inspiration
crowdSPRING Community Gives Back – In Our Own Backyard
Ross | August 18th, 2009Give Back is the crowdSPRING community’s way of helping worthy non-profit and charity causes in need. Creatives in the crowdSPRING community have agreed that for these special projects, no monetary awards will be given. crowdSPRING will waive its fees and will assist the organizations with posting their project. We will collaborate together to help those [...]
Seeing Your Book Cover Design In Print
Ross | August 10th, 2009Big congratulations to Audree Rowe (crowdSPRING username: ArtbyAudree), whose cover design was selected from among many in a print design project on crowdSPRING, for Bob Garfield’s new book – The Chaos Scenario. The book, released on August 3 (I’ll write a review in the next few weeks), is about the disruption of the media industry [...]
Iranian Revolution Project
Bethany | July 1st, 2009Like many around the world, we at crowdSPRING have been watching the turmoil unfold in Iran. Eager to contribute, we’re hoping to help mobilize our community so that we, and those around us, can show their support through one of the best ways we know how: design. Every revolution needs a unifying symbol. Iran’s citizens [...]
The king of pop is dead. Long live the king of pop.
Chris | June 26th, 2009All of us here at crowdSPRING saddened with the passing of Michael Jackson yesterday. But mourning was quickly replaced with warm-hearted memories and reflection – how his music had taken part in all our lives. He was a legend, an artist, and a creative force that effected both the music industry and popular culture in [...]
Inspiration on Tumblr
Angeline | October 31st, 2008Many musicians and artists have embraced microblogging platform Tumblr due to its simplicity and ease of use. The site encourages quick posts, offering you the options of uploading text, a quote, photo, link, chat, or video. The end result is more of a scrapbook versus the traditional blog. The Tumblr staff has created a section [...]
The Rubitone
Angeline | October 27th, 2008Concept for the “Rubitone” – a Rubik’s Cube meets Pantone Color Matching System guide – by industrial designer, Ignacio Pilotto. Industrial design is interesting when creatives are able to develop products that are beautiful, fun, intuitive, and functional. It’s no easy feat!
Fun With Typography
Ross | October 16th, 2008GoSquared posted a short note to Twitter today with a link to a collection of frilly typography images. The work is truly oustanding and well worth a look. You can view it here. Do you have other great sites with outstanding examples of what one can do with typography? Please list them in the comments [...]
