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Picture in Picture: Where the Camera is the Focus of Attention

Jared — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:43:59 +0000

This collection is an array of photos where the camera is the subject and focus of the photographers thinking, each photo links back to the original photograph on the web.

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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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You Won’t Want to Throw This Packaging Away: Creative Packaging Roundup

Jared — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 11:44:41 +0000

One of the most common examples of great graphic design is packaging, apart from holding the relevant information for the product itself it becomes a brilliant tool for sales. Illustration often is the main feature in packaging but color and typography are also major factors.

Which design is your favourite?

Did you disagree with any of my selections?

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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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Keep It Simple Stupid: Typography Posters Roundup

Jared — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 15:49:48 +0000

Design and Typography go hand in hand, designers the world over use typography in logo’s, advertisements, packaging and posters. It can make any piece of work stand out from the crowd.

This round-up shows off the best in typography posters and wallpapers, taken from various artists and those which I have bookmarked in my research online. Feel free to leave a comment on the post or the posters themselves.

Which poster is your favourite?

Did you disagree with any of my selections?

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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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Ready For Your Close-Up: Macro Photography Collection

Jared — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 14:55:49 +0000

Most of us simply just point and shoot photos when we see something we love, or which inspires us, or maybe even to capture a moment in time. These photographs are all macro photography, either inspired by the complexities of nature, objects up close or just a flash of inspiration.

I hope you found these photos to be as inspiring and eye opening as I found them.

Thanks for reading this post, what photo’s are your favourite?

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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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Lip Sync #2

Jared — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 13:01:41 +0000

This is my second collection of great photography taken of lips, either in the category of macro photography or otherwise these photographs so such great precision and subtle detail I have found to be truly inspiring.

I hope you found these photos to be as inspiring and lip licking as I found them.

Each picture links to its original location online and is owned by that individual.

Thanks for reading this post, what photo’s are your favourite?

Drop us a comment below.

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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I Want Candy: Photography For All Those People With A Sweet Tooth

Jared — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 20:44:09 +0000

This is a great selection of photographs inspired by sweets and candy. These are all photographs for those of us with sweet tooth’s, whether you like your lollipops or sugary candy these are all great photographs from photographs found from various sites.

Each photograph links back to the original photographs location, I would encourage you to leave comments on the original photographs as well as at the bottom of this photography roundup.

These are for all those people with a sweet tooth.

I hope you found these photos to be as inspiring and lip licking as I found them.

Thanks for reading this post, what photo’s are your favourite?

Drop us a comment below.

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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Home Run With These Amazing Baseball Designed Wallpapers

Jared — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 19:39:36 +0000

Some of these wallpapers have been great sources of inspiration to me and I hope they can do the same for you, whether you want to represent your team or your favourite player of the MLB these wallpapers would look great on any desktop.

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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Remarkable Gothic Horror Photography and Artwork

Jared — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 18:14:39 +0000

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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!

Interview & Artist Feature Of Kadeem Montgomery

Jared — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 15:50:39 +0000

Kadeem Montgomery was born and raised in Greater Portmore, Jamaica.

He describes his interests of design and art from:

“Always loved anything to do with art and I was always seen drawing cartoons at a young age.”

Check him on Flickr Here

Check him on DeviantART Here

Check him on Behance Here

Find his Personal site on Tumblr Here

1. You have a varied educational background, what was your first taste of art & design when growing up in education, what (and where) first lead you to study art & design?

Living in Jamaica I began drawing at a young age coming home from school drawing anime such as Dragonball-z I loved that show. I did a art in high school but it did not work out because of the teacher and the school I guess I wasn’t inspired by my surrounding. It wasn’t until I left school in 2007 that i found out about Photoshop and began to experiment with it trying out new stuff and teaching myself various techniques. During that time I also did cape art and design in which I got a grade one (1) for some creative work in also 3d design and sculpting.

2. You have many accounts on various design and social networking sites, which do you find most useful and why?

Well right now I would say Behance because a lot of creative directors and freelance designers are there, that give great feedback and sometimes tell others about your work

3. Which communities (such as twitter) have you turned to when you need advice or feedback on designs, do you turn to particular people for this feedback? Are there any people you have built up a relationship which you would recommend?

Well I recently been chatting with Kevin Williams on DA where he is known as Methodologi.
He lives here in Jamaica and has given me some good advice, his work is amazing and some time in the future I hope to be as professional as he is in his work.

4. What has been the worse experience since being a working designer?

I’d have to say working on my Myspace learning to read css and flash. Another experience is dealing with cheap clients I know everyone has one of them.

5. If you had a closed client book and an indefinite amount of time for vacation or free time, what would you spend this time doing? Is there anything you have a great ambition to do in the future?

Well i would definitely go play football that’s all I did before I started to do graphic design probably tryout for Manchester United. But in the future I hope to have my own studio and be that go to guy that everyone wants to do there graphic and promotional work

Which is your favourite piece of Kareem’s work? Do you like his style? What other artists inspire you?

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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!

Eye Opening Photography #2

Jared — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 13:47:31 +0000

This is my second collection of great photography taken of eyes, either in the category of macro photography or otherwise these photographs so such great precision and subtle detail I have found to be truly inspiring.

You may be interested in the following Interviews and related articles as well:

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I hope you found these photos to be as inspiring and eye opening as I found them.

Thanks for reading this post, what photo’s are your favourite?

Drop us a comment below.

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!

24 Amazing Ice Hockey Inspired Wallpaper Designs

Jared — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 13:57:18 +0000

Some of these wallpapers have been great sources of inspiration to me and I hope they can do the same for you, whether you want to represent your team or your favourite player of the NHL these wallpapers would look great on any desktop.

You may be interested in the following Interviews and related articles as well:

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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!

Lip Sync: Great Photographed Lips

Jared — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 10:00:14 +0000

For me photography is a growing love, I am taking more time out to sample great photographers through sites such as Flickr and DeviantART. If you can recommend any other please pass them on.

I am finding new styles and categories of quality in photography each time I take a moment out to explore different photography collections. This collection of photographs is specifically of lips, I wanted to concentrate on another part of the human anatomy in much the same way that I had done previously with my post on Eye Opening Photography.

These photos show precise quality and give us a different perspective on what quality we can create with a photo when you take time to setup a shot and know what you are doing with some of the high specification digital cameras. Here in this showcase of photographs all the pictures are of lips and have been taken by many different photographers. (Each picture links to its original location found online.)

Please Leave Your Comments Below.

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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.