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Entries from July 29th, 2007

design blogs – singapore

July 29th, 2007 · 2 Comments · design blogs, singapore

have not been posting as regularly as i had hoped but i will endeavour to do so nonetheless… as such, i have decided to do a little research and look around for any blogs talking about design, specific to asia/SEA. i realised that alot of designers whose blogs that i manage to find and read [...]

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faveup

July 25th, 2007 · No Comments · design, inspiration

amidst the web surfing that i’ve been doing, just stumbled upon this today… the folks over at freelanceswitch.com (a great resource for freelancers all over the world) has just come up with a pretty cool inspiration gallery called ‘fave up‘. in there you can find namecards, logos and websites that will make you go ‘damn.. [...]

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qantas gets a new look!

July 25th, 2007 · No Comments · branding, ramblings

qantas has just revamped the all-familar jumping kangaroo logo and font… the previous logo was designed almost 20 years ago so apparently it was time for an update. frankly speaking, my initial thoughts when i saw the logo was ‘why that font! why italicize it more!?’. i think it just makes the logo look like [...]

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the design ducky surfed onto…

July 23rd, 2007 · No Comments · design ducky reads

spent the weekend immerse in harry potter… catching up on sleep and housework(!!) so am a bit late for a weekend post… in any case its the start of a new week and a few links collated in the weekend… save some time with this free gradient set from the folks at liquidicity you can [...]

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on staying creative

July 19th, 2007 · No Comments · thoughts

just finished reading this article “on staying creative” by Dr Keith Robinson and the points he raised resonated with me pretty much so i’m sharing it with you… if you’re in a creative slump at the moment or need to figure out how to increase your creativity, i’ll encourage you to read this. this particular [...]

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white sands mall identity

July 18th, 2007 · No Comments · branding, communication design

i love a well-designed mall identity so it was a pleasant surprise to step into White Sands last weekend and be greeted by their updated look. from a dark and dingy little place, they have recently renovated to include more retail space and a new “nautical” identity – the main signage outside now sports a [...]

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the design ducky surfed onto…

July 17th, 2007 · No Comments · design ducky reads

typographica’s favourite fonts of 2006 some stunning iphone wallpapers the design conspiracy’s spanking new shop front. smashing magazine’s best of may/june 2007

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thanks for popping by…

July 16th, 2007 · No Comments · ramblings

being the first post of this blog… i must say i’m suffering from writer’s block which is not a very good thing… i mean the first post is suppose to set the tone of the entire blog no? it is supposed to provide potential readers of this blog who ‘thedesignducky’ really is… in any case… [...]

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