The (Short) Story Behind Some Of The World’s Most Iconic Logos Picture a famous logo from the 20th century. It’s very likely that it came from Chermayeff & Geismar. Here, Ivan Chermayeff and Tom Geismar founders of the influential branding and graphic design studio along with Sagi Haviv, who became the firm’s third partner in [...]
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Free Fridays #11: Dress Making Patterns, Dreamweaver, Brochures
September 30, 2011
Can you smell it? Smells like freedom! The freedom of the weekend! Before you go into that sweet dew of the weekend, check out the latest FREE resources for all your design needs and have some fun things to work on when Monday hits! 30+ Free Dress Making Patterns 20 Creative Free Templates for Bloggers [...]
Free Fridays #10: After Effects, Flyers, Wallpapers, Website Builders
September 23, 2011
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Free Fridays #9: PSDs, Web Kits, Templates, Icons, Tools
September 16, 2011
Free stuff here! Get your free stuff here! We have PSDs, we have web kits, we have templates, we have icons, we have tools! Get it while its hot!
Graphic Design Roundup #47: The Four Stages of Thinking Like A Designer
September 14, 2011
Everyone can learn from studying the ways successful designers solve problems. An informal study of more than a hundred leading designers in various fields observed four key behaviors that seemed to be of second nature.
These deep-rooted habits were linked to a designer’s skill for bringing original ideas to life as innovative visual ideas. The four most important acts successful designers do to achieve significant breakthroughs are…
Art of Design #34: Gift Certificates
September 13, 2011
Today we bring you two great sites all about the design of gift certificates! First, get your brain juices flowing with 40 amazing gift card design ideas and then when you are finished you can design your own or start off with one of the MANY FREE templates at the Gift Certificate Factory! They have a variety of free gift certificate templates that are editable right on the site. You just personalize them and then download the new image and then you can send it our way to print with us!
Graphic Design Roundup #45: Top 10 Websites for Designers for September 2011
August 31, 2011
Each month, HOW editors peruse hundreds of websites to find the best of the best—the Top 10 Websites for Designers.
Free Fridays #6: Free Wood to Free Wallpapers!
August 26, 2011
First you get free wood, then you get free recyling, then you turn that into free brushes, then you use that for your free wallpapers! It’s the Free Fridays recycling plan! Download them all now!
Graphic Design Roundup #44: Bokeh, Posters, Landing Pages and 100+ Resources
August 24, 2011
The Graphic Design Roundup returns this week with Bokeh resources, poster, flyer and wedding invitation inspiration, and how to not screw up landing pages or your own career!
The Art of Design #31: Making the Cut
August 23, 2011
Business Cards. Gotta have one if you’re in business. Gotta have a really cool one if you wanna have people take notice and remember your business. Here are some of the better business cards that take advantage of the technique of die cutting. Yes, die cutting adds to the expense of your business card. But investing in the first impression can pay off.
Graphic Design Roundup #43: Business Cards, Landing Pages, QR Codes & Fireworks
August 17, 2011
Happy hump day! Get over that weekly speed bump-hump with some creative power nitrious boosters that is the Graphic Design Roundup!
Free Fridays #4: Free Web Apps, Free Web Templates, Free Themes & More
August 12, 2011
1100+ FREE graphic and web design downloads are brought you today by Free Fridays. We know we’re pretty awesome… but so are you!
Graphic Design Roundup #42: Facebook Templates, Beginner Tutorials, and the Worlds Largest Stop-motion Animation
August 10, 2011
It’s the Graphic Design Roundup! You know what we do here!
The Art of Design #29: Wanna Be A Printhead? Then You Gotta Wear Your Printer’s Hat!
August 9, 2011
Long ago, printers couldn’t just grab a baseball cap with the company logo. They had to resort to what they had on hand. So those who worked in print shops, where the air was filled with an inky mist when the presses rolled, used what they had in abundance: paper!
Free Fridays #3: Free Fonts, WordPress Themes, Web Templates & Even Games!
August 5, 2011
Free Friday is here with a santa bag full of free fonts, free wordpress themes, free web templates, free business card and flyer templates and even free games to make that Friday fly by! Happy weekend!























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