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Chain Change

Be the change you want to see in the world.

My favourite from Chain Change (the blog)?

:-D

Romain Colin

Introducing fubiz and Romain Colin…

And it is. For design, check out the Super-bastard Toy. Photography? Julia Fullerton-Batten is a beaut. Inspiration? Radiohead - House off Cards is eye-catching.

And like it says on the label, it comes in 5 sweet languages. Nice.

Jonathan Sandridge

When Jonathan sent over two photos to create a banner for Standing Thought, it was like, wow. Nothing like dropping right into DWB’s template, yes?

To make my job easier, he also sent over extra (needed) information.

And if you rush over there right now, you’ll be able to see the beautiful work of Alex Trochut and Hedi Slimane.

Jonathan’s personal work can be found at www.jonathansandridge.com.

Nice, right?

Sarah, Tess, Meghan and Meghan

The crew at Crew Design has a load of great stuff on offer. To start you off, there’s Brand Tags. [… Continue reading … Crew Design

Eric at ideasonideas

Eric is writing a book. And like many of us, his book is still at the draft stage. Luckily for us, Eric is generous. And who knows, if you contribute ideas to Eric’s Blockbusting post at ideasonideas, you too could be in Eric’s book.

Out of necessity (and a brain not caffeine-clicking yet) I’ve left a few out of my patter. But, no matter, here is the overall gist of what Eric is saying:

Mix up, break up, talk out, walk out, take out, throw out, take more, make more, look more, breath more, reorder, restart, back up and tidy up.

What I do when stuck is sit on the floor in my office with a spread of design books, magazines and artistic clippings around. They won’t have anything to do with the project (it’s better if they don’t). They just get my creativity flowing forward. Eventually it’ll flow back to the project at hand.

Another trick I use is to act like I’m giving advice to a friend. What would I suggest to do different? What would I argue against?

And you? How about you? What do you do when you get stuck?

Nick Mun

Alert: I had difficulty keeping this post short because (besides Bangkok), KL is one of my favourite cities in all of SE Asia. Kuching is another, and both KL and Kuching are in Malaysia. A match.

Nick Mun of 23PSI is from KL. What’s a KL? Well, in SE Asia it’s common to shorten names. City or town names especially.

So KL is Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia), KK is Kota Kinabalu (Malaysia), KB is Kuala Belait (Brunei) and BSB is Bandar Seri Begawan (Brunei).

(Note: Some expats say Lumpa instead of Lumpur. In Thailand, it carries the same meaning when pronouncing Kwai as in the western movie, the Bridge over the River Kwai. Humorous to locals in both countries, I’m sure. And I’ll leave Nick to tell you the meaning of both). [… Continue reading … 23PSI. Law. Marketing. Tshirts. All.

Brian Yerkes

Brian (Creative Director of Brian Joseph Studios), started what looks to be a promising post, “Business Cards of Bloggersâ€. The instructions are simple: write a blog post on the subject, add your business card, then send the url to Brian. Easy.

Here’s mine … [… Continue reading … Brian Yerkes: Business Cards of Bloggers

Amanda | Truly Ace

Amanda’s Truly Ace slipped through the cracks awhile back. First there was a download snafu in November (on my side). Then, when I next looked up it was April already. And now it’s the last day of April. Ouch. Apologies Amanda (it’s what happens when advanced age threatens to creep in).

As I skim through Amanda’s blog, I find myself nodding at what she has to say. For instance, she created a special page for advice at Becoming A Freelance Designer for the same very reasons we put together Creative Latitude, then Business of Design online. [… Continue reading … Truly Ace

Peter Landt

Dracula Vs. Eisenstein - A Graphic Design & Art History Blog

I like where Peter is going with Dracula Vs. Eisenstein: Graphic Design & Art History. It’s similar to Charley’s lines and colors, but leans more towards the graphic side.

And when I think about it, I haven’t found enough quality blogs headed that way. Have you? [… Continue reading … Dracula Vs. Eisenstein

What better to start off my waking week than with a post filled with two of my favourite never-met internet people? [… Continue reading … Eric Turns the Tables on Deb