Little Box Of Ideas

Is it too late to share some interesting finds for Valentine’s Day? I think not. I love seeing what is out there for special occasions, especially gifts that cater to the inner geek. Admit it, there is a little bit of geekiness in you! It is, in me.  How else does one explain getting excited

  It is the day and age of online readers, electronic books, pdf compendiums and Kindles. At the book store, I might buy a book on an impulse, but 9 out of 10 times, I come back home, get onto the internet and hunt for a bargain on various online bookstores. Such is the lure

  Last year when I did What Designers Really Want For Christmas in 2009?, a lot of nice folks from the design community pitched in with their wishlists. This year, everyone seemed to be busier. Hence I have fewer people sharing their wishlists and rare stuff that has caught their fancy. I find that picking

I started Christmas shopping very early in 2010. I have been browsing shops, online stores and catalogs since August. I have bookmarked, scheduled and bought a wide variety of quirky and awesome products for some very lucky people. I also own quite a few things that are on the list I have compiled, so you

Earlier this year, I started a self project. I called it Project 365 Vector Characters. Even as a child, I was always doodling wacky creatures and animals in my sketch pad. I would give them names and assign funny attributes to them. After discovering the joy that is Illustrator a couple of years ago, it

  The internet makes the world go around, literally. Because of it, geography is no longer a barrier in commissioning and delivering work created in digital format. Whether it is a website, a logo, a poster or a short film; more and more people are reaching beyond their local confines to seek talent that might

There is a motivational poster in my gym. On most days it stares straight at me when I am killing myself on the treadmill. It reads, "Just when you think you have reached your limit … push harder!" and that keeps me going. For almost 15 years, I lived happily in my comfort zone, safe

It is hard to live in Australia and miss the word "Walkabout" especially since it is more of a sentiment and refers to an Aboriginal rite of passage for young adolescent males. They spend a few months in the wilderness, living in harmony with nature, discovering their land on their journey to adulthood. A "Design

In the past few months, I have read quite a few logo design processes and stowed them away in my mind for a post just like this one. Barring the ones I remembered from the top of my head, I googled the words "logo design process", "brand creation process", "rebranding case studies" and a few

  My first post on the LBOI blog a year ago, today was about Museo. A year later, my last post on the LBOI Blog was about a tap dancing banana called Coosh. What a year it has been! Exhilarating, busy, inspiring, enlightening and all kinds of whimsy. For those who have not yet heard

  A couple of months ago, I was approached by Mark Adair of Envision Customworks to design a logo for his environmentally friendly building and construction company. Envision Customworks was launched in March 2009 in Jackson, Mississippi by Mark and his brother. They are a construction company that specializes in higher end remodels. They build

For a while now I have been hearing and seeing slogans that go like this "Save The Earth!", "Go Green!", "Reduce Your Carbon Imprint!", "Reduce, Reuse, Recycle!". You’ll all agree with me when I speculate that these reference to actions are solely in the real world and not really in the online world. It is

  When I was exploring the logo design territory a few months ago, trying to get a grasp on how it all worked, I came across many well-written articles on the process of logo designing and what questions to ask before starting out and even what files to include in your final delivery package. But

I recently had the pleasure of writing an article for Spyre Studios, thanks to Jon Phillips, the founder. My article was about the anatomy of an infographic. I have always been fascinated by infographics, as I am sure most of you have been at some point or the other in your design careers. In this

This year I am quite prepared for Christmas. 2009 is going to be a stress free Christmas for me, I predict. Bring it on! My family has been asking me what I would like for Christmas and when I run through my mental checklist, I only find stuff related to design and cooking on that