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How many web designers say this?

From Qfolio - your portfolio on the web:

Your portfolio is about YOUR WORK not ours.

The Qfolio Online Portfolio Format has been designed to feature your work and not the work of your web designer. Your work shines in the foreground. Present your online portfolio in a clean, clear, unpretentious way.

Work directly, one-on-one with a Qfolio designer who will adapt the format to meet the specific needs …

It contains what?!!

Spotted on a local chemist’s counter:

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At a quick glance, the following information stood out:

Yes!
Contains Alcohol, Nicotine and Caffeine.

Hmmm…

Make my logo bigger!

Make My Logo Bigger

If you have ever worked as a graphic designer, you will so identify with this “commercial”.

Unfortunately, many businesses still don’t get branding. (Hint: it has little to do with the size of your logo.)

Thanks to Stilgherrian for this.

Graphic design for the real world

Got this via email today (thanks Sandra!):

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I can just see how this would have happened.

The brief comes into the graphic design studio. “We need a graphic that is X wide and Y high.”
The designers slave away for a while, working to the stated proportions. The designers may not know, or even care, what the display context of the graphic is. Hey, a graphic is a …

Abstracts for your walls

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My abstract architectural montages are now available as prints, canvases or framed prints.

Get one for your wall, and one for a friend’s! Order from RedBubble.com.

Packed in box

Two classic packaging/communications boo boo in one:

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On the bottom left:
“Premium Quality” - says the manufacturer.
“NEW IMPROVED” - in what way? For whom? (Is there talc in it?)
“PACKED IN BOX” - this is the punch line. It has to be!

The whole design is already extremely busy. It would not hurt to simply leave out these three lines. What purpose do they serve? Other than to …

A fun and classy intro to Web 2.0

This nicely put together YouTube video by Michael Wesch.

Thanks Greg!

Dust collectors

This is a fun example of authenticity in product naming - a dust collector is … well a dust collector!

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Designed by Sebastiaan Straatsma and spotted on core77.

Egg poacher - simple and useful

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I have one of these. It is a triangular tray with three hollows for the eggs to sit in. The whole thing then goes into a hot water bath in a pan for the eggs to cook.

Every time I use it, I get a kick out of how my fork fits neatly into a “left me up” slot, so I can neatly pull the whole …

A picture speaks

“Cynthia Vanderlip, manager of the State of Hawaii’s Kure Atoll Wildlife Sanctuary, cut open the dead body of a fledgling Laysan albatross (nicknamed “Shed Bird”) to find more than half a pound of plastic in its stomach.”

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This is the bits of shit we throw away without a second thought!

This one image sums it all up, without ambiguity, and without unnecessary “designer” fuss.

Read A …

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