW TO HIDE YOUR SOURCES (VIAFRESHBUMP)

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14) THOMAS EDISON QUOTE (VIA FRESHBUMP)

15) DON’T TRY TO BE ORIGINAL, TRY TO BE GOOD (VIA FRESHBUMP)

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16) IF IT DOESN’T SELL, IT ISN’T CREATIVE (VIA FRESHBUMP)

17) COMIC SANS JOKE, NOT EXACTLY A QUOTE, WITH ALL DUE RESPECT (VIAWICKEDPAEDIA)

18) DO WHAT YOU LOVE AND SUCCESS WOULD FOLLOW* (VIA BEHANCE)

19) BELIEVE IN (YOU)RSELF (VIA FLICKR)

20) LIFE IS HARD, ITS HARDER IF YOU ARE STUPID (VIA FLICKR)

21) GOOD DESIGN IS OBVIOUS, GREAT DESIGN IS TRANSPARENT (VIA BEHANCE)

22) YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE IF YOU TRY (VIA BEHANCE)

23) THERE IS LIGHT EVEN IN THE DARKEST PLACES (VIA VISUALIZE)

24) GOOD DESIGN IS ALL ABOUT MAKING OTHERS FEEL LIKE IDIOTS (VIA VISUALIZE)

25) HAPPILY EVER AFTER IS SO ONCE UPON A TIME (VIA FFFFOUND)

26) ART IS NOT WHAT YOU SEE, BUT WHAT YOU MAKE OTHERS SEE (VIA BEHANCE)

27) EVERY CHILD IS AN ARTIST, THE PROBLEM IS STAYING AN ARTIST WHEN YOU GROW UP (VIA BEHANCE)

28) HAVE NO FEAR OF PERFECTION, YOU WILL NEVER REACH IT (VIA BEHANCE)

29) THE PEN IS MIGHTIER THAN THE SWORD (VIA SOMAGALLERY)

30) CREATIVITY IS A DRUG, I CANNOT LIVE WITHOUT (VIA BEHANCE)

31) LIVE LIKE’S THERE’S NO TOMORROW (VIA WORDBONER)

32) LIFE WAS MUCH EASIER WHEN APPLE AND BLACKBERRY WERE JUST FRUITS (VIADEVIANTART)

33) THOSE WHO DO NOT WANT TO IMITATE ANYTHING PRODUCE NOTHING (VIAMANTAMEDIA)

34) THE WORLD OF IMAGINATION IS BOUNDLESS (VIA BEHANCE)

35) CREATIVE QUOTE (VIA BEHANCE)

36) COLUMBUS QUOTE (VIA BEHANCE)

37) THE PERSON YOU LOVE IS 72.8% WATER (VIA BEHANCE)

38) THE BEST WAY OUT IS ALWAYS THROUGH(PERIOD) (VIA BEHANCE)

39) A QUOTE BY PAULA SCHER (VIA BEHANCE)

40) EVERY ARTISTS WAS FIRST AN AMATEUR (VIA BEHANCE)

41) DESIGNERS ARE MEANT TO BE LOVED, NOT UNDERSTOOD (VIA BEHANCE)

42) WRITING IS JUST JUST HALF THE KNOWLEDGE (VIA BEHANCE)

Saturday, October 8, 2011

What Part Of "I Am Broke" Did You Not Understand


A little old lady answered a knock on the door one day to be confronted by a well-dressed young man carrying a vacuum cleaner.

"Good  morning," said the young man. "If I could take a couple minutes of your time, I would like to demonstrate the very latest in high-powered vacuum cleaners…"

''Go away!'' said the old lady. ''I'm broke and haven't got any money!'' and she proceeded to close the door.

Quick as a flash, the young man wedged his foot in the door and pushed it wide open… ''Don't be too hasty'' he said, ''not until you have at least seen my demonstration.'' And with that, he emptied a bucket of horse manure onto her hallway carpet.

"Now if this vacuum cleaner does not remove all traces of this horse manure from your carpet, Madam, I will personally eat the remainder."

The old lady stepped back and said, "Well let me get you a fork, 'cause they cut off my electricity this morning!"

Tuesday, September 6, 2011

The meaning behind few Famous logo designs you will see today


There’s a lot of time and more importantly thought that goes into a development of a good and functional logo.


I have collected some of the well-known logos with a creative rationale behind their design, which hopefully will inspire other graphic designers and educate clients. Chances are you will see at least one of these logos before you go to bed tonight.

FedEx

creative rationale behind FedEx logo
If you concentrate your attention on the letters “E” and “x”. The negative space those 2 letters create, form an arrow pointing to the right side. This signifies forward or moving forward and this is what the company does.

Adidas

creative rationale behind Adidas logo
The shape of 3 stripes on the Adidas Logo represents a mountain, pointing out towards the challenges that are seen ahead and goals that can be achieved.

Amazon

creative rationale behind Amazon logo
The logo has an arrow pointing from A to Z. This signifies that they sell everything from A to Z. The arrow also forms a smile.

Apple

creative rationale behind Apple logo
The apple is a reference from the Bible story of Adam and Eve, where the apple represents the fruit of Tree of Knowledge, with a pun on ” byte/bite”. Rob Janoff, said in an interview that though he was mindful of the “byte/bite” pun (Apple’s slogan back then: “Byte into an Apple”), he designed the logo as such to “prevent the apple from looking like a cherry tomato.”

Audi

creative rationale behind Audi logo
The four rings, which make up the Audi logo, represent the four companies that were part of the Auto-Union Consortium in 1932. They were DKW, Horch, Wanderer and Audi.

BMW

creative rationale behind BMW logo
The BMW medallion represents a propeller of a plane in motion, and the blue represents the sky. This is because BMW has built engines for the German military planes in World War II. The colors are the national colors of Bavaria, which now forms a part of Germany. (Email update by: Christoph Lauber)

IBM

creative rationale behind IBM logo
If observed closely, the IBM logo, also known as “Big Blue”, generates a message of “Equality”. The Big Blue IBM logo, with its lower right parallel lines, highlights in the shape of an “equals” sign. Furthermore, the term “BIG” in the Big Blue IBM logo refers to the company’s size in the market share, whereas, the “BLUE” is the official color of the eight-bar IBM logo.

McDonalds

creative rationale behind McDonalds logo
The idea of ‘arches’ was first introduced by Dick and Mac McDonald as arch shaped signs on the sides of their then ‘walk-up hamburger stand’. From an angle, those arches looked like the letter “M” and thus, were incorporated in the McDonalds logo as a merger of the two golden arches together.

Mercedes-Benz

creative rationale behind Mercedes-Benz logo
The star in three corners represents the Mercedes-Benz dominance on land, sea and air.

Mobil

creative rationale behind Mobil logo
A simple typeface was used to attain exuberance and vitality. Red, being the intense color, evokes the strength and blue builds up a feeling of faithfulness and security for the company.

Volkswagen

creative rationale behind Volkswagen logo
The simple logo icon contains the letters V and W: “volks” means “people” and “wagen” means “car”.

Toyota

creative rationale behind Toyota logo
The Toyota logo contains three ellipses, which represent the heart of the customer, the heart of the product and the heart of technological progress and limitless opportunities of the future. In Japanese, “Toyo” signifies abundance, and “ta” means rice. In some Asian cultures, the rice represents wealth.

Puma

creative rationale behind Puma logo
The Puma logo has an image of a leaping Puma, an animal otherwise called a cougar, a panther or a mountain lion. Active both day and night, it is a powerful beast and an expert hunter that can jump to a maximum of 20 feet high in a single bounce. By incorporating the creature in the Puma logo, the company has summarized the complete meaning of its products into a powerful identity. The Puma logo itself characterizes the brand’s reliability and its products’.