Some time ago, we wrote the polemic article “70 designers that shaped the world”. After suggestions, we made the “Another 30 designers that shaped the world”. One thing that called attention was the few women present on the lists. Looking at the 100 designers, only 8 were women – among them, Eileen Gray, Zaha Hadid, [...]
Entries from September 28th, 2009
The History of Advertising
September 21st, 2009 2 Comments
Today’s article from the Design History series talks about something we’re used to see all the time in our lives but we don’t really know how it began or expanded so much: advertising. It’s an important matter for designers, advertisers, companies and customers. Check that out.
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The Bauhaus
September 18th, 2009 5 Comments
Here it goes one of the most expected articles from de design history series: The Bauhaus. Let’s see how everything begun, its artists, its influences and many things about the first big school of design, that means so much for us.
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17 Trendy Slab Serif Free Fonts
September 16th, 2009 9 Comments
Slab Serifs have been emerging as a nice trend, used in casual and dynamic layouts. I L-O-V-E them, so expressive and strong, combined with high contrasts they can make a layout pop. Hope you enjoy them, too.
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Another Business Card Template pack in red
September 9th, 2009 9 Comments
From the last business card pack, here it is in another color scheme: Red!
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20 HQ Tree Photoshop Brushes
September 7th, 2009 6 Comments
One of the most popular posts on this blog is 30 Free Tree Silhouettes. But since they are in vector format for the vectorial kind of guy (or girl) we decided to offer them in a Photoshop brush version, for the bitmappish type of guy (or girl). So here are 20 HQ Tree photoshop Brushes.
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History of the posters – Part II of II
September 4th, 2009 4 Comments
In this second part of posters’ history we can notice the graphic and ideological evolution that happened after the discovery of new techniques and uses.
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History of Posters – Part I of II
September 4th, 2009 10 Comments
In the follow-up of historical series posts, based on the design history, we are going to see about posters. They have been largely used since a long time ago and have an important historical function. There are important political issues and also important marks for advertising. Let’s learn more about the historical aspect of the [...]
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Another 30 Designers that Shaped the World
September 1st, 2009 7 Comments
After the great feedback and suggestions we had with the post “70 designers that changed the world”, we decided to make another list with your suggestions. So, here are more 30 great designers, architects, artists.
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