... A collection of all things digital

Website / Another Inspirational Site

Some great work on here, particularly in the illustration section where there is a really good mix of styles. Sadly I can’t take credit for it, you can thank Ruby.

http://www.netdiver.net

Online Magazine / Candy - In association with IDN


Great online magazine with fantastic articles and visuals. Issue 6 has just been posted. Downloads of the issues are available in Creative on the server.
http://www.candyculture.net/index.html

Typography / More great typography

http://www.veer.com has some beautiful typefaces (notice I didn’t say fonts!).

Website / Check out this nav…

http://www.viaduct.co.uk/

Website / MTV relaunches

Great new site from the guys who constantly reinvent themselves. Heaps of content and a full-on interface: http://www.mtv.com/music/?source=TLD_music.mtv.com

Typography / Nice free typefaces

http://www.misprintedtype.com/v3/fonts.php

Website / Adidas Y-3 - seemless video nav integration

Incredible integration of video and standard content giving the user a seemless viewing experience. Use the mirror boards to change views - really cool: http://www.adidas.com/y-3/

Website / Nice site - Design Chapel

Worth a look - some nice stuff: http://www.designchapel.com/

Tips and Tricks / MAC’s Hidden Dictionary/Thesaurus

Hey you guys might know this already. Press and hold Apple+Control+D over any word in a cocoa application (Safari, iChat, Mail etc…) and up pops a handy dandy Dictionary/Thesaurus

Tips and Tricks / The designers guide

Here is a handy tip for structuring your Photoshop layers and folders so that you can to distinguish between a “Layer” and a “Folder” with one click.

When creating a new folder, start by naming it with an asterisk “*”. This way, when you right click on the stage (ctrl + click for MAC), you can tell which item is a layer or a folder. See diagram:

If you are really pedantic (like me) you can even use the “*” to distinguish which folders are a sub level eg “** Sublevel”.

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