My New Year's List

I've never been a believer in making any sort of New Year's resolutions. I hate the idea of saying you'll do something and end up not doing it, which is what happens to most resolutions after January. But I saw a couple really good resolution lists (most notably Kevin Rose's and Lee Munroe's) and thought it would be a good idea to have a list to guide me in this next year instead of random ideas and thoughts bouncing around in my head. Then I thought it would be a good idea to throw them up here to share. I'm using the word "list" instead of "resolutions" because more often then not, resolutions are broken. So, in no particular order, here's my list for 2009! Continue reading…

Swirls Are Dead, Long Live New Retro!

Its a secret no more. Swirls are dead and New Retro is stepping up to take its place on the throne. Swirls, filigree, vines, twirls, swishes - all are on the way out. Don't be sad, its a natural process that all design trends, heck, all industry trends go through. Fashion, film, the economy and more are all affected by trends. It just so happens that design is now on the verge of its own "changing of the guard" as it were.

Although a few artists like Scott Hanson (ISO50) have been working with this style for awhile, it is now starting to overshadow everything else as the new dominate trend. The design blogs are headlining the change as tutorials and illustrations are now reflecting the new retro trend. The Behance Network is overflowing with new work from artists embracing new retro, like James White. PSDTUTS also recently published one of the first new retro tutorials. Continue reading…