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Hello Dribbble !

aseckin — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 18:30:03 +0000

I have been looking for a dribbble invite for quite some time, and today I was lucky enough to be drafted by Gökhan Kurt, who is the Interactive Art Director at OgilvyOne. Dribbble is a great place for inspiration, also for connecting with other designers all around the world. Check out my first shot:

I will tell more about this project soon.

I’m also planning to redesign my website & portfolio, I hope to include the design process for every project and create my custom WordPress template. Check back for updates!

Addicted to work? The 3 day week

aseckin — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 19:20:51 +0000

“For over ten years, I worked every single day and never had a holiday. I worked every Christmas day and even when I was ill with food poisoning and a 102.9 temperature.”

…says Rob Ford, founder & principal of theFWA.com. With the scary evolution of technology, we are able to manage our online business anywhere & any time using a smartphone or a tablet. Checking our emails, tweeting, viewing your website’s user statistics etc. They’re all parts of our daily routine, and the important thing here is not to lose control. Rob Ford gives useful advices on this subject. Click to read his article.

A Couple of Cool Design Books

aseckin — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 17:45:20 +0000

About two weeks ago, I’ve ordered 3 design books from Amazon and I found them in my mailbox just today, in a carefully packed box. Creative Workshop: 80 Challenges to Sharpen Your Design Skills by David Sherwin, Thinking With Type by Ellen Lupton and Logo Design Love by David Airey.

The famous Logo Design Love by David Airey is an excellent guide for designing iconic brand identities. David walks you through his identity design process using real examples, gives business advices and fills you with inspiration.

Thinking With Type by Ellen Lupton is not a book about fonts. It is a book about how to use them -says in the first section of the book-. It looks like a great resource for a better understanding of typefaces and how they evolved through the years.

Creative Workshop by David Sherwin offers you 80 creative challenges that will help you improve your work process. For example, in exercise 45, you have to design a robot that can be built from paper, give the plans and materials to a friend and have him/her build what you’ve designed.

Great books from great authors, I think I’ve found an efficient way to spend time in school.

http://www.amazon.com/Logo-Design-Love-Creating-Identities/dp/0321660765
http://www.amazon.com/Creative-Workshop-Challenges-Sharpen-Design/dp/1600617972
http://www.amazon.com/Thinking-Type-2nd-revised-expanded/dp/1568989695

New Feature on 99designs: Staged Contests

aseckin — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 19:49:46 +0000

Two days ago members of 99designs received an email regarding the new Staged Contest model. It is a new type of contest, and they say their aim is to improve the flow of a contest for both designers and contest holders.

Contests will now be broken up into 3 distinct stages.

Stage 1 – OPEN to ALL designers
Stage 2 - Contest holder picks up to 6 designers to work with more closely (shortlisting)
Stage 3 – Shortlisted designers refine their concepts and the contest holder picks the winner.

They are also going to do a promotion called “99 Most Shortlisted” to celebrate the launch of Staged Contests. The 99 designers who get shortlisted the most times between December 1st, 2011 and January 15th, 2012 will get a $100 bonus payment. It looks pretty exciting, we’ll see how it goes.