Creative Quotations #8

Posted 13 Jan 2011 - One gratefully received comment

Here’s another collection of quotes for your consideration. A lot of these quotes are about life in general but I think they apply to designers, creative thinkers and business people alike.

Good design is all about making other designers feel like idiots because that idea wasn’t theirs – Frank Chimero

If you think education is expensive, try ignorance. - Derek Bok

Enjoy the little things in life, for one day you’ll look back and realize they were big things. - Kurt Vonnegut

The best thing about a picture is that it never changes, even when the people in it do. – Andy Warhol

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Creative Quotations #7

Posted 06 Dec 2010 - One gratefully received comment

Here’s another collection of quotes for your consideration. A lot of these quotes are about life in general but I think they apply to designers, creative thinkers and business people alike.

The will must be stronger than the skill. – Ayrton Senna

I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious. - Albert Einstein

A weak man has doubts before a decision. A strong man has them afterwards. - Carl Kraus

Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own. – Aesop

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Creative Quotations #6

Posted 04 Nov 2010 - One gratefully received comment

Here’s another collection of quotes for your consideration. A lot of these quotes are about life in general but I think they apply to designers, creative thinkers and business people alike.

They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself. – Andy Warhol

Make sure you have finished speaking before your audience has finished listening. - Dorothy Sarnof

Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn’t. - Erica Jong

I can’t understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I’m frightened of the old ones. – John Cage

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Kustom Graphics – Book Review #7

Posted 12 Aug 2010 - No Comments - leave yours now!

I’ve tried in the past to catagorise design books. Some inform, others instruct and there are a few out there that simply dazzle you with page after page of creativity and skill that leave you wishing you had done some of the works yourself.

Kustom Graphics is such a book.

Kustom Graphics – Introduction by Julian Balme, Compiled by Yak El- Droubie, Text by Ian C. Parliament

Blurb: Over the past 15 years, the art of kustom kulture has seen an explosion of energy and imagination, fuelled by a crossover of genres. Hot rod artists are now creating work for rock n roll bands, t-shirt designers are using the body as a canvas and creating amazing tattoos, tattoo artists are embracing tiki motifs, music poster screenprinters are adopting the raunch of burlesque in their work and skateboard artists are embracing the spirit of hot rods.

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Creative Quotations #5

Posted 02 Aug 2010 - One gratefully received comment

Here’s another installment of quotes I’ve collected for your consideration. A lot of these quotes are about life in general but I think they apply to designers, creative thinkers and business people alike.

Take the attitude of a student, never be too big to ask questions, never know too much to learn something new. – Og Mandino

You live longer once you realize that any time spent being unhappy is wasted. - Ruth E. Renkl

Don’t argue with an idiot.They will only drag you down to their level and beat you by experience. - Greg King

Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that. – Norman Vincent Peale

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Design Forums Brand Competition

Posted 05 Jul 2010 - One gratefully received comment

Design Forums has started another competition that might be of interest to a lot of you out there.

If you’re looking for a good brief to help hone and develop your skills or you want do do some work that will fit into your portfolio nicely, then give the brief a look.

On this occasion the brief is to develop an identity for a restaurant called ‘The Drunken Goose.’ You can see the full brief and competition thread here.

I would recommend Design Forums as an excellent place to visit, it’s a very friendly community with a wealth of combined knowledge. If you do decide to enter the competition I hope you’ll stick around and join in the fun that’s to be had there.

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Creative Quotations #4

Posted 10 Jun 2010 - No Comments - leave yours now!

Here’s another installment of quotes I’ve collected for your consideration. A lot of these quotes are about life in general but I think they apply to designers, creative thinkers and business people alike.

Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off the goal. – Henry Ford

Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts. - Winston Churchill

We don’t see things as they are, we see them as we are. - Anais Nin

It is not easy to find happiness in ourselves, and it is not possible to find it elsewhere. – Agnes Repplier

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