Design Dyke

Things I have Learned in my Life So Far

nobody@vox.com(Design Dyke 2.0) — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 16:14:30 +1000

A site by Stefan Sagemeister, one of my favourite design guru types. From the site:

The idea for this site originally came out of my own list in my diary, under the very same title: Things I have learned in my life so far. Astonishingly, I have only learned twenty or so things so far.
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So here I extend this same question to you:
What have you learned in your life so far? What is it that you are fairly sure about? What is it that you believe in by now?
Please do write it down beautifully. Design it digitally, photograph it, draw it, scan it and upload it. Use any media that works for you, paint, sculpture, film….

Go on, submit something! I may even myself...

This one's by Mattias Mackler

GodExits

Via: badassideas

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Hats Off...

nobody@vox.com(Design Dyke 2.0) — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 14:20:50 +1100

... to Niki Fisher who initially wanted to be a fashion designer because 'I would only draw women' - word. She ended up an fashion illustrator. Not sure about those heels tho...

Soccer in Heels?!

Via: Lost at E-Minor

I've spent so much time finding women designers, illustrators etc and not enough time posting, that I'm gonna send a few out in this post. So, check these ladies out, you know you want to!

Lang Leav via: Lost at E-Minor

Gretal

Antigirl via: Computerlove

Antigirl

Marian Bantjes just rocks!

Neowulf

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Gay Scientists Isolate Christian Gene

nobody@vox.com(Design Dyke 2.0) — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 17:46:15 +1100

Gay Scientists Isolate Christian Gene

Too too funny, gotta love those CNNNN boys!

Via: antiminke

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Design Dyke 2.0

nobody@vox.com(Design Dyke 2.0) — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 14:17:47 +1100

During my recent hiatus, I've been reconsidering this blog and what I want to do with it.

I don't really like the fact that people who aren't members of Vox can't post comments. Correct me if I'm wrong, I assume this is the case as I occasionally get comments from people with no posts and no profile so I assume they just signed up to comment, then they left. I've been thinking about the redesign of my business website, a change of name, solid personal branding with the main content coming from the blog which will be on home page. I know you with blogger and others you can have your account directed to a different URL, I don't think I can do this with Vox so will probably settle on an RSS feed... or something... but then I need to run PHP so it returns search results to my site, not vox... and my host wants me to pay more for that. Rah! In short, I've been thinking of leaving.

I've also been reconsidering the focus of my blog. Increasingly I want to write more about marketing communications, social media etc as my work and moves away from graphic design (not that it was ever 'fully' about this) towards marketing. Having said that, I'll soon be blogging on my university staff blog, templatedata. I'm just waiting for IT to finalise access... I've been waiting since December so it should only take another 6 months!! I'm exaggerating... Anyhoo, I'll be doing that a bit over there but it will be focused on using these technologies within higher education. Here I want it to be more focused on the shiny shiny.

Talking about the ladies will remain as I don't think I could help myself whatever my focus is supposed to be ;-)

I'm aware too that having too many topics on my blog I could lose focus... in fact, all this thinking about it over the last few months just led me to write about nothing at all.

Ah dunno, I guess at the end of the day, I'm doing this for me and it shouldn't really matter all that much but still... any suggestions are welcome!

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A logo at the speed of light...

nobody@vox.com(Design Dyke 2.0) — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 16:18:49 +1100

Working for the man, sometimes you have to design a cliche. Sometimes you have to use fonts off the rack. I know I will have gone to pot when I no longer care.

"I want a logo with people in it. I want it to be green, white and blue. Oh yeah, with a globe of the world". *Le sigh*

SMOG Logo

Now on to the website...

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I won something! Hear my trumpet sound...

nobody@vox.com(Design Dyke 2.0) — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 11:09:27 +1100

I designed this report for the University of Sydney from start to finish, the layout, illustrations and even some of the photography. I organised the printing (Peachy Print rock!) and pretty much had complete creative control.

P61

So was very excited to see I'd received a merit award in the How Magazine's inHOWse Design Awards. Yay me! It's in the Jan/Feb issue (which has just arrived on my desk in Australia).

InHOWse08

If you're really keen, you can download the report in pdf. Though it is much sexier in the flesh... especially the plain white embossed cover. Mmmm!

I wouldn't normally enter my work in a competition where you have to pay and where the 'prize' is practically non existent but I felt this work need some peer recognition... not something I get working in house. I didn't realise I needed it until now, I've always had confidence in what I do but it's reassuring to receive it none the less.

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