Chuck Green's Design Likes
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Thanks for subscribing! 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 advertising

If 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...
Here > http://www.aef.com/on_campus/classroom/book_excerpts/index.html

Campaign case histories...
Here > http://www.aef.com/on_campus/classroom/case_histories/9002

Interviews with top marketers...
Here > http://www.aef.com/industry/industry_leaders/interviews/2102

Industry awards...
Here > http://www.aef.com/exhibits/awards/index.html

"ADText," a virtual textbook on advertising...
Here > http://www.aef.com/on_campus/adtext/adtext_unit/landing

And much, much more...
Here > http://www.aef.com/index.html


Illustration > A "conceptual" map

It 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...
Here > http://www.bakervailmaps.com/map-illustration/conceptual-maps/smartpill.html

An example of one of their detailed maps (2.9MB PDF)...
Here > http://www.bakervailmaps.com/brochures/SCC_Club-Book_map-spread.pdf

A site index (lots of interesting work to see)...
Here > http://www.bakervailmaps.com/sitemap.html


Design-It-Yourself: Graphic Workshop...
Here > http://www.ideabook.com/store_graphic_workshop.html


Reference > Better writing

The 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...
Here > http://www.askoxford.com/betterwriting/plainenglish/?view=uk

Interested in how the English language is changing, read about the Oxford English Corpus...
Here > http://www.askoxford.com/oec/mainpage/?view=uk

While we're on the subject of language, here's another mention to support my hatred of the cliche "the fact of the matter is"...
Here > http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/7733264.stm


Graphics Tech > Unusual, intriguing maps

Here 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...
Here > http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/info-Failed_Banks-sort.html

There's lots more to explore on Jonathan Crowe's blog, The Map Room...
Here > http://www.mcwetboy.net/maproom/

And Frank Jacobs' Strange Maps...
Here > http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/


Communicating with Color...
Here > http://www.ideabook.com/store_pantone_guide.html


Illustration > Meet illustrator Bill Nelson

At 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...
Here > http://billnelsonstudios.com/pages/grandscale07.html

Ventiloquist figures...
Here > http://billnelsonstudios.com/pages/ventfigsdolls.html

Studied portraits...
Here > http://billnelsonstudios.com/pages/illustration02.html

Exaggerated, "pushed" portraits...
Here > http://billnelsonstudios.com/pages/pushports03.html


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About the briefing

I try to remain as objective as possible about the information I share here. Unless otherwise stated, I receive no compensation from the organizations and people mentioned except for occasional product samples.

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> Chuck