Friday, September 30, 2011

Websites and Unusual Navigation

Websites typically use a basic side, or head bar for clear navigation.  These websites get very creative and use some pretty interesting navigation.  While some may take little bit of thought to find what you want, they organize and display content is fresh ways with interactivity.

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Monday, September 26, 2011

New Student Work












A quick page spread I finished recently.  It was just arranging preset content.

How To Use Any Font on the Web

A great post on using non "websafe" fonts.  Includes plenty of examples as well as an easy to read list of pros and cons for each solution including siFR, typeface.js, Cufun, and FLIR. 


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Logo Design History

Pretty humorous/interesting post on logo development.

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Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Social Media

Social Media has skyrocketed upward to become one of the most relevant topics today.  Sites like Facebook, Twitter, and Tumblr are dominating the internet scene and provide a new way to market products, ideas, and media.

This report provides interesting statistics, demographics, and infographics about social media.

http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/social/

- Stay Curious, Forte

Thursday, September 1, 2011

Interesting Logo Color Comparison Chart

















Color and what it implies is huge.  This color wheel shows where successful logos fall on the color wheel.  Generally warm colors for excitement and cool ones for reliability.