Shortly after Jobs’ death, friends though the two men were, Jonathan Ive went on the record to admit that Steve Jobs had stolen loads of his ideas.  Ive has more than 400 design patents to his name, and he also keeps extensive personal records in the form of journals and notebooks. Still, he said that often, the first time he would bring an idea to the table, Jobs would either  say “Yeah, I like that one,” or “that’s a lame idea.”  Just as often, Jobs would later think it over, change his mind, and then present the idea as though he had thought of it on his own.  He often gave people the impression that he himself had come up with many of Ive’s ideas, and that irritated the talented young designer to no end.  But there was no love lost between Ive and Jobs, who were best friends during the nearly 15 years they worked together to many Apple products aesthetically unmatched in the tech industry.  Just like direct tv packages.

Here is a moving eulogy to the late Steve Jobs, by his friend, the designer Jonathan Ive:

The Google Doodle for today seeks to highlight her unique eye for color, and playfully kinetic design. She was born with the name Mary Robinson in Oklahoma in 1911, and attended L.A.’s esteemed Chouinard Art Institute. Her husband, Lee Everett Blair, and brother-in-law, the animator Preston Blair, were also artists.  Art was very much life to Blair.

In 1991 Blair received a “Disney Legend” award, thirteen years after her death.  Her designs continue to influence artists the world over.  Today, thanks to Google, everyone can look back on and honor the life of this talented artist who was also one of the first women to make great strides in a field predominately occupied by men.  Today, nearly as many women as men work as digital artists and animators, thanks to her influence on young women interested in exploring that as a career path.  Mary Blair will not soon be forgotten.  Many of the classic Disney films featuring her work can still be seen on direct tv.

Now some people might not think that s’more crafting is an art form, but I beg to differ.  First, have you not seen the movie “The Sandlot?”  Second, I even found some validation to my point of the fact that making the perfect s’more is truly a real form of art.  Take a look at the “Art and Science of S’Mores” below.  If you didn’t think it was an art before, me thinks you will come around.

The following infographic by no means encapsulates the entirety of the history of graphic design, but it does provide a few visual examples of some of the world’s most recognized artists and brands, and how their logos have changed over the years.  You will need to click to expand the image to full size, so that you can read it.  It also divides up recent graphic design history into certain eras, based on common features or themes during those years.

The fonts that any designer chooses will determine how he or she portrays him or herself, and beyond that, how the entire company is perceived by the public and by clients.  Fonts, along with colors, are among the most striking and emotionally charged design elements.

Here is an infographic that traces “the evolution of typography” in design.  Enjoy it.

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Shadow art has been around since fire first began. They used to tell stories through their actions and shadows on cave walls. The tradition continued through the hearts of people everywhere as they enjoyed seeing what they could create with nothing more than their own two hands, a light, and a wall or backdrop. This video took shadow art to a whole other level. It created shapes that were so life like; it was hard to believe that it was someone’s hands and arms creating the shapes.

This video is set to the perfect music that helps moves perfectly with the movements of the hand shadow art. There are always new ways of creating art, even when they have been around for a long time there is always some way to change it up and make it more modern. This video was filmed in front of a live audience that went to see the shadow art.

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 cool shapes, or making shadow figures on a wall. To my surprise it was actually art that was painted on someones hand! I had never realized that you could create so many amazing pictures and things out of the shape on a hand.

There are so many ways that you can move your hand in such a way that it resembles the shape of an animal, and then when it is painted so beautifully to look like that animal it is a beautiful work of art. I can’t imagine how long it must take that artist to create such magnificent pictures on their hand. If I could create something like that I would walk around with my hands painted like animals just to see what people would say.

The latest site controversy is Google+ vs Facebook. As we all know Facebook as taken the world by storm being one of the most popular sites in the world. It has a huge amount of users and traffic every day. Although Facebook is  a fan favorite, Google+ is the newest technology. It is very similar to the idea of Facebook, as in that it is a social media site that allows you to communicate with other people who are your “friends”.

The idea’s are similar but the design and features are quite different. This infographic breaks down both of the sites design and capabilities to allow you to compare and contrast. When you see them laid out side by side competing with each other you can better make your own opinion on which site is better. Sometimes the new things are better than the past because they can learn from their mistakes, although new things often have glitches and haven’t had enough time to find all of them yet.

Check out the social site design and form your own opinion about which site is the new crowd favorite.