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The Dirty Dozen: 12 Things Which Kill Creativity. Article here.

Dirty Dozen poster by The Silent Giants. Info here.

The Silent Giants blog here.

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One more by Lunchbreath at Core77.

Found via James Saturnio

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Steven Snell’s 10 keys to growth as a designer. Article here.

Sketchbook photos found via Design Mom

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‘Try playing the Trajan drinking game’

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Over the years, I’ve done many variations of each of these.

Found via James Saturnio

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‘Please design a logo for me. With pie charts. For free.’

Here’s another snarky client/designer email exchange, this time between Simon Edhouse and David Thorne.

Read here.

Pie charts included.

Found via Justin Nelson

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‘This is without a doubt the nuttiest, most epic email exchange I’ve ever had with a prospective ‘client’, made more so by the fact I only responded to the guy once and he kept going.’

This isn’t my story, I found it at the Clients From Hell blog.

But  . . .  I’ve had similar experiences. One just a few years ago. Wonder if it was the same guy.

Just read thru the posts. Start here.

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NASA Meatball

Here’s a brief history of NASA’s logos, including the ‘meatball’ (above) and the ‘worm’ (below).

The worm was put to rest in 1992. If you wish, condolences can be left here.

NASA Worm

When it comes to official type, NASA is Helvetica, Futura, Times, Garamond and something  . . .  Victorian?

Article here.

Plus
Here’s a look at some goofy names for some other classic ‘bugs.’

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Click on the images to explore/make bigger/jump.

Interactive edition here.

Art by Sean McNaughton, National Geographic Staff; Samuel Velasco, 5W Infographics

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Seven rules for understanding design and designers.

Found via sfgirlbybay

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‘Vintage Ads Reveal Fashions And Trends In Type And Commercial Lettering’

Check out Vintage Ad Browser.

And
Great article about how to typographically mimic these looks at The Font Feed.

Found via The Font Feed

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