http://imdesigner.today.com Thu, 23 Jul 2009 17:43:37 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Sometimes the simplist design is the most effective. Take these "Fail" stickers : black outline, white lettering and a transparent background. That's it. Not a crazy design. Not even a crazy font. It's just very plain and to the point. http://imdesigner.today.com/2009/07/23/fail-stickers/ I was browsing the blogsphere and ended up on Humancalendar.com. "What a cool idea," I thought. So I printed one off for my desk at work and decided to share it with you. However, the better find was this guy's other site: Humanclock.com People submit photos with a time of day in ... http://imdesigner.today.com/2009/06/03/calendar-made-of-humans/ Does the image in the poster behind the guy look familiar to you? Find out why. It's summer now, but where I live it's not acting like it. The past few days have been stormy, so I've been spending more time inside than I usually do. And what better way ... http://imdesigner.today.com/2009/06/01/spice-up-a-boring-photo/ I created this image to post on the blog yesterday but was having so much fun cooking and drinking all day that I forgot. (I was lucky enough to have Tuesday off this year.) I decided that I didn't want it to go to waste so I'm putting it up ... http://imdesigner.today.com/2009/03/18/happy-st-patricks-day/ Does the above image look funny? Dig through your junk drawer for a pair of 3D glasses and take another look. My first introduction to a 3D magazine was last July. Seattle Metropolitan magazine put out a "Best of the City" issue where the cover story, a couple of ... http://imdesigner.today.com/2009/03/04/3d-magazines/ I'm not sure how long this site has been around, but I just found it the other day and I've been having a blast with it. What the Font takes images of an unknown font and it figures out what the font is for you. What the Font has a ... http://imdesigner.today.com/2009/02/27/what-the-font/ Photojojo is my favorite RSS feed because they always have some funky/weird photography related project that I say I'll make time for and then never have the time for. But I still like pretending I'll eventually find some time. What is this Photojojo, you ask? Well, I think they say ... http://imdesigner.today.com/2009/02/19/scrabble-on-your-wall/  Brendan Dawes is the winner of Layer Tennis's first match. Layer Tennis says, "we've awarded the win from Friday's Match to Brendan Dawes based on the strength of the serve, volley 5 and his idea to repurpose match elements into downloadables in real time." To read about Brendan's experience check out ... http://imdesigner.today.com/2009/02/18/many-thanks-and-cool-links/   Last year I happened upon a Web site called Layer Tennis put together by Coudal Partners , a Chicago graphic design firm. I came into the graphic design spectacle right at the end of the season and loved every minute of it. Today was the first match and I have ... http://imdesigner.today.com/2009/02/17/layer-tennis-has-begun/ A couple of posts back, I talked about my love for typography and how fonts can change the feel of a design. I wanted to follow up on that with some designs I saw on Veer.com , a stock photography, illustration and type company that puts together some really awesome campaigns. They ... http://imdesigner.today.com/2009/01/20/veer-typography/