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Best Superbowl Game Ever

devlin@devlindonnelly.com (Devlin Donnelly) — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 19:00:00 +0000

Today is the big day for fans of American Football. I love the spectacle of this quasi-national holiday. I’m not a big fan of either team, the Giants or the Patriots, so I hope it’s a good game. But I found this great video on YouTube showing the best Superbowl ever, in my opinion, the Rams beating the Titans in 1999. Of course being a lifelong Rams fan has nothing to do with my opinion, yep totally unbiased.

How They Did It — Giant Megalopolis of the Ants Edition

devlin@devlindonnelly.com (Devlin Donnelly) — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 18:00:00 +0000

For this week’s How They Did It, I had to share this amazing video I saw on boing boing, Excavating an ant colony. Pretty amazing what these little guys can do. Fact beats fiction any day! Plus I love the description of the ant colony, “the giant megalopolis of the ants,” yep that about sums it up.

Free Halftone Tree Vector Graphics

devlin@devlindonnelly.com (Devlin Donnelly) — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:00:00 +0000

I haven’t posted a freebie for a while, so I thought I’d share one. This week some mid-century styled halftone tree vector graphics. I made them in illustrator using gradients and the color halftone filter. You can get some pretty cool halftones that way.

Free for use on personal and commercial. If you use them just give me a quick shout out.

Download the vector halftone trees here.

Happy Groundhogs Day!

devlin@devlindonnelly.com (Devlin Donnelly) — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:00:00 +0000

May summer be here soon!

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Tiki

devlin@devlindonnelly.com (Devlin Donnelly) — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 04:58:58 +0000

Tiki, originally uploaded by sodaundkatze.

An awesome Tiki

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Good Read: Resonate

devlin@devlindonnelly.com (Devlin Donnelly) — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:00:00 +0000

This week’s good reads is Resonate: Present Visual Stories that Transform Audiences by Nancy Duarte.

Yes, I know, I know, yet another book on presentation design and another book from Nancy Duarte? But come on, and not to sound too much like a teenager, this book is totally awesome and you’ll love it. I’m almost tempted to use an emoticon to say how much I like this book. Oh man, see what Resonate made me do!

It is not simply about making great presentations but it is a resource for coming up with visual storytelling solutions. A presentation should tell a story and this book shows you how to do that by using time tested principles of narrative. It’s heady stuff, but it is well worth your time.

Three Great Typography Tutorials From Veer

devlin@devlindonnelly.com (Devlin Donnelly) — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:00:00 +0000

If you’ve been reading this blog for any length of time you’ll notice I am a big fan of the stock photo/illustration/font site Veer. They have great resources for all designers. They also have produced some outstanding videos. For today’s Typography Tuesday I’d like to share 3 great tutorials they have produced for working with fonts.

Veer Fonts Tutorials: How to adjust fonts

Veer Fonts Tutorials: How to install fonts

Veer Fonts Tutorials: OpenType introduction

10 Best Video Series on the Internet for Self Education

devlin@devlindonnelly.com (Devlin Donnelly) — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 21:03:16 +0000

The internet is an amazing resource for learning new things. If you want to put in the time, there are many great things you can learn. The following are ten great free video series that you should really check out.

These are sites and series that I regularly watch, so it is a personal list. Hence the rather random, nature of the subjects. I am very curious about pretty much everything from my profession of graphic design to science to pop culture to religion. You’ll have to forgive the rather scattered nature of the list, but I personally attest to the greatness of each of the listed shows.

TED: Technology, Education and Design
The greatest collection of experts waxing poetic on their fields. A must watch for anyone.

The Periodic Table of Videos
Video Journalist Brady Haran creates videos about chemistry.

Sixty Symbols
Video Journalist Brady Haran creates videos about physics.

Bibledex
Bibledex is a project by the University of Nottingham’s Department of Theology and Religious Studies in conjunction with video journalist Brady Haran. The videos are by no means comprehensive — rather they’re a curious assortment of academic insights into what is probably the most famous collection of books in history.

Backstage Science
Great videos about science by Brady Haran.

Deke’s Techniques
Deke McCellan is my PhotoShop hero. I find him the most entertaining and excellent teacher of digital communication tools ever. Here are different sites to check out this great series:
blog.lynda.com/tag/dekes-techniques/
deke.com/
youtube.com/user/lynda

InDesign Secrets Video Cast
Quick tips on secrets from the masters of InDesign. A must for anyone working in publications design.

Global Public Square with Fareed Zakaria
My favorite living intellectual and political thinker has an amazing show on CNN which is broadcast on the internet. His show is what news should be, a thoughtful examination of events and issues with the leaders and great thinkers.

Ontwink
A great resource for web designers and devlopers. It is a repository for talks on the technical side of design.

Watch Free Documentary
A collection of great non-fiction films. Though I would quibble the site about many of the pseudo-science and conspiratorial bent of many of the documentaries. So buyer beware on some of them.

Extra Series to check out!

After Hours on cracked.com
I had one extra one, it is more a humorous look at popular culture. I am not sure if it belongs with the other videos in this list, but I highly recommend it.

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-01-29

devlin@devlindonnelly.com (Devlin Donnelly) — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 05:50:00 +0000

Good Reads: POP! By Steven Heller http://t.co/5FjXUBQY #
I thought this little design turned out very grungy, er nicely… Coffee Stains http://t.co/hvRO5Q5n #
Steve Heller on the Eclectic Age of Design http://t.co/wrJq2Ccj #
midcenturymoddesign: http://t.co/u6ULrM1D #
Photo: hollyhocksandtulips: http://t.co/7vk7vm0r #
Photo: midcenturymoddesign: http://t.co/TaTafsMf #
Awesome Retro Logo design– Family Classic Cars via http://t.co/cpUGfwus http://t.co/DwvjWXPH #
Communication and Graphics Daily is out! http://t.co/ThLZdYcD ? Top stories today via @themizwo @markw0ng @sebastian_eos @designquote #
Photo: verdura77: http://t.co/bMAnXirX #
The Tiki Tribe — With mugs, statues, songs and fashion, these kamaaina are carrying the kitschy, tacky, tiki… http://t.co/w6qSdejl #
Nice icon work on this minimalist illustration of a Theater via @ColinS5 http://t.co/UCWnhfiM #
Excellent retro style logo from @Damian_Kidd “Carry On Cleaning” http://t.co/TysI0GrX Non Grungy version: http://t.co/cWfC3lwX #
Nice dashboard design via @courtnycotten http://t.co/vsiJirh2 #ui #design #
Photo: hollyhocksandtulips: http://t.co/jCSCHFxY #
Photo: hollyhocksandtulips: http://t.co/hb416P2E #
PVC Tiki Bar — Your own tiki bar! http://t.co/n0EaaG3Q #
All men’s gains are the fruit of venturing. — Herodotus #
Business Of The Week-Okolemaluna Tiki Lounge — Okolemaluna Tiki Lounge (Oh-KO-lay-mah-LOO-nah) in… http://t.co/5djr9bnd #
Communication and Graphics Daily is out! http://t.co/ThLZdYcD ? Top stories today via @rlazarini #
Snow Bench: Free Looping Background via @cmdtv http://t.co/RcARXz5s #
New DC Comics logo, interesting. Lots of great motion graphics possibilities. http://t.co/2kGQEA26 #
25 Amazing Nightscape Photographs http://t.co/pgge1lxG #
Faux Bamboo from PVC http://t.co/yQZ74U6n #
Tiki Kart 3D Review — Some stupid app, but it has tikis! http://t.co/TQas7J4C #
Jose Theodore’s Florida Panthers “Tiki Gargoyle” Mask http://t.co/mm5fe6Op #
Spiffy! Craig & Karl’s colourful car park http://t.co/Pxq1aSZL #
O.C.’s tiki bar scene is still active http://t.co/jC22OKfz #
Communication and Graphics Daily is out! http://t.co/ThLZdYcD ? Top stories today via @bonzotweet @robertille @acumen_pr @spacepops #
21 Examples of Inspiring Typography in Web Design http://t.co/cEFM7hug #
The CSA library is great, but 30 credits for a small image? Really? http://t.co/upQFr2z8 is so greedy. http://t.co/4icALQ0Z #
Good Read: Slide:ology by Nancy Duarte http://t.co/onifdcf5 #design #
Go Wild with Open Type http://t.co/R9U7W1s8 #
Tiki Bar expanded at the Player’s Club & Spa at Lely Resort http://t.co/YJFHKK9U #
Photo: mudwerks: http://t.co/uwDal10t #
Photo: bohemea: http://t.co/gH8Y18NB #
Funny/sad short film: An Unfortunate film my Kurtis Hough http://t.co/HMEM1ZUS #
Photo: vintagegal: http://t.co/OQeBPm1n #
Communication and Graphics Daily is out! http://t.co/ThLZdYcD ? Top stories today via @davidsteel @ethanmessier @magicpony @wenfara #
How They Did It, featuring artist and author Ed Emberley from http://t.co/INqDpeDz http://t.co/IRfAxnzO #
Graphic Design Trends 2008: http://t.co/rPFrEzA1 via @AddThis #
Cool atomic age inspired art! Atomic! 1950’s Atomic Age design reflected science and modernity.
http://t.co/mYDLdCey #
Cool football team logo concepts: Gridiron League via @cameronmoll http://t.co/J4XiwsmN #
Photo: hollyhocksandtulips: http://t.co/oN37mJuD #
Photo: midcenturymoddesign: http://t.co/I9bZgJc3 #
Nice mid-centuryesque illustration of trees, cool halftone effects: “Pine Birch Pine” via Johan Henning http://t.co/SkjSOWSO #
Behold the green tiki http://t.co/nTsu2GDM #
Communication and Graphics Daily is out! http://t.co/ThLZdYcD ? Top stories today via @element321 @sebastianwaters @webdesignviews #
Cool, The Amazing Statistics of YouTube http://t.co/7ZUig79p #
Logo Design: 36 Emblems & Badges http://t.co/qXyKpA9y #
33 Examples of Latte and Coffee Cream Photography http://t.co/7DEybedI #
Table talk: Tiki at Rose Seidler House http://t.co/31tU2mMG #
Good design from a to zona… http://t.co/QbDH13w1 #
Tiki News — Issue #6 — Best. Tiki. Blog. http://t.co/VP1pzn7a #
Communication and Graphics Daily is out! http://t.co/ThLZdYcD ? Top stories today via @kurtlrnz @hopandjaunt @rqubrosi #
Amazing vector illustration, great reflections via @robbasc http://t.co/d0gVN2Cj #vectorart #
Infographic: The Changing American Dream http://t.co/W88LXCsE #design #
Cool tree design: “Dreaming trees 2″ via @cravents http://t.co/cBznBIL8 #logodesign #
midcenturymoddesign: http://t.co/wzPDFJao #
midcenturymoddesign: http://t.co/gPRyIo0L #
Photo: midcenturymoddesign: http://t.co/rG0PWdRI #
NASA releases a beautiful image of our pale blue dot. http://t.co/5D9u0aAb #
Photoset: insanitiki: http://t.co/NK9mP5ME #
Communication and Graphics Daily is out! http://t.co/ThLZdYcD ? Top stories today via @sncarpeaux #

How They Did It — Nancy Duarte Edition

Devlin — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 18:00:00 +0000

I’ve written about Nancy Duarte before so you know I am a big fan. If you get to work on the design of presentations, do yourself and your audience a favor and follow her advice in these videos:

Duarte Design’s Five Rules for Presentations by Nancy Duarte.

Presentation Tips: Storytelling

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