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HP Rebranding

For its rebranding, HP chose the minimalist road. They kept the angle and vertical lines of the previous logo and [...]

Sian Casa Moda Website

Sian Casa Moda is a company from Kerala, India, producing/selling authentic hand-made organic skincare products and Thai silk. Sian Casa Moda came to us for help on website development, using WordPress as their content management system.

Should We Always Deploy Content Management Systems?

Content management systems are a wonderful tool for empowering website owners. Most of us have witnessed the power and ease of use of CMSs like Drupal and WordPress. They have changed the web development industry in a significant way. Now, even average Internet users who have very little technical knowledge can have the ability to [...]

Herbal Soap Nest Label Design

Lanna Oriental Spa, a health and spa products company from Germany, needed a new label design for displaying their Herbal Soap Nest product.

The Season’s 15 Hottest Toys: Watch the TV Ads

It's early November, which is practically last minute if you're a parent hoping to track done one or more of the holiday season's most popular toys. To help, Toys R Us just released its Fabulous 15, a list of this year's most prized kiddie goodies.

Display vintage graphic design publications

Display is a curated collection of important modern, mid 20th century graphic design books, periodicals, advertisements and ephemera. Check out [...]

Evolution of Creativity

“All children are artists,” Pablo Picasso famously said. “The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.” As adults, I think we often forget how creative we are, and were. I taught a cartooning class last year to my daughter’s second grade class. When I asked the class who liked to be creative, every single kid raised [...]

30 Best Examples of New Web Interface Design

Interface designers have become very clever over the recent years. We’ve seen Apple introduce the breathtaking iOS format, followed shortly by Google’s Android. Additionally Chrome has re-defined how we build websites and jQuery offers tons of unique effects on the user end. below are 30 amazing examples of new web interfaces and how you can [...]

‘Puss in Boots’ Does the 1 Trillionth Isaiah Mustafa/Old Spice Parody

It's been almost 20 months since Old Spice's "The Man Your Man Could Smell Like" commercial first aired (it's nearing 36 million views on YouTube), but the parodies continue—and probably will until humanity peters out cen...

C-clamp tables and seats

Yael Zwickel created a simple yet clever system to create simple furniture with ordinary objects and c-clamps. Via dornob.

Glass Covers for Your Favorite Foods

I’m not sure of the usefuleness of those adapted covers, but I’m positive that they look cool enough to be [...]

PlugBug iPad/iPhone charger

Great dual charger for iPad and iPhone created and sold by TwelveSouth, an awesome, simple and useful product.

Anything Can Go Down in Cosmopolitan’s Elevator

Las Vegas' tony Cosmopolitan hotel lets the city's freak flag fly with its new TV spot for the luxury resort's “Just the right amount of wrong” campaign. This time around, the hotel's elevators are populated by danci...

Axe Suddenly Very Interested in Centuries-Old Beaver

Axe Canada is all about being educational. The brand has been posting comical videos (more than 30 so far) to its YouTube page to keep young guys laughing in between TV campaigns. They've broken the videos into series. "Boring, Serious Stuf...

Zombies Now Being Cast in Commercials for Yoga Centers

I must admit, my first thought while watching this ad for a Vancouver yoga center was: "Oh great, more f*cking zombies." Well, ad agency John St. must have seen that kind of snark coming, because they paired their tagline ("Come back ...

Michael Showalter Does Amusingly Awkward Ads for Toyota Yaris

Most of the time, Michael Showalter is funny only to people who haven't been in college long enough to hear actual jokes. So, it's nice to see him perform above his standard in these spots for the Toyota Yaris. It's the same awkward whit...

A Collection of Beautifully Designed Logos

Creating the perfect logo can be extremely difficult – it needs to be clear, instantly recognizable and capture the identity [...]

Graphics in Photoshop: 6 Beginner Tips for Web Designers

Graphic design and web design are two distinct visual fields that have different requirements, best practices and methodologies. For example, it’s much easier in web design to use pixel-based/raster-based file formats (like JPG, GIF or PNG). Conversely, vector files such as EPS and AI — which are scalable without leading to pixelation — are better [...]

San Francisco Wants Advertisers to Stop Cleaning the City

"Reverse graffiti," a trick used to draw art or advertising into filthy city surfaces, is a trend we've been watching for a few years now. And while some like the idea of advertising that actually makes the world a bit cleaner, San Fra...

Siri and iCloud? Bah, the Camera Is King.

Millions of people were willing to buy the iPhone 4S based on little more than a feature list and a release date, but there are still many millions more for Apple to try and win over. To that end, Apple has launched three new ads walking you through...

Texting While Walking Is Bad, but Guess What’s Worse?

Traffic safety efforts shouldn't play it safe. These days, it's often a case of gore or bore—or at least trying something beyond the expected. PSAs lacking visual punch quickly fade into the stream of traffic without making much impact...

Darth Vader to Appear in Ad for U.K. Electronics Chain

Sheesh, does George Lucas need to pay down his credit cards or something? Lucasfilm is allowing a U.K. electronics chain to use Darth Vader in an upcoming TV ad, inspired by the success of a 2010 spot featuring C3PO and R2D2 for the same chain, Curr...

Chevrolet speedometer design evolution

Awesome collection of Chevrolet speedometers design collected by Christian Annyas.

Mini Coupe and Unsavory Characters Travel the World

Somehow, I missed this campaign for the new Mini Coupe back when it debuted in late summer, but it's worth giving the work a belated nod. The sporty Mini is being shilled under the tagline, “Another day. Another adventure.” So to bac...

Marco’s Pizza Says It Is What Competitors Aren’t: Italian

Marco's Pizza serves authenticity by the slice as it zings the category kingpins in new TV ads by agency MGH in Baltimore. One spot informs us, "The founders of America's three biggest pizza companies come from the Midwest. Marco's ...

Firebug Guide for Web Designers

Firebug — an open source web development tool extension for the Mozilla Firefox web browser — is incredibly powerful, with a wide range of super useful and practical features that would benefit any web designer or developer. In fact, this browser extension (also available in other web browsers with limited functionality) is so useful and [...]

33 Creative Infographics For Inspiration

In this post we have collected 33 well designed infographics. 35 Years of Apple Products – Visual History The Evolution of the Geek Students vs. Prisoners infographic Web Designers vs. Web Developers Mac Person vs. PC Person Is Your Bachelors Degree Worth It? The 20 Most Expensive AdWords on Google U.S. Education vs. The World The World’s Most Disasterous [...]

PataraBeijing.com Redesigned

Patara's Beijing Branch website is our latest web design work after Patara Thailand have just been recently launched.

Patara wanted a look which all branches look a bit similar to each other, while maintaining the color and minute detail design to fit the local scheme.

26 Popular Business Card Designs for Startup Entrepreneurs

If you’re launching a startup chances are you’ll need to move into the realm of business. Sooner or later startups must turn a profit to keep things moving. And what a better way to get yourself in the mood than examining business cards? The 26 examples below include designers, freelancers, and some popular startups who [...]

Details make a difference: changes in iOS5

A few images, created by Design Archive, that show how small changes can make a big difference, and how carefully [...]

Designing a Website’s Introductory Text: Tips and Examples

Many websites choose to display a short explanatory text in a prominent position of their web page layouts to inform visitors what the purpose of the site is. This introductory text, when crafted well, can help users quickly decide whether they’re in the right place or not. A website has mere seconds to let visitors [...]

A History of Business Cards

The business card is often something placed at the back end of your wallet or in your pocket. Deemed as [...]

42 Superb Letterpress Business Cards

In this post we have a collection of letterpress business cards. Enjoy!! letterpress balsa wood business cards Circle Letterpress Business Card ATOMICvibe Groundflights Gigi Business Card Art Deco Card Design David West business card Secret Agent Man Letterpress business cards Running Doves Press Reb Peters Press Square Letterpress Card antanas juodsnukis Big Fat Media Cards [...]

Truly Infectious ‘Contagion’ Billboard Is Made of Bacteria

Here's a disgusting but cool out-of-home ad: Warner Bros. Pictures Canada hired microbiologists and immunologists to create a one-of-a-kind billboard made of growing bacteria in an abandoned storefront window in Toronto—to promote Steven S...

30 Strikingly Vibrant Web Designs for Inspiration

Working with bright, high-impact colors in your designs can prove to be a powerful tool in your creative arsenal. Bright colors are able to grab attention and they make a design appear fun, youthful, cheery and modern. Because using loud, bold colors in a design can go from these positive themes to as though a [...]

Rethinking Bamboo

Bamboo is not widely used in western countries, and even though it is used more in asian countries it is [...]

The Magazine Stool

Hockenheimer created the perfect tool to make good use of your old magazines.

Sally Draper Makes an Excellent Child Psychologist

Kiernan Shipka, who is frighteningly great as Sally Draper in AMC's Mad Men, puts all of her experience in counseling sessions to good use in this fantastic Funny or Die video, in which she analyzes the anxieties of other child stars as a child ...

Siri Stars in First Apple TV Commercial of Post-Jobs Era

Here it is—TBWA's first new TV commercial for Apple since Steve Jobs died on Oct. 5. As expected, it's for the iPhone 4S, and it focuses on the device's Siri digital assistant, powered by voice-recognition software. The spot shows ...

Amazing Lightshows on Buildings

Two of the most ingenious means of creativity the world has to offer are architecture and lighting. We've recently seen [...]

Showcase: 30 Beautiful Blog Designs for Inspiration

A beautiful and well-designed blog can leave a lasting impression onto its readers. With so many sites competing for the attention of Internet users, the appearance of a blog can be a large factor in helping it stand out from the crowd. In this showcase, you’ll find a wide variety of beautiful blog designs for [...]

Featured designer: Ron Thompson

Stop breathing is the personal portfolio site of Ron Thompson, a designer and illustrator based in Los Angeles.

Creative Suitcase Stickers

Cool stickers to add on your suitcase, created by The Cheeky. I wouldn’t buy and use those though, I doubt [...]

Luvs ‘Poop, There It Is!’ Voted Worst Ad in America for 2011

Consumerist readers have spoken, and they have decreed the infamous Luvs "Poop, There It Is" animated commercial, featuring a competitive crapping contest for babies set to the musical stylings of Tag Team, to be year's worst American ...

Gordon Ramsay Unimpressed by Naked Man in Specsavers Ad

Here's the latest commercial from cheeky British eyewear brand Specsavers. In it, a blind-as-a-bat man enjoys a nice relaxing time in the hotel sauna—before everything suddenly goes to pot. Gordon Ramsay makes an appearance, but for once i...

Will Siri Blend? Blendtec Takes On the iPhone 4S

"It blends, Tom. I can feel it. I can feel it." Alas, there's no HAL 9000-style reaction when Blendtec puts the Apple iPhone 4S with Siri voice-recognition technology to the test. The software has gained instant fame for its snappy preprogrammed comebacks to various questions, but it's at a loss for words as the Blendtec rotors tear the smartphone apart. Serves the little smart-ass right.

The Do’s And Don’ts Of Infographic Design

Since the dawn of the Internet, the demand for good design has continued to skyrocket. From Web 1.0 to Web 2.0 and beyond, designers have remained on their toes as they define the trends and expectations of our online universe. The Internet is a great designer’s playground, and online businesses are growing more and more appreciative of what can be gained from a bit of well-executed eye candy.

Hommage to Steve Jobs by DDB

Nothing to add to that, via Ads of the World.

Carlsberg Pull Brilliant Guerrilla Marketing Stunt In Cinema

Beer adverts usually follow the same storyline about who has the coldest chilling system, the best sports offers or the hottest models but a new campaign from Carlsberg is highly original and features a night out at the cinema.

41 Funny Print Ads for Inspiration

In this roundup we are featuring some of the best funny print ads. Enjoy!! Dulcolax: Rats It’s a boy card Café Tainá: Don’t Sleep, Prisoner Duet Ice-Cream: Obama Purina Bark in the Park: Tree Baygon: Cockroach Stilgraf: God 3M Scotch Brite Roller: Dog Calgary Zoo: Cavegirl Eurostar: The barber Ortoimplant Dental Clinic: Fans McDonald’s: The [...]