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The relationship between brands and consumers has irreversibly changed. Just watch how Dave found and fell in love with his ‘blank’ here...
40+ Helpful Resources On User Interface Design Patterns: Another great one from Smashing Magazine. I especially like design|snips.
Why Starbucks Is Sponsoring MSNBC's 'Morning Joe': “We don’t see this as a forum for Pumpkin Spiced Latte, but a forum for talking about ethical sourcing, responsible growing of coffee and volunteerism in local communities...
American Airlines Web Site: The Product of a Self-Defeating Design Process: “Great design at places such as Apple isn’t about ‘empowering decision makers’ or whatever that lame B-school buzzword is...
“Awesome” commercial from Verizon with Michael
from A Guide to Choosing Colors for Your Brand by Usability Post
Warmer, Fuzzier - The Refreshed Logo: From the New York Times
40 Beautiful Examples of Minimalism in Web Design: via Six Revisions
25 Great Examples of Using Gradient Effects in Web Designs: Also see Make High-Impact Backgrounds for Your Designs with Photoshop, from Six Revisions
Three Secrets to Make a Message Go Viral: By Dan Heath and Chip Heath for Fast Company
“So what can we learn from Hughes and the design of MyBO? We can learn the value of creating designs that empower and connect… When you successfully create this connection, you’ve set yourself up to benefit from the grassroots campaign known as viral demand...
Site of the Day: Gapers Block for its beautiful grid and typography.
Success: Winners and Losers: via Psychology Today
100 Great Resources for Design Inspiration: via Mashable
The Ultimate Mac Setup for Web Designers: via AppStorm
Font Squirrel: Handpicked free fonts for graphic designers with commercial-use licenses.
Five Types of Effective Headers in Web Design: via Six Revisions
17 Career Lessons from Ideo's David Kelley: via FastCompany
McDonald’s commits big bucks to coffee w
New Starbucks ad campaign. “It’s not about what’s cheapest – it’s about what’s best – for them, their families, their communities and the world around them...
How Fluff is Driving Away Your Viewers: Nice article on copy from UX Booth.
Site of the Day: starbucks.com/sharedplanet
Cool article on how to do proper lighting and shadows on the web
Grid and Column Designs: If you are looking for inspiration for grid and column design, here is a nice collection of 32 column-based websites. These sites show how grid layout can be applied on various type of sites — whether a massive content editorial site or just a personal blog...
megalomaniacnoun 1. a person who is obsessed with their own power. 2. a person who suffers delusions of their own power or importance. I think it’s safe to say that despite a decent ad spend on bus shelters around Pittsburgh, this was an in-house design job...
Proxima Nova is an impressive tour-de-force: a sans-serif family spanning seven weights and three widths — 42 full-featured OpenType fonts in all. Stylistically, Proxima Nova bridges the gap between geometric typefaces like Futura and 19th-century “industrial” faces such as Akzidenz Grotesk...
How to Spot Quality within Web Design: Absolutely outstanding article.
Web Design Trend Showcase: Horizontal Bands: The use of horizontal bands in website design has been a growing trend over the last few years with results of a fantastic looking website layout...
Why Y Combinator’s Terms Are Poor (But I Still Like Them): Great article on Y combinator from Mark Goldenso
BMW fighting Audi in Santa Monica. This is why I love advertising. (Thanks for the link Justin!)
8 Simple Ways to Improve Typography In Your Designs: Nothing new here but still a nice checklist to go through for your web projects. (Thanks Daniel)
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