Twitter 10 utilisations créatives Artistes, marques, agences, étudiants… Nombreux sont ceux qui ont décidé d’utiliser Twitter d’une façon étonnante et/ou créative. Cet article se fait l’écho de 10 exemples qui méritent le coup d’œil (à noter que l’article évolue en fonction de vos contributions, l’article final aura sûrement plus de 10 exemples). 1 – Don’t Tell Ashton, l’oeuvre collective sur Twitter Commençons parce ce qui se présente comme la première œuvre collective via Twitter. L’idée est la suivante : Ashton Kutcher (@aplusk) est certes un célèbre acteur américain, mais il est surtout aussi devenu une des figures emblématiques de Twitter. Pour créer le buzz et lui faire un clin d’œil, les étudiants de l’Interactive Communication class at Berghs School of Communication viennent de lancer un projet artistique 2.0 qui utilise son nom : Don’t Tell Ashton. Pourquoi ? Or, le cadre qui reçoit les avatars correspond exactement à l’espace que prendrait Ashton Kutcher s’il s’inscrivait. Source. Morceaux choisis : Source. Source.
f claire baxter | creative director . senior designer . brand manager . rock star | design portfolio | vanityclaire.com You probably want to look at my work. That's cool, but sit tight; let's break the ice a little. I’m a seasoned and award-winning agency creative — a passionate leader with a proven track record for translating complex ideas into slick, successful campaigns. I've worked with some pretty cool brands, including Neiman Marcus, TIGI/Toni & Guy, Bergdorf Goodman, jcpenney, Michaels, Nationwide Insurance, D Magazine, id Software, Direct Energy, and Dr Pepper. I am currently Senior Art Director at Sq1, a digital agency in Dallas, TX. Key areas of experience include Creative Direction, Art Direction and Senior-Level Design in Print, Digital, User Experience and Usability, Identity, Branding, Brand Management, Photography and Photo Post-Production. Yeah, so, I pretty much do everything.
Eco Friendly, Stainless Steel Lunchbox for Kids Process of Redesigning N.Design After 3 years of using the Pheonix theme on N.Design Studio, I finally redesigned it with a Koi theme. The new look has improved a lot in terms of design and WordPress implementation. Every section has a unique layout which gives you a refreshing feeling. 980px Page Width The page width is 980px which is optimized for users with 1024px display, but also looks nice for users with high resolution display such as 1680px setting. Typography The main body font size is 16 point. Multiple Background Images Each section features a different background image that blends nicely with the header image. Design Out of The Box Inspired by an article that I wrote, CSS: Design Out of the Box, I made the background images extend out to create the out-of-the-box effect. Homepage Splash The short line of introduction briefy tells everything about the site and leads to the most important pages: portfolio, blog, about, web and illustration. Post Type Icons Each post has an icon next to it. Flexible Post Format Menu
How I Hire Programmers (Aaron Swartz's Raw Thought) There are three questions you have when you’re hiring a programmer (or anyone, for that matter): Are they smart? Can they get stuff done? Can you work with them? The traditional programmer hiring process consists of: a) reading a resume, b) asking some hard questions on the phone, and c) giving them a programming problem in person. So when I hire people, I just try to answer the three questions. To find out whether someone’s smart, I just have a casual conversation with them. But if I had to write down what it is that makes someone seem smart, I’d emphasize three things. Second, are they curious? Third, do they learn? Finally, I figure out whether I can work with someone just by hanging out with them for a bit. If all that looks good and I’m ready to hire someone, there’s a final sanity check to make sure I haven’t been fooled somehow: I ask them to do part of the job. (I’ve known some people who say “OK, well why don’t we try hiring you for a month and see how it goes.” Yup. +1. Wow.
12 Useful and Free Downloadable Web Design Books There are a multitude of books (whether in digital format or print) that cover every possible aspect of web design, each one is unique and offers a personalized opportunity for the author to both educate, inspire, and guide the reader through there knowledge. In this post rather than offer all of my favorite web design books, I have listed 12 books that I have either downloaded and read (or at least scanned through), or I have bookmarked with the whole-hearted intention of eventually reading it (Ruby Best Practices), and the best thing of all? All of these books are completely FREE, in digital format anyway (PDF or HTML). I have not offered a critique of each book, as I feel that would not be fair on the author. If someone spends so much of their valuable time (in some cases months and months) and writes an entire book on web design, in my eyes they deserve only praise and appreciation. I hope you find these books useful. The Elements of Typographic Style Applied to the Web (HTML)
scissors on Etsy, a global handmade and vintage marketplace. 50 Examples of Black in Web Design – Black is Beautiful! A common misconception is that black is thought of as a color in the same way that red, blue, purple or even green are. In actual fact, black is the complete absence of all color and light, essentially making it the ultimate non-color. And as such, a certain element of caution needs to be taken when using black as the main color of your web design. Black will absorb and dilute all colors that surround it, so your secondary color needs to be well chosen and though out. It works well with bright shades of reds, blues, and greens and can make luminous and vibrant colors really really stand out. Black is not used as the main color very often in text content rich web sites. Of course, the use of black within web design is not only limited to personal portfolios or design agencies, it is used across the full spectrum of all web design styles, as you will see from the beautiful web designs below. Jonah Levine Blake Allen Design 9ko Pep López Arnaud Alves Leah Haggar Sebastian Onufszak Sean Keenan