written by: Andrew Houle  /  stashed in: Inspiration  /  10.27.08

A great place to find design inspiration is in brochures, flyers and leaflets. Companies have been using these marketing tools for 100’s of years now. With the advances in printing the designs are limitless. The results of this creative marketing can be stunning.

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written by: Andrew Houle  /  stashed in: Inspiration  /  10.23.08

In one of my recent web projects I was asked to include dropdown style navigation to the site. I found it quite exhausting just how many articles, techniques and services are out there are on topic. However, what I didn’t find was a compilation of some really slick examples. And, while I’m not always the biggest advocate on using this sort of navigation, I must admit sometimes if can be done quite well. Here are some examples of sites that I think did a great job with it.

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written by: Andrew Houle  /  stashed in: Inspiration  /  10.02.08

As promised, although a little late :) here is my newest Flickr group showcase! I am still planning to feature the best work every 50 new members. Please consider joining the group and submitting your own designs, I’d love to feature them in my next showcase. As for now, enjoy these inspirational designs!

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written by: Adelle Charles  /  stashed in: Inspiration  /  09.13.08

First just a quick thank you to Andrew for asking me to write a guest article while he is away, It’s a great chance to help out and connect with others you may not have crossed paths with before. Hope everyone enjoys it!
Plenty of you that stop over here at myinkblog have most likely seen [...]

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written by: Andrew Houle  /  stashed in: Inspiration  /  09.08.08

In one of my current projects I have to recreate a logo that has some script elements in it. Which left me curious about logo inspiration with script fonts. The response to that curiosity, is the list that I’ve assembled below of beautifully designed logos. If you still want more I also wrote a post [...]

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written by: Andrew Houle  /  stashed in: Inspiration  /  08.24.08

The awesome animations of Alan Becker were just brought to my attention by Franz over at Fudge Graphics. Below are the links for the two videos in his “Animator vs. Animation” series. If you’ve done some work in Flash you are really gonna love these! Check ‘em out…
Animator vs. Animation by *alanbecker on deviantART
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written by: Andrew Houle  /  stashed in: Inspiration  /  08.22.08

This post is a continuation of my “Inspiration With A Yellow Focus” series. If you missed the awesome poster designs, you can check that out here. I searched tons of logos to bring you the best that feature some yellow in them. Below is the inspirational logos that I found.

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written by: Andrew Houle  /  stashed in: Inspiration  /  08.19.08

I wanted to use this post to thank everyone who has joined MyInkBlog Flickr Group. The group continues to grow at a nice rate, and as of this post, membership stands at 53. The quality of the group items astound me. I promised to showcase the best of the group once we hit 50 members. [...]

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written by: Andrew Houle  /  stashed in: Inspiration  /  08.04.08

For the most part, MyInkBlog’s color theme is a simple one-color theme with a focus on yellow. I attempted to accent some of the more important items with that color. One-color themes can be awesomely simple, while still being aesthetically pleasing. This post will focus on design inspiration of all things yellow.
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written by: Andrew Houle  /  stashed in: Inspiration  /  07.18.08

It’s been a too long since I’ve put together an inspirational list of any kind, with that in mind, I’ve assembled this list. It will showcase some of the most creative, beautiful and unique poster designs I’ve found. It’s truly amazing how many talented and gifted designers there are! I hope that you enjoy their [...]

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