http://blog.picasq2.com design matters. feel it. Tue, 12 May 2009 07:11:41 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en So the whole ordeal with the swine flu is finally decreasing, but that doesn't mean it has officially been defeated.  Luckily for me, I didn't catch the swine flue, instead, I got myself a regular flu, but on top of that I had a throat infection, which really made me ... http://blog.picasq2.com/swine-flu-out-letterpress-in/ We've all learned from the Periodic Table of Elements.  H is for Hydrogen,  C is for Carbon, O is for Oxygen.  Thanks to SquidSpot, we now have a Period Table of Typefaces. It's pretty wicked how it's all laid out.  I see one of my all time favourite typefaces in ... http://blog.picasq2.com/h-is-for-hydrogen-no-wait-its-helvetica/ I've always loved looking at manifestos being recreated by designers.  Whether they're taking the infamous Bruce Mau's incomplete manifesto into their design, or expanding his ideas and taking it further.  Recently, I came across this new campaign that Calvin Klein is set to launch sometime next month.  It is called ... http://blog.picasq2.com/manifesto-campaign/ DesignCharts, is a website that scans the traffic generated from their network every week and publishes a top 40 of the best design sites. This is a really great idea. Glad someone else is doing the job for me, so I don't have to painfully go search for them. I ... http://blog.picasq2.com/design-pie-design-charts/ Font Squirrel is offering designers out there who can never have too many resources for free fonts. They've got over 300 font families all free, and all with commercial-use licenses. Awesome previews for each font. You know us MAC users can't always use Helvetica. hah! http://blog.picasq2.com/fontsquirrel/ Whoever would've thought that the government knew anything about Web 2.0? Well, that sure has changed. Ever since Obama took the Presidency, not only are people having a different and better lookout on life and the economy, even Obama has changed the WhiteHouse.gov's site appearance. Click here Oh my goodness. So ... http://blog.picasq2.com/the-clean-hip-house/ What an historic event. Although I may not be an American, I can feel what most if not all Americans feel: Proud.  There's something about Obama that makes you feel good about yourself. His words...so powerful and inspiring, it makes you want to go that extra mile.  I'll have to ... http://blog.picasq2.com/post-inauguration-day/ Its always such a great feeling to find work that deserves to get a shout out.  I came across this while surfing around FormFiftyFive (FFF). Ramon Marin is graphic designer located in the UK with amazing work displayed in his portfolio site. This is just something that I thought I should ... http://blog.picasq2.com/youve-been-served/ As 2008 passes by and 2009 emerges to become our present reality, I want to take this opportunity to thank my family and friends, and all of you that have supported and encouraged my efforts in the past year. I consider myself very lucky and blessed.The idea of updating this ... http://blog.picasq2.com/2009-change-is-here/ Damn. So much for updating as frequent as I can. Been working on a lot of projects lately. Gonna posts some pieces up, as soon as I get them printed. I've been surfing on the internet whenever I can possible, and there's been a lot of inspirational pieces that I found.  ... http://blog.picasq2.com/stay-tuned/