pittockhq blog

Category: Design

  • Isokon Flats

    At the weekend I was fortunate enough to get invited to a party at the Isokon Flats, a building I had admired in passing several times though didn't really know much about. The flats clearly stand out from the other Edwardian buildings in the road and it was great to have a good excuse to […]

  • Logo Tournament

    Logo Tournament lets you harness the collective creativity of a number of designers when you need a new logo designed. You put up a prize amount, provide some information about your organisation and leave it to designers to come back with their ideas. The designer providing the best logo get the prize fund and you […]

  • Quantum of Solace Typography

    Noisy Decent Graphics have covered the numerous fonts used to indicate locations in the most recent Bond film and have generally praised them. I recall finding them distracting and “London” title where the car drives over title text jarred more than these sort of titles should. http://noisydecentgraphics.typepad.com

  • Create 60's style poster

    Good tutorial on how to create a 60's style poster – good Photoshop techniques covered, the other free tuotrials on this site seem quality too http://psdtuts.com/designing-tutorials/create-a-60s-psychedelic-style-concert-poster/

  • Free textures for Photoshop or whatever..

    Free hi-res textures (paper, concrete etc) good for backgrounds for designershttp://www.bittbox.com/freebies/free-high-res-grungy-paper-textures/

  • One leg leads to another

    Round up of magazine and paperback covers featuring the classic “scene between the leg shot”, a design copied many times across many genres. http://www.printmag.com

  • Album art

    Do like albums? Do you like art? Do you like album art? Sleevage.com is the place for you then my friend. Lots of classic album designs, but plenty you don't see often and the latest album reviews of the sleeve (not the music, never the music). http://sleevage.com

  • A guide to finding images

    A useful guide on  how to find images on the interweb, best places to search, restrictsion, what creative commons means and more… http://randomknowledge.wordpress.com/2008/05/09/how-to-find-images-on-the-internet/

  • Vintage & midcentury Flickr set

    A Flickr set of vintage & midcentury illustrations & pictures plus a larger Mid-Century imagery Flickr pool.

  • Search Flickr for CC-licensed photos

    Compfight.com adds additional features to Flickr's search engine to allow it return just Creative Commons (CC) licensed photographs, i.e. stock images you can legally use in your creations. http://compfight.com