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Sep 26 2011
10 Eye-Popping facts about facebook gaming
With Cityville reaching 100 million users in just 42 days (that’s 7x the number of people that live in the world’s largest city, Shanghai) it’s hard to ignore the continued Facebook gaming growth. Whether you love Facebook games or hate them they are fast becoming an integral part of the user experience. Social games-driven virtual goods market generated $7,300,000,000 in 2010 (12% of the entire video game industry) and, as mentioned back in December, games such as “Pet Society” sell more than 90 million virtual gifts a ...
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Sep 26 2011
Futuristic Looking BMW i8 Sports Concept Heading to Production in 2013
While the i3 is an everyday city car - albeit a very sophisticated one at that, the second member of BMW’s new i series that made its way to Frankfurt is an altogether different concept. Derived from the 2009 Vision EfficientDynamics study, the futuristic-looking i8 will enter production in 2013.
Sep 23 2011
Top 4 SEO tactics to Improve your rankings [Infographics]
Search Engine Optimisation is a necessary but extremely involved practise, and whilst doing it yourself can save you a lot of money, it’s very easy to get lost in the sea of SEO tactics. As an art, SEO is constantly changing as major search engines constantly update their algorithms and indexing activity, whilst engineers spend their time trying to decipher how pages are ranked and which approaches are the most successful in terms of increasing rankings for a specific website.
Sep 21 2011
60+ Beautiful HandPicked Panoramic HD Photos
Here are 60+ Stunning & beautiful Handpicked Panoramic High definition photos to fill your desktop with the colors of hope & joy. I use wallpapers to get inspiration for my web design projects as well. Yes you are right, wallpapers are a great source of inspiration and you know what, nice wallpapers make great color pallets and these days big and prominent backgrounds are in fashion hope you will find some for your next creation.
Sep 20 2011
Top 10 Pro-Fonts to spark some creativity in you
Who doesn’t like new fonts? I was searching through the net and realized that a lot of people use some really epic looking fonts in their projects because, well… they are just plain awesome. I have compiled a list of top 10 Professional fonts to fulfil your graphic needs, Please check out and download this week and experiment with your all projects. Try making some title treatments or some logo reveals, these are bound to spark some creativity in you somewhere!
Sep 19 2011
7 Step to create a winning infographics [DIY Production]
due to rapidly change in the technology, business, economy and market enviroment, 2/3 of marketers have increased their interactive and inbound marketing tactics, one of the methods they are using is through DIY infographic ( a visual represtation of data). One of the best way to generate buzz and high quality links.
Sep 15 2011
Missing Puzzles (otherside of Life); Pencil vs Camera
'pencil vs. camera' by ivory coast-born brussels-based photographer Ben Heine is a series of images that inject hand-drawn pictures within real-life settings to create a composite effect that is often surreal and highly narrative. manipulating the backdrop to host added elements such as real-life tetris blocks, floating speech bubbles, and an alcoholic panda, the photographs are an exercise in manual photoshop, always including heine's hand which holds up the sketched piece of paper in the foreground.
Sep 11 2011
40+ Kick-Ass [swear word] Typography Style logos
The better a logo greater the probability that your clients will remember you and get back to you. For that: designers have to be creative and have to work their ass off in designing beautiful, unique logos. And the results they come out with their hard work are stunning and spectacular.
I know everybody and their brother does logo roundups so you’re probably sick of them. That's why today Lava360 presents you Really KICK-ASS inpiring article full of swear words in a ...
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Sep 08 2011
A brief history of the iPad [Infographic]
Ok, so we all know that iPad kicked some serious tablet ass when it launched a year ago, but did you know that it reached an outrageous $1 billion in sales revenue in only 4 months, making it the fastest selling consumer device ever! And that’s not all……the first generation iPad is responsible for a whole host of crazy gadgetry firsts, like a tablet slashing laptop sales by 50% or even just the pure fact I can use the words “tablet” and “sales” in ...
Sep 07 2011
Calgary Farmer’s Market | Open All Summer
These very well executed ads for Calgary Farmer’s Market made me smile. Love the idea! The campaign was designed as a compliment to the ‘Open all summer’ series. How do you maintain people’s interest in a farmers’ market during the cold days of Alberta’s winter?
The Calgary Farmers’ Market is taking a humorous approach with a series of radio spots. Each of the three ads uses a word association quiz, and no matter what winter word the announcer uses, the response is always something sold at the ...
Sep 05 2011
How to Promote Yourself as a Graphic Designer
Becoming a freelancer might be an easy thing however, surviving as a freelance graphic designer is definitely a hard task. At times, you might think that you are a great designer but you are just not getting what you really want or what you surely deserve. In order for a freelancer to survive, you need to get the right kind of business and projects or else you won’t be able to pay your bills. If you are not getting enough work, have you taken time out to think what is ...
Aug 30 2011
Striking complex life stories on black & white Portraits
Other than his art, Francois-Marie Banier (1947), a novelist, playwright, photographer and artist, is well noted for his high profile acquaintances. Salvador Dali used to send his car to bring the then 16 year old Banier to his hotel, to discuss art. He knew Picasso, Yves Saint Laurent, Pierre Cardin, Samuel Beckett, Kate Moss and Johnny Depp, among others.
Aug 27 2011
For beautiful city [Clean after your dog]
My daily travel in Metro London and few journies around the world made me fall in love with advertising. The punch, the energy and the wackiness of their commercials thrilled me. There's always something new out there grabbing my attention. Whether it's a campaign or crazy technology that draws me in. My source of inspiration today is from city of Belgrade: Ad compaign "For beautiful city [Clean after your dog]" which is very very simple but very create at the same time.
Aug 24 2011
lines of Aging Extra Ordinary Black & White portraits of Old People
Lee Jeffries lives in Manchester in the United Kingdom. Close to the professional football circle, this artist starts to photograph sporting events. A chance meeting with a young homeless girl in the streets of London changes his artistic approach forever.
Lee Jeffries recalls that, initially, he had stolen a photo from this young homeless girl huddled in a sleeping bag. The photographer knew that the young girl had noticed him but his first reaction was to leave. He says that something made him stay and go and discuss with the homeless ...
