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This post is for all art-direction / design / creative students out there. Last week we put together a list of some great resources and articles on the topic of Typography. This week we invite you to create your own font book as an added value to your portfolio. The Purpose: 1. Learn typography in a fun and engaging way. 2. Develop your own typographic style...

Here are 40 of the best sites, resources, tools & tutorials we found to help you understanding typography basics in print or web designs. You are welcome to add to the list or vote on which one is #1 in your opinion in the comments section below. Here goes: Great Reads / Articles: Meet Your Type – A Field Guide to Typography (PDF) via...

40 things you can do to speed-up, clean-up, slim-down & optimize your Mac OSX for optimal performance. This post is a bit off topic but since most of us in the ad-industry are working on Macs, we figured we’ll share our secrets. We tried to organized the list below in an order that will make more sense in terms of best optimization and easiness. Please...

The more you learn, the more your realize how much there is to learn. That’s true lo life, and it’s certainly true to design and art direction. We’ve decided to put together my ultimate list of websites / blogs / rss feeds I believe every designer / art director should visit regularly. You are welcome to add to the list, or vote on which one is #1...

In these step-by-step instructions and video tutorials, you’ll learn how to setup a WordPress blog in just a few hours – from buying a domain name (URL), setting up a hosting server, email forwards, WordPress installation and configuration, installing important plugins, SEO, and a few additional tutorials on how to be an amazing blogger.   Before we...

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