Super Bowl 2012 By the Numbers

Super Bowl 2012 is blitzing us like a crazed linebacker, coming up in a matter of hours, and the numbers are stacking up quickly. It’s a weekend of superlatives, with astonishing numbers swirling around those brave warriors on the field.

In the Super Bowl, everything is larger than life. Instead of… read more

Freebie: Twitter Widget for WordPress (PSD)

Freebie: Twitter Widget for WordPress (PSD)

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25 Cool Lighters For Everyone

25 Cool Lighters For Everyone

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7 Tips for Planning a Wedding on Pinterest

1. Join

If you haven’t already, sign up for a Pinterest account. There’s a waiting list to join now… read more

Five Tips for Running a Successful Home Office

There are a lot of stories written about home-based businesses—trust me, I just did a Google search. Working from home has changed drastically over the years, thanks to technology.

If you think back not even 20 years about home-based businesses, you might envision a low-tech service business such as a… read more

Create a Vibrant Bauhaus Themed Artwork in Photoshop

Create a Vibrant Bauhaus Themed Artwork in Photoshop

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Patriot or Giant, Whose Pre-Super Bowl XLVI Spotify Mix Is Better? [POLL]

Super Bowl Sunday is right around the corner and players from both the New York Giants and New England Patriots are getting pumped for the game with their own big-game Spotify playlists.

On Monday, Mashable told you about Patriots rookie running back Stevan Ridley, who posted a 12-song Spotify playlist to… read more

How to Make Your Company More Social

Mae Karwowski runs social media strategy and oversees community management at Gilt City, a subsidiary of the Gilt Groupe. She also consults for several startups.

Social networks are flooded with potential customers. Therefore, today’s companies need to foster a socially engaged culture within company walls.

A business becomes more inherently social… read more

Sony Alpha SLT-A65 Review

Since my review of the Sony SLT-A77 hit the screens of many Digital Photography School visitors it’s obvious the company has pressed the right buttons for people wanting to lift their photo game.

Now we have ‘son of’ … a model similar in many respects, at a lower price, but with… read more

Best of Tuts+ in January 2012

Each month, we bring together a selection of the best tutorials and articles from across the whole Tuts+ network. Whether you’d like to read the top posts from your favourite site, or would like to start learning something completely new, this is the best place to start!

Psdtuts+ — Photoshop Tutorials

Create… read more

Things My Clients Hate. What about Yours?

I have been a freelancer for almost a decade now and in the course of these years, I have had dozens of clients and hundreds of projects. While no two clients are the same, I have noticed some common things many of my clients hate. For truth’s sake,… read more

Microsoft Begins Private Preview of Office 15

Microsoft says it’s started a private preview program of the next version of Office to a “select group” of customers. Going far beyond just refining and enhancing existing applications, the next version of Microsoft Office, codenamed “Office 15,” will unite the software suite with the company’s cloud and mobile platforms.

Announcing… read more

5 Ways for Photographers to use an iPad to Jumpstart their Business

1. Editing On-the-Go

The iPad is never going to replace a desktop computer for photo editing. However, it does come in handy when you are looking to quickly edit a few pictures. I recently traveled home for the holidays. My parents wanted a picture for their Christmas card. I was able to… read more

YouTube Cover Song Face-Off: Adele’s ‘Set Fire to the Rain’

Each week, Mashable picks a popular song, finds 10 covers of it and asks you to vote for your favorite.

More than year after Adele’s mega popular 21 came out, the album’s third U.S. single — “Set Fire to the Rain” — claims the top spot on Billboard‘s Hot 100 this… read more

How To Avoid Hiring The Wrong Person For Your Startup

Chris Rickborn is the COO and co-founder for Unrabble, a cloud-computing hiring software company that helps busy startups make great hires.

In a startup, hiring a new employee can be a business-changing event. The smaller the organization, the more impact each employee has on its ultimate success.

Don’t get me wrong… read more

Remarkable ‘Joy of Books’ Animation Brings Books to Life [VIRAL VIDEO]

Each day, Mashable highlights one noteworthy YouTube video. Check out all our viral video picks.

Relax and enjoy the magic that ensues when you combine a bookstore full of books, skillful stop-motion animation, haunting music, a boatload of creativity and 28 volunteers: The Joy of Books is a brilliant video… read more

Tech Hiring Trends 2012: What You Need to Know [INFOGRAPHIC]

Job trend reports are pointing to big things for the tech industry, including lots of openings and opportunities for growth. Here’s the lowdown on tech hiring trends.

In 2012, there will be increased demand for mobile app developers, data warehouse analysts and user experience designers.

Consider the number of people… read more

Our favorite tweets of the week Jan 23-Jan 29, 2012

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Panasonic DMC-GF3 Review

If this is the way it’s going, I’m all for it: smaller, interchangeable lens cameras, with decently-sized sensors and sophisticated image processing internals.

Panasonic and Sony seem to be waging the war with their Micro Four Thirds models and this is another missile hurled at (IMHO) the oversize DSLRS, with or… read more

10 Fresh WordPress Themes

10 Fresh WordPress Themes

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Daily Inspiration #1042

This post is part of our daily series of posts showing the most inspiring images selected by some of the Abduzeedo’s writers and users. If you want to participate and share your graphic design inspiration, just send us, via email, the image with the link from where you found it,… read more

Facebook to File for IPO Next Week [REPORT]

The long-awaited tech IPO of the year — perhaps of the decade — is on. Facebook will file its paperwork for an Initial Public Offering on Wednesday, according to a report from the Wall Street Journal.

If it comes to pass,… read more

Snaps on Maps: Google Wants to Send Photographers Inside Your Business

Google wants to get all up in your business — but in a good way.

The search giant just unveiled an expansion to its Business Photos program, which aims to put indoor images of businesses on Google Maps and Google Places profiles. The program now has a clear way to hook… read more

Surprisingly Beautiful Escalator Photography

A photographer can actually get to take some beautiful pictures out from the most common things, like escalators. I find this particularly fresh and quite nice, considering the amount of beauty found in these photographs.

If you got your own escalator pictures, we’d really love to see it. Drop us a… read more

Better Bookmarks With Grazely

Bookmarking apps are not exactly the rare breed they used to be. A lot has changed over a couple of years. In fact, there is too much supply than demand in the marketplace. On the other hand, the volume of bookmarks are going up exponentially and in nine out… read more

Managing an Organized Freelance Work Schedule

It takes a lot of time and dedication to build a freelance career. The hours are long, work can be tedious, and often you need to multitask like crazy. But the freedom of release from a regular work schedule can be fantastic.

In this guide I’d like to go… read more

Mind Blowing Illustrations by Alexis Marcou

Mind Blowing Illustrations by Alexis Marcou

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How to Create High Quality Metal 3D Text in Photoshop

Most of you probably know those awesome letters that were generated with 3D programs. But what about when you don’t have any particular program and you need to make 3D typography? This tutorial will show you how to create the 3D text shape and give it a high quality metal… read more

5 Essential YouTube Channels for Gamers

Sure, on YouTube, you’ve got your IGN and G4 videos that keep you updated with the latest in gaming news and technological eye candy. But what about the deep cuts lurking within the rest of the gaming section? The platform is full of speed runs, time trials, reviews and play-throughs… read more

Free Heart Shaped Balloon Valentines day vector

Free Heart Shaped Balloon Valentines day vector

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Sony NEX-7 Review

This is a big gun in a small package. Considering the sensor has been ported from the A65 and A77 you would expect a fairly zinging performance and you’re not wrong!

The interchangeable lens, magnesium alloy bodied NEX-7 would also seem to gain from the absence of a partially-silvered mirror in… read more

Create a Grunge & Textured Mixed Collage in Photoshop

Create a Grunge & Textured Mixed Collage in Photoshop

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67 Macro Photography of Insects

67 Macro Photography of Insects

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Facebook Timeline-ageddon: Why Now?

Facebook’s steady march to global Timeline coverage just turned into a dash — and it’s really the users who are running.

By making Facebook Timelines the new de facto standard for all Facebook profiles, in effect, the company just held up a starter pistol and yelled “Go! You have seven… read more

Live From the White House: The State of the Union, Tweeted

Tonight, President Obama will be addressing the nation in the annual State of the Union address. Mashable has been invited by the White House to attend a State of the Union tweetup.

The event (using hash tags #sotu #whtweetup) will be held at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, D.C,… read more

Formspring Launches an Android App

Formspring, a 28-million-member platform for asking and answering questions, is launching its first Android app on Tuesday.

From the app, users can ask their friends or specific users questions, answer questions they have been asked and view their news feeds. It’s a screen-by-screen duplicate of the startup’s iPhone app, which it… read more

Portlandia Stars Talk Twitter and the New Face of Comedy

No Grocery Bag — Portlandia

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An Introduction to Concrete5 CMS — Part II

In the previous article,  we took an introductory look at Concrete5 as a CMS. In this follow-up part, we shall learn about the salient features of the CMS and learn to accomplish common tasks using its admin panel.

IMPLEMENTING Concrete5

The Dashboard

Just like WP, Concrete5 also has its own Dashboard. Once… read more

Free Grunge Photoshop Style

Free Grunge Photoshop Style

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Top 10 Action Games for Android

1. Grand Theft Auto 3

One of the most influential games of all time is now on high-end Android… read more

Advertisers, This Is What an NFL Fan Looks Like [INFOGRAPHIC]

Just two NFL teams will remain after Sunday’s league semifinals, setting up a final showdown for Super Bowl XLVI glory. But the Super Bowl isn’t just a huge event for the players, coaches and fans involved. It’s also make-or-break time for the television advertisers who pay a premium for the… read more

Google Pulls the Plug on Picnik, Sky Map and More

Google just rained all over Picnik’s picnic. The photo editing site got the ax on Friday and will shut down in April.

Picnik — which said via its site that its last day will be April 19 — will be moving to Google+ in the future. Google also announced that it… read more

Patterns: Weekly Photography Challenge

Image by antifluor

This week we published a popular post titled – 33 Inspirational Images that Feature Patterns and Repetition which got some great feedback.

So I thought it might be fun to make that the topic of this weeks challenge. So over the next few days of travels with your camera… read more

Extremely Talented Commercial Illustrator Jason Edmiston

Extremely Talented Commercial Illustrator Jason Edmiston

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25 Quality Responsive WordPress Themes

25 Quality Responsive WordPress Themes

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Supreme Court Won’t Hear Digital Free Speech Cases [VIDEO]

Should schools be allowed to censor students who create fake social media profiles that defame other classmates or authority figures?

It’s a tricky legal question, and one that still awaits final clarification after the United States Supreme Court declined… read more

Architect Day: Filter Arkitekter

Today we have a nice AD, is from Oslo, Norway. I’m talking about Filter, an architectural firm with five employees. Filters employees have experience in a wide range of architecture and their missions ranging from cottages and houses to schools, police station and city projects.

Filter has a wide contact and… read more

Create a Pimped Out Truck Using Photoshop and Point and Shoot Photos

Making modifications to your car or truck in Photoshop can be a lot of fun. In this tutorial we will demonstrate how to create a pimped out truck modification using photos taken with a simple point and shoot camera, with no advanced lighting setup. Let’s get started! Tutorial Assets The… read more

Resolution Independence With SVG

In this article, we’ll look at Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG), one of the most underused technologies in website development today.

Before diving into an example, let’s consider the state of the Web at present and where it is going. Website design has found new vigor in recent years, with the evolving technique… read more

Apple’s Offshore Accounts Could Double its Cash by 2014

Apple is on track to making an even more astronomical amount of dough with its offshore accounts.

The Cupertino, Calif.-based company has most of its money in overseas investments — $54 billion of its $85 billion in cash is kept out of the United States, according to a story on… read more

Congratulations To The Winners Of DesignModo’s Futurico UI Pro (The World’s Biggest User Interface Elements Pack) Giveaway

Thanks to all of the participants of contest in which DesignModo’s Futurico UI Pro (The World’s Biggest User Interface Elements Pack) were givingaway. We ran the MySQL random query and selected these comments to give them DesignModo’s Futurico UI Pro.

Winners of DesignModo’s Futurico UI Pro

Tracy Robinson
Giang
Peter Steven
Monique
Gareth

Futurico UI Pro is the… read more

Quick Tip: How to Create a Cartoon Style Big Bang Explosion

Let’s blow things up with a nice big boom in this this Quick Tip. Circles, triangles and a star shape create a bright explosion. This is a step-by-step tutorial for beginners. The icons from the inkscape toolbar are added to the images to make it easier to find … read more

In Tiff With Google, Twitter Turns to Wrestling

In the latest episode of public bickering between Twitter and Google over the search engine’s new Google+ integration, Twitter general counsel Alex Macgillivray has turned to wrestling.

That’s the example he tweeted Wednesday afternoon to demonstrate the inefficiency of Google’s latest changes, at least. “Folks asked for examples,” he wrote…. read more

Ford Brings iHeartRadio to Vehicles

Ford announced on Wednesday at the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show that it is bringing iHeartRadio to its vehicle lineup, allowing drivers to access the popular radio service via voice commands.

Ford will be the first auto company to offer cars access to iHeartRadio, featuring more than 800 of the top broadcast… read more

Beautiful Examples and Tutorials of Postcard Design

Beautiful Examples and Tutorials of Postcard Design

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Brilliant Photos Of Slacklining

Brilliant Photos Of Slacklining

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Daily Inspiration #1026

This post is part of our daily series of posts showing the most inspiring images selected by some of the Abduzeedo’s writers and users. If you want to participate and share your graphic design inspiration, just send us, via email, the image with the link from where you found it,… read more

20 Most Creative 404 Error Pages For Inspiration

20 Most Creative 404 Error Pages For Inspiration

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DOWNLOAD HIGH QUALITY PSD FILES & ARMED YOURSELF

DOWNLOAD HIGH QUALITY PSD FILES & ARMED YOURSELF

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U.S. Wanted a Spanish SOPA

The U.S. Ambassador to Spain warned the previous Spanish president late last year that he risked putting his country on an American trade blacklist by failing to pass a law similar to the Stop Online Piracy Act. The warning came in a leaked letter reported by Spanish-language newspaper El Pais.

In… read more

Top 30 Best Free WordPress Themes From 2011

Top 30 Best Free WordPress Themes From 2011

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A Brief History of Kodak, American Tech Icon

“You Press the Button…”

High school drop out and bank clerk George Eastman’s technological breakthrough in the late 1870s… read more

10 Most Iconic Logos

When a company establishes a great logo you can recognize them just from sight. These logos are among the most iconic and well known logos throughout history. Apple products With the passing of Steve Jobs many have read up on the innovative genius who changed modern-day electronics. The logo of… read more

14 Essential Stops to Make on Your Tour of CES 2012

The 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is less than a week away, and enthusiasts are gearing up for three days of exciting innovations, big announcements and heaps of high-tech toys to geek out over.

If you’re planning to attend the show, we’ve got a treat for you — an interactive… read more

Julia Kunikowska: Artist Of The Day

Julia Kunikowska is our featured artist of the day on Designrfix.com. In this series of posts, we will spotlight talented artists ranging from illustrators to graphic artists all the way to industrial designers. These daily posts will serve two purposes; first, is to showcase the works of these accomplished artists… read more

Stylish Illustrations by Rael Lyra

Stylish Illustrations by Rael Lyra

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20 Best CSS3 Text Effect Tutorials

20 Best CSS3 Text Effect Tutorials

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20 Excellent Book Cover Design for Inspiration

20 Excellent Book Cover Design for Inspiration

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Daily Inspiration #1022

This post is part of our daily series of posts showing the most inspiring images selected by some of the Abduzeedo’s writers and users. If you want to participate and share your graphic design inspiration, just send us, via email, the image with the link from where you found it,… read more

La Bastilla Visual Identity by David Espinosa

We all love beautiful visual identity work and it is our goal, here at Abduzeedo, to promote inspiring work every time we come across with that. La Bastilla is one of those, it’s a great design work by David Espinosa from Bucaramanga, Colombia

For more information visit David’s Web site at… read more

What Will Your First 2012 Apple Hardware Purchase Be?

What Will Your First 2012 Apple Purchase Be?

We’re at the beginning of a brand new year, which means there’s no better time to look ahead and start planning your upcoming hardware purchases. If you’re like me, you’ve got a few pieces of aging hardware that you’ve been putting off… read more

Top 50 Free Premium WordPress Themes 2011

Top 50 Free Premium WordPress Themes 2011

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New Year Celebration: Fireworks

New Year Celebration: Fireworks

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Republican Candidates Take to the Web in the Battle for Iowa

Republican presidential hopefuls are turning to the web and social media as weapons in the war to win Iowa.

On Jan. 3, Iowa Republican caucus-goers will pick their choice for presidential nominee. One of the seven remaining candidates will move a step closer to becoming the GOP’s choice to run… read more

13 Things You Can Do Right Now to Avoid a Lifetime of Regrets

13 Things You Can Do Right Now to Avoid a Lifetime of Regrets

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Download Exclusive Multicolor Free Icons

Download Exclusive Multicolor Free Icons

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Fabulous Paintings by Antonio Sgarbossa

Fabulous Paintings by Antonio Sgarbossa

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Verizon Kills $2 Fee Plan Amid Consumer Outrage

The public has spoken and they don’t want to pay fees. Verizon is the most recent company to announce a fee, in this case a $2 fee to pay your bills online, and back-out less than a week after it was reported.

The public has proven that if … read more

What Photography Gear did You Buy in 2011?

As the end of the year closes I thought it might be fun to look back on the year from the perspective of what cameras and photography ‘gear’ we bought.

Did something new end up in your camera bag in 2011? Perhaps a new camera? A new Lens? Some other kind… read more

Erwin Kho: Artist Of The Day

Erwin Kho is our featured artist of the day on Designrfix.com. In this series of posts, we will spotlight talented artists ranging from illustrators to graphic artists all the way to industrial designers. These daily posts will serve two purposes; first, is to showcase the works of these accomplished artists… read more

Ask FreelanceSwitch: Hiring a Sales Person and Starting Out

In this issue of Ask FreelanceSwitch, we look at hiring a sales person and getting started as a freelancer. Ask FreelanceSwitch is a regular column here that allows us to help beginners get a grip on freelancing. If you have a question about freelancing that you want answered, send… read more

Chirstmas / Calendar Vector 2012

Chirstmas / Calendar Vector 2012

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120 Free Vector Map Files

120 Free Vector Map Files

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#LastTweet Collects Finals Tweets of Those Who Died in 2011

The New York TImes Magazine has scoured the web for the final tweets of some of 2011′s biggest personalities and avid tweeters who died this past year.

The magazine features tweets from actress Elizabeth Taylor, war photographer Tim Hetherington, Indy Racer Dan Wheldon, saxophonist Clarence Clemons and more.

Social media is often… read more

Using Photos to Drive Web Traffic

Using Photos to Drive Web Traffic

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Spotify Names Top 10 Songs Streamed in 2011

Streaming music site Spotify has released its list of this year’s most-played tracks on the site, and indie-pop band Foster the People not only claimed the top spot, it’s the only group with two singles in the top 10.

It’s been a big year for Spotify, from its U.S. launch to… read more

50+ Craft of Magnificient Window Photography

50+ Craft of Magnificient Window Photography

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5 factors that contribute to the evolution of web design

5 factors that contribute to the evolution of web design

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Beautiful Architecture of South Asia (31 Photos)

Beautiful Architecture of South Asia (31 Photos)

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Dump GoDaddy Day Dec. 29 Declared by Reddit User [VIDEO]

Reddit user SelfProdigy has declared Dec. 29 Dump GoDaddy Day, following the domain registrar’s short-lived public support for the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). Although GoDaddy has announced that it no longer supports SOPA, the site is still facing the backlash… read more

So You Got a Kindle Fire? Try Our First-Timer Guide

If you’ve recently purchased or been gifted a Kindle Fire, congratulations! You’re now the owner of one of the best tablets on the market, in our opinion.

SEE ALSO: Amazon Kindle Fire, iPad’s First True Competitor [REVIEW]

Now it’s time to begin taking advantage of your device, courtesy of our handy little… read more

10 Best Sports Games for iPhone

1. NBA Jam

This classic plays just like it did in the arcade and on the consoles. The game… read more

COOL AND FRESH IDEAS FOR CHRISTMAS OUTDOOR DECORATIONS

COOL AND FRESH IDEAS FOR CHRISTMAS OUTDOOR DECORATIONS

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How to Customize Genesis WordPress Theme

How to Customize Genesis WordPress Theme

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Amazon 2012: What the Future May Hold for the Web’s Largest Retailer

For Amazon, it’s going to be hard to top 2011. After all, this was the year the gargantuan online retailer launched a cloud storage service, opened the doors on its own Appstore, and released a tablet, the Kindle Fire, that happens to be selling like crazy.

Looking at the bigger picture,… read more

Art of use Typography In Logo Design : 50 Stunning Examples

Art of use Typography In Logo Design : 50 Stunning Examples

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Daily Inspiration #1012

This post is part of our daily series of posts showing the most inspiring images selected by some of the Abduzeedo’s writers and users. If you want to participate and share your graphic design inspiration, just send us, via email, the image with the link from where you found it,… read more

Inspiring Typography in Print Ads

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Here at WDL we love to show our readers inspiration from different media, especially inspiration involving typography. From package to web and print, we believe that typography can always be a great source of inspiration. Today we gathered a few examples of inspiring and creative typography… read more

Bud Light Searches Facebook For a “Correspondent” to Cover Super Bowl

Are you on Facebook? Do you like drinking beer and watching football? Then you might be just the person Bud Light is looking for.

The Anheuser-Busch brand on Wednesday launched a program on its Facebook Page seeking a Bud Light Hotel correspondent. The winner will cover Super Bowl XLVI from a… read more

Clement de Bruin: Artist Of The Day

Clement de Bruin is our featured artist of the day on Designrfix.com. In this series of posts, we will spotlight talented artists ranging from illustrators to graphic artists all the way to industrial designers. These daily posts will serve two purposes; first, is to showcase the works of these accomplished… read more