Creating Inspired Design by Andy Clarke

Andy Clarke (All That Malarkey) is writing a series of monthly articles on informit.com titled “Creating Inspired Design.”

So far he has posted 4 articles on issues of inspiration, bringing print design styles to the web and color schemes.

Thinking For a Living

From TypeForYou

Duane King set up Thinking for a Living as a guide to new designers. The Resources section lists a bunch of recommended books and the Surfing section has a list of key sites of magazines, organization, conferences, blogs and more.

Happiness 101

NYT article on the teaching of happiness in universities.

Distance Learning Courses

An extensive list of free online courses.

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Take study-worthy lecture notes: The Cornell System of Taking Notes

Just finished catching up on Lifehacker and saw this introduction to the Cornell Note taking system. Included is a link to the 6 R’s and templates.

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The Principles of Design

Excellent introductory article on “The Principles of Design.”

HillmanCurtis Artist Documentaries

From SvN: A collection of documentaries on some of the great artists. So far I watched the ones on Mliton Glaser, Mark Romanek and Petnagram. Very intersting stuff here.

EDIT: I have to say the the Paula Scher documentary was inspiring. I also learned a new word: syncopate

EDIT #2:  I just watched all of the videos and they are all amazing. For some strange reason I just happened to pick up Step Inside Design magazine’s Sept/Oct 2005 issue and I had the serendipity to find that they had an article where Hillman Curtis provides his thoughts about the documentaries.

Checking their website I see they have a link to a Hillman Curtis giving a brief presentation of his setup and interview style. See: http://www.stepinsidedesign.com/STEPMagazine/Article/28498

 

Study Skills & Memory Principles

Memory Principles: Use these tools to refine your study habits.

Thinking With Type: Companion Site

Thinking with Type: A companion site to the book. Nicely done.

Graphic Design Toolbox

I just found out about Squidoo today and already I’m posting my third Graphic Design Squidoo lens. This one is Graphic Designer Toolbox by J Jeffryes. It’s now time for me to step away from Squidoo.