i went to the bookstore just yesterday to pick up this book, “caffeine for the creative mind” by stephan mumaw and wendy lee oldfield. the book was not at the design section (as i had initially thought), but it was under self-help, together with a couple of books on creativity and innovation. being a person who sometimes buys books coz the covers look really, really nice (i’m still resisting on the gorgeous covers of penguin books), this was one of those books that i just had to get.
wow… just stumbled upon bannerblog (was sent a link to a banner from my alma mater) and the first banner on the root page had me interacting with it for a good five minutes (i gotta get the coffee beans out!!).
set up by two aussie creatives, the site serves more as a repository and gallery for the bits of online advertising that you might not have seen (coz we all know how cluttered the web can be…) and it is a good place to get some inspiration even for non-interactive type creatives.
i’m definitely bookmarking the site for future reference!
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.. i wish had that namecard/did that logo/designed the website’ and best of all, you can also submit a design, that you have seen or designed, for the world to see.
right now the site is a bit bare but already i have some faves amongst the faves:
permalinks soon… there seems to be something wrong with their server.