Most designers don’t think all that much of movie posters, and for good reason. The few posters that aren’t Photoshop disasters tend to follow the same dull template – a series of faces placed in front of a full, spacey background. There has been a lot of commentary about the lack of creativity in movie posters recently, and it all seems to boil down to one point: posters are designed to sell, not to stand as creative feats.
Here‘s an eleven-year-old article discussing the web’s worst design mistakes. It’s an interesting look at what the internet was once like, particularly for designers that have been using the internet since the late 1990s and have had a chance to observe trends and ‘mistakes’ come and go. Another piece examines the most annoying design mistakes from 1996, and is also an interesting read for seasoned web designers.
As I am sure you know, having an up to date carefully crafted resumé is an essential part of your career. Everybody in every profession must have one for themselves outlining the details of their experience, skills, and education. Designers have an opportunity to showcase their skills and individuality by creating a unique resumé for themselves. Here are a few tips on making your resumé stand out from the rest.
You arrive at your desk in the morning. It’s only Monday. You sit down, turn on your monitor and while listening to the fan busily spinning faster and faster in the CPU, realise that you aren’t in the mood to even be where you are today. What happened and why do you feel this way? Isn’t it one of the great desires in life to find a job where you can work as if you don’t need the money, simply because you enjoy what you do? Identifying the cause is the first step to solving the problem; here are the three most common diagnoses.
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