CHARLES PERRETTI

Jessica Hische

I didn’t know what graphic design was until I went to college. I took some classes in it and loved it, but wasn’t really sure if I loved it more than every other class (Glass-blowing is fun! Sculpture is fun! Painting is fun!).

Fancy letterpress and individual drop cap prints are available in her store.

Jessica Hische | Lovelorn Unicorn.

Best Must Have IPad / Iphone Apps For Designers

I want to say Up front that there still is no good way of WordPress blogging on the I-pad.

The lack of WordPress modulars is astounding. The Ipad should be the best tool for Blogging.

Also I have not found a good a app for writing Resumes and Cover Letters, formating is the reason.

App shopper- Better than Apple’s App Site

Free Wifi Finder- Down Load National List of WIFI

Atomic web- Download capable Web browser with Tabs(No WordPress WTF)

Go Task- The best Todo list app syncs with your G-Cal Tasks.

Muji calendar- Enter New dates Fast, Syncs both ways with G-Cal

Dropbox- Transfer files and use them between apps, computer and devices.(No WordPress WTF)

ZITE- RSS magazine personalized articles, blogs, videos syncs with Twitter or G-Reader or on its own.

This one goes out to all the DJs

This corrugated cardboard sleeve that doubles as a record player just blows my mind. Just open it up, fiddle with a pencil and, boom. No speakers needed either, the sound goes through the needle and into the cardboard (so don’t expect bumping bass, but we hear it’s quite good). Such great design, so few records that I don’t illegally download to listen to though.

Monkee Design – Industrial Design Blog/ Student Resource – Cardboard Sleeve Doubles as a Record Player.

Pantone Hotel in Brussels Centre

Impeccably designed by Michel Penneman and Oliver Hannaert, The PANTONE HOTEL^TM, Brussels showcases the color of emotion with a distinctive hue on each colorous guest floor. From vivid to subdued, for business or leisure, our unique boutique hotel perfectly suits your savvy palette and colorful imagination.

From a design perspective, The PANTONE HOTEL^TM, Brussels is built on an exceptional use of contrast; a white canvas provides clean space for saturated colors to pop. Guest rooms feature unique photography by esteemed Belgian photographer Victor Levy.

Welcome to the center of the color universe.

Brussels Hotel – Pantone Hotel in Brussels Centre – Belgium.

Engineered Wood Flooring Patterns

This decorative flooring series from Mafi provides a fresh take on manufactured floors, etching designs that range from abstract floral patterns to playfully embossed stick figures. These patterned wooden planks provide artistic relief somewhere in between – an honest contemporary take on classic material and installation approaches.

Some prefer the raw texture of hand-scraped hardwood floors, while others want the modern look (and low costs) of laminate wood flooring. These patterned wooden planks provide artistic relief somewhere in between

MAAEMO

Maaemo is an ecological gourmet restaurant in Oslo, Norway. The cuisine of Maaemo is Nordic/Scandinavian, and the name derives from Finnish language meaning “Mother Earth”. The restaurant has a Norwegian owner, Danish cook and a Finnish sommelier, so it is truly a Scandinavian collaboration.

The design for Maaemo is inspired by Scandinavian nature and architecture. The design reflects on lines, shapes, rhythm and light creating a poetic, Nordic modernism.

This project was made in collaboration between Torgeir Hjetland and Ludvig Bruneau Rossow,
while working at Uniform Strategic Design, Oslo.

MAAEMO on the Behance Network.

On Spec Work

Written by Nate Voss. Edited by C.Perretti

During tough times, many businesses have tough choices to make. Focusing on key business practices while stripping  excess to survive, like cutting back on office supplies and employee perks.  Often marketing and design services are 1st cut. This can be disastrous for a business’ brand. (If no one knows about your company’s products or services, no one can pay you for them!)

Vossome » In a Troubled Economy, Why Logo Design Contests and Crowdsourcing Can Do More Harm Than Good..

29 Things All Young Designers Need to Know

HOW Design

1. SWEAT THE DETAILS
You are a professional communicator; act like one. Carefully edit everything you publish: résumés, social media, e-mail, blog posts, letters, text messages, everything. Get a copy of “The Chicago Manual of Style” and keep it handy. Most potential employers and clients don’t appreciate text shorthand, so don’t use it. They won’t be ROTFL, and you will end up SOL.

2. PLAY NICE
People you work with and for will make your blood boil from time to time. Whenever possible, be a pro and take the high road. Avoid burning bridges, as people change jobs more often than they did a generation ago. Your paths may cross again in a much different situation, and having a good working history together will make rehiring you easy. Apply this to your online persona as well. Anonymous jabs are petty—be better than that.

3. DON’T FEAR TYPE; BECOME ITS MASTER
Often, being a good typographer means not making the simple mistakes. To accomplish this, you’ll need a working knowledge of classical typography. Go get one. “The Elements of Typographic Style” by Robert Bringhurst, “Thinking With Type” by Ellen Lupton and “Grid Systems in Graphic Design” by Josef Müller-Brockmann are cover-to-cover must-reads. Repeat after me: “Free fonts from the internet are crap, I will not use them.” Keep saying that.

Keep reading (you won’t regret it).

HOW Design – 29 Things that All Young DesignersNeed to Know.

Working Format

The Paris Magazine – Working Format.

Wall & Decò

@Chris

wallpaper design from Italian company Wall & Deco.

Wall & Decò | The Donut Project.