Still, we have a cool printmaking studio at Hutt Art. We just need a cat.
Sunday, July 29, 2012
BYO Print Studio
Soooo jealous! Print studio in Philadelphia. Even has its own cat! (via Printeresting)
Still, we have a cool printmaking studio at Hutt Art. We just need a cat.
Still, we have a cool printmaking studio at Hutt Art. We just need a cat.
Monday, July 23, 2012
Thursday, July 05, 2012
Tuesday, July 03, 2012
Adobe CS6
“Regarding InDesign, it’s one of the less-than-sexy features of CS6, so no one talks about it, but CS6 looks at your monitor’s resolution and uses it. In CS6 when you view your artwork at 100%, it’s actually 100%. Hold a ruler up to the screen — you’ll see.”
—Mr. Golding via Before and After Magazine
—Mr. Golding via Before and After Magazine
Friday, July 01, 2011
Build it & they will come?
Not quite that easy.
Everyone wants to be on page 1 of Google. If it was easy -- everyone would be there.
SEO (Search Engine Optimisation) requires expertise, time, commitment (ongoing) and doesn't come cheap. Therefore, once you attract visitors to your site, it makes sense to make the most of those visits.
Read on to see what SEO Book has to say about turning traffic into visitors . . .
"We expend time and energy getting a site to rank a few places higher, or for a wider range of keywords, but it also pays to focus our attention on what happens after visitors arrive. If visitors arrive, but click-back because a site isn't what they expected to see, then the effort we've put into ranking is wasted". More
Everyone wants to be on page 1 of Google. If it was easy -- everyone would be there.
SEO (Search Engine Optimisation) requires expertise, time, commitment (ongoing) and doesn't come cheap. Therefore, once you attract visitors to your site, it makes sense to make the most of those visits.
Read on to see what SEO Book has to say about turning traffic into visitors . . .
"We expend time and energy getting a site to rank a few places higher, or for a wider range of keywords, but it also pays to focus our attention on what happens after visitors arrive. If visitors arrive, but click-back because a site isn't what they expected to see, then the effort we've put into ranking is wasted". More
Friday, March 25, 2011
Monday, March 14, 2011
And the winner is . . .
Excellecico — the Winner of the worst logo contest.
"The spirit of Excellencico is in their hard, penetrating strategic model. Their exploding success leaves the competition limp, tired and wanting a smoke."
via Liquid Treat
(Note use of classy typeface)
Tuesday, March 01, 2011
Friday, February 11, 2011
Tuesday, February 08, 2011
Workin' on a Building
It's always the way. Like a builder never gets their own house finished, I haven't sorted the Blondini Gang website since we set up biz some years ago. Needless to say, it's pretty much crap.
But the good news is a revamped site will be up in 3 . . . 2 . . . 1. . . Well soonish.
In other news, I have cool new business cards which feature the Pantone colour of the year.
"This card features the Pantone colour
of the year for 2011.
PANTONE® 18-2120 Honeysuckle
“A brave new color, for a brave new world.
Let the bold spirit of Honeysuckle infuse you, lift you and carry you through the year. It’s a color for every day — with nothing ‘everyday’ about it.”
www.pantone.com
But the good news is a revamped site will be up in 3 . . . 2 . . . 1. . . Well soonish.
In other news, I have cool new business cards which feature the Pantone colour of the year.
"This card features the Pantone colour
of the year for 2011.
PANTONE® 18-2120 Honeysuckle
“A brave new color, for a brave new world.
Let the bold spirit of Honeysuckle infuse you, lift you and carry you through the year. It’s a color for every day — with nothing ‘everyday’ about it.”
www.pantone.com
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Damn you Comic Sans!
"Better Learning through Comic Sans?
Toss out your elegant Helvetica flashcards and start typing those lecture notes and study guides in Mistral, Freestyle Script, and, yes, Comic Sans. Findings published this month in the journal Cognition suggest that people learn better when the information is written in fonts that are difficult to read. Researchers at Princeton asked volunteers to memorize novel information typed in either Arial or more challenging ('disfluent') fonts, Comic Sans MS or Bodini MT.
When later asked to recall the information, the group who had studied the 'funkier' fonts scored an average of 14 percent higher than those who had read the information in Arial.
Asecond study confirmed the results in a group of high school students (this time faced with Hattenschweiller, Monotype Corsiva, and Comic Sans Italicized). "If a simple change of font can significantly increase student performance," conclude the authors, "one can only imagine the number of beneficial cognitive interventions waiting to be discovered.""
Toss out your elegant Helvetica flashcards and start typing those lecture notes and study guides in Mistral, Freestyle Script, and, yes, Comic Sans. Findings published this month in the journal Cognition suggest that people learn better when the information is written in fonts that are difficult to read. Researchers at Princeton asked volunteers to memorize novel information typed in either Arial or more challenging ('disfluent') fonts, Comic Sans MS or Bodini MT.
When later asked to recall the information, the group who had studied the 'funkier' fonts scored an average of 14 percent higher than those who had read the information in Arial.
Asecond study confirmed the results in a group of high school students (this time faced with Hattenschweiller, Monotype Corsiva, and Comic Sans Italicized). "If a simple change of font can significantly increase student performance," conclude the authors, "one can only imagine the number of beneficial cognitive interventions waiting to be discovered.""
From ScienceDirect via MediaBistro
That's the first time I've heard Comic Sans being described as funky! 'Disfluent' sounds more like it.
Monday, January 17, 2011
Monday, January 10, 2011
2011 a space oddity
Not a lot of action on Blogdini in 2010. Must do better in 2011. Not to mention must revamp website.
Mildly disturbing, though, to see via my Google places account that some of the most used search terms to arrive there are: gang, gangs and gangs in new zealand! Bet they didn't find what they were looking for . . .
Mildly disturbing, though, to see via my Google places account that some of the most used search terms to arrive there are: gang, gangs and gangs in new zealand! Bet they didn't find what they were looking for . . .
Thursday, December 09, 2010
Friday, October 01, 2010
You're doin' it wrong!
The Ten Worst Tech Ads For Women (at Jezebel)
Ladies, did you know you can do more than email and shop on computers? Been looking for that on-the-move bra-size converter? If you've been laboring under the delusion that gadgets are just for boys, then here's some great news!
Read more (and weep laydeez).
Ladies, did you know you can do more than email and shop on computers? Been looking for that on-the-move bra-size converter? If you've been laboring under the delusion that gadgets are just for boys, then here's some great news!
Read more (and weep laydeez).
Thursday, September 23, 2010
Rant
What is it with sigwriters? Are they all born without any idea about design or typography (or colour, for that matter?) Do they train at all, or do they just buy a machine & decide to be a signwriter in the manner of those who think they are designers because they can use InDesign, or (God help me), Microsoft Publisher?
Viewing signwriting sites is causing me to lose will to live. Only one so far with any design merit. Will choose them for price to produce signs.
Viewing signwriting sites is causing me to lose will to live. Only one so far with any design merit. Will choose them for price to produce signs.
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
My Hero(ine)
Vivienne Westwood at London Fashion Week
"As sprightly as a sixth former, the high priestess of punk showed she has lost none of her irreverence, even at the ripe old age of 68." London Telegraph
Vivienne Westwood Red Label SS11 catwalk show
"As sprightly as a sixth former, the high priestess of punk showed she has lost none of her irreverence, even at the ripe old age of 68." London Telegraph
Vivienne Westwood Red Label SS11 catwalk show
Thursday, September 16, 2010
International Freelancers Day
Am signing up for the International Freelancers Day online conference (September 24 and 25).
Some cool speakers. Two of my faves: Pamela Slim and Michael Huggins (from For Graphic Designers Only (FGDO)).
Some cool speakers. Two of my faves: Pamela Slim and Michael Huggins (from For Graphic Designers Only (FGDO)).
Saturday, August 21, 2010
Create Your Own QR Codes
"A QR Code is a matrix barcode (or two-dimensional code), readable by QR scanners, mobiles phones with camera, and smartphones. The code consists of black modules arranged in a square pattern on white background. The information encoded can be text, URL or other data.
Common in Japan, where it was created by Japanese corporation Denso-Wave in 1994, the QR code is one of the most popular types of two-dimensional barcodes. QR is the initialism of Quick Response, as the creator intended the code to allow its contents to be decoded at high speed. "(from Wikipedia)
Plus they look cool!
Here's mine
Generate yours here
Then download a QR reader from the itunes app store to read it.
Common in Japan, where it was created by Japanese corporation Denso-Wave in 1994, the QR code is one of the most popular types of two-dimensional barcodes. QR is the initialism of Quick Response, as the creator intended the code to allow its contents to be decoded at high speed. "(from Wikipedia)
Plus they look cool!
Here's mine
Generate yours here
Then download a QR reader from the itunes app store to read it.
Friday, August 13, 2010
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