Posts Tagged ‘creative’
Angelineasaurus sighted…
Ross | July 14th, 2008Almost forgot – photo of Angeline Vuong – our new community manager (see post below this one). I am thinking about blue hair too – perhaps a slightly darker shade for me.
Creative Rap – Design Coding
Ross | July 9th, 2008Creativity is without limits. Just about anything that can be done, can be done creatively. Take for example the subject of developing an SEO (search engine) friendly website. There are thousands of blogs, forums, articles and experts talking about this subject every day. And as with everything else – there are many ways to talk about best [...]
Creative Font Design: FontStruct
Ross | July 8th, 2008There are usually two elements to a logo design – images and letters. Some logos contain only one of these elements – the Apple logo, for example (image), or Coca-Cola (letters). Except for companies whose marks (Nike, Apple) have gained prominence to stand on their own, a large percentage of logos are composed of both [...]
12 Questions: Meet Shubho Roy (India)
Ross | July 1st, 2008This is the second in what will be a regular series in our blog where we’ll feature interviews with someone (a creative and/or a buyer) from the crowdSPRING community. We’ll pick people who add value to our community – in the blog, in the forums, in the projects. Plainly – activities that make crowdSPRING a [...]
Googley Principles – Not For Design Only
Ross | June 27th, 2008Late in 2007, Google’s User Experience group articulated design principles that guide Google designs around the world – design the “Googley” way. The team defined those principles as follows: 1. Focus on people—their lives, their work, their dreams. 2. Every millisecond counts. 3. Simplicity is powerful. 4. Engage beginners and attract experts. 5. Dare to [...]
Disruptive-sourcing
Mike | June 12th, 2008crowdSPRING is an unusual way of sourcing creative services. We are working to create a new model, one that seeks to deconstruct and disrupt the traditional process and showcase the talents of an under-served, underdog community of creatives. In addition to the many experienced, highly trained professionals that populate our site, we are proud that [...]
Logo Design – Keeping It Simple
Ross | June 2nd, 2008Companies want their logo to be instantly recognizable, to be easily interpretable, and, in the Web 2.0 world, to be cool and hip. Overly complex logos often fail to achieve those goals. Web designers often talk about restraint — not putting everything, including the kitchen sink, on a page. The same should be said about [...]
Innovative Design – British Currency
Ross | May 30th, 2008In March 2008, the United States Department of the Treasury unveiled the new five dollar bill. Featuring a purple Helvetica five, the new $5 USD bill was designed by a 147 year old government agency (U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing) which employes 2,500 people and has an annual budget of $525 million USD. The [...]
