Creativity at the expense of functionality

Posted 10 May 2007, by Aaron

I have an exhibition next month for which I need to produce some business cards. So for inspiration I have done a bit of surfing, and courtesy of Eyes on Creativity I stumbled across the business cards photo-set on flickr.

The set includes over 480 photos of some of the most truly imaginative business cards. All [...]

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Children, artists and big scary monsters

Posted 4 May 2007, by Aaron

Anyone who has a son or daughter or niece or nephew, probably has a fridge covered with very, erm, imaginative drawings. I wonder what the result would be if those imaginations were combined with the skills of a talented artist?

Dave Devrie strives to answer that question on his website, The Monster Engine. However, there is [...]

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A mental note isn’t worth the paper it’s written on

Posted 25 March 2007, by Aaron

Every minute of every day, my brain is chugging away thinking of things. Usually I’m thinking of things that are irrelevant to the task I’m actually performing. Most of the time, in fact, my thoughts are centered around things I need to be doing in the future, like the interview I’m having tomorrow, or the [...]

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