Monthly Archives: July 2010

Web Site Redesign with Joomla

Another web site redesign project.  Client likes the idea of  scalability and  extensibility of Joomla, but most importantly, client needs to have fully control of maintenance the site without replying on site developer/designer/web master. I thought Joomla will be perfect … Continue reading

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Web Site Redesign

So I was busy with a Joomla development project the past two months. The client, TSCP, needed some make-over for their existing site.  I was asked by my old colleague, Valerie, co-founder at Attain Marketing to be part of their … Continue reading

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Plagiarism or Inspiration?

So last week I blogged about “The Power of  Poster Design”.  While I was reading about Obama’s poster “HOPE” thru the internet last week, I found a very interesting online article “Obey Plagiarist Shepard Fairey” from a Los Angeles artist … Continue reading

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Hitler Freaks Out Over Comic Sans MS

I came across this really funny youtube video from Ban Comic Sans. Designers, you will really appreciate this.  There is a comment on this youtube indicates that Nazis actually really DID ban a typeface, Fette Fraktur, because it may have … Continue reading

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The Power of Poster Design

This week, one of my assignments is to write about design history.  I was especially interested in 1920s Russian Suprematism and Constructivism. Although both art movements were after WWI and started in Russian, but I thought the artists/designers at that … Continue reading

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Creative ads

Looking online for creative ads, and I ran into Penline, a Malaysian stationary company, I am not familiar with their products and brand, but Penline sure gave me a very strong impression about who they are and what they do … Continue reading

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