Pentagram

Another website with a great portfolio. This is a design consulting firm that has a lot of pieces to display, some of which you probably recognize. They provide in depth creative briefs with the pieces. Once again, good to learn from and gain inspiration from.

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*Random Idea* : Animated Grid

I was looking at various websites and see that most of them are organized in various boxes of information arranged through out the screen. I wondered why? What would happen if we got rid of these boxes. Then I decided that they are probably products of grids and if we got rid of the grids then we would have chaos, the opposite of information design. So then I thought, what if organization was implied by motion rather than boxes, borders and implied lines. What if someone coded an application that allowed designers to create and work with grids that move and thus change live on screen or maybe partial movement. I would imagine the information would look chaotic at first but much like a school of fish or a flock of birds, elements of design and organization could be instilled by motion. Different directions, speeds and patterns could be used to separate one set of information from another. Something I might one day like to experiment with when I get the resources or knowledge to do so.

-Kwame Amuleru

Hagopian Ink

I was reading a forum entry about what to expect in a design career fresh out of college and it had a number of interesting links. I came across a website for a one woman design company in New York City that has won awards. I just wanted to share the website. It in itself was designed well and I found the ink animations to be an interesting backdrop. I'm wondering what about it makes it not too distracting because I was able to easily focus on the text on each page while it played in the background.

Most interesting about the site of course is the work that is posted. A lot of her work are from recognizable businesses. The cool part is that she includes in the details tab, the need and her solution for each displayed piece which is very helpful in understanding and learning from her work as a designer in training.

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-Kwame Amuleru

Cool Ad Idea

I thought this was fresh and interesting.

7 Aspects of Design

I thought this was a very helpful little list of advice to follow for a graphic designer. It's almost like design 101.

http://www.gomediazine.com/tutorials/rule-composition-putting/

Great Design Blog

http://www.gomediazine.com

I found this website while searching for advice on composition. It has some great information

Figure Drawing Resource

I went to Pheonicon a while ago and met an illustrator named Tariq (http://www.riqart.com/). He gave me a wonderful book on figure drawing via this link: http://www.scribd.com/doc/2433658/Andrew-Loomis-Figure-Drawing-For-All-its-Worth. As a designer, it never hurts to improve drawing skills.