Ladislav Sutnar’s Seminal Visual Design in Action Looks for a Second Life on Kickstarter

Here is an interesting article on how Kickstarter is being to help bring a publication back to life.

http://eyeondesign.aiga.org/the-seminal-ladislav-sutnar-visual-design-in-action-looks-for-a-second-life-on-kickstarter/

Kill the Weasels: Things I Abhor About Graphic Design

This is a funny article that touches on some of the useless things about Graphic Design. It is a good read.

http://eyeondesign.aiga.org/kill-the-weasels-things-i-abhor-about-graphic-design/

Theseus Chan: The Godfather of Singapore Graphic Design

On AIGA there is a cool article about publication designer Theseus Chan. It showcases his layout design for his magazine WERK.

http://eyeondesign.aiga.org/the-godfather-of-singapore-graphic-design-makes-another-crazy-cool-magazine/

Illustrator Tutorials

I found a post that gives access to several Illustrator tutorials. This was a good source of technique inspiration for me.

http://designrfix.com/resources/illustrator-cs6-tutorials-2

The Brochure: Last Change Made

Well they wanted me to make a change to the cover to an image of a child holding one of their signs. To make it work we had to lay it out landscape, of which they will be displayed.

More Interny Duties: Marker testing

So getting ready for her next talk, Holly had me test all of her markers to see if they still work. Out of two huge boxes of markers I found that five that were bad. I also broke up all of her labels into chunks of two for her future talks.

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West Indy

So we are getting ready to work on a mural in the West Indy neighborhood. This project will be in partner ship with KIB. I was recently tasked with just making a general mockup to show what the idea for the mural is.

Be Kind: A Crowd Mural

 

This mural was generated by collecting numerous hand drawn pictures form kids, and placed using a clipping mask into the words BE KIND. It will then be printed on PVC and placed in three different IPS schools around the city.

We MOVED!!!

DPWords is no longer in the Murphy building. We have changed locations to 37 Place off of 25th and Keystone.

Parameters: A March First Friday

On March 6, DPwords hosted another First Friday event featuring Amelia Eskenazi (of the important Eskanazis). This event also featured a fundraising performance from the band Versaria.