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

There are some amazing new font foundries on the design scene who are doing some brilliant work and making it available to designers and developers everywhere for next to nothing. The release of a new font or font family sees the release of a free weight, a trending practice that garners no complaints from anyone.

In my recent jaunts on the interwebs, I have come across some great vector freebies. I have handpicked a few that are free for personal and commercial use (with some requiring mere credits). In this little roundup today, I am listing 50+ awesome free vector illustrator patterns, seamless and otherwise. These are perfect for the

When designing a website or any other printed media a whole array of elements are vital to the overall look and feel of the project, if any of these aspects are incorrect or poorly thought out the project can suffer. Colour is one of these important parts of design. When choosing colour your initial reaction

  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

Time is flying and the vector characters keep growing in their strength and numbers. It is time for some roundups and today I am rounding up 28 characters that were designed and developed in the month of February 2010 as part of my ongoing Project 365 Vector Character series. As usual I am offering them

Gaining inspiration at times can be an incredibly difficult and frustrating task, like writers, designers suffer a form of "writers block" which can be a major design hurdle before you even start. You will see posts around the web "9999 Of The Best CSS Galleries" which OK they can be handy and serve a purpose,

The first time I heard the word line art was in 1998 at a web development studio where Nick and I used to spend our college breaks, working on projects. I was instantly intrigued and fascinated by it. Line art is a style of graphics that consists of distinct straight or curved lines placed against

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

  I am very excited to release LBOI’s first set of social icons in 2010. Iconshock contacted me to make icons for the blog and they did an amazing job on the first set that even had me iconized. For their newest icon set for LBOI, I wanted them to make moleskin social icons and

  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

If you are here, you must have already checked out Part I of the post, did you? This is Part II of some quality, handpicked photo manipulation inspiration that I lost a couple of months ago and found it by chance in a text file. The artists who created these pieces are truly amazing, their