Business Guys on Business Trips

A weekly comic that pokes fun at bureaucracy in the creative industry with a very dry stick. You'll probably laugh, or cry at some of these.

  • blog
  • graphic design
  • illustration
  • humorous
  • opinion
  • clients
05 Oct 09
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Jonathan Snook

Jonathan Snook's website biography ("I am a creator of striking designs, impeccable markup and code, and forward-thinking ideas and applications.") is far more ambitious than his twitter alternative ("I make stuff on the web") - though equally true. He also has a blog that's worthy of a place in your RSS reader.

  • blog
  • portfolio
  • web design
  • web development
  • CSS
  • ideas
  • HTML
  • opinion
  • JavaScript
  • programming
05 Oct 09
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The Play Coalition

The Play Coalition's website is small but satisfyingly creative. If you're feeling a bit of inspiration block setting in this portfolio will cure you.

  • portfolio
  • inspiration
  • product design
  • agency
  • humorous
05 Oct 09
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TED Talks: Stefan Sagmeister: The power of time off

If you've never seen a TED talk you've missed out. Design legend Stefan Sagmeister talks about his unique approach to holidays - one year off every seven years. Listen to him talk about how he revitalises his creativity during a year in Bali. Inspiring stuff.

04 Oct 09
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Airside

Airside are one of my favourite agencies. They combine animation, illustration, interactivity and above all - quality graphic design to create their unique and colourful style.

  • portfolio
  • graphic design
  • web design
  • inspiration
  • illustration
  • advertising
  • branding
  • product design
  • animation
  • digital
  • agency
  • Flash
  • print design
04 Oct 09
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A big-assed post about Fireworks

"This is a post about Fireworks. Not about Photoshop, Illustrator and which is 'best'. This is about a frustrated love hate relationship."

  • article
  • graphic design
  • opinion
  • Photoshop
  • Adobe
03 Oct 09
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The Ad Contrarian

The Ad Contrarian the blog of Bob Hoffman CEO of Hoffman/Lewis advertising in San Francisco. The blog gives us a unique look into the world of advertising from one of the industries elite.

  • blog
  • advertising
  • opinion
03 Oct 09
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Why Stylesheet Abstraction Matters

A detailed article on how CSS can evolve to make it more maintainable using various abstraction concepts like variables and expressions.

02 Oct 09
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