50 Free and High-Quality Icon Sets

A beautiful and elegant icon set is an asset to any good web design. Creative use of an icon set can help make or break the overall look of the design. Freebie design components, especially beautiful icon sets can be found in nearly every designer’s toolbox, or if not already… read more

The Cloud: Changing The Way We Think About Data

We used to expect less from our computers. Files were meant to be static, storage was expensive, and sharing meant burning a CD or printing out a document. Software was bought in a box, browsers were slow, and we still watched TV on a TV. No one expected more than… read more

Industry Options for Entry Level Design Jobs

Whether or not you already know the career or industry you want your design skills to take you to, knowing your other options can help put the path you’re taking into perspective. To help out the designers who are just starting out or looking for new directions, here… read more

Amazon Will Now Pay You For Your Old Electronics

Amazon has expanded its trade-in program to allow customers to send in their used electronics for gift cards that can be used on the ecommerce site.

The retail giant will eat the shipping costs in the deal, letting users price out the value of their products — including… read more

Obama Campaign Starts Selling “Made in the USA” Merchandise

The Obama 2012 campaign has started selling “Made in the USA” T-shirts and coffee mugs on its website, featuring the slogan that is typically printed on goods produced in the United States and a picture of the president.

The merchandise is an obvious reference to the controversy surrounding… read more

Win 500 Rounded Business Cards from Next Day Flyers!

Next Day Flyers has offered to give one lucky DesignM.ag reader a set of 500 rounded business cards.

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Next Day Flyers is an online printing company that delivers top-quality printed marketing materials with one of the fastest turnaround times in the industry. They specialize in full color printing… read more

35 Creative Presentation Folder Designs for Identity Branding

One of the basic ways for advertising a brand identity is through a presentation folder. Presentation folders are materials that are usually presented to the client to give an introduction about a company’s profile, services and other info. It is common that sales people are required to have… read more

Create a Sparkly Female Portrait in Illustrator

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In this step-by-step tutorial you will learn how to create a sparkly female portrait through playing with transparency and overlapping vector shapes. In this tutorial you’ll also learn to experiment with colors and just letting go of your creativity. Let’s get started!

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Is Your Business Tech-Oriented or People-Focused?

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For many freelancers I know, social media is all-encompassing. We love to tweet about everything from our latest blog post to our favorite brand of coffee. Then there is the other group that never miss an industry workshop and seem to spend… read more

We Have Three Elite Memberships to Medialoot (worth $288) to Give Away

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This week we have teamed up with the guys from Appsumo to give away three fantastic year-long Elite memberships to MediaLoot worth $288 each.

MediaLoot is a subscription-based online toolbox of premium design resources, and with your Elite membership you are allowed a whopping 35 downloads per… read more

A Killer Collection of Adobe LightRoom Tutorials

Adobe LightRoom remains one of the most popular pieces of post-production software for photographers and for Light Stalking readers. Luckily, there are a lot of clever and generous people around the internet who have taken the time to produce some great tutorials on using it recently. So why… read more

Win a UPrinting prize package

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Space Shuttle Twitpic Woman Gets Paid, Credited & Snubbed By Media

Since snapping photos and a short video of space shuttle Endeavour’s last takeoff from her Delta flight Monday, Stefanie Gordon has appeared on MSNBC, CBS in Palm Beach and ABC in Miami. Her Twitpic photos got significant media exposure — popping up everywhere from Anderson Cooper 360… read more

The Case For Making Online Textbooks Open Source [INFOGRAPHIC]

As companies compete to digitize the textbook market, there is one approach that shakes the traditional publishing business model: open source textbooks, whose proponents believe online educational tomes should be free.

Many universities, including MIT and Carnegie Mellon, post course lectures online for free use. A New York Times article last… read more

HOW TO: Optimize Marketing Materials for Mobile Devices

The Mobile Content Series is supported by Mygazines, the better way to enhance and distribute brochures, catalogues, newsletters and other documents on every device. To complement this post, view an exclusive videocast, “Mobile Content Delivery: Native App Vs. Web App”.

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Ultimate Designer Toolkit (Over 60,000 Premium Design Items) Giveaway

Ultimate Designer Toolkit is running a contest, where 3 winners will get the free subscription of Ultimate Designer Toolkit with over 60,000 premium design items (worth $99 each subscription). Well, you guys know what they are offering? Lets say it once again for n00bs.

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Inspirational Tutorials to Sharpen Your Artistic Skills from Vectortuts+

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If you’ve been looking for some ways to freshen up your vector skills with an artistic twist, then we have a great selection of tutorials for you! We have handpicked a selection of tutorials from the Vectortuts+ catalog with a focus on artistic output and techniques. If you’ve ever… read more

30 Examples of Dotted-Style Logo Designs

Here’s another selection of  logo design that professional and talented graphic designers adopt and incorporate in their designs. These logos use a number of circles and polka dots to create light, bubbly and distinct shapes. The style also makes logos seem friendly and unique.

Take a look at… read more

6 Reasons Why Tablets Are Ready for the Classroom

Vineet Madan is Vice President of McGraw-Hill Higher Education eLabs, which works with colleges and universities, professors and students along with technology partners to develop innovative, cutting-edge digital educational tools to improve the way instructors teach and students learn.

Since the debut of the iPad, tablets have captured… read more

The Joy Of Photography Experimentation

One of the great aspects of writing for DPS is the large audience it entails. One of the great challenges of writing for DPS is the large audience it entails.

This post will not be for everyone and I do apologize. Not every post can be. For those who are set… read more

50+ Upcoming Social Media & Tech Events

Every week, Mashable puts together a calendar of upcoming social media and web events, parties and conferences.

Here are some tips on how to network, share your information and promote your event using social media:

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50 Killer (Photoshop And Others) Tutorials For Graphic Designers

Tutorials are the best source for the designers when they need to design a project that has been really putting them off. With the help of tutorials, one can learn the new skills and can also polish the skills he already possesses. This assortment of some killer Adobe Photoshop and… read more

Glamour Editor Reflects on Early Days of iPad Publishing

The June issue of Glamour hit the App Store Monday morning, as the tenth issue the magazine has specially formatted for the iPad and the first available via digital subscription.

The issue [iTunes link], replete with engaging how-to and stop-motion videos, as well as an autoplay video cover… read more

Web Designers, Get Out There and Make Something!

When people ask me what I do, I tell them I make websites. They usually smile and nod and then ask whom I might make these sites for. I’ll ramble off a random list of clients I perceive to be most impressive. They, again, smile and nod. The conversation moves… read more

Artistic Printing Inspiration in Illustrator and Photoshop

This morning I was tidying up my apartment then I decided to organize my books, I didn’t bring many books to San Francisco, only the ones I really like, and among them there is The Handy Book of Artistic Printing: Collection of Letterpress Examples with Specimens of Type, Ornament, Corner… read more

Daily Inspiration #822

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

73 Essential Social Media & Tech Resources for Small Businesses

As a small business owner, your time is limited. Each week we put together a roundup of essential social media resources to help you stay on top.

We wanted to give you even more of a leg up with this megalist of our top small business resources from… read more

10 Examples of Color Combinations, Typography and Styles To Inspire You

Web designers always look for inspiration: color combinations, typography, styles and much more. Here is a collection of 10 interesting pictures, which can inspire you, from traditional print and digital print.

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Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX700 [REVIEW]

So why would you consider a simple point–and-shoot digicam? Like this one.

A few reasons: the FX700 has a 5x Leica zoom with a 35 SLR equivalent wide end of 24mm; an excellent pressure-sensitive touch control system; Full HD video shooting; high burst rate; and more …

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57 New Digital Media Resources You May Have Missed

Hello and how are you from Disney World! With most of the Mashable staff in Orlando for Mashable Connect, we’ve had our hands full. However, that hasn’t stopped us from turning out another week of digital media tools and resources.

Have a look through this megalist for stories… read more

The Future of Journalism, Apps, and the Web

The web has put traditional journalism into a tailspin, and newspapers of all sizes are scrambling to find a way to monetize their content. The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and more have created paywalls that require readers to pay to read all of their content each month, either… read more

Gaining Authority in the Age of Digital Overload

We’re entering into a new era of the Internet, where users are now looking to find validated sources within the mix of information overload that we all experience, said Steve Rubel, EVP of Global Strategy and Insights for Edelman during his presentation at Mashable Connect 2011. This… read more

New iPhone To Be Called iPhone 4S? [REPORT]

Speculation continues to swirl around the next iPhone, and now an analyst claims he has new information about the highly anticipated smartphone from Apple.

It will be called “iPhone 4S” when it’s released in September, according to Jefferies & Co. analyst Peter Misek. He adds that Apple will… read more

Best of the Week #171

It’s time for our best news of this week. We have a lot of graphic and web design, a bit of architecture, ads, tech news, awesome reads and other crazy stuff! So take a look at the links we’ve selected for your inspiration and to keep you updated about what’s… read more

Behind the Font-Face Part 2: Choosing Fonts for Print

Behind the Font-Face Part 2: Choosing Fonts for Print

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55 Cleverly Designed Creative Logo Designs With Negative Space Technique

Negative space is a technique extensively used in the designing arena to create something out of the ordinary. Designers make use of this technique to incorporate hidden messages within their design work including logo designs.

Using negative space in designing a logo is a very full of twists and turns but… read more

Other Photographers Stealing your Moment? Tell them to back off!

I noticed a thread on a forum today about a wedding photographer getting frustrated with an amateur stealing their set-ups and taking photos behind their shoulder. And these weren’t just the group photos, either, but the shoe shot, the individual portraits, the bride-getting-ready shots, etc.

It won’t be easy to voice your feelings… read more

How to Create a Small Business Card Size Calendar

You can make memorable your logo and your company in many ways. You can prepare gadget for your customers, beautiful business card for new meeting but, depending on your business activity, in my opinion, one of the best way to promote your business card is having a small calendar printed… read more

Sites of the Week #153

For this Sites of the Week we have selected some great sites such as Parkbud and Allastar Mennie. Also we’re featuring the amazing App Galaxy by Google, and much, much more! As usual we would love to hear from you, keep sending your suggestions to us and we will be… read more

Online Writing: A Brave New World

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Throughout my career, I’ve had three freelancing phases interspersed between staff positions. The first time, I edited with a red pencil on hard copy, jotted queries on sticky (Post-it) notes attached to the margins, typed out my style sheets and invoices on… read more

25 Examples of Creative Print Ads

25 Examples of Creative Print Ads

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Meet The New Chromebooks

Most of us spend more and more time each day in our browsers. We’ve dropped email clients for Gmail, write in Tumblr and WordPress more than Word, tweak pictures in Photoshop.com and Aviary, and more. YouTube and Netflix are the default place most people go to watch videos, and when… read more

50+ Fresh And Useful Adobe Illustrator Icon Design Tutorials

Designing an icon set may sound like an easy thing to do but in actuality it is much easier said than done. Many designers end up with a disaster, while some more matured and experienced designers successfully meet the expectations and deliver.

Generally speaking, a designer needs to learn the basic… read more

iKeyboard Enhances Touch Typing on iPad

Inventor Cliff Thier thinks the iPad is perfect except for one thing: Its touchscreen is not suitable for touch typing. That’s why he invented iKeyboard.

This simple overlay to an iPad’s touchscreen lets users feel where the keys are, minimizes mistakes, and lets touch typists take… read more

Win a 13″ Macbook Pro and $1000 Printing Credits from Tuts+ and UPrinting.com

Imagine winning a 13″ Macbook Pro and $1000 USD worth of printing credits. You can splurge on print products you can use on all sorts of promotions and experience designing them yourself using your own Mac. That will be totally insane, right? If you are a graphic artist,… read more

Why Connected TV Is Poised To Revolutionize Entertainment

Ron Jacoby is the chief architect and vice president of Yahoo! Connected TV, a leading platform for Internet-connected TV, available across top TV brands worldwide including VIZIO, Samsung, Sony, Toshiba and LG.

While mobile has dominated the headlines over the past few years (thanks to rise of the… read more

Big vs. small: Challenges in responsive web design

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11 Excellent Online Converters That Can Help You Convert Files And Formats

There are many online file converters out there for designers and developers, but getting by good ones is not that easy. That is why I am sharing 11 Excellent Online Converters That Can Help You Convert Files And Formats. … read more

Video – Lightroom Quick Develop Printing Trick

I saw a good question on my Facebook page (just click “LIKE” to follow it on Facebook) last week and realized it would make a great video for the site. It has to do with a tip I’ve covered before about Quick Develop, along with a tip I’ve covered before… read more

Budding Logo Design Trends for 2011

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Logo trends have been ever-advancing with the changing web. As digital artists are becoming more creative and mainstream we can see the crescendo of new ideas. Logos are some of the most important graphical pieces in any website, as they display your company and purpose to… read more

6 Companies Aiming to Digitize the Textbook Industry

The world’s readers purchased an estimated $966 million of ebooks in 2010, and Amazon has been selling more ebooks than paper books since January. But students have yet to catch on to the digital book revolution with the same fervor.

A 2010 study by OnCampus Research found that… read more

Simple Ways to Attract Readers to Your Blog

Writing a blog is about getting your views and thoughts conveyed to as many people around the world as possible. Successful bloggers have worked at it for years, and it takes grit and perseverance. I have known very few people who gained popularity in the blogging world overnight. It takes… read more

Creative Packaging: 100 Artistic Bottles That Showcase Effective Branding

Most consumers are particular with a product’s outer look that’s why branding companies do intensive researches about their client’s packaging and hire the best designers for making the concepts. Thus, creative packaging has been a form of advertising for a product to be easily remembered.

We are used with… read more

Best of, Free Vector Business People Silhouette Packs

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Freebie time! Jump in, we’ve rounded up a massive resource of vector business people silhouettes. There are 15 packs listed here and well over 150 vector silhouettes. They’re all free vector downloads with a simple flat or linear style. All these free graphics are illustrated with limited colors and… read more

No Printer Required: First Paperless Daily Deal Service Launches

Gaming platform SCVNGR has teamed up with American Express and Levi’s to create the first paperless daily deal redemption system.

If you’ve ever purchased a Groupon or LivingSocial daily deal, you’ve probably gone through the awkward process of redeeming your coupon. You have to print out the daily… read more

60+ Upcoming Social Media & Tech Events

Every week, Mashable puts together a calendar of upcoming social media and web events, parties and conferences.

Here are some tips on how to network, share your information and promote your event using social media:

The Future of Event Planning and Social MediaHOW TO: Plan and Promote Events with… read more

Nexus S 4G Now Available From Sprint

The 4G version of Google’s Nexus S smartphone is now available from Sprint for $199.99 with a two-year contract.

Manufactured by Samsung and branded by Google, the Nexus S 4G runs on Android 2.3, a.k.a. Gingerbread, and features a 4-inch power-saving super AMOLED touchscreen display, 1 GHz Hummingbird… read more

HOW TO: Connect Your Brand to the Right Online Influencers

Macala Wright Lee is the publisher of FashionablyMarketing.Me. Wright Lee is a retail consultant who specializes in marketing consulting for fashion, luxury and beauty brands. You can follower her on Twitter at @FashMarketing.

Simply put, there is no one single way to measure online influence. And in the… read more

Win a Free MacBook Pro and $1,000 in Printing From UPrinting

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Hello everyone! Today we’ve got a special treat for you. Our friends at UPrinting are giving away a free 13 inch MacBook Pro (valued at $1,199) and $1,000 worth of printing to 1 lucky Tuts+ reader. To win, all you have to do is answer a simple question and… read more

Amazing Design & Illustration by Matt Chase

Matt Chase is an incredible designer and illustrator who recently designed a complete re-visualization of our USPS mail system that looks amazing. Get to see some of illustrations and poster projects and make sure to pay attention to details and the use of colors. Enjoy!

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The web designer’s guide to a happier life

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Building a Great Web Design Portfolio – 10 Best Tips & 40 Examples

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To a prospective client, you as a web designer are often only as good as your portfolio. They’re checking you out for the first time, and if you don’t impress them enough, you won’t get their work. And if you don’t get work, you don’t get… read more

Tips on Creating Fluffy Characters

One of the best things about clients is that they’re always surprising us with some random and misterious pitch works. One of my last briefings was to create a fluffy character, but since I always made illustrations more realistic, this was quite a challenge for me. As some of you… read more

Family tree, an experiment of visual DNA by Bobby Neel Adams

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Portraits of family members (mother/daughter, father/son and so on….) that are sized and printed at the same proportion. No photoshop here. Awesome.

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Graffiti Under Scrutiny

Graffiti Under Scrutiny

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Sites of the Week #152

For this Sites of the Week we have selected some great sites such as Jimmy Fairly and Lowcountry. Also we’re featuring an amazing theme called FaultPress, and much, much more! As usual we would love to hear from you, keep sending your suggestions to us and we will be more… read more

How to Create a Glamorous Portrait Using Adobe Illustrator

Today we’re going to show you a detailed step-by-step guide on how to create a glamorous portrait using a stock reference. The final result will be 100% vector; therefore will retain its scalable properties. This walk through is ideal for those an intermediate to advanced knowledge of Illustrator. Illustrator CS5… read more

35 Cool Print Advertisements

35 Cool Print Advertisements

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Highlight, Annotate & Save Web Pages With Scrible

The Spark of Genius Series highlights a unique feature of startups and is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here.

Name: Scrible

Quick Pitch: Scrible lets you highlight and annotate web pages and easily save,… read more

Thanks To Our Photography Loving Sponsors

Light Stalking is made possible by our great sponsors who allow us to continue bringing you great photography articles, tutorials and collections. Help us by continuing to support our sponsors.

Getting Seen on Light Stalking

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Video Inspiration #17 – The Astonishing Works of Onur Senturk

Video Inspiration is a weekly(ish) post where we either feature a specific artist or show a sort of “best of” list of videos we’ve discovered during the week. Everything here may not be brand new, but we felt it worth sharing with the community. If you have good… read more

iPad Subscriptions Coming to Esquire, Popular Mechanics & O

Subscriptions to the iPad editions of Esquire, Popular Mechanics and O, The Oprah Magazine will be available via the App Store come June, publisher Hearst confirmed to Mashable Thursday.

Subscriptions will cost $19.99 per year, or $1.99 per month, and will be available within each title’s respective app.

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The PR Pro’s Guide to Facebook

The Social PR Guide Series is supported by Mynewsdesk. Our online newsroom makes it easier to exchange news with key influencers, reach top of search engines and automatically update your social media channels.

Facebook is about sharing. We share updates that reveal little pieces of our lives, and… read more

PowerMockup Review – An Essential Web Designer Tool

I’ve recently had a chance to use a tool called PowerMockup and want to let you all know about it.

What is PowerMockup? It’s an add-on for Microsoft PowerPoint, which helps you sketch mock-ups for websites and applications.  It makes prototyping new designs extremely easy – a matter of a… read more

Lightroom Killer Tip – Trick to Getting Brighter Prints

The following video is from Matt Kloskowski’s blog, LightroomKillertips.com, a place to get the coolest Adobe Lightroom tutorials, tips, time-saving shortcuts, photographic inspiration, and undocumented tricks. For more Lightroom videos, visit LRKT or subscribe to the podcast feed by clicking here.

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Choosing the Right Tools for Your Mobile Project

Mobile web browsing is the next big thing. At least that’s what the pundits say. Recent data shows there are about 4 billion mobile users (almost half the planet) (source). In 2011, smartphone sales will surpass desktop/laptop computer sales, moving over 400 million units per year (source).

But haven’t… read more

21 Unique Ways To Show Off Your Business Cards

Most people hide away their business cards in their suit pocket, bag, wallet or sometimes a generic boring business card holder. However, there are more unique and creative ways you can keep your cards safe, while showing them off so you stand out from the rest!

Business cards are an essential… read more

Must-Have (Free) Photoshop Plugin: GuideGuide [CS4, CS5]

I’ve recently come across a lifesaver Photoshop plugin that is gonna rock your world. It’s called GuideGuide from Cameron McEfee and it’s a godesend for creating print layouts, and web for that matter. GuideGuide is free, and its a “panel” that assists you with laying out your guides across the… read more

Professional Practices They Don’t Teach You In Art School: Portfolio – What Do You Really Need In It!

Professional Practices They Don’t Teach You In Art School: What Do You Really Need In Your Portfolio?

I’ve traveled to many art schools, being asked to review senior student portfolios and speak on professional practices in the design business and the one thing I always notice is the lack of direction… read more

Boost Business with 4 Old School Marketing Tactics

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Everyone’s focused on the digital world these days, and rightfully so. There’s always a new technology rolling out and its exciting to be amazed at what our favorite gadgets can do.

But when it comes to customer service and getting clients, you’ve got… read more

U.S. Carriers Begin Blocking Android Tethering Apps

Some Google Android users are reporting that they can no longer download Internet tethering apps from the Android Marketplace, especially those with AT&T, Verizon or T-Mobile service.

The mobile applications in question give Android devices owners the ability to access the Internet on their laptops using the wireless… read more

Startup Aims to Make Loving Art Easier

The Spark of Genius Series highlights a unique feature of startups and is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here.

Name: Artfinder

Quick Pitch: Artfinder helps users discover and share art.

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You Don’t Really Strike Me as an Arial: Selecting Font and Color for Your Words

Font, Color, Size – these are not decisions that should be taken lightly if you are interested in the full spectrum of meaning, innuendo, and even subliminal messages of your words on your website or blog. First and foremost, however, if readers can’t see your words properly the message… read more

Daily Inspiration #812

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

Lovely (geek) art prints by Danny Haas

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Altered Martin Luther King Jr. Quote Goes Viral After Osama Bin Laden’s Death

On Monday, a quote supposedly penned by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was making its way across the web, warning U.S. citizens not to “return hate for hate” following Osama bin Laden’s death. Now we’re learning that the quote is not quite accurate.

For those of you whose… read more

Using CSS3: Older Browsers And Common Considerations

With the arrival of IE9, Microsoft has signalled its intent to work more with standards-based technologies. With IE still the single most popular browser and in many ways the browser for the uninitiated, this is hopefully the long awaited start of us Web craftsmen embracing the idea of using CSS3… read more

Traditional typography meets modern techniques

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Creative Brainstorming: 50 Examples of The Logo Design Process

Everyone knows how important a logo is to your identity and brand. Every business, online and offline, requires a logo. A logo represents your company and products to potential customers.

Almost any designer can create a good logo, but it won’t necessarily be perfect. Creating an extraordinary logo requires… read more

White House Releases Situation Room Images From Bin Laden Raid [PICS]

The White House posted several images of President Obama and staffers planning and reviewing updates from the military raid that ended in the death of Osama bin Laden.

The White House Flickr account has been used extensively during the Obama administration, showing us candid and behind-the-scenes images from… read more

After Bin Laden’s Death, Newspapers Brace for Big Sales

Don’t be surprised to find extra copies — or even extra editions — of newspapers this Monday, as media outlets continue providing coverage of Osama bin Laden’s death.

The New York Times and The Washington Post were among those newspapers that produced extra copies Monday. A tweet from… read more

HOW TO: Document Your Life Using Photo Apps

The Digital Photo and Film Series is supported by Adobe® Photoshop® Elements. To connect with the product team, find creative tutorials, tips and information, join them on Facebook and Twitter.

With smartphones projected to take over feature phones in the United States this year, there are a lot… read more

New artworks by Kilian Eng

If there’s an artist that I hard believe that represents the retro futuristic style, this guy is for sure Kilian Eng. I mean, this guy is amazing, he created a whole aesthetic that’s pretty remarkable, also he got a great knowledge of color and gradients.

If you want to know more… read more

CronSync: Awesome Invoicing and Time Management

Anyone who is self-employed or works a job that involves dealing with numerous clients and projects will tell you that one of the most annoying parts of the job is the administration. Planning, keeping track of your work, invoicing and analysing the project can be a pain in the… read more

Top Freelance Jobs from Job Board – Week 1, May

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Looking for a new client? The FreelanceSwitch job board is a great resource of freelance gigs and opportunities. These opportunities are in various fields, from development to writing to design, and come from a wide range of potential clients. The job board is hand-moderated by dedicated… read more

Insane Illustrations by Pale Horse

Hailing from Tampa Bay, Florida, Pale Horse is the moniker and studio space of illustrator & graphic designer Chris Parks. The illustrations he creates are absolutely insane. Pale Horse also actively hosts and participates in various gallery exhibitions throughout the US, Europe and Asia. Check it out!

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Creating Debut Album Art for If I Were A Mountain…

The Debut album of If I Were A Mountain… entitled “Dreams Are For Their Dreamers,” is an introspective EP that takes a dive into the dream world and molds it into a melody that soothes and transports the listener. This article details the process I took when creating the album… read more

What Makes a Bad Client and How to Deal with Them?

For a full-time freelance designer, hardly a day goes by without hearing about or reading some nightmarish client story. Whether I hear about it in person, by email, over the phone or on the web, one thing seems clear: designers like complaining about their clients almost as much as they… read more

How 3 Companies Took Content Marketing to the Next Level

Shane Snow is a Mashable contributor and cofounder of Contently.com, an “agile publishing” platform for brands and professional bloggers.

It goes by many names: branded content, custom publishing, content marketing. Cheap and ubiquitous web technology has become fuel for a rising trend of businesses becoming publishers and brands… read more