Branding Your Photography Business – Part 2: Business Cards

Part two in this four-part branding your photography business primer takes a look at photographers’ business cards. You can find part one here.

You’d be hard pressed to find a functional business without a business card – no matter what industry. Photographers are no exception – and in fact their business… read more

50 Free Photoshop Business Card Templates

The business card remains one of the most effective ways of promoting yourself and your brand offline. Business cards are regularly exchanged at conferences, expos, meetings, interviews and more. With so many printing services offering fantastic deals (large quantities of cards at low rates); it is a relatively irrelevant expense… read more

Raskin: Go Beyond the Finder

Earlier this week we took a look at TotalFinder, a reserved but incredibly useful Finder replacement that uses a tabbed interface to augment your typical file browsing experience.

Today we’re going to follow that up with something that’s not a subtle change but a completely re-imagined file browser like nothing… read more

Never Fill Out a Form Again? Personal Seeks to Be the Data Vault for Your Private Information

Say hello to Personal, a startup that wants to be the private data vault for everything in your life, from your insurance to your dining preferences.

There are plenty of websites and social networks for sharing information publicly, argues founder Shane Green. We post a constant stream of information via Facebook,… read more

35 Great Print-Ready Designs Tutorials

35 Great Print-Ready Designs Tutorials

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Please Turn On Your Cell Phone: Fandango Embraces Mobile Movie Tickets

Online movie ticket seller Fandango is letting customers use their phones as movie tickets just in time for the new Twilight movie: The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1, which starts Friday.

Fandango’s “Mobile Ticket” feature will deliver purchased tickets to any phone as a 2D barcode. This code can then… read more

Add Some Zing to Your Photos with PicFull

iPhone users around the world love Instagram – the photo sharing app that allows you to add cool effects to your pictures before showing them off to the world. The effects modify the colors, mood and tonality of your photos and can also add borders, making them look much better… read more

Can Occupy Wall Street Match the Tea Party’s Offline Effectiveness?

Jesse Comart serves as a communications and public affairs consultant at the Glover Park Group (GPG). Before joining GPG, he worked on policy and communications issues for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. Follow Jesse on Twitter at @jcomart.

People continue to compare the Occupy Wall Street (OWS) and Tea Party movements…. read more

10 of the best responsive CSS frameworks you can use today

Foundation Zurb

Foundation includes a rock-solid, tested, 12-column grid which is both fluid and responsive. It adapts to different screen sizes through percentage-based widths as well as through media queries. That means you can quickly lay out complex pages without worrying that they won’t show up right on an iPhone, or… read more

Nikon V1 Review

Micro, mirrorless cameras are upon us, with sales for the pioneers — Olympus and Panasonic — soaring as people welcome the small, clever, interchangeable lens models with open arms.

Nikon and Canon have dragged their feet on this evolution with the former only now recognising the market demand with a pair… read more

Create a 50s ad poster in Illustrator

It seems that the 50s are back, not just in advertising and design, but also on clothes, TV shows, and elsewhere.

I honestly think this is one of the most interesting and creative eras for advertisement; some ads are really memorable and funny.

So, inspired by that I decided to make a… read more

Credit Card Reader App Square Adds Loyalty Rewards, Cash Payments

Square, an app that allows you to accept credit card payments, has released an update that adds several new features. Started by Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey in 2010, Square has seen steady growth and recently announced that it transacts $11 million per day in mobile payments.

Reward regulars is one of the app’s new… read more

Gap Stores Begin Accepting Google Wallet Payments

Gap Inc. stores, including Gap, Old Navy and Banana Republic, are now accepting Google Wallet payments at 65 stores in the San Francisco Bay Area.

To sweeten the deal, the clothier will offer 15% off purchases through February for using the technology…. read more

Evernote Launches Browser Extension to Remove Clutter From the Web Reading Experience

Evernote has unveiled a new browser extension that removes ads and other distractions from the web-reading experience.

Evernote Clearly, which is now available for Chrome and soon other browsers, is a simple, one-click button that creates an alternative view of the content you’re reading online. It removes all the extra clutter,… read more

3ds Max Entertainment Creation Suite Premium 2012

3D Software Release Maximizes Creativity and Efficiency

Well I think the folks at Autodesk have been listening to the content creators since the last release. The new version of the Autodesk 3ds Max Creation Suite 2012 has a lot to brag about. While the Suite includes Motion Builder, Mudbox, and… read more

25 JavaScript Photo Slideshows Used in Web Layouts

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Most web developers have at least heard about the many JavaScript photo slider plugins. These often utilize a library such as jQuery to construct plug-and-play galleries within just a few minutes. Yet after so many years of project growth we can find dozens of unique examples… read more

My Encounter with the Cloud

For over a year now, I have been trying hard to push every reader of this blog (and whoever I talk to) to embrace the cloud. It goes without saying that I use a lot of web apps to carry out my personal and professional day to day activities. But… read more

How Harvard Business School Leverages Social Media to Boost Its Brand

The Social CMO Series is supported by the Discover Digital Group, a unique consultancy that focuses on identifying new e-revenue opportunities for both Fortune 1000 and startup clients alike. Follow DDG on Facebook to get a taste of the insights that are offered.

Ever heard of Harvard Business School? Odds are… read more

2011 Graphic Designer Survey Update

The raffle for the 2011 Graphic Designer Survey is coming to a close! For those who have yet to participate, you have until November 18, 2011 at 11:59:00 PM PDT to complete the survey and have your name included in the electronic raffle for a chance to win a brand… read more

50 Photoshop Tutorials For High Quality Photo Editing

Although for editing your photos digitally, there are numbers of different photo editing software and tools available yet Adobe Photoshop is the most commonly used and well accepted photo editing software that is being used all over the world not only by pros but also by the novices.

With Photoshop, it’s… read more

Why Freelance Writers Should Self-Publish

If you’re reading this, then you’re probably a writer.

And it’s probably occurred to you that since writing is what you do so well, you might as well turn your writing into a book, and get all the credibility, fame, and fortune that comes with it.

Well, credibility, anyways.

But… read more

15 Illustrator Tutorials for Creating Isometric Illustrations

We’re all looking to improve our vector illustration skills, and if your focus is on learning illustration or icon design, then getting familiar with how to use Adobe Illustrator to create isometric drawings will improve your technical illustration skills greatly. Learning how to use Illustrator to create isometric diagrams, set… read more

Sprint Undercuts Verizon and AT&T With New Mobile Broadband Plans

Sprint revealed new mobile broadband plans for tablet and mobile hotspot devices on Monday, with prices that are lower per gigabyte than those offered by rivals Verizon and AT&T.

Learn more about them and how they compare to the competition… read more

Daily Inspiration #979

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

Is Lenovo About to Release a Quad-Core Android Tablet? [PICS]

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Asus isn’t the only tablet maker working on a quad-core Android… read more

Spotify Eyes European Expansion [REPORT]

Reports indicate Spotify will be expanding its international footprint to Belgium, Austria and Switzerland.

According to PaidContent, the subscription streaming service could hit new markets as early as next week. PaidContent has previously reported on Spotify’s plans to expand to markets including Germany, Australia, New Zealand and parts of Asia.

Spotify’s stateside… read more

Die-Cut Business Cards Giveaway From UPrinting

UPrinting is running a contest, where 500 pcs of Die Cut Business Card Printing for 5 winners worth $47 each are givingaway. Well, you guys know who are UPrinting? Let’s say it once again for n00bs.

UPrinting.com, a leading socially responsible online printing, marketing and technology firm, has established itself as… read more

Quick Tip: Designing a Business Card with InDesign CS5

Today we are going to take a business card design from first idea to preparing the file for print. So whether you need a business card for yourself or a client read on.

Step 1

Start sketching out a few ideas for your card, think about any special attributes you want to… read more

Create a Vector Bamboo Forest with Blends, Brushes and Profiles

In today’s tutorial you’ll learn how to create a bamboo vector illustration with the help of custom art and pattern brushes, blends and profiles on strokes in Adobe Illustrator CS5. Vector bamboo is an excellent element to use in your work to give a classic Japanese fine art print feel,… read more

5 Reasons to Take a Risk and Start Your Own Business

Owning one’s own business has often been associated with the American Dream. Along with owning one’s own home, the Dream is to prosper while not being under anyone else’s rule. But while so many of our ancestors immigrated to the United States and started from scratch by building a business,… read more

Printed Khaddar Collection 2011 – 2012 Al Karam

Printed Khaddar Collection 2011 – 2012 Al Karam

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Digital Prints Winter Collection 2011 – 2012 (Needlez)

Digital Prints Winter Collection 2011 – 2012 (Needlez)

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30 Creative Sample Designs for Religious Invitations

30 Creative Sample Designs for Religious Invitations

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4 Strategies for Working With Designers Without Killing Each Other

Fourteen years ago, in my first job where my title was “Information Architect,” I clashed with a designer. We were working at a large advertising agency that was known for stunning design work. The art directors wielded a level of power at the agency that I have never seen anywhere… read more

Veterans Day: 8 Online Ways to Thank Our Troops

Today, Veterans Day, we honor those who defend our country. Our service members remind us that there are few things more important than doing what we can to make a difference in the lives of others.

Social media has become an essential tool for veterans and veterans and families to keep… read more

13 Tech Tools for a Paper-Free Life

Ari Meisel is co-founder at Less Doing, where he works on making every task in life and business more efficient. He used self-tracking to overcome Crohn’s Disease and compete in Ironman France. You can follow him on Twitter @liontex and read his blog at arimeisel.com.

I was recently working on a… read more

Unlocked iPhone 4S Devices Shipping in 1 to 2 Weeks

Apple is now selling unlocked and contract-free iPhone 4S devices from the U.S. Apple Store.

The unlocked, contract-free devices start at $649.99 for the 16GB version. The 32GB iPhone 4S is $749.99 and the 64GB iPhone 4S is $849.99.

These devices can be used only on supported GSM networks, like AT&T in… read more

10 Essential Tips for Planning the Perfect Industry Event

‘Tis the season to plan your 2012 event strategy. Here are 10 quick tips to help make event marketing work for your brand, strategy and your bottom line.

1. Don’t Reinvent (Or Compete with) the Wheel

If a non-competitive brand plans to host an event, consider partnering with that company instead of… read more

How Hashtagging the Web Could Improve Our Collective Intelligence

Laura Larsell is the information ontologist at Trapit, a content discovery, personalization and curation platform currently in beta. Laura holds an M.A. in library sciences from the University of Texas at Austin.

I rolled my eyes when the Library of Congress announced in the spring of 2010 that it would… read more

30 Free Vector Graphics for Your Daily Needs

Every so often, designers should make it a point to download fresh sets of vector graphics and other design resources. Whether you’re a print designer who designs posters, flyers and magazines, or a graphic designer collaborating with web designers and programmers, vector icons and illustrations will always come in handy.

There… read more

My Photoshop Compositing Book Made Amazon’s Best Books for 2011 List!

So, last night (Thursday night) around 12:30am I’m playing Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 with buddies RC, Pete Collins and Jeff Revell. I get a text message from Scott Kelby to call him ASAP. So I called in my attack helicopter, hid in a corner on the map I… read more

Community: Peer Review

Vectortuts+ is all about helping people turbo charge their skills, and today we’re launching a special community post that will help some of our readers take their images to the next level. Inspired by the Friday Photo Critique over on Phototuts+, we have gathered together some of the Vectortuts+ writers… read more

Peter Max: Peace, Love and Inspiration

As young kids, we all had our favorite posters adorning our rooms. From motorcycles to kittens to Justin Bieber photos… for which the coming years will hold guilt and embarrassment. Thanks to my hippie parents, I had Peter Max posters. In fact, I had a Peter Max room! While I… read more

LyX: Produce Great Looking TeX Documents With Ease

TeX is one of the lesser known ways of creating documents as it has mostly extremely specialized uses. The typesetting system was designed and written (mostly) by Donald Knuth during the late 1970′s and is a popular choice for typing documents for two main reasons. The first is that documents… read more

Daily Inspiration #976

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

6 Philanthropic Innovations From the Most Unexpected Sources

The Commerce With a Conscience Series is supported by Fedex. FedEx does more than shipping. They offer solutions like transporting heart valves to those in need and helping entrepreneurs bring their ideas to life. See how.

Brilliant innovation can come in all shapes and sizes. Some of history’s greatest inventions, such… read more

20 Awesome & Inspiring Ads from Sony

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Inspiration is very importation for visual designers. You get new ideas, your style can get shaped and influenced, and you cab become energized and increasingly more passionate towards your visual art. Well, why not use Sony as a source of inspiration? Sony is known for… read more

50 Useful Paper Photoshop Brushes For Creative Designs

Photoshop is the best and most commonly used graphic designing tool in the field of graphic designing. With Photoshop installed on the computer, a designer can create awesome artwork that will simply mesmerize the human eyes. Among the tools of Photoshop, brushes are the most important one. Different types of… read more

Teachers: Embrace Technology or Students Will Leave You Behind

Robert Romano is the CEO/Founder of BookheadEd Learning, where his vision has blended the traditional and technological experiences of reading in the company’s flagship product, StudySync®. You can read more about his company at StudySync.com.

We ask our students to be good observers, consider the world carefully and to analyze the… read more

When a Freelancer Becomes an Event Organizer

Like a lot of freelancers, I do a bit of volunteering in my community. All of it has been with established organizations.

That changed during an impromptu outdoor meeting on a muggy July morning. I was part of a group of neighbors who were talking about street flooding during rainstorms…. read more

Win an iPhone 4S and 10 copies of Steve Jobs biography

Today we have an awesome giveaway from our sister site MightyDeals.com As you know, we created Mighty Deals as a platform to get the best deals on products and services for web professionals. The deals are highly discounted, sometimes as much as 90% off the retail price!

In this giveaway, you… read more

Umami for iPad: The Ultimate TV Companion Knows What You’re Watching

Umami is a new iPad app that aims to bring an enhanced, second-screen experience to broadcast and cable TV programming.

Second screen apps are becoming standard fare for networks. Using audio fingerprinting technology, these apps can tell what you’re watching — and provide an updated, customized experience based on the show.

At… read more

Community Project: Vectortuts+ Paper Toy, Round 1

Vectortuts+ loves Illustration and discovering new talent, so today we are proud to be showcasing Round 1 of the Vectortuts+ Paper Toy Project. If you missed out this time, don’t worry, there’s still time to part of it! Find out how to get involved, at the jump.

Design a Custom… read more

30 of the Best Calendar Apps and Utilities for Mac

We’ve scoured the Mac App Store and the web in search of the very best calendar apps for OS X. Some serve as full on iCal replacements while others are must have companion apps that extend iCal far beyond what it currently offers.

We found apps that put calendars on your… read more

The Photo Cookbook – Deliciously Easy Cooking

As we move to more and more things becoming digital, it’s not surprising that we can now have cookbooks as eBooks and even as apps on our Macs. And thanks to integrated technologies cooking apps don’t have to simply hold a recipe, but can include detailed photos of ingredients and… read more

The Future Of CSS: Embracing The Machine

Designers hold CSS close to their hearts. It’s just code, but it is also what makes our carefully crafted designs come to life. Thoughtful CSS is CSS that respects our designs, that is handcrafted with precision. The common conception among Web designers is that a good style sheet is created… read more

Tips And Tricks: Increase The Realism Of Your Vector Images In Adobe Illustrator

Over the years, Adobe Illustrator has become one of the top applications for creating vector illustrations. There is almost nothing you can’t make in Illustrator. It is a powerful tool for creating vectors for all kind of logos, websites, icons, business cards, print materials, etc. One of the best features… read more

Wireframing & Prototyping with Adobe Fireworks – Resources and Tutorials

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Adobe Fireworks is one of the most popular application choices amongst web designers for wireframing and prototyping. There are many reasons as to why you should use Fireworks over any other graphic editor, but we won’t go into them with this post (perhaps you could… read more

25 new business cards – Best of November 2011

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Mashable Media Summit Highlights [PICS]

Media Summit 2011

The Mashable Media Summit on Nov. 4 at the Times Center in New York City attracted… read more

5 Places to Get Work Done When You’re Traveling

This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum, where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business.

If you’re lucky, maybe you’re the kind of person for whom work is an international adventure, taking you to far-off places you’ve been dying to explore. Or,… read more

15 Attractive Booklet Print Design

15 Attractive Booklet Print Design

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Daily Inspiration #971

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

Hey Yahoo, Do a Barrel Roll: How Google Wins With Whimsical Tricks

You have to hand it to Google. With one fun little trick that a single engineer probably came up with in his mandated 20% spare time — getting the screen to “do a barrel roll” — the company got enough free media to make a chief marketing officer weep.

It’s… read more

Steve Jobs Said Sports Illustrated’s Tablet Demo Was “Really Stupid” — But Didn’t Mean It

Several months before Apple unveiled the iPad in January 2010, editors from Time, Inc., including some from Sports Illustrated, met with Apple founder and former CEO Steve Jobs to get a preview of the soon-to-be-released tablet. The venerable sports magazine was already planning a tablet version and had even cooked… read more

AT&T LTE Service Coming to New York City

AT&T’s high-speed LTE service will be coming to New York City “very soon,” says Larry Solomon, SVP of communications for AT&T.

Solomon, who broke the news at Mashable‘s Media Summit Friday, declined to be more specific about a time frame. New York will be the sixth major city to offer so-called… read more

Only a Test: T-Mobile Jumps the Gun on Emergency Alert System Dry Run

T-Mobile scared me, and likely thousands of other subscribers when it inadvertently conducted a test of a new cellphone-based emergency alert system this morning.

I’d had the new HTC Radar 4G smartphone for just 12 hours when it started to make the oddest sound. The phone was in my pocket and… read more

Create a Nicely Designed Résumé in Seconds with Resume.io

Face it: we all hate writing up a new résumé. Whether you’ve had 2.5 million different jobs or have stayed in the same position for the past 45 years, it’s somehow incredibly frustrating to put down your skills and experience on a piece of paper and get it looking halfway… read more

DIY: Producing Your Photography Book

Bike-tography: Combining Bicycling with Photography

Back in July, I wrote a review of Publish Your Photography Book by Darius Himes and Mary Virginia Swanson.

I finished that review by saying, “If you’d rather shun the commercial publishing route and travel the do-it-yourself road, be prepared for quite the learning experience. Because… read more

Creativity vs. strategy: what do people really want?

It was super hard for me to find a job straight out of college—the places where I wanted to work weren’t hiring and many of the other jobs didn’t seem right for me. After months of searching and waiting by the phone, I decided to take the plunge. I had… read more

Top Quality Print Inspiration – 38 Examples

Top Quality Print Inspiration – 38 Examples

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6 Ways to Make the Web Easier to Read

Sometimes it seems that writing is more important today than it’s ever been in history. From Facebook status updates to txt messages, we’re all writing and reading almost more than we’re talking and listening. And while the internet has hastened print media’s troubles, many of us still read tons of… read more

Web Typography 101

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The rise of web fonts has given way to a… read more

Canon imagePROGRAF IPF6300

Large-Format Professional Printer

Canon’s imagePROGRAF series not only raises the bar for quality and performance, it also places new hurdles in the track of its competitors. The primary concern is always output quality, and the 24″ iPF6300 produces stunningly beautiful color representations that are both accurate and impressive. Sharpness in… read more

“But The Client Wants IE 6 Support!”

Frequently, when I discuss CSS3 with other developers, the issue of stubborn clients comes up. They tell me that even though they personally don’t think a website should look the same in all browsers and they’re eager to try all of these new techniques, their clients insist that their website… read more

A Day in the Life of Freelance Designers

Ever wonder what freelance designers do all day? Do they sleep in, design in their pajamas and drink tons of coffee? How do they juggle design, social networking, admin duties, lunch, families, the gym and so on? As designers and developers, most of us have often wondered how others spend… read more

100+ Creative, Beautiful & Inspirational Print Calendar Designs

100+ Creative, Beautiful & Inspirational Print Calendar Designs

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Seven Reasons for Returning to Film Photography.

A quick look on eBay will reveal thousands of low use, high quality film cameras for incredibly low prices. It is perhaps the best time ever to buy a film camera, but why would you want to go back to film when today’s digital cameras produce such stunning images. Well,… read more

40 New Web, Mobile and Application GUI Kits

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It has been a long time since we last took a look at what GUI kits were freely available. So, in this round-up we thought we would bring you right up to date by taking a look at some of the best and freshest that… read more

Thanks to Mashable’s Supporting Event Partners

Thanks to our partners who have contributed to the success of Mashable events! We’re always interested in collaborating with organizations on events, so contact us for more information about partnerships or sponsorship opportunities.

New York Women in Communications, Inc. is the premier organization for communications professionals in the… read more

How to Maximize Your Home Office Tax Deductions

Nellie Akalp is CEO of CorpNet.com. Since forming more than 100,000 corporations and LLCs across the U.S., she has built a strong passion to assist small business owners and entrepreneurs in starting and protecting their business the right way. To learn more about Nellie and see how she can… read more

Tiny Rihanna Sings in Nivea Augmented Reality App [VIDEO]

No, the woman in this video is not hallucinating. Thanks to augmented reality technology, a tiny version of Rihanna actually seems to emerge from the cap of a jar of Nivea Creme to sing her song “California King Bed.”

The app, which went live this week, is an attempt… read more

42 Unconventional Shoe Ads That Work

If you’re going to promote shoes using Print Ads, surely you have to put a lot of emphasis on the actual shoes…right?

Not quite. With so many brands and so many shoe models coming out every single month, flashing a shiny pair of shoes may no longer be enough to capture… read more

Community Project: Vectortuts+ Paper Toy

Vectortuts+ loves Illustration and discovering new talent, so today we are proud to be launching a new community project that combines both, the Vectortuts+ Paper Toy Project. The best thing is, you can be a part of it! Find out how to get involved, at the jump.

Design a … read more

How Old Spice Revived a Campaign That No One Wanted to Touch

The Modern Media Agency Series is supported by IDG. Ad agency JWT has used mobile marketing for two brand name clients. During a marketers’ panel discussion, John Baker explained the important role mobile played in a promotion for Zyrtec and for a campaign across media for Macy’s.

Maybe advertisers should stop… read more

How Freelancers Can Network Better at Coworking Space

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Freelancers have long been drawn to coworking spaces because of the opportunities to network and work alongside others from different or complementary industries and creative fields, sharing the working space and resources. However, what sets coworking apart from mere shared office space is its focus… read more

Reviews Of Blog Designs In The Wild

Like any designer, no website is without its merits and flaws. It is through critical analysis and thoughtful conversation that we grow as individuals. If we do not talk about our work and the work of others, then we will not grow as creatives.

We have evaluated each website in this… read more

A collection of creative beautiful app icons

As computers, phones and tablets have improved their designs, and as people have become used to apps being as beautiful and intuitive as they are functional, it’s become more and more important to fit in with the aesthetic.

An app may be well built, and can do a job well,… read more

The Rough Guide to Digital Photography by Sophie Goldsworthy

“The Rough Guide to Digital Photography is designed to help you get to grips with the technology, to work out what you need to know and the kit you really need (rather than what the manufacturers claim you need).” This is the claim made in the opening sentence describing what… read more

Paymo: Time Tracking Done Just Right

To freelancers, time tracking is probably the most important aspect of any project. It helps you keep track of exactly how much time you are spending on a particular project, how productive you are and, most importantly, how much you are owed when it comes to payday at the end… read more

Daily Inspiration #967

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

Style.com Goes Retro, Launches Print Magazine

The inaugural print issue of Style.com made its debut Monday, in an unusual move for a web magazine.

The issue, a recap of the spring 2012 runway collections, is an interesting adaptation of the web to print form. Large-format layouts, which are adorned with graphic elements from ’80s-era operating systems, look… read more

The Perfect Office #111

We’ve seen some great gadgets and equipment for designers. So many cool stuff, that we could actually assemble infinite perfect office spaces! Every week we’ll assemble a perfect office, and we’d like you to help us. What equipment would the perfect office have?

Not only gadgets and equipment, but also furniture,… read more

5 Digital Tools That Make Shopping Easier

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Believe it or not, Black Friday is only about a month away. Before you head out with the rest of… read more

Conde Nast Traveler’s iPad App Has a Size Problem

The inaugural iPad edition of Conde Nast Traveler has arrived at Apple’s Newsstand — and it’s hefty.

The issue is 784 megabytes — substantially bigger than even Wired‘s first issue, which attracted a fair number of comments about its portliness when it arrived on the iPad in May of last year.

Should… read more

Best of the Vector Web – October 2011

Each month, we search the web for the best vector-related content and showcase it here for you all to enjoy. This month, we showcase high quality tutorials on creating layered, limited color, vector style artwork. We also have tutorials on creating self promotional books, using Illustrator’s Brush tool to create… read more

10 Things Designers Can Learn From Pastry Chefs

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So, I have a confession to make. I’m not actually a pastry chef. But I did work in a professional kitchen once upon a time, and baking is one of my favorite hobbies. I just love the awesome sights, sounds, and smells of a kitchen… read more

50+ Inspirational, stylish, & Eye-Catching Rack Card Print Design Examples

50+ Inspirational, stylish, & Eye-Catching Rack Card Print Design Examples

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Daily Inspiration #966

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

Zoo Photography Tips

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I recently took a trip to the zoo to do a test on a camera that I was reviewing and thought I’d share a few tips that I put into practice along the way.

Zoos are great locations to practice photography as they present us both with a great variety… read more