Oct 14

Link of the Day: Windows on Haiti

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Oct 14

Bwè dlo, respekte vè!

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Lòtrejou, etan m kanpe nan on ling machin nan yon estasyon gazolin, on kote gaz la on ti jan mwen chè pase lòt kote yo, ap tann tou pa m pou m foul tank mwen, m tande 2 sitwayen ki pèdi nan on kòmantè sou aktyalite nouvèl Ayiti. Ou ta di se on rezime nouvèl semenn lan mesye yo t ap bay. Koze ki te plis atire atansyon m, se lè yo te vin ap pale de ansyen direktè ONA a, Msye Sandwo Jozèf, k ap dòmi leve nan prizon depi kèk tan. Continue reading “Bwè dlo, respekte vè!” »

Oct 13

How to Design a Simple Greeting Card

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Thank goodness it’s over

This very simple but rather effective design will be today’s featured Design of the week. It shows Continue reading “How to Design a Simple Greeting Card” »

Oct 13

Very Special People

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Today, I want to talk about a very special group of people who have basically shaped me into who I am today. One cannot help loving them, as they seem to project and incite love at the same time. They live to serve, they live to love. Unselfishness is one of the main qualities of this select group of people. Joy is another one. There is an irresitible attraction, a strong magnetic pull on anybody who approaches them. Everything about them feels right.

I also have the deepest love for them. But it’s not that ‘I can’t get you out of my mind’ or I can’t live without you’ kind of love. It’s that pure love that is felt on a much higher level. It encompasses everything that is true and beautiful about us, and about life itself.

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Oct 13

How to Zazzle

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I am no Zazzle (or Squidoo) expert, so this lens does not pretend to explain everything there is to know about the service. I am an average user wanting to share my experiences with other Zazzle Shopkeepers. The ones who, like me, are striving to reach their goals, while managing to have some time left for other stuff. I wasted so much design time trying to understand the Cafepress and Zazzle interfaces, Continue reading “How to Zazzle” »

Oct 11

Link of the Day: FATEM

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Oct 10

Lesson in Simplicity

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The Design of the Week is going to focus on simplicity, again! Graphic designers are sometimes amazed at all the special effects we can apply in the last version of our favorite graphic software and the vast array of available plugins. As a result, we go crazy and overload our pieces with garbage.

The first version of this design looks pretty good, but is totally wrong for its intended purpose. For starters, it is too bright and shiny. And it is rather confined within this rectangular panel which makes it look like a credit card. I probably could find a few uses for this, but who has that kind of time!

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