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This is Design Likes Issue 76: An overview of stuff of interest to the design mind.
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Chuck Green
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Marketing PR > The link of the year for anyone interested in graphic design and advertisingIf you haven't yet found the Advertising Educational Foundation, you're in for a real treat. This one site provides a massive amount of quality information about the advertising profession.
I'll give you the nickel tour...
A library of current adverting and marketing book excerpts...
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http://www.aef.com/on_campus/classroom/book_excerpts/index.htmlCampaign case histories...
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http://www.aef.com/on_campus/classroom/case_histories/9002Interviews with top marketers...
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http://www.aef.com/industry/industry_leaders/interviews/2102Industry awards...
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http://www.aef.com/exhibits/awards/index.html"ADText," a virtual textbook on advertising...
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http://www.aef.com/on_campus/adtext/adtext_unit/landingAnd much, much more...
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http://www.aef.com/index.html
Illustration > A "conceptual" mapIt is always interesting to me to see how talented designers do the unexpected. Baker Vail offers this example of a "conceptual" map.
One of several conceptual maps vrom Baker Vail...
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http://www.bakervailmaps.com/map-illustration/conceptual-maps/smartpill.htmlAn example of one of their detailed maps (2.9MB PDF)...
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http://www.bakervailmaps.com/brochures/SCC_Club-Book_map-spread.pdfA site index (lots of interesting work to see)...
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http://www.bakervailmaps.com/sitemap.html
Design-It-Yourself: Graphic Workshop...
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http://www.ideabook.com/store_graphic_workshop.html
Reference > Better writingThe publishers of the Oxford Dictionary are experts on plain English. Here are a couple of pages I came across that will be of value to any designer or copywriter.
17 tips for keeping your writing user-friendly...
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http://www.askoxford.com/betterwriting/plainenglish/?view=ukInterested in how the English language is changing, read about the Oxford English Corpus...
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http://www.askoxford.com/oec/mainpage/?view=ukWhile we're on the subject of language, here's another mention to support my hatred of the cliche "the fact of the matter is"...
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/7733264.stm
Graphics Tech > Unusual, intriguing mapsHere are two sites that specialize in pointing to out-of-the-ordinary mapping concepts, the latest in cartographic technology, and some just plain weird ideas. First, an example...
Watch how you control the information time frame using the slider to the left of the map...
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http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/info-Failed_Banks-sort.htmlThere's lots more to explore on Jonathan Crowe's blog, The Map Room...
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http://www.mcwetboy.net/maproom/And Frank Jacobs' Strange Maps...
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http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/
Communicating with Color...
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http://www.ideabook.com/store_pantone_guide.html
Illustration > Meet illustrator Bill NelsonAt one time or another Bill Nelson's rich, beautifully detailed color pencil illustrations have appeared on the pages of most of the major publications I can think of. But they are by no means the whole story. Bill also has a passion for 3D work--ventriloquist figures, dolls, masks, and so on.
I've known Bill for many years and just caught back up with him recently. It recalled several times when I had the privilege of sitting in his studio and watching him work his magic on paper. It's great to see all the wonderful work he has produced in recent years.
Bill Nelson's signature style...
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http://billnelsonstudios.com/pages/grandscale07.htmlVentiloquist figures...
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http://billnelsonstudios.com/pages/ventfigsdolls.htmlStudied portraits...
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http://billnelsonstudios.com/pages/illustration02.htmlExaggerated, "pushed" portraits...
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http://billnelsonstudios.com/pages/pushports03.html
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