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A Business cards collection: 30 super cute designs!

I’ve been collecting on my pinterest lots of things, including business cards designs awesomeness! Here are a few for inspiration :) Which one is your fav?

Note: You too could have you some of these sort of business cards, just keep in mind that a die cut (aka special form or hole), letterpress, funky paper, special inks, even round corners cost a lot more than your average card. :) They ARE pretty though!

You Know You’re A Graphic Designer When…

On my desk Wednesday

(source is this group on Facebook. Do you have other examples? Please post them in the comments!)

  1. You have bags under your eyes so big you’d have to check them in at Heathrow Airport
  2. You watch the superbowl just for the commercials
  3. You can spot bad typography from 100 yds away
  4. You are pro-facebook because 95% of the […]

Color Pick :: Tattoo Blues

Via Just for the Shape of it

Starbuck redesign

It’s been out for a week or so now, Starbuck has redesigned their logo. Actually, not redesigned, but rather simplified it, streamlined it. They took off the Types, made the siren bigger, and green. I know, that’s it. You don’t have to do much when you re-work a logo.

And I […]

Not all free fonts are created equals

So choose yours wisely! Forgot to mention yesterday that Jen from Indie Fixx has graciously invited me over to her blog, you can now discover my Top 10 favorites FREE fonts there (don’t we love free?). And because there are more than 10 in my Little Black design book, here are an extra five you can download (externals links):

Droid Serif

Color pick :: Pink berry

Dreamy color combinaison, I love the contrast between the rosy tints and the green. Hello Spring!

Photo Credit :: Corrie Bond

9 of my fav Design tutorials


Illo from Bob Canada

Here is my design tutorials collection, gathered in my hours of Stumbling. Enjoy! (If you have some of your own, feel free to post them in the comments!)

1- How to make a repeat pattern from Julia Rothman on Design Sponge

2- Photoshop Vintage Effect from Veerle

3- DIY Coffee Stencil from How About Orange

4- Perfect Vector Portraiture on Computer Arts

5- Advice for a […]

What is Typography :: motion class

Typography in Motion from ilovetypography.com on Vimeo.

3 years of Typographic studies in a nutshell, in honor of one of my Graphic design teacher who passed away recently.

I would buy those for the packaging!

How COOL are these? Seriously! Cool and a bit creepy perhaps, but I would definetly buy one bundle just for the packaging (okay, maybe I would crochet a tie or something). From the brand Rellana, Woolly Heads Packages Help You Visualize DIY Hats. Designed by the Ogilvy agency in Frankfurt.

Font Crush :: Museo

This is a font free for personal AND commercial use (joy dance!). It’s perfect for titles and would really be great in a logo, IMHO! Just waiting the right moment (and client!) to design one with it!

LINK:: Download it here.