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A brief overview of Typography and (sans)serif Typefaces

What makes a great product design? From thoughts to reality

Every once in a while, a revolutionary product comes along and changes everything. We have been very fortunate to live in this generation which has transformed the conventional design culture into a uber-geeky one. Companies are continually striving to create new products equipped with cutting edge technologies. Such nail biting competitions can only most often [...]

Patterns in Nature : inspiration from nature's design

Patterns in Nature : An enigmatic inspiration

A sunflower, symmetry of a microbe, fur of a zebra, flocks of birds, ocean waves. These and thousands of other images are the kaleidoscope of patterns and forms that nature presents to us over a lifetime. Nature has provided artists with inspiration since the beginning of time. An appreciation of patterns in nature involves both [...]

17 most common myths in the design world

Designing is the most prestigious job in the entire world. It not only allows you to create stuff that will be used by million other people everyday but will also create a benchmark for the future products that will be inspired from today’s. However, the life of a designer is not as glamorous as many [...]

10 Most influential designs that changed the Modern World

Everything you encounter in your life, from your toothbrush, to your computer; the water bottle you drink out of and the pen you write with, have been designed. Design is essential for so many reasons in the products we buy and how we use them, going well beyond mere aesthetics. “You know a design is [...]

How to Build a Successful and Innovative (Design) Brand Online

A brand is the personality that identifies a product, service or company and how it relates to key constituencies. Some people distinguish the psychological aspect, brand associations like thoughts, feelings, perceptions, images, experiences, beliefs, attitudes, and so on that become linked to the brand. A brand evokes passion, perseverance, power and the desire to succeed. [...]

The art of Design/Creative thinking : 10 ways to foster Innovation

Design is ubiquitous. It is in the magazines we read, the products we use, the services we enjoy and the consumer experiences that happen to us (especially the brand experiences that big companies like Apple and Nike deliver to us these days). Design is an intrinsic factor in what we communicate, in advertisements, in posters [...]

A brief overview of Typography and (sans)serif Typefaces

Ever since the first books were written and published centuries ago, the primary goal of typography was readability. It does not matter how pretty a page layout is or how unique a font selection is, if the typography makes the information on the page harder to read, the page has failed in its main duty [...]

Unraveling the science behind the Photoshop Blend Modes – 1

Whether you are a beginner trying to unravel the mysteries of Photoshop or an established digital artist/photographer (who still needs to unravel the mysteries of Photoshop), you will soon discover the blending modes in your layers palette and wonder what you could have done without them. The blending modes are a mathematical wonder of art. [...]

How to incorporate Simplicity in your designs

There has been a wide spread debate on the exact definitions of Simplicity, Usability and Minimalism for quite some time now. The deduction that they all are more or less the same has also been on the discussion lounge for quite a while. Although, I must admit this is not true, there are certain grey [...]

50 inspiring examples of emotional portrait photography

Although photographic lighting and the way we capture the image with a camera may have changed over the years; all great portraits, whether they are taken on film or digitally, depend on the photographer’s ability to use light and pose his or her subject. Surprisingly, there seems to be something of an enigmatic aura that surrounds [...]

Inspired by Design

Design is ubiquitous. It is in the magazines we read, the products we use, the services we enjoy and the consumer experiences that happen to us. Design is an intrinsic factor in the things we communicate, in advertisements, in the places we dwell and in nature itself. Design plays a very vital role in everything we see and perceive, and is prevalent in the very fabric of our lives.

Look around you: The evidence of design's power is everywhere. Customers expect, even demand, more from the design of everything they buy. Good design is not good enough anymore. Whether it's software or sippy cups, when something works right, looks right, and feels right, it sparks an emotional connection. People come to love it and loyalty soon follows.

This blog is a step towards realizing the true potential in understanding design, creativity and innovation and to applying those principles in life.

Tutorials

25 iconic corporate logo tutorials to challenge your skills

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steve jobs, a visionary, a designer and a great human being

Steve Jobs : A visionary, an innovator, a designer and a great human being. We’ll miss you!

Steven P. Jobs, the Apple Inc. chairman and co-founder who pioneered the personal computer industry and changed the way people think about technology, died Wednesday at the age of 56. This is a great loss to the entire world (especially of art and technology). Steve Jobs’s contribution has had an immeasurable impact in our lives [...]

What makes a great product design? From thoughts to reality

Patterns in Nature : An enigmatic inspiration

Microscopic photography to mystify your senses

Life Unseen : Microscopic Bioscapes that Bedazzle your eyes

Beauty may be in the eye of the beholder, but it is also in the eye of a honeybee, the eggs of a lobster and the surface of petrified wood. Nature looks fundamentally different depending on scale. This diversity is especially striking in the world of Biology, where matter assembles itself in constantly renewing configurations, [...]