A Guide to Choosing Colors for Your Brand

Really cool blog about choosing colors for brands. In my opinion, color palettes are the most difficult aspects of design, and something I struggle with every time I have to put a layout together.

Thanks for the link, Sara!

http://www.usabilitypost.com/2008/09/29/a-guide-to-choosing-colors-for-your-brand/

 

Typeface Inspired by Comic Books Has Become a Font of Ill Will

Poor Vincent Connare is getting crap about his font.

http://online.wsj.com/article_email/SB123992364819927171-lMyQjAxMDI5MzE5OTkxMjkzWj.html

 

Leo Burnett

Amazing web site for legendary ad agency Leo Burnett. Incredible use of Flash to create an interactive experience.

http://www.leoburnett.com/

 

Berlin Museum of Letters

Core77 online design magazine has a feature on the Buchstabenmuseum organization that has been “rescuing” typographic pieces. Very cool stuff and very relevant to design projects in our upper level graphic design classes.

http://www.core77.com/gallery/photos_search.asp?context_id=1&album_id=80

 

Strong Bad teaches you how to draw a dragon

For all of you illustrators out there…

http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail58.html

 

Evolution of a logo

Great video showing the progression of the logo for Heritage Park Ampitheater by WSI Webworks. Thanks to Ross for this…

 

Here we are

So this little blog for UALR graphic design is here and waiting to be looked. Let me know of anything interesting to post! Send it, with enthusiasm, to klcates@ualr.edu