Top 7 Tax Deductions for the Self-Employed

These days, more professionals are shifting from the role of full-time employee to freelancer, a movement that some refer to as a gig economy. If you have freelance income to report by U.S. tax day (Apr. 17), your taxes will be more involved than your colleagues’, who only have W-2… read more

Mr Porter Launches Global Augmented Reality Fashion Hunt

Men’s apparel retail site Mr Porter, which we dubbed one of the three best personifications of the content and commerce model, is staging a mobile treasure hunt across five cities to celebrate its first birthday.

After debuting in Sydney, the treasure hunt kicks off in New York Friday and runs until… read more

Symptoms Of An Epidemic: Web Design Trends

Since Elliot Jay Stocks so poignantly told us to destroy the Web 2.0 look, we’ve witnessed a de-shinification of the Web, with fewer glass buttons, beveled edges, reflections, special-offer badges, vulgar gradients with vibrant colors and diagonal background patterns. The transformation has been welcomed with relief by all but the… read more

Flickr Browsr: Flickr with a Whole New Perspective

Flickr, a popular image sharing site owned by Yahoo!, is a great place to view artistic and creative pictures for free. While Flickr is a great service, the website has an outdated design and can run slow on some browsers. While searching for a photo viewing alternative to the standard… read more

iPhone Case Turns SoundCloud Clips Into 3D Sculpture [VIDEO]

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

Get ready to turn your top tunes into physical art. Shapeways, a 3D printing company, introduced its latest project, Vibe, at SXSW last weekend.

Vibe is a custom iPhone case created from your favorite sound from SoundCloud…. read more

SXSWi Award Winners Include Pinterest, Storify and a Few Surprises [PICS]

South by Southwest Interactive officially drew to a close Tuesday with the 15th Annual Interactive Awards. The awards honored not only well-known sites and services from the past year such as Pinterest and Storify, but also highlighted sites, services and apps that you may have never heard of.

While Highlight was… read more

Federal Reserve Launches Twitter Account

The Federal Reserve, notorious for its orotund, deliberately vague pronouncements, is now limiting itself to 140-character bursts on Twitter.

The institution, which sets interest rates and controls the amount of money the U.S. prints, launched its Twitter account Tuesday, @federalreserve.

The feed, which is now up to about 7,500 followers, is… read more

Daily Inspiration #1082

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

Printing For Less – Affordable Online Digital Printing Service Review

Printing For Less – Affordable Online Digital Printing Service Review

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The Modules of Adobe Lightroom

Adobe Photoshop Lightroom is an essential component of any digital photographer’s toolbox. As with all post-processing software, Lightroom is a program that photographer’s can use to improve and organize their visual art. Yet, Lightroom is unique in many ways. Unlike other popular post-processing software, Lightroom is a modular program and has… read more

Cadbury Makes Its Google+ Page Out of Chocolate

Cadbury loves Google+. Not only has the UK-based chocolatier launched a product through Google’s social network, has also now created a chocolate version of its Google+ page.

The confection was created to celebrate a recent milestone: 500,000 “circlers,” or fans.

Cadbury chronicled the construction of its edible Google+ page through… read more

9 Great Mac Apps for Color Lovers

As a color lover, and even a color nerd, I am always finding apps out there that excite my interest. I love color both as a designer and photographer and there are a number of Mac apps out there that are made with these interests in mind.

These apps run the… read more

Sign Up for YTD’s Newsletter and Win a Wacom Bamboo Create!

Yes, you read it right – we’re raffling off a Wacom Bamboo Create Tablet with a Wireless Kit to the first thousand subscribers we get for You The Designer’s newsletter!
 

 
We’re still straightening out the details, but exclusive content you can look forward to inside the newsletter… read more

Respect Thy Typography

Good typography shouldn’t have to rely on ornamental crutches to stand tall. Yet despite all the tools and knowledge available to us, we readily embrace a flourishing, decorative typography, with cheap tricks used in a misguided attempt to make it “pop”. This ancient art may rapidly be gaining popularity, but… read more

Smallest 3D Replicas Print Out in Four Minutes

Austrian researchers broke the world record for quickest printout of a three-dimensional object in the fast-evolving field of 3D printing.

Smaller than a grain of salt, 3D replicas of cathedrals, national landmarks and race cars were printed out layer by layer in about four minutes. Looking at the… read more

Antarctica: Photographing the End of the World

As perhaps the worlds last remaining unspoiled and intact wilderness, Antarctica has many rules and regulations governing how people must behave in this pristine land, the one that always sticks with me is “Take nothing but pictures, leave nothing but footprints”. Despite it’s remoteness, more and more photographers are taking… read more

Market Yourself Visually With VisualCV

For the modern career seeker, having a visually compelling résumé is important. This importance is magnified for anyone with a career involving multimedia in any form. Whether you are a graphic designer, video editor, or writer, having a simple way to provide a resume and basic portfolio in one simple… read more

How to Plan the Perfect Wedding Online

Dana Oshiro is a Canadian writer and the senior analyst and publishing strategist for NetShelter Technology Media‘s 200+ gadget, mobile and IT bloggers. She writes regularly at Villagers with Pitchforks, tweets as @suzyperplexus and connects with others via LinkedIn.

When I began planning one of the happiest days of my… read more

Jason Mraz Picks Instagram Contest’s Best Snapshots [PICS]

Jason Mraz’s Instagram Challenge

Singer-songwriter Jason Mraz gave a verbal thumbs-up to Instagram and printing services that bring the… read more

Gmail SMS – (almost) Free SMS, Right Inside Gmail

Sometimes email and Facebook and Twitter and everything else isn’t enough. Sometimes, you need to send an SMS. For many of us, that sometimes is more often than we might think; no wonder unlimited SMS plans are still in vogue most places. When you send SMS messages that turn into a conversation,… read more

AT&T Firing Up 4G LTE in 12 More Cities, Including Staten Island

When AT&T turned on its 4G LTE network in New York City in January, it finally gave Verizon some needed competition in the market for high-speed mobile broadband. There was one part of the Big Apple that was shut out of the party, however: Staten Island.

That’s changing soon, the company… read more

See the Best SXSW Panels, Illustrated [PICS]

“The Wars of Tech”

Speaker: Steven Levy
Artist: Nora

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Forget following a SXSW panel’s hashtag to… read more

8 Best Practices for Food Brands on Pinterest

Janet Helm is the chief food and nutrition strategist of North America for Weber Shandwick. She is the author of the blog Nutrition Unplugged and co-founder of the Nutrition Blog Network and Healthy Aperture. She has been a contributor to Cooking Light magazine and is currently partnering on a book… read more

Abdz + Sticker Robot + Hydro74 Contest

For the first time Abdz is doing a contest in partnership with an artist and a sticker brand, just in case you don’t know both, let me introduce you to them.
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Sticker Robot

Sticker Robot it’s a top notch Sticker company, producing the best and most extraordinary genres of sticker you will… read more

QR Codes and Microsoft Tags: New Promotion Generation

MS TAG PRO and CONS

Feature
Pro
Cons

CMYK colors
More attractive
More expensive to be printed

Small footprint
Less invasive, more info in smaller area to cover
Not really useful, particularly if displayed on screen, posters or billboards

New technology
Appealing and visual based
Less supported

The content is on MS servers
More detailed metrics
You can change the content whenever you… read more

Take Smarter Screenshots with Voila

As a writer, and specifically one who reviews apps, a rock solid screenshot utility is absolutely essential. Sure, I could use the good old fashioned ⌘⇧3 or ⌘⇧4 keyboard shortcuts that are built into OS X, but sometimes “fullscreen” and “area” aren’t enough options. Also, those screenshots are saved to… read more

Tweets Chronicle the Journey of the Titanic as if in Real Time

April 15, 2012 is the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic.  To recognize this event, The History Press opened a Twitter account that “live” tweets the journey of the Titanic. The account describes events up-to-the-minute as if it were 1912.  @TitanicRealTime began tweeting on March 10 — a month… read more

What Are Burning And Dodging And How They Can Help Your Photos

When teaching modern digital photography I often forget those new to the general art of photography might not be familiar with classic terms and techniques and I need to take a step back. This post is for those who might have always wanted to ask, “What do people mean when… read more

Linkswitch #97, Analytic Tricks, Fun Website Design, Your Path

Every other week we roundup some of the highest quality articles and resources that benefit freelancers from across the web. We present these articles here on various helpful topics. This week we have articles on Google Analytics tricks, a fun approach to websites, and finding your own path.

11 Google… read more

Our favorite tweets of the week Mar 5-Mar 11, 2012

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40 Humorous Photo Manipulations

In this post we have collected some humorous imagery that we know will make you laugh. Many of the images blend 21st century technology with the natural world and do so in a fashion were different parts of the images are so finely blended with each other that… read more

25 Classy Black and White Brochures

25 Classy Black and White Brochures

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26 Sample Business Card Designs with Awesome Typography

26 Sample Business Card Designs with Awesome Typography

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Facebook Co-Founder Takes the Reins at ‘New Republic’ Magazine

Chris Hughes, 28-year-old new media mogul and Facebook co-founder, is now the publisher and editor-in-chief of The New Republic after buying a majority stake of the long-standing progressive magazine.

Hughes revealed his plans for TNR in a letter Friday:

“Most of us get our news from social networks, blogs, and daily aggregators…. read more

Interactive Nike Fuel Station Opens in London [VIDEO]

British runners: on your mark, get set — shop! Nike fans in London can re-fuel at a new interactive pop-up shop designed to sync with the company’s latest high-tech product: the Nike+ Fuelband.

The wristband tracks your movements throughout the day. It records “your entire athletic life,” says Nike’s… read more

3 Tradeoffs Your Startup Should Consider Before Partnering

Omar H. Téllez is founder/CEO of SCHEDit, a “hyper-social” events calendar that recently partnered with Boston.com to launch My Events. Called “Twitter for events” by Mashable, SCHEDit helps users connect with the right people, the right places at the right time.

As entrepreneurs, we typically face more questions than answers. Then,… read more

Self Magazine to Launch Facebook Diet Program and Social Game

Women’s health and fitness magazine Self is upping its investment in Facebook. The publication is launching a social game and diet program on the social network next week.

The “Self Workout in the Park Social Game” developed by the magazine’s VP and publisher Laura McEwen is inspired by the exercise-themed events… read more

The Smashing Book #3 Cover Design

Around the end of October last year, Vitaly Friedman of Smashing Magazine asked me if I would be interested in contributing to the new Smashing Book #3. There were a few options as to how I could contribute to it. But since my days were already filled until Summer 2012,… read more

Finding Your Voice – Learn How to Stand Up and Speak Up to your Clients

Some clients already know what they need. Others don’t. So what should you do when a paying client knows what they want, but not what they need?

In this article, Eric Karkovack offers advice on speaking up when a client doesn’t actually know what they need.

In 1996, I was… read more

4 Ways Restaurants Should Use QR Codes

Hamilton Chan is CEO and founder of Paperlinks, which provides the leading QR code infrastructure for businesses. Codes generated through Paperlinks app can be scanned by the free Paperlinks iPhone app or by any QR code reader on any smartphone platform.

Despite criticism, the QR code continues to be a major… read more

Great Photography Links to Procrastinate With!

The Toad has been busy hopping all over the internet this week finding the best links to tutorials, great photography and interesting blogs to share with everyone.  This weeks list showcases a series of really great images and blog posts sure to be enjoyed by the photography fan in all… read more

Daily Inspiration #1077

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

GE Wants You to Play With Power Tools at SXSW

Ever used a laser cutter? How about a cold saw, ironworker, injection molder or 3D printer? If not, do you want to?

No matter your power-tool qualifications (or lack thereof), GE wants to give you a chance to get some hands-on time with them.

The company is launching a series of pop-up… read more

Why Sprint Got Shut Out of Apple’s iPad Party

Apple threw its annual iPad-unveiling bash Wednesday, and it included a major milestone for the company. The new iPad is Apple’s very first 4G LTE product, with versions available that connect to either Verizon’s or AT&T’s LTE networks.

Notably absent from that list: Sprint.

The carrier became a partner of Apple’s… read more

18 Free And Creative Paper Photoshop Brushes

Photoshop brushes help the designers in creating specific designs with great ease. Today we present a collection of some high quality paper brushes for you. With these Photoshop paper brushes you can give your designs a new and updated look. The paper brush sets help you create the paper like… read more

ImagePrint 9

Raster Image Processor for Professional Printing

If you do high-volume commercial or fine art inkjet printing and want to use possibly the finest ICC profiles and page layout features available, ColorByte’s ImagePrint version 9 fits the bill. ImagePrint is a raster image processor (RIP) designed to work with Epson inkjet… read more

50 Detailed Icon Design Tutorials for Photoshop

We are visual creatures. As much as we like to think we appreciate the inner quality of things, the reality is that we start off judging every book by its cover. It comes as no surprise then that icons have a huge impact on how we experience the… read more

iPhone 4S Upgrade on AT&T Claims to Add 4G Service — But Does It?

If you download iOS 5.1 onto your AT&T iPhone 4S, you’ll notice something new — your phone now has 4G. Or at least, that’s what it claims.

Let’s be clear: iOS 5.1 does nothing to change the speed of your handset’s data connection. But it does mark the end of… read more

Daily Inspiration #1076

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

Montreal Meets 2 / MMTWO

Next month, I will be heading again to Montreal in Canada for the second Montreal Meets. I am pretty excited to meet my friends James White and François Hoang, but also Radim Malinic, Shelby White and Scott Hansen. I am also looking forward to meeting some of my Canadian friends… read more

Designing Engaging And Enjoyable Long-Form Reading Experiences

Finally, some good news from the media industry: digital subscriptions are growing. We’re seeing positive reports from newspapers such as the New York Times and magazine publishers such as Conde Nast: announcements about increases in their digital content sales and paywall members.

When you have fantastic and original content, ensuring the… read more

Idea fail: why it’s hard to push innovation

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45 Mind-Blowing Dribbble Illustrations

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The designers on Dribbble are some of the most talented people from all around the world. I have found some insanely great works of art in dozens of areas including web, print, branding, and logo design. But one of my favorite artistic categories is illustration work.

In… read more

Fluorescent Text Effects that Glow Using Illustrator

Fluorescent Text Effects that Glow Using Illustrator

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Smugmug’s Camera Awesome App For iPhones [REVIEW]

This is one review I am excited to write. I have been a fan of Smugmug for years and years, paying for their Pro account annually and enjoying the ease of use on the site. I am also a recent iPhone convert and have enjoyed playing with various apps as… read more

Adobe Releases Lightroom 4

Adobe has released the fourth incarnation of its popular photo editing software, Lightroom, with a wealth of new features, including improved support for video and a price tag that has been slashed in half compared to previous versions. The new version, Photoshop Lightroom 4, costs just $149 for the stand-alone… read more

Smashing Email Newsletter Turns Two Years Old: Comment and Win!

Two years ago, we launched the Smashing Email Newsletter. Today, we’d like to reflect on some of the greatest newsletter articles of the past year and celebrate this anniversary with our 100,000 readers with a fabulous book giveaway!

Back then, we planned to launch the Smashing Newsletter only if we had… read more

When The Project Is Over – Gathering Testimonials

In my previous post, I wrote about conducting a follow-up meeting after a project. This is the perfect time to ask for testimonials and referrals. You’re still fresh in your client’s mind and, providing the project went well, they think you’re the bee’s knees. The meeting, or better yet,… read more

21 Most Useful WordPress Admin Page Hacks

WordPress needs no introduction among designers and writers. It use to known as the synonym for blogging but now days it is used to create any type of website of any complexity. WordPress has reached phenomenally high usage rates. There are over 70 million publishers who use WordPress, making it… read more

Creative Fuel #1: Gridset, Status Board PSD, AP Rebrand & More

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Creative Fuel is a periodic collection of design and creativity awesomeness found around the web. Find out about new apps and services, the best freebies, and other significant news from the design community!

Gridset

Mark Boulton has announced Gridset, a tool for making incredibly custom grids. Instead of grabbing… read more

Watch This Robot Run Way Faster Than You [VIDEO]

Just signed up for your first 5K? Feeling proud of that sprint you took around the block? For that matter, are you proud of your running ability at all? Then you may not want to watch this video, unless you’re an Olympic-level athlete.

A robot designed by the boffins at… read more

The 7 Essentials of Crowd-Funding Your Next Photography Project (and How We Funded Ours)

Crowdfunding is a relatively new phenomenon that has emerged over the past few years to help creative people fund their personal projects, including photographers. Kickstarter was the first company to offer this type of platform and others such as emphas.is and IndieGoGo have emerged since. Crowdfunding is a unique way… read more

5 Ways to Find Work as a New Freelancer

When I first started freelancing, I was unhappy in my job. I was working in Boston during the dotcom bubble burst of the early 2000s. There was nowhere for me to go in my current position, and the constant layoffs and cutbacks were making me nervous. So I retreated… read more

Japanese, A Beautifully Complex Writing System

As a Japanese person living in Europe, I’m sometimes asked: “Japanese is a difficult language, isn’t it?” Those asking are often surprised when my answer is a simple: “No, actually, it’s not.”

While it is true (at least to many Westerners) that Japanese is an exotic language, when compared to learning… read more

Discussion: How Can a Vector Designer Protect Their Author’s Rights?

This question is very topical. It is often discussed on vector forums and between different vector designers. In this discussion I want to show you some different ways to protect your author’s rights and how to find the solution to this problem.

How Can You Protect Your Vector Works from Plagiarism… read more

48 New Digital Media Resources You Might Have Missed

Been away from Mashable for a few days? Maybe you were sorting through hundreds of Oscar memes. Perhaps you’ve been busy working on integrating your brand with Facebook Timeline. Or have you been trying to figure out what the iPad 3 will look like?

For whatever reason you’ve missed our… read more

Win 1000 Custom Postcards from 1800Postcards.com!

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Are you in the need for some postcards for your business, your career or just for fun? Well you can win 1000 Custom Postcards for Free from 1800Postcards.com!

1800Postcards.com is the retail branch of Circle Press, a high-end commercial printing firm with a roster of Fortune 100 clients that… read more

A Showcase of Enchanting Vintage Advertisements

Everyody needs some inspiration to help unlock those creative ideas. Now, vintage posters might not be your first port-of-call when seeking inspiration. Then you have missed out. Of course, the vintage posters we have for you haven’t aged very well. But the truth is they are all in… read more

4 Reasons Why Networking Is Critical to Going Pro

A guest post by Lara White from PhotoMint. In this article, she explains why networking is critical for photographers looking to go pro. To learn more about how to get business by networking, check out PhotoMint’s new ebook, Get Connected: Build Relationships to Drive Your Business.

When you make the… read more

How to Take Your PR Pitches to the Next Level

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

Often the most visible element of public relations, media relations is a tried-and-true tactic that can influence opinion, change behaviors, and generate new leads and sales. PR… read more

Batman: Arkham Asylum: A Visually-Stunning Adventure

From his first appearance in comic books in 1939 to Christopher Nolan’s latest cinematic reboot, the Batman franchise has seen countless reinterpretations in print, TV, and film. Batman: Arkham Asylum isn’t the first time that Bruce Wayne’s crime-fighting alter ego has shown up in a video game, but it is… read more

It’s Official: AT&T Will Throttle Your Unlimited Data Plan

AT&T on Thursday put limits on its Unlimited Data plans, slowing speeds for 3G and 4G customers who exceed 3 GB in a billing cycle and capping 4G LTE customers at 5 GB.

On a support page explaining the move, the carrier stressed that “you’ll still be able to use as… read more

Easily Share Design Work With Clients via MockVault

When you take on a new design project or client, one of the important deadlines will be a day to share the mockups for the project with the client. This has always been a pain, involving countless emails, compatibility problems, miscommunications and more. MockVault realized this issue and decided to… read more

Cleverly Photoshopped Print Ads

There are a lot of print advertisements out there, but only a few stand out from the rest. In this article, we will present you with a selection of cleverly Photoshopped print ads that we really enjoyed. Let’s take a look! Batelco Directory: Hotel This piece puts a whole new… read more

Photoshop CS4 Layers Tutorial for Beginners

Photoshop CS4 Layers Tutorial for Beginners

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Beyond QR Codes: Print Catalog Offers Shopping by Smartphone Photo

QR Codes can be handy things: Scan a funky black-and-white design in the real world to access electronic information.

But a German sportswear catalog has taken the marriage of physical and digital a step farther by adding an interesting twist to shopping.

SportScheck‘s most recent catalog is 750-pages long and… read more

For Marriage Proposal, Man Uses Meme and Asks Internet for Help [PICS]

Memes are all the rage on college campuses right now, but those viral little gems have just sneaked into the land of love.

Self-described web geek Len Kendall proposed to his longtime girlfriend, Katie Holland, over the Internet with a meme of himself emblazoned with “Katie I love you so much,… read more

28 Inspiring Typography Examples within Poster Artwork

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Print work can be very challenging and has a growing demand base. Designers are always on the edge following new trends to attract an audience. Poster designs are one such area where art and marketing can really shine through together.

In this inspirational gallery I’ve put together… read more

20 Modern Stationery Brand Templates Fit for Freelance Identity

Do you need to carry your freelance brand into print? If so, you can hire a professional designer to assist you with creating your identity. There is another option though. If your budget is tight and time is limited, there is no better solution than grabbing a high… read more

Best of the Vector Web – February 2012

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 photorealistic vector illustrations, drawing with a graphics tablet, designing vector characters, and more. We have loads of tutorials, in addition to… read more

Design before computers ruled the universe

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On Tumblr, The New York Times Opens Its Photo Archive

The New York Times has added a whimsical new tentacle to its digital and social reach with a Tumblr blog dedicated to photographs from the Gray Lady’s storied past.

The Lively Morgue, as the new Tumblr is called, launched Monday with a black and white photo of news images being… read more

25+ Professional Resources for Getting Started as a Freelance Editor

Launching into a career as a freelance editor is relatively easy. Unlike our web and graphic design colleagues, editors can start working on their own without too much investment in expensive software or equipment.

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The Ghostwriter, The Sculptor, and The Diplomat

If you can write in someone else’s voice, writing for voice –e.g., scripting or outlining speeches and presentations for corporate executives, small business owners, and public officials — can be a lucrative niche. One of the great things about it is that once an executive (or that person’s “handlers”)… read more

Logo Design in 2011, A Case Study

2011 was the year that defined the importance of HTML5 and CSS3 and the best proves are the websites and applications based on these. In spite of this fulminate ascension, many other web design domains exploded or continued the expansion in the previous year. Logo design is one of… read more

Graphic Design Software & Skills: You The Designer’s 1st Infographic!

If you were with us back when we first launched our Graphic Designer Survey, we’re glad to let you know that we’ve just released the first of a series of infographics we’ve made from the survey’s results! This one is about popular graphic design software we use today, and statistics… read more

Fake Apple iStoves Seized From Chinese Warehouses [VIDEO]

A Chinese company likes the iPhone so much that they named a stove after the Apple brand.

This is the latest of many Chinese companies to sell fake Apple products, but perhaps the first documented pseudo-Apple home appliance. Apparently, the company sold portable gas stoves engraved with the Apple… read more

Niche Media, Gilt to Launch Shoppable Luxury Magazine

Niche Media, publisher of high-end regional magazines including Gotham, Hamptons and Ocean Drive, is launching yet another luxury lifestyle title, this time in partnership with Gilt Groupe and Hudson News.

Du Jour, scheduled to launch this fall, promises to be multi-platform from the get-go, spanning print, web, mobile, social and email… read more

When The Project Is Over – The Follow-up Meeting

At the end of a project, there are a couple of things you can do. You can hand the files or materials off to the client, a printer or upload them to a server. Then, you bill it and forget it.

Bad idea.

A better idea is to conduct a follow-up… read more

9 Ways 3D Printing Can Change the World

What once seemed like something straight out of The Jetsons has become a very common utility across all industries — 3D printing could very well revolutionize the way we manufacture, research and fix things.

Although this new(ish) form of technology is widely recognized as a way to produce mass amounts… read more

Sony DEV-5 Digital Recording Binoculars Review

My experience with binoculars has mainly revolved around visits to motor sports, surf carnivals and performances like musicals or opera.

So I can, without fear of contradiction, say that we can safely discount use of the DEV-5 in theatres and the like: for one thing you’d quickly get tired of sitting… read more

20 HDR Photographers Worth Watching

Do you need a twist on your photographic inspiration? Check out the following HDR photographers. The techniques they use to create surrealistic images combine multiple exposures to capture a wider range of value and color.

Since most HDR photography is used to achieve difficult exposures with wider dynamic ranges,… read more

New Epson Complete Guide to Digital Printing [Book Review]

Visit any of the retailers who offer user-operated printing of digital images and you’ll think that everyone does it that way. Nup!

Despite the radically cheaper print cost at these sites (10c and lower!) there’s plenty of digital photographers out there who prefer to do it at home on their own… read more

Best of the Week #211

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

Upset About AT&T Throttling Your Data? You May Be in for a Payday

At last there’s some recourse for consumers upset about AT&T‘s decision to throttle their data: small claims court.

A precedent at least has been set by a California judge who ruled in favor on Friday of a man who sued AT&T charging its practice of slowing down data violated the terms… read more

How to Design a 3D Logo in Illustrator

How to Design a 3D Logo in Illustrator

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The World’s Largest Museum to 3D Print Copies of Priceless Artifacts [VIDEO]

A pair of model makers — Vincent Rossi and Adam Metallo — are taking on the task of digitizing the Smithsonian Institute’s 137 million-piece collection with high-tech scanners and 3D printing.

Once the process has been perfected, 3D printing will create close copies of artwork and specimens. The… read more

A Fun Approach To Creating More Successful Websites

As Web designers and developers, each project we work with has a unique set of goals and requirements. But one goal we have for all of our projects is that we want them to make an impression on people — we want the websites that we create to be memorable.

A… read more

The Benefits of Using a Digital Flipbook

For the past four years, I have created a digital flipbook for every publication I have worked on—from the once-a-year publications for nonprofit organizations to the monthly publications.

Digital flipbooks are exactly what they sound like—a digital magazine that you can flip through on your computer screen.

As a freelancer, creating… read more

7 Tips to Help Make Your Content Go Viral

‘Content is King’ is a cliche in social media nowadays. Having great content doesn’t guarantee your work will appear in front of billions web users. It requires additional work to get this content in front of an audience.

With high quality content at hand, the next step is make your… read more