Posts Tagged ‘packaging design’
Tuesday, November 15th, 2011
In our 12 Questions blog series, we feature interviews with someone from the crowdSPRING community. For these interviews, we pick people who add value to our community – in the blog, in the forums, in the projects. Plainly – activities that make crowdSPRING a better community. Be professional, treat others with respect, help us build something very special, and we’ll take notice.
We’re very proud to feature Svetlana (crowdSPRING username: Allmond) today. Svetlana lives and work in Sofia Bulgaria.
1. Please tell us about yourself.
To be honest I don’t have the slightest idea (how I happened to be in the spotlight) why I am in the spotlight. It’s nice to meet you. My name (translates into) means “light”. There are scattered letters in my left hand, and northern wind in my hairs. I imagine the light, I spend my time playing the space clockwise and back, searching for the meanings, 
reaching for horizons, wondering why do we alibi only for what we’ve done, and not for what we never dare to do.
I live in Sofia | Bulgaria | (Southeastern) Europe.
2. How did you become interested in design?
Do you remember the magic of the dark room, the way the images appear on the white paper…?
I was in love with photography since I was13. As I graduated MA in Fine Art Photography, I was flying for a private air company, and working as a TV presenter for a photography edition. A teacher of mine used to say that living on a peninsula we’re (torned) torn between the water and the land. My heart was torn in few directions and neither of them was enough for itself. I think that the design gives the best opportunity to (see in your mind’s eye) envision in the most creative way ideas, visions and traveling … of brain mind, a perfect (symbiosis among) connection between water, land and air.
3. Which of your designs are your favorites and why?
First of all I have 2 favourite design projects – my daughter Ema (8) and my son Dimiter (almost 6). They never stop inspiring me, teaching me, (ushering me into the land of creativity) showing me how to be more creative. It’s amazing how we can discover the world through the eyes of the children. About my graphic design projects – certainly I try to give my best for every single design, and I feel happy and satisfied when my works are appreciated. I always say to my clients that they have to be 100% happy and comfortable with the result, so this is what matters to me – when a good idea finds the right way to show off. Not everything I like is what the client likes, so what is important is that we meet in between.
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Tags: 12 questions, Allmond, community, creative, creativity, crowdsourcing, crowdspring, design, designer, graphic design, graphics design, graphics designer, inspiration, package design, packaging design, print design, weekly glance of awesomeness
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Tuesday, September 20th, 2011
In our 12 Questions blog series, we feature interviews with someone from the crowdSPRING community. For these interviews, we pick people who add value to our community – in the blog, in the forums, in the projects. Plainly – activities that make crowdSPRING a better community. Be professional, treat others with respect, help us build something very special, and we’ll take notice.
We’re very proud to feature Dragan Lončar (crowdSPRING username: draganfly) today. Dragan lives and works in Belgrade, Serbia.
1. Please tell us about yourself.
Hi everybody! I am Dragan. I finished graphic design at Belgrade University some fourteen years ago and ever since this is mostly what I’ve been doing, getting to the level of jobs like Art and Creative Director. Apart form my inherited immediate family, I have another family, consisting of my fellow human rights defenders, and the youngsters that need some support in building self-esteem and major encouragement, since it is very difficult to be gay in Serbia. I also have enemies, but I assure you that I never did anything to turn them against me, except for my liberal sense of humour and their unfounded envy. I lived almost a year in Helsinki, Finland, and over six years in London, UK, where I had various experiences in fast paced market, even to the point of being a Creative Partner in my own company that was buried after several unpaid pitches, just after a half million pounds budget branding and launch campaign. Somebody would say that I was never bored in my life as sometimes I cannot recall all the details. Also, because my design interests and experiences are so diverse. I practice Nichiren Daishonin Buddhism as the tool of global peace movement through the SGI organisation, changing my karma and doing something what is called ‘the human revolution’. I am one of the leaders in SGI Serbia. I love cooking the mix of Mediterranean, Scandinavian, Japanese and Thai food, and love swimming and jogging. All of that, of course, when I can grab some time from super needy clients and horrible socio-political situation in Serbia. Currently I count 38 years of age, but who’s counting… I intend to stay forever young!
2. How did you become interested in design?
When I was a child, my parents were not really poor but we lived very modestly. I was never bribed with toys, or I always wanted the most expensive ones which they couldn’t afford. I was always inclined toward quality rather than quantity. Since my sister is much older than me, I could be considered as a single child who was often alone. So I spent time making castles of playing cards, or I would recycle any packaging that would come into my hands, and make furniture, cars, or anything that I could resemble or that took my fancy at given moment. Later, I don’t see if I really had a conscious choice. It was more an inclination that had to be fulfilled.
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Tags: 12 questions, ads, advertising, blog, branding, community, creative, creativity, crowdsourcing, crowdspring, design, designer, Dragan Lončar, draganfly, graphic design, graphics design, graphics designer, inspiration, interview, marketing, package design, packaging design, weekly glance of awesomeness
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Thursday, March 10th, 2011
Every day on the crowdSPRING Twitter account and on my own Twitter account, I post links to posts or videos I enjoyed reading or viewing. These posts and videos are about logo design, web design, startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Here are some of the links that I’ve liked and shared this past week!
The image above shows the world’s most typical person. The original post is in the Random Fun section below.
Bootstrapped, Profitable, & Proud: Braintree – http://bit.ly/hQAspY
Good post about the pitfalls of code refactoring for startups – http://bit.ly/hLTJXP
Legal Risks And Dangers Of $99 Logo Stores – http://bit.ly/dtxKJ3
What It’s Like To Be An Entrepreneur – Lara Miller – http://bit.ly/feXdRy
Legal Risks And Dangers Of $99 Logo Stores – http://bit.ly/dtxKJ3
Bootstrapped, Profitable, & Proud: Braintree – http://bit.ly/hQAspY
Ten Ways to Find Your Center of Gravity – http://bit.ly/dLlDdc
Good post about the pitfalls of code refactoring for startups – http://bit.ly/hLTJXP
Crowd funding part 2: Creating a successful campaign – http://bit.ly/hIKgtt
What It’s Like To Be An Entrepreneur – @GrubHub – http://bit.ly/fwZn6K
Some ideas to help you stand out during your job search – http://bit.ly/gSLjgF
Facebook comments: Pros and cons for business – http://bit.ly/hOyGWL
Bizarre to see agencies blaming clients for agencies’ failure to evolve their business models – http://bit.ly/iiKbGy
Half Of U.S. 12-Year-Olds Are Facebooking – http://bit.ly/gJFBe8
Ad.ly helping Twitter-enable Charlie Sheen for a direct-to-fan conversation – http://bit.ly/g8x3tQ
Joint PR/Ad study finds PR getting higher marks in social media compared to Advertising http://bit.ly/eLdxHY
Not a good trend – young users not especially interested in being “friends” with Brands – http://bit.ly/f4PYXC
Brilliant and Clever Food Advertisements – http://bit.ly/em1A5B
500+ Free PSD Web UI Elements For Download – http://bit.ly/i6GcAZ
40 Tutorials for Outstanding Text Effects in Illustrator – http://bit.ly/gGSqzv
Ten Ways to Find Your Center of Gravity – http://bit.ly/dLlDdc
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Tags: ads, advertising, copywriting, crowdsourcing, design, entrepreneur, entrepreneurship, facebook, industrial design, leadership, marketing, packaging design, pr, product design, public relations, small biz, small business, social media, startup, twitter, writing
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Monday, March 7th, 2011
In our 12 Questions blog series, we feature interviews with someone from the crowdSPRING community. For these interviews, we pick people who add value to our community – in the blog, in the forums, in the projects. Plainly – activities that make crowdSPRING a better community. Be professional, treat others with respect, help us build something very special, and we’ll take notice.
We’re very proud to feature Edward Laurin (crowdSPRING username: LOREWREN) today. Edward lives and works in suburban Toronto, Ontario.
1. Please tell us about yourself.
Husband. Father. Designer. Working Artist. Friend. Cousin to many. Canadian. No band
wagon jumping Toronto Maple Leaf hockey fan. Born on the shores of Georgian Bay in an English and French speaking small town. My french is limited to a few words and phases but I can always pull upon my drawing skills when language barriers arise. Live in the inner suburbs of Toronto, Ontario.
Started my career doing lots of freelance after graduating from college as full time jobs were few and far between at the time (Mum and Dad were wondering if I would ever get a real job). I think they honestly thought this career choice involved living in a artist loft, painting still life fruit and nudes. Freelance turned into a full time offer with my first agency and then a jump to a great client side opportunity for a 12 year stint as in-house creative director for a technology company. Joined when the company was private and experienced the transition to publicly traded company. Great learning experience and worked with some very creative folks outside the design realm – computer programmers, engineers and product managers are creative people too! If you’ve been in front of a PC and a red rectangle logo appeared upon start up then you have seen one of my logos. Now work for myself with direct clients and as a hired creative gun for boutique marketing communication firms.
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Tags: 12 questions, art, artist, community, creative, creativity, crowdspring, design, designer, Edward Laurin, graphic design, graphics design, graphics designer, illustration, inspiration, interview, logo, logo design, logos, LOREWREN, packaging design, painter, weekly glance of awesomeness
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Thursday, March 3rd, 2011
Every day on the crowdSPRING Twitter account and on my own Twitter account, I post links to posts or videos I enjoyed reading or viewing. These posts and videos are about logo design, web design, startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Here are some of the links that I’ve liked and shared this past week!
The image above shows an unusual collection of bookshelves. The original post, with photos of more unusual bookshelves is in the Industrial Design section below.
5 things that suck (about hiring new employees) and 10 things companies can do about it – http://bit.ly/hlXrEi
Good post about why you should not force-sell customers when they first visit – http://bit.ly/e279Iy
How to Make Money in 6 Easy Steps – http://bit.ly/hiR3mi
What @UnitedLinen learned in 5 years of REAL small business social media - http://j.mp/dWhlNE
The Most Common Negotiating Mistakes — and How to Avoid Them – http://bit.ly/gEzT7E
How to Avoid a Disaster When Outsourcing to an Overseas Web Developer – http://bit.ly/hDnkXJ
5 things that suck (about hiring new employees) and 10 things companies can do about it – http://bit.ly/hlXrEi
What Does It Take to Become an Entrepreneur? – http://j.mp/fAHXoN
Good thoughts about startup marketing from @FredWilson – http://read.bi/h61cm3
Excellent @37signals post about why it’s important for everyone in a company to assist customers – http://bit.ly/hmEJH4
How to Make Money in 6 Easy Steps – http://bit.ly/hiR3mi
Good post about why you should not force-sell customers when they first visit – http://bit.ly/e279Iy
Good to see increasing local VC investment activity in Chicago startups – http://bit.ly/fmCR3k
The Most Common Negotiating Mistakes — and How to Avoid Them – http://bit.ly/gEzT7E
How to Avoid a Disaster When Outsourcing to an Overseas Web Developer – http://bit.ly/hDnkXJ
Q&A Sites Struggle to Gain Traction as Viable Biz Models – http://bit.ly/h0BpQg
What’s The Real Deal With AngelList? – http://tcrn.ch/gdkOi7
Is AngelList Creating False Hope? – http://bit.ly/f0mJZl
Renewed investment interest in digital music, but is market too crowded? – http://nyti.ms/e9pz8f
9 Ways To Disrupt And “Hipmunk” An Industry – http://bit.ly/fQqKLr
Don’t Try to Learn from Failure – http://bit.ly/glZP6g
How Powerful is an Apology? – http://ow.ly/44J0n
And here’s a “colorful” view from @davemcclure about Angel List and investing – http://bit.ly/hjv6k6
What It’s Like To Be An Entrepreneur – wonderful new series (this episode about @GrubHub) – http://bit.ly/fwZn6K
How Powerful is an Apology? – http://ow.ly/44J0n
Social media marketing spending expected to nearly double in next 12 months – http://bit.ly/hLyHYJ
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Tags: ads, advertising, copywriting, crowdsourcing, design, entrepreneur, entrepreneurship, facebook, industrial design, leadership, marketing, packaging design, pr, product design, public relations, small biz, small business, social media, startup, twitter, writing
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Thursday, February 24th, 2011
Every day on the crowdSPRING Twitter account and on my own Twitter account, I post links to posts or videos I enjoyed reading or viewing. These posts and videos are about logo design, web design, startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Here are some of the links that I’ve liked and shared this past week!
The image to the left shows bugs on a stick – and is one of many unusual street foods sold around the world. Some fascinating street food from around the world – as well as a peek at the diets of people around the world, are in the Other section below.
How To Get The Best Merchant Account For Your Small Business – http://bit.ly/fHPT9m
10 Essential Online Resources for Preparing Your Small Business Taxes – http://on.mash.to/eD3wwp
Small business and startup issues: net neutrality and H.R. 1 – http://bit.ly/hmRs9b
35 Gut Checks When Founding Your First Company – http://bit.ly/gakjnA
crowdSPRING Small Business Spotlight of the Week: LLWorldTour – http://bit.ly/g9M6Ef
10 Questions VCs Will Ask and What They Mean – http://bit.ly/eRMwYS
35 Gut Checks When Founding Your First Company – http://bit.ly/gakjnA
Business Development for Early Stage Startups – http://bit.ly/gfp24f
Some good suggestions on ways you can validate or invalidate your startup ideas – http://bit.ly/hZdMw3
You can’t innovate if you’re focused on the present – http://bit.ly/eB1aYr
Is this the start of the second dotcom bubble? – http://bit.ly/h3uGw9
How To Get The Best Merchant Account For Your Small Business – http://bit.ly/fHPT9m
Site Speed – Are You Fast? Does it Matter? – http://bit.ly/hSsxIy
How to hire a programmer when you’re not a programmer – http://awe.sm/5GXMq
Simply being *usable* is enough to make a product truly remarkable – http://awe.sm/5GbZh
Chicago Entrepreneurism: Four Ingredients To Help Your Business – And This City – Dominate – http://bit.ly/i8uk8V
Interesting story about how organic growth caused a startup to focus on a foreign market – http://nyti.ms/dLYD6p
Small business and startup issues: net neutrality and H.R. 1 – http://bit.ly/hmRs9b
Crowd funding offers entrepreneurs a shot at financing their dream – http://bit.ly/ijW1KI
Building A Disruption-Proof Business – http://bit.ly/fIMSZE
90+ creative advertising & design from January-February 2011 – http://bit.ly/esHcOP
“It’ll never work”: a collection of failed predictions – http://awe.sm/5GbLB
The best free social media tracking tools you should know about – http://bit.ly/eA0Y6r
Good read about why Facebook marketing rarely works – http://rww.to/h2dkXz
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Tags: ads, advertising, copywriting, crowdsourcing, design, entrepreneur, entrepreneurship, facebook, industrial design, leadership, marketing, packaging design, pr, product design, public relations, small biz, small business, social media, startup, twitter, writing
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Thursday, February 17th, 2011
Every day on the crowdSPRING Twitter account and on my own Twitter account, I post links to posts or videos I enjoyed reading or viewing. These posts and videos are about logo design, web design, startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Here are some of the links that I’ve liked and shared this past week!
The image above is a map of the world by the alphabet used in each country on the map. You’ll find a link to the large version of the map in the Design section below.
Small Biz 101: Tips, Resources on Crowd Sourcing – http://abcn.ws/gIWdbm
Saying “No” To Customers Can Save Your Company – http://bit.ly/eJjoxm
How small businesses and startups should deal with difficult customers – http://bit.ly/hzh6wj
crowdSPRING Aims To Change How Businesses Large & Small Buy Creative Services (Business Insider) – http://read.bi/f9icSR
How small businesses and startups should deal with difficult customers – http://bit.ly/hzh6wj
Saying “No” To Customers Can Save Your Company – http://bit.ly/eJjoxm
One of the best essays on recruiting a high performing team for your startup – http://awe.sm/5GRjI
Difficult is good (about working with “difficult” entrepreneurs) – http://bit.ly/i1ellP
Avoid Decision by Indecision – http://bit.ly/fh51qh
Startups in stealth mode need one piece of advice – http://bit.ly/hPY2q4
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Tags: ads, advertising, copywriting, crowdsourcing, design, entrepreneur, entrepreneurship, facebook, industrial design, leadership, marketing, packaging design, pr, product design, public relations, small biz, small business, social media, startup, twitter, writing
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Thursday, February 10th, 2011
Every day on the crowdSPRING Twitter account and on my own Twitter account, I post links to posts or videos I enjoyed reading or viewing. These posts and videos are about logo design, web design, startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Here are some of the links that I’ve liked and shared this past week!
The image to the left is one of many amazing photos from the recent snow blizzard that swept across the U.S. More images are in the Other section below.
10 things entrepreneurs can learn from dogs – http://bit.ly/hh7N5C
10 things entrepreneurs can learn from dogs – http://bit.ly/hh7N5C
Good tips for how startups can improve sales teams – http://bit.ly/gRPnV5
How a bad paper route led Micah Baldwin to become his own boss – http://bit.ly/i0Xh9b
Sharp critique of the “social media A list” – much truth here – http://bit.ly/hq6YZG
Eye-Catching & Clever Print Ads – http://bit.ly/fND9Rt
Amazing creative outdoor advertising – http://bit.ly/eEvuZ9
Mastering Photoshop: Noise, Textures, Gradients and Rounded Rectangles – http://bit.ly/hmY1FP
20 New Web Applications for Web Designers – http://ow.ly/3KaLp
How to present the draft to the client: tips and examples – http://bit.ly/htJF6l
50 Fresh And Useful Adobe Illustrator Tutorials – http://bit.ly/fN5Tn9
Options to Consider When Looking for Stock Photos: Free vs Paid Solutions – http://bit.ly/fnIhbP
25 Awesome Graffiti Fonts for Designers – http://bit.ly/gV5Hrl
The 100 Best Fonts (in a Huge Sortable Table) – http://bit.ly/gj3gv5
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Tags: ads, advertising, copywriting, crowdsourcing, design, entrepreneur, entrepreneurship, facebook, industrial design, leadership, marketing, packaging design, pr, product design, public relations, small biz, small business, social media, startup, twitter, writing
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Friday, February 4th, 2011
Every day on the crowdSPRING Twitter account and on my own Twitter account, I post links to posts or videos I enjoyed reading or viewing. These posts and videos are about logo design, web design, startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Here are some of the links that I’ve liked and shared this past week!
The image above is one of 23 useless signs shown in a post you’ll find in the Random Fun section below.
Lean Marketing: Public Relations strategies for small businesses and startups – http://bit.ly/leanpr
10 Common Small Business Mistakes & What You Can Learn From Them – http://bit.ly/gVIvOJ
Best Practices & Tips for Designing Awesome Restaurant Websites – http://bit.ly/h94W9W
crowdSPRING’s Small Business Spotlight of the Week: River Moon Coffee Roasting Corporation – http://bit.ly/hb3Y61
4 Mantras For Small Business Owners To Follow – http://bit.ly/eRCF0e
Possible tax relief for small businesses coming in the U.S. – http://on.wsj.com/epJ5vM
Lean Marketing: Public Relations strategies for small businesses and startups – http://bit.ly/leanpr
The 6 Essential Steps to Writing a Killer Press Release – http://bit.ly/dT37cl
Seth Godin on being unreasonable and standing out from the crowd – http://bit.ly/gFKCrP
Top 7 U.S. cities catching entrepreneurial fewer – http://bit.ly/fsyGbf
Good overview of lean software development – http://bit.ly/gLam4w
What dressing up vacuum cleaners as people has to do with better engineering time estimates – http://bit.ly/hcxgY5
The Top 10 Best Ways to Fail as an Entrepreneur – http://bit.ly/hzIqlh
What to learn from Groupon’s whopping 50% rev share – http://bit.ly/fx4Amo
How to Turn Disaster Into Gold – http://bit.ly/eBvZhQ
Startups, Think Again: Writing Code Is Not Your Biggest Challenge – http://bit.ly/gKpMky
Want to know why charging $12 / year converts higher than $9.99? – http://bit.ly/gN9yqw
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Tags: ads, advertising, copywriting, crowdsourcing, design, entrepreneur, entrepreneurship, facebook, industrial design, leadership, marketing, packaging design, pr, product design, public relations, small biz, small business, social media, startup, twitter, writing
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Thursday, January 27th, 2011
Every day on the crowdSPRING Twitter account and on my own Twitter account, I post links to posts or videos I enjoyed reading or viewing. These posts and videos are about logo design, web design, startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Here are some of the links that I’ve liked and shared this past week!
The image above is the Barreleye, one of the most unusual fish in the ocean. The Barreleye has a completely transparent head (so that it’s eyes, located inside the head, can detect available prey). More unusual transparent creatures in the Random Fun section below.
Best Practices and Tips for Restaurant Web Design – http://bit.ly/h94W9W
crowdSPRING’s Small Business Spotlight of the Week: Nurturing Wisdom – http://bit.ly/haKErZ
Finding Cash for Your Start Up – Part 1 – http://bit.ly/gMlOdE
The Top 20 VC Power Bloggers Of 2010 – http://tcrn.ch/fCErc9
How to Hire in Chicago – http://bit.ly/fe8W9y
How to Turn Disaster Into Gold – http://bit.ly/eBvZhQ
Age doesn’t define whether someone can be a great leader – http://bit.ly/gbKaWy
Managing and Motivating Employees in Their Twenties – http://bit.ly/gZkNEh
Un-manage your employees – http://bit.ly/fn1YGL
Wanna Know What it’s Like Being a VC? – http://bit.ly/gpHMSI
Is Your Service Agile? – http://bit.ly/hHxUZU
Love this post about how Meetup.com bet the company and changed its revenue model – http://bit.ly/i2QGu2
Inc’s “The Way I Work” series makes it way to @garyvee. It’s a great one – http://bit.ly/i40DZb
Useful new email service from amazon – allows you to leverage their experience to send bulk emails – http://bit.ly/fJaRe1
Entrepreneurs Unpluggd: Puts the Emphasis on Chicago Entrepreneurs’ Stories – http://bit.ly/f42hB4
Guerrilla to Genius: 300+ Creative Advertising Campaigns – http://bit.ly/gBKtRT
Interesting foursquare infographic on check-ins in 2010 – http://4sq.com/gbA49M
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Tags: ads, advertising, copywriting, crowdsourcing, design, entrepreneruship, entrepreneur, facebook, industrial design, leadership, marketing, packaging design, pr, product design, public relations, small biz, small business, social media, startup, twitter, writing
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