Glitch Art (Part 1: The Basic Databend)
Interesting Layouts from House of Leaves
The other day we were discussing the interesting text layouts in Mark Z. Danielewski’s bestselling book House of Leaves
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Interactive Media Award: American Horror Story – Murder House
The agency recently received an Interactive Media Award for work on American Horror Story – Murder House. Congratulations to every member of our team that worked on it!
You can see the award at their official website, or check it out below:
[TUTORIAL] How To Choose Between Four Color Or Spot Color Printing
During a recent project, I ran into some bumps while prepping an Adobe Illustrator file for a printer. After a bit of research, I was able to answer a lot of my own questions regarding the differences between a Four Color Printing and Spot Color Printing. I’ve decided to take that experience and translate it into a few tips that will hopefully help anyone faced with a similar situation.
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Fun Facts for Printing
Have you ever noticed those little black crosshairs on packages? How about the dots or squares in different colors? These weird little symbols aren’t as out of place as you may think.
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“Breathless” DVD Packaging
DVD packaging for the film “Breathless” by Jean-Luc Godard.
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Tablet and Smartphone Resolution Sizes
Just in case you were mystified by the resolution sizes of today’s preferred devices, here are some handy graphics to help you during any design and development.
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Bokeh Inspired Tutorial
Bokeh is the blurred effect you see in a photo when things are out-of-focus. In certain cases where the out-of-focus area contains a lot of light and different colors, the blurriness can create an interesting aesthetic that is pretty to look at. Bokeh has made its way from photos to the digital space as made evident by an abundance of bokeh-inspired wallpapers available for desktops and mobile phones. Here are some examples of bokeh in photography: Example 1, Example 2, Example 3, Example 4, Example 5.
The goal of this tutorial is to create an abstract bokeh-inspired wallpaper like the one displayed above.
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Easteregg.in – Simple Easter Eggs for Your Site
Perhaps some of you remember with fondness the Konami code from days spent gathered around the television and a video game console. I know that I certainly do. Easteregg.in is a tool that gives developers easy-to-use templates to implement their own Easter Eggs in web products. Simply choose between the different types of Easter Eggs and methods of activation and then throw it into your code! I thought it was a cool concept and decided to share it.
If you’re interested, here is Easteregg.in’s Github page.
Apple’s Logo – An Investigation
Apple’s iconic logo is recognized all around the world. Some have called it a nearly flawless design, particularly because the “leaf” at the top of the apple is supposed to perfectly fit into the “bite” taken out its side. We decided to find out whether that bit was true by cutting out the leaf and placing it inside of the bite ourselves. Take a look inside to see our results.
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