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Jonathan Ive, the London born designer and senior vice president of Industrial Design at Apple, reports directly to the CEO, who is now Tim Cook.  For the last 15 years, Ive has been leading a design team widely regarded as one of the world’s best;  it was the team that brought the world the unibody style of Macbook Pro laptop computers, as well as many other great innovations in design that have come to us from Apple.

Shortly after Jobs’ death, friends ...

Google is celebrating the 100th birthday of Mary Blair, the late Disney artist whose colorful style became synonymous with some of the ‘50s most cherished and beloved animated films. “Alice in Wonderland,” “Cinderella” and “Peter Pan” all featured her work, and even though Blair left Disney in the mid 1950s, she was hired later by Walt Disney himself to work on Disney’s ...

It is coming up on the middle of October, and finally in the south we are seeing some cooler temperatures.  Autumn is one of those seasons that can go either way in the south, so you never can be too sure of what kind of weather will be coming your way this time around.  When we do get those nice cool autumn temperatures I like to channel my inner artist in many unique ways.  For instance, I like to carve ...

Have you ever seriously thought about how the design of the cereal boxes we all know and (mostly) love has evolved over the last forty years?  Graphics design and marketing have shared a sensuous and intimate link since time out of mind, but never has this been so evident as in the case of cereal box design and marketing.  Many people who aspire to become graphic artists attend design schools on campuses all around the world or pursue an online education, ...

It all began in a cave somewhere, millions of years ago when dinosaurs still roamed the face of the earth and prehistoric men lugged around clubs for conking small, edible creatures (and potential mates) on the noggin in order to drag them back to their cavernous homes.  Someone found a softish rock that could be scraped with artistic effect across the darker walls, and graffiti was born.  Then, gradually, certain shapes and patterns began to form.  It would still be centuries before ...

Typefaces and fonts are first and most important detail of great design work.  Let’s face it, no matter what great color schemes you have, or how elaborate your eye for detail or imagination, people are going to read the words first. Then, later, after they’ve looked over your design work, they’re going to read the words again.  

The fonts that any designer chooses will determine how he or she portrays him or herself, and beyond that, how the entire company ...

Do you remember being a little kid and making shadow puppets one your bedroom wall from the glow of your nightlight? Or maybe you made scary hand figures with a flashlight as you were huddled around a campfire with all of your friends. If so, the thought of making these shapes into an art probably never crossed your mind.

Shadow art has been around since fire first began. They used to tell stories through their actions and shadows on cave walls. ...

When you hear the name hand art, you don’t know what should come to mind. Hand art is when you paint your hand in a way so that it resembles something like an animal or other object. These images are truly amazing!

I was looking for some sort of creative form of art when I stumbled upon hand art. I had no idea what to expect because I had never heard of it. I was thinking that maybe it was some ...