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Source: http://www.mediumrareplease.com

You know, when you love food and you’re in a constant mood for food you cannot but stair at anything related to it.

While browsing this morning, I landed to a website hosting a funny banner ad for BK. Although am not a big fan of junk food, but the idea of having 2 competitors in a same ad is catchy. I couldn’t find the animation though, I will share it as soon as I get it. Cheers.

- CJ

Photo taken for Burj El Murr during a walk in the old streets of Beirut.

The abandoned skyscraper is the Burj El Murr (Murr Tower), which was only partially built when the civil war broke out in 1975. Its frame was finished during a lull the following year, making it a prime militia location for the “hotel wars” of 1977-78

Apple’s Mac vs Pc campaign is getting a free re-invented with the release of windows 7 providing the creative teams a mass of new ammunition to play off. This is the latest in a string of rich media takeovers by Apple on the NY Times website, they are always full video and perfectly executed for the space available.

by Brian Armstrong

Have you ever seen someone complain about a parking ticket as if it’s the end of the world?
Have you been cut off in traffic and let it ruin your whole day?
How many times have you let your experience at the airport (crying baby, delayed flight, missing luggage) be the first thing you bring up in conversations with friends?

I want you to repeat after me: “these things happen”.

We all have these types of events come up in life, but successful people just go on as if nothing has happened, and unsuccessful people let it derail them.

The next time you feel a surge of anger coming on over an insignificant event in your life, go over these points in your head: Continue Reading »

Source: Smashing Magazine

• the registration link is titled “sign up” (40%) and placed in the right upper corner,
• sign-up forms have a simplified layout to avoid distractions for users (61%),
• sign-up forms are one-page-forms (93%),
• sign up forms attract visitors by explaining the benefits of registration (41%),
• titles of the input fields are highlighted bold (62%)
• no trend in the label alignment can be identified,
• designers tend to use few mandatory fields,
• designers tend to use few optional fields,
• vertically arranged fields are preferred to horizontally arranged fields (86%).

Creative people are no different from you and I. They just have a different way of looking at problems and solving them. The good news is, they use tools that anyone can use.

If you are new into freelancing, or business is slow, try the GOYAKOD method — Get Off Your Ass and Knock On Doors!

Good artists copy. Great artists steal.

While skimming through my RSS feeds, I always grab bits and pieces that illustrates ideas that I don’t know how to express it and write it. Just like this one about creating a better experience and how to be innovative in any aspect of the world:

In 2007, a company named Pure Digital released the Flip Video camera. It has quickly become the best selling video camera on Amazon.com. It has captured 13% of the video camera market in just a few months.

How does a product from an unheard-of company come to challenge an industry dominated by established big players, such as Sony, Panasonic, and Canon? It’s simple. Create a better experience.

Source: Computer Arts

The way you work can have a huge impact on your creative success. We present the best advice from leading designers on every stage of the creative process, so that you can keep clients satisfied and make the most of your talents

What is design? Design is both the process and the final product of an endeavour to fulfil a personal or professional brief. Whether you are creating a piece of graphic work, a website, or a design for a new product, the underlying principal is the same – the creative process is everything. Continue Reading »

Source: BittBox.com

These are in no particular order but I gave them numbers so you all could reference them in the comments if you like. OK, here we go..

1. You’ve had a client that thought they knew more about design than you.
2. Your clients pay you for your professional expertise and skill, yet you’ve run into one of ‘those’ clients, that refuses to take the advice from the very person he/she is paying for advice (you).
3. You’ve had a client that insisted on using the font “Papyrus,” and you had to hold in your barf as you prepped it [the design] for printing. Continue Reading »