Link Love: 4.12.12

April 12, 2012

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Collage by Francisca Pageo

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• If I had been decorating Easter eggs last week, these Pantone and CMYK eggs would have been at the top of my list!

• I love this post about art and inspiration so much. Especially, “Not every decision you make has to be crowdsourced beforehand. Trust your gut and keep it to yourself while you follow through.” Bravo, Anna!

• It’s about time that we embrace the inevitable aging process.

• If you’re receiving a book advance (or a large sum of money in general), don’t run out and spend loads of money on questionable purchases!

• This poor teacher got schooled on Helvetica by a five year old!

• I still can’t believe that Instagram went from zero to $1 billion in value in only 17 months!

• We’ve all been there: How do you deal with clients that take forever to pay?

• Six keys for turning your company into a design powerhouse.

• This is an interesting look at some world famous fashion designers who have gotten fit over the years. Karl Lagerfeld once said, “Fashion is the healthiest motivation for losing weight.” Thoughts?

• The Nextness just gave an overview of the brand new Beyoncé website and it is beautifully designed. So many great insights about sharing and social media in this article as well!

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A snippet of type from the new Beyoncé site

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6 Responses to Link Love: 4.12.12

1. joann, sidewalk chic says:

   As an advertising student, the post about art and inspiration really resonated with me. I’m all for group work sometimes (especially in school, when it’s inevitable), but I agree that creativity does not have to always be the efforts of crowdsourcing.

   Thanks for doing these link posts — I look forward to them every week.

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2. Melinda says:

   That 5 year old who schooled his teacher is hilarious, but it is true, I’m dyslexic and I preffer san serif fonts such as Century Gothic, because my eyes hurt WAAAAYYYY less than other serif fonts. Infact, I use Lexia on a daily basis at school, and sometimes I forget to change presentations fonts and the kids laugh that I’m using a “child” font. Also, I use Lexia for my dyslexic students since they too find it easier for them to read (that and it gets me to use pretty colored paper which benefits me as well!).

   If I had a child like the one mentioned in my class, I would have told him that it was easier for me to read than other fonts due to my dyslexia.

   I love those kind of stories!

   Melinda

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   • Nubby says:

     Melinda: You bring up some great points. And the choice of an appropriate font has everything to do with the audience it’s intended for. So many children (and adults) struggle with dyslexia and especially in schools, some font choices work better than others, no matter how ‘uncool they’re considered on the outside!

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3. Alex says:

   It’s funny you mention aging- I’ve had this discussion a lot this week.
   I have grey hair- though not naturally.. yet- and it seems every woman over the age of 50 makes a comment akin to ‘now, why are you spending money to color your hair grey when just about every other woman is spending money to color their hair anything but?’ Truthfully, I just like it. Monochrome all the way, you know? But what I’ve learned is that it’s a bit of a soapbox conversation piece because for those 30 seconds I have that woman’s attention to tell her aging is beautiful and she is too.

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4. Krissy says:

   The design of Beyonce’s website is gorgeous! I really have zero interest in the content, but I subscribed just because it’s so beautiful to look at.

   I love Anna’s article, too. It’s such a double-edged sword sometimes. In school, we’re constantly told to have “reference sources” for everything we do. What’s so bad about just completely throwing yourself off the deep end and letting yourself be completely void of outside inspiration, you know, let your TRUE inner creative shine?

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   • Nubby says:

     Krissy: Same here. I’m not necessarily interested in Beyoncé but her website design and the way she’s leveraging social media is one of the best examples I’ve seen. And it’s a tough balance when it comes to having inspiration and sources. Part of that is because when you’re doing personal work, you can throw caution to the wind but when it’s for a client there has to be proof / a strategy backing up how you arrived at your conclusion. Plus I think it’s goos to be aware of what’s already been done. But there’s a fine line of knowing when to step back and letting the creative juices flow from there instead of getting caught up in an endless search for ‘inspiration.’

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