Follow along as Sean Adams mocks up a layout with a variety of traditional design tools.
Designers
Michael Bierut Graphic Designer
Michael Bierut talks about his mentor Massimo Vignelli, how the internet has changed the way we do design work in the 20th century and what make a logo endure. thecreativeinfluence.net
33 Graphic Designers to Follow on Pinterest
The title of this post is a bit misleading – some of the people listed are photographers, bloggers, etc. The point is that their boards are awesome and full of inspiration and you should follow them.
You can follow Branding / Identity / Design on Pinterest here.
If you know of any other great Pinterest boards – please leave a link in the comments. I love following back great inspiration.
Aaron Draplin Takes On a Logo Design Challenge
Watch as Aaron Draplin sketches and brings his logo ideas into Illustrator, and tests and tunes the different iterations. The logos Aaron creates prove design can elevate any company or brand. Along the way, he provides tips for freelancing, finding inspiration, and providing clients context for logos that won’t just live in PDFs.
The Magic Moment
The amazing paper engineer Peter Dahmen from Dortmund, Germany creates magical moving three-dimensional objects from only paper. He has turned his passion for paper engineering and pop-up cards into a full time career.
The Adobe Illustrator Story
Short little documentary on the beginnings of Adobe Illustrator. When Adobe Illustrator first shipped in 1987, it was the first software application for a young company that had, until then, focused solely on Adobe PostScript. The new product not only altered Adobe’s course, it changed drawing and graphic design forever.
Matthew Carter: My life in typefaces
Pick up a book, magazine or screen, and more than likely you’ll come across some typography designed by Matthew Carter. In this charming talk, the man behind typefaces such as Verdana, Georgia and Bell Centennial (designed just for phone books — remember them?), takes us on a spin through a career focused on the very last pixel of each letter of a font.
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14 Premium WordPress Portfolio Themes
14 hand picked premium WordPress portfolio themes. These templates are of a minimalist aesthetic are relatively newly published and  have a high rating on Themeforest.net.