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Custom Wooden Toys – 9 Creative Examples

The Designed — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:37:27 +0000

Whether you’re a kid or an adult, toys are awesome. They are even cooler (to some) if they are made by hand. Here are 9 creative custom wooden toys that you may not see at your local toy store.

Duct Tape Flowers

The Designed — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 04:24:32 +0000

Amanda, aka DuckTapeBandit, does some amazing art with duct/duck tape. From dresses to flowers, she does it all. Here are 14 of her beautifully made flowers. Check out her deviantART to see more of her work.

23 Music Posters That Pop

The Designed — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 01:44:18 +0000

Music isn’t just about the sounds, but also about the message that is portrayed by the band or event. An excellent way of giving that message is through music posters. Here are 23 of them that really pop.

Atelier Martino&Jaña

Diego Bellorin

Dimitris Kanellopoulos

Martijn Rijven

Paul Gardner

Pixel Junglist

Nebojsa Cvetkovic

Ragnar Freyr

BISON

Tomato Kosir

PRN (Fuse Collective), Maciej Mizer ‘mOsk’, Adrian Knopik (Fuse Collective), D&C Graphics

Christian Marra

Abb-d Choudhury

Link Collection February 2010

The Designed — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 21:15:33 +0000

Here are some of the best design and inspiration links around the web for the month of February 2010.

40 Single Page Mini-Templates – Iniwoo.net
Opening Ceremonies for Vancouver 2010 – Boston.com
Make Your Office Eco Friendly – Wired
20 Years of Photoshop – WebDesignerDepot
A Showcase of Workstations that’ll Make You Jealous – WDL
Lessons From Ikea – UX Mag
Winter Olympics Games Posters from 1924 to 2010 – webexpedition18
50 Fresh Web Design Blogs You Should Be Reading – Six Revisions
Recommended Reading for Designers – Jason Santa Maria
How to Organize Your Files and Remember Where Everything Is – Sitepoint
5 Reasons Why Google Buzz Will Fail – Tremendous News
11 Most Popular Blog Design Styles – HONGKIAT
100+ Resources for WordPress Theme Developers – Designm.ag
The Ultimate Website Prelaunch Checklist – Boagworld
70 Amazing Valentine Wallpapers To Charm Up Your Desktop – instantShift
One Page Portfolios – Vandelay Design
The Ten Types of Crappy Interviewees – The Oatmeal
35 Awesome Pictures of Docks – Photography Blogger
30 Incredible Examples of Urban Decay Photography – WDL
100 Useful Textures for Your Next Photo Manipulation Project – The Photo Argus
15 Design Tips to Learn From Apple – Design Shack
100+ Portraits of Iconic People of All Time – webdesigner depot

How to make full-time money as a part-time writer – DoughRoller

February 2010 Desktop Wallpaper – Smashing Mag

40 Breathtaking Examples of Serene Sunrise Photography – The Photo Argus

50 Inspiring Portfolio Designs – WDL

20 Years of Adobe Photoshop – WebDesignerDepot

Custom Letters 2009 – LetterCult

20 Ways to Streamline your web business – AEXT.NET

12 Cool Garage Door Stickers – Toxel

25 Cool Inspirational Websites – Denis Designs

Content Driven Design – Tripping Words

The Importance of Light in Photography – Photography Blogger

7 Tools You Should Be Using For Better Web Design – Six Revisions

11 Common Web Design Mistakes – Hongkiat

30+ jQuery Plugins to Improve Usability and Look and Feel of HTML – tripwire mag

100+ Remarkable Free Fonts – Iniwoo.net
50 Unique and Inspiring Blue Logo Designs – Naldz Graphics
80 Extreme Advertisements That Will Challenge Your Mind – OneExtraPixel
70 Iphone Inspired Website Designs for Design Inspiration – Theme Flash
28 Awesome Examples of ECommerce Websites Using Grunge Design – Best Design Options
23+ Crazy Funny Cubicle Pranks – The Pro Designer
22 Beautiful & Creative iPhone Apps- Today in Art
Top 20 Free Fonts For Distinctive Headlines – Speckyboy
20 Beautiful Nature Wallpapers – Abuzeedo
15 Half-Faced Portraits – Photography Blogger
14 Rules For Faster Loading Websites – Steve Souders
Creating a Clean and Professional Web Design in Photoshop – Six Revisions

25 Excellent Nike Creatives

The Designed — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 04:45:07 +0000

Being one of the largest brands in the world, Nike definitely receives attention in the creative world. Here are 25 excellent creatives using Nike.

Adam Larson

Fredrik Davidsson

Malte Stamm

Design Friendship

Diego Aguilar

Touch

Fabio Sasso

DNAike Tony

Leo Rosa Borges

Husam Elfaki

AKA.MEDIAONE

Simon Page

Josh Rhode

Gus Niklos

Pawel Nolbert

Peter Jaworowski

Guy Seese

9 Sweet Sofas for Your Living Room

The Designed — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 07:26:20 +0000

It’s always cool to have some unique furniture around the house. Whether you like to spruce up the uniqueness in one room or all of them, here are 9 sweet sofas that you may like.

Posa by David Chipperfield

Crystal Palace by massud

Pebble Seating by Osko+Deichmann

1+1 by Odosdesign

Flip sofa/table by Adrien Rovero

Peel Seating by Khodi Feiz/Council

Endless Sofa by Incorporated

CK sofa by Can Koseoglu

Balt by bERT&dENNIS

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35 Cool Smoke Photo Manipulations

The Designed — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 23:51:49 +0000

When you combine great photography with a little bit of Photoshop action, one can produce some stunning results. Here are 35 cool smoke photo manipulations.

Dan Vezentan

Suman Mukherjee

Jane Russo

Ethan Allen

Ben White

lucaszoltowski

eikoweb

Morwen1337

w-zynp

boibob

lorelix04

nikifrank

Stridsberg

RyverStar

Ryann Cooley

Matej Toman

Raphael Susitna

Leone

André Maia

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19 Stunning Examples of Nature and Typography

The Designed — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 16:45:12 +0000

Nature presents in itself a beautiful design. Being able to combine typography with it makes it even better. Here are 19 stunning examples of nature and typography. If you’re looking for some more great nature and design examples, check out one of our favorite sites, Desktopography.