All posts by Rajesh Pancholi

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By On 29/03/2011 In Online Media, Photography, Resource, Resource Sites With No Comments Permanent Link to flickholdrPermalink

Get placeholders related to the site you are developing, by pulling images from flickr based on tags

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Jonathan Foucher built this in five eleven hours, by the clock. I really liked placekitten.com, but would not see myself using it on a client site.

With this little app, you can get images from flickr based on the tags you choose. It’s generally pretty accurate, so you should get images closely related to the subject matter of the website you’re building.

The photos are pulled from flickr using its search api, searching only creative commons material, and watermarking them with the name of the author, to be in accordance with the creative commons licences, which all require attribution

New feature! In about 1 hour I got this new feature working : by appending `bw` to the image url, you’re getting an image converted to black and white, for those cases where you need to tone down slightly your placeholders.
B&W with tags: http://flickholdr.com/500/700/portrait/bw
B&W without tags: http://flickholdr.com/400/500/bw

New feature! Append a number to any url to get different images, even if they are the same size and tags.
This image: http://flickholdr.com/500/700/portrait/1
is different to this one: http://flickholdr.com/500/700/portrait/2

 

f8 Conference Badges

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By On 28/03/2011 In Communication, Design Process, Typography With No Comments Permanent Link to f8 Conference BadgesPermalink

“Now who are you again?” Facebook designers stumbled upon a novel approach to the usual name tag problems.

The conference badge is a challenging design conundrum. John D. Berry duly likens them to highway signs in this Font magazine article. How do we create a template for names which vary widely in length, while making each one legible enough to reduce the chances of an awkward chest gaze?

source: fontsinuse.com/f8-conference-badges

Water Colour Textures – Freebies

By On 20/03/2011 In Freebies, Illustration, R27 Creativelab With 1 Comment Permanent Link to Water Colour Textures – FreebiesPermalink

Download a few free watercolour textures, They are experiments with washes and the last (Numbers) using indian ink. I’m plannng to mix them up with vector graphics and use them as a backdrop… well I think thats what I’m going to do….

They’re all high resolution RGB files. Use them as you wish, personal or commercial no strings attached, bar one, you have to let me know how you used them so I can gather more imagery for you.

Please feel free to leave any comments you have. If you get a chance send what you’ve created back to me and I’ll put together a gallery.

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Irana Douer – Otherworldly Jewels

By On 15/03/2011 In Art, Artist, Illustration, Interview With No Comments Permanent Link to Irana Douer – Otherworldly JewelsPermalink

Illustration, painting, drawing: Argentinean artist Irana Douer’s art is a “huge mix” of many techniques and styles. In the latest Gestalten TV video, Irana, editor of the online art magazine Ruby, talks to us about the importance of color in her work, the role of women in society, and how she connected to fellow artists—over 400 of them—when compiling the upcoming Ruby: Otherworldliness book for us.

see more of her work at www.ruby-mag.com

“When Will I Feel Love” – Human Trafficking

By On 11/03/2011 In Animation, On Life With No Comments Permanent Link to “When Will I Feel Love” – Human TraffickingPermalink

MTV EXIT full version: “When Will I Feel Love” – Black Iris featuring Bethany Cosentino of Best Coast

MTV EXIT and Black Iris featuring Bethany Cosentino of Best Coast have teamed up to highlight the plight of millions of people who are trafficked every year and forced into a life of forced labour, prostitution or domestic servitude.

Watch the exclusive video to find out more about these tragic forms of modern day slavery and enter the “Bold Lipstick” photo competition at mtvexit.org

Studio On Fire: Deeply Impressed

By On 03/03/2011 In Graphic Design, Letterpress, Uncategorized With No Comments Permanent Link to Studio On Fire: Deeply ImpressedPermalink

 

Without dispute, Studio On Fire are masters of the design and letterpress world. Their impossibly detailed work, featured in Gestalten’s Impressive: Printmaking, Letterpress & Graphic Design, is the product of love, driven by a true passion for paper and print. Now in their new Minneapolis workshop, SOF principal and design director Ben Levitz gives us insight into the obsessive design process and the beauty of their in-house modern printing capabilities, which include several legendary Heidelberg letterpresses. For Gestalten.tv’s new podcast, we’re nothing short of deeply impressed.
www.studioonfire.com

The Noun Project: @NounProject

By On 25/02/2011 In Icons, Logos, Resource, Resource Sites With No Comments Permanent Link to The Noun Project: @NounProjectPermalink

A cracking resource from @NounProject

Mission: “sharing, celebrating and enhancing the world’s visual language”

The Noun Project collects, organizes and adds to the highly recognizable symbols that form the world’s visual language, so we may share them in a fun and meaningful way.

Here is our pledge to you:

FREE

The symbols on this site are and always will remain free. We believe symbols can not be effectively shared with the world if they are not free

SIMPLE

Everyone like simplicity. We want you to be able to come to our site and effortlessly find and obtain what you are looking for. Simple as that.

FUN

We think a language that can be understood by all cultures and people is a pretty amazing thing. We also think our symbols and the objects or ideas they represent are works of art worth celebrating.

HIGHEST QUALITY

We get excited about things like scale, proportion, and shape. We are committed to design and quality in everything we do.

Site: thenounproject.com
Twitter: @NounProject

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