I made a mix CD for J a little while back, and got all into it and made a collage-y style case for it. The CD itself was quite a nice mix, too.

The results?

 

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I'm concepting a mix CD with male/female duets (bands along the lines of The New Pornographers, Immaculate Machine, Stars, and so on.) I've already designed the cover:

Labels: design

I love the way the lyrics are animated throughout this video ("Computer Obaa-chan" by the Polysics)

While I had some down time at work the other day, I found this article on A List Apart, talking about whitespace. The main focus was the use of whitespace in web design, but there was one section on ad design that I found particularly interesting...



The comparison between two ads with identical images & text (exemplifying poor use of white space vs strong use of whitespace) struck me as being very applicable to what I'm currently doing at work (designing ads for a jobs/classifieds type of newspaper). The image on the left looks pretty much like what we have to design to appease our clients...

But I'm not going to get into my disappointment just now - I'll save that gem for later ;)

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How lovely that I stumbled across these two images - and right in the midst of Autumn! I particularly love that the right image has corresponding Pantone chips

 

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Between some of my friends recently re-joining the blogging world and my mother's insistence that I keep a notebook/journal (she's a firm believer in the "write it down, make it happen" philosophy), I've also decided to make my return to the "blogosphere." This venture isn't necessarily to reflect upon my day, but more to act as an outlet for my currently waning creativity.

In hopes of rekindling my art spark, I'm going to use this as a kind of outlet for anything and everything creative that I myself create or that I find inspiring.

I think I also may invest in a Moleskine to further push this creative endeavor.

Wish me luck.

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