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25 eye-catching examples of flyer design

With more and more media competing for eyeballs than ever before, it's a real challenge to grab people's attention these days. And the art of flyer design is a great place to get inspiration.

Harnessing the Power of Icon Standards

As effective as an icon’s metaphor may be, truly powerful icons get strength from their universal recognizability and conventional usage — a standardization of sorts. We’ll discuss icon standardization more in this article and then provide suggestions to a few current icon standardization movements which you can explore and incorporate into your own projects.

Wireframing Tool Showdown!

To further narrow the scope of this review, the contenders were limited to web-apps, which offer the most accessibility by being, you know ... on the web. Thus, MockFlow, ProtoShare, and HotGloo were chosen as the challengers. They’re all in the same weight-class in terms of features and are, more or less, all centered around creating interactive website wireframes. So, now that we have our picks, let’s get into the ring.

Apogee Officially Introduces 'Quartet' Desktop Audio Interface for Mac

Apogee has now officially introduced the Quartet, which arrives carrying four inputs and eight outputs for a significant boost in channel capacity. The Quartet can also be paired with Apogee's Duet 2 or Ensemble product to expand the number of channels even further.

Common portfolio mistakes (and how to fix them)

As the curator of Folyo, I see a lot of different portfolios go by. And I can’t help but notice the same patterns of bad design cropping up time and again. Being designers, we should be aware of how much look and feel can influence the way content is perceived. Yet for some reason we’re happy to forget all about this when it comes to displaying our own work.

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Super Sleek BMW Mouse is a Gamer’s Dream

A futuristic-looking mouse designed by BMW Group DesignworksUSA, called Level 10 M, aims to change the gaming space. The makers write that comparing this gaming mouse to a basic gray mouse is like comparing a high-performance car to a family van.

Canon Announces EOS C100 Professional Video Camera

London, UK, 29 August 2012 – Canon today adds to the Cinema EOS System with the launch of the new EOS C100 – a compact, versatile interchangeable-lens professional video camera designed for independent videographers. Based on the core performance of the acclaimed EOS C300, the new model combines impressive hardware specifications with a range of new automatic features – making it ideal for professionals who shoot without a crew, or EOS videographers entering the Cinema EOS System for the first time.

How Can I Build a Quiet, Low-Powered Home File Server?

A home file server can be extremely useful for backing up your computer, streaming media, and a lot of other things. If you have an old computer lying around, that'll work fine—but if you don't have one (or you want to build something more low-powered), you have a few choices.

Designer Makes Concept Flash Cards For Hipster Kids

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The kids of the Hipster Generation will have it real easy, brother. They’re going to be taught by their parents about the health benefits of organic food, the sartorial qualities of plaid vests, and of course, product design. So the best way to innoculate the good qualities of the Hipster worldview might be by making them learn it through beautifully designed, old-school flash cards.

Apple now worth 30 times Dell’s market value

On October 6, 1997, in response to the question of what he’d do if he was in charge of Apple, Dell founder and CEO Michael Dell stood before a crowd of several thousand IT executives and answered flippantly, “What would I do? I’d shut it down and give the money back to the shareholders.” A little more than a month later, on November 10, 1997, new Apple Interim CEO (iCEO) Steve Jobs responded, speaking in front of an image of Michael Dell’s bulls-eye covered face, “We’re coming after you, you’re in our sights.” Read more at http://macdailynews.com/2012/08/22/apple-now-worth-30-times-dells-market-value/#lvQrHuWxe2v9qmzF.99

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