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February 2010

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• 02.17.10
  2 Clever Magazine Advertisements Advertising, Opinion | (0)

  Over the years I've come across many magazine advertisements I thought were clever, or gave me a giggle reading them. After recently cleaning out my old archives, I discovered I had scanned and saved two of these ads. I thought I'd share them with you. This Club House popcorn seasoning ad was just so clever, at the time I first saw it I was mesmerized. I love the careful selection of popcorn kernels for their shapes, especially the one on the edge of the bowl leaning down to accept the seasoning container. Brilliant and fun! This ad may not be quite so ...

  Tagged: advertisement, Club House, design, popcorn, subaru, wrx
  
• 02.17.10
  Google Standard Apps Business, Opinion, Website Development | (0)

  Written by Andrew Degenhardt, Elan Communications Google Apps offers an array of tools for managing your domain. The neat thing is that you can link up all the Google Apps to your domain so you can access them from your own custom subdomains, e.g.: docs.yourdomain.com, mail.yourdomain.com. The Google Apps you can use include Google mail, Google pages, Google Chat, Google Docs, and more. Google Apps is separated into two service categories: Google Apps Standard and Google Apps Premium. Standard is free, and if you need the extra space for email and the other features that the Premium service offers, you can upgrade ...

  Tagged: Apps, domain, Google, website
  
• 02.08.10
  Talking Back – Top Five Advertising Trends Business, Opinion, Trends | (0)

  From Nielsen Wire The overall advertising environment in 2009 was fairly gloomy with slashed budgets and revised strategies to address the new reality. However, that didn’t stop the industry from evolving, and the lessons learned will likely pay-off in the year ahead. For example, advertisers started to look at the need for accountability metrics beyond the simple “click-through” and on to campaign-specific performance. They also started to embrace burgeoning social networks and consumer generated media to bring consumers closer to a product or brand. Read more...

  Tagged: advertisement, Business, social media, Trends
  
• 02.07.10
  Typography Inspiration and Font Resources Inspiration, Scrapbooking, Typography & Fonts | (0)

  Recently I was asked to write an article for Canadian Scrapbooker magazine on the use of typography in scrapbooking designs. The article will be published in their Spring 2010 issue, on shelves on March 1st. I'm very excited! As a supplement to the article, I have located some of my favorite resources for typography inspiration and font downloads. I have linked some of them below. Please be sure to read the license agreement attached to ANY font you download from these links. Typography Art Inspiration: http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/05/23/gorgeous-examples-of-floral-typography http://www.designshard.com/inspiration/amazing-floral-typography-inspiration [I particularly love the Shaz Madani piece in this one.] http://www.tripwiremagazine.com/2009/12/190-stunning-typography-showcases.html Free Font Downloads: http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/06/05/beautiful-high-quality-free-fonts-for-your-designs http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/11/15/20-new-high-quality-free-fonts http://sixrevisions.com/graphics-design/45-beautiful-free-fonts-for-modern-design-trends http://abduzeedo.com/21-awesome-free-fonts http://designreviver.com/freebies/50-awesome-free-fonts-for-professional-design

  Tagged: font, Inspiration, Scrapbooking, typography
  
• 02.06.10
  9 Seamless Swirls Vector Patterns Freebies, Scrapbooking, Textures & Patterns | (0)

  DOWNLOAD HERE: [download id="1"]

  Tagged: freebie, illustrator, pattern, Scrapbooking, seamless, swirl, vector
  

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