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Halloween is just a day away and i’m sure many of us have parties to go to and fancy dress costumes to make and prepare all for a few hours of drinks, fun and games. What does Halloween mean for us as designers? Well it allows us to be creative around a well established theme opening up all sorts of ways. Whether its with creative costumes, wallpapers, themes, artwork or Halloween themed packaging and products.

Looking to be inspired to make your Halloween Costume this weekend? Then look no further in checking out 12 of the best found on Toxel.com

Found over on Design Week, design group pinched post have created there own pumpkin font which has been based upon the matrix system. The typeface has been made by puncturing into the pumpkins.

My top 10 Ghostly Wallpapers to darken your Desktop

Whether you want a terrifying pumpkin, something abstract or a bloody hand they are all here.

‘Halloween’

‘Trick or Treat’

‘Think Halloween’

‘Poze Horor Desktop’

‘Happy Halloween’

‘GrimReaper Halloween’

‘Halloween’

‘Abstract Halloween’

‘Oh no s’

‘Halloween’

Two Brilliant Free WordPress Halloween Themes

Give your WordPress blog/website a few cobwebs this Halloween.

Halloween

Halloween in Blue

You’ll love these pieces of Halloween Digital Art:

Be sure to visit DeviantART for more great digital art, customisation, photography and much more, my DeviantART profile can be found here + dj23′s here.

Queen of Halloween

Happy Halloween

Halloween Witch Fairy

Halloween Natalia

Halloween

The best in Halloween Party Flyers:

Get your party promotion all spooky and scary with inspiration from these great flyer designs.

‘Bam Magazine flyer’

‘Eskepe Halloween flyer’

‘Illbotz Halloween Show Flyer’

‘Halloween Party Flyer’

‘Adv Flyer for Lucifer’

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Article written by Jared Thompson

Head writer of Design Something Blog, currently studying Product design at the University of Central Lancashire in his final year. He has interest in minimal, clean and simplistic design styles.

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Some great Halloween themed links from great design blogs:

• 55+ Amazing Halloween wallpapers to charm up your desktop: Via Instant Shift
• 200+ Truly Useful Free Halloween icons
• 35+ Free High quality photoshop brush sets for halloween
• 25 Last Minute Traditional and Downloadable Halloween Masks

• DeviantART
• Flickr

These are a selection of wallpapers found in the past week, all of  a high quality in areas of three dimensional, abstract and widescreen.

‘Paint With Creativity’

‘Remix’

‘Abstract no1′

‘Alienware Reflect’

‘Rhythmics’

‘Prime’

‘Spacewarp’

‘Experimental Boredem’

’1967′

‘The Untitled Scenes’

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Article written by Jared Thompson

Head writer of Design Something Blog, currently studying Product design at the University of Central Lancashire in his final year. He has interest in minimal, clean and simplistic design styles.

Follow Jared (@Jthompsondesign) on twitter!

Resources:

DeviantART

I have now setup a Flickr design something blog showcase group! I want you all to join and start to add your current, best, favorite works and then I will routine collate groups or my favorites and showcase them to the world via the design something blog!

Visit the Flickr group page here

Everyone has a memorable movie moment, a favorite scene or quote from a film they often find themselves repeating whenever they hear about the film. Moments can bring out great comic quotes or some great pieces of action preceded from a piece of dialogue we all remember. This is a roundup of great graphic interpretations of iconic pieces of movie history.

‘Watchmen.’

‘Ezekiel 25:17.’

’13th Warrior.’

‘Kiss Kiss Bang Bang.’

‘Do You Know Tyler Durden.’

‘Tremors.’

‘Life Passes Most People By.’

‘Say What Again’

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Article written by Jared Thompson

Head writer of Design Something Blog, currently studying Product design at the University of Central Lancashire in his final year. He has interest in minimal, clean and simplistic design styles.

Follow Jared (@Jthompsondesign) on twitter!

Resources:

Flickr

DeviantART

Many people in life offer out advice, truths and ways of thinking. We can all call on experiences and remember the mistakes we have made, which mean things can always be done better in the future. Here is some of the best advice artists, designers and other academics have offered up, in poster, wallpaper and artwork form.

‘Echos in Eternity.’

‘That’s why its so complicated.’

‘Choose a job you love.’

‘What is Graphic Design?’

‘Chaos’

‘What is Graphic Design.’

‘Design is Desire.’

‘Design.’

‘Walter Tracy.’

‘Creativity.’

‘Make a Difference.’

‘Design is.’

‘Motivation.’

‘Art is.’

‘Transparent.’

‘Be safe.’

‘Routine.’

‘Progress.’

‘Man cannot master the machine.’

‘First Draft.’

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Article written by Jared Thompson

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Water is no longer just found in a simple plastic bottle, it can come in all shapes and sizes. Bottles of water can be made in small batches or made to last with recyclable materials and environmentally friendly manufacturing methods. Here I show off some ‘designer’ water bottles made by high end designers which have gone into production and some other great ideas of packaging water.

Boxed Water: about 85% of the Boxed Water container is made from a renewable resource, 20% of the profits go back to the resources from which the product is composed of; water and trees.

Plant it Water: Made from 60% renewable resources, with the famous Tetra Pak design.

GO Water: This has an oxygen concentration that is 35 times higher than regular water, and the packaging design is pretty sweet as well.

Ty Water: Designed by well know evolutionary biologist and designer Ross Lovegrove this water bottle was designed in 2001.

Evian 2005 Limited edition: Looks more like a fragrance bottle or something to hold your favourite liqueur.

Paul Smith Evian Water Bottle: The water bottle is adorned in vibrant colors with a festive theme and a nod to Smith’s signature stripes.

Ô Water: The bottle mimics the effect of a test tube based on the idea of a ‘specimen of purity’.

Lanjaron Water: The sleek, clear, groove-less shape of the bottle magnifies the Mulhacén mountain (Sierra Nevada, Spain) arising from its base.

Viz: Claims to be in a category of its own and packs a punch offering a fizz when you open the bottle each time increasing the potency life of the drink.

SEI Water: Inspired by the military canteen we all know this bottle does again look more like an aftershave bottle by a snotty french company, the bottle is based on the principles of portability and utilization of space.

Rustad Spring Water: Designed by Norwegian design agency Strømme Throndsen Design, the bottle and can design show great subtle qualities and would definitely be something consumers would latch onto being a product they would love to be seen with.

1Litre Water: Featuring an integrated cup this design and was awarded the gold medal for “People’s Choice in Packaging and Design at the Berkeley Spring Water Tasting Competition.”

Farraelle: Mineral water presented as clean, simple and minimal.

Veen: The double curvature in the design is seen to promote product purity.

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Your taught how to tell the time as a young child, whether it’s through a small wristwatch or a big grandfather clock you had in your living room. These clocks attempt to confuse you further and look at new and interesting ways in which we can tell the time.

Vadim Kibardin: ‘Killer Clock Concept.’

Myznik Egor: ‘Soft Clock Concept.’ (This was selected for a red-dot design award in 2009.)

Yiran Qian: ‘vice versa’

The computer mouse is a recognizable product which has a defined shape and look, but why does it have to be so uniform? Can the interface be made over and move into a new and exciting design strategy? Here are a few concepts and ideas in re-vamping the way we see the computer mouse.

Demat Computer Mouse: Could this mouse be the ultimate in bare bones design and minimal material usage?

Mus2: Is a great cordless mouse which takes its inspiration from the cursor we are all familiar with, designed by Artlebedev.

Ez Keypad Mouse: flipping open the mouse cover allows use to use the numbers if you needed to write a long list.

Heartbeat Mouse: The mouse has a unique selling point for when the user grasps it, his or her thumb and palm will touch on its sensors which are inside the mouse and it starts to detect the user’s health situation. It also reminds the users how long they have worked.

Logitech MX Air: The MX Air combines laser optics for millimeter point accuracy, touch controls for parts of its interface, and Freespace’s innovative motion sensing technology to track hand gestures.

Flip Top Skype USB Mouse: Combines the computer mouse we all know and recodnise to open up as a skype phone for those internet calls.

Dormino: Entered in the Greener gadgets design competition for core77 this computer mouse tries to harness and help remove the wasted heat energy emitted by laptops to power a mouse, a common periphery used.

Jelly Blow up Mouse: Found on everyone’s favourite product design concept site, Yanko design. Whenever you need a mouse, blow up the Jelly Click, attach the USB cable and you’re good to go.

Zero Mouse Concept: Toxel profiles this much loved concept also seen on Coroflot, designed by German designer Oliver Rosito.

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Article written by Jared Thompson

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Resources: Yanko Design