Student Meetup at Slobomir P Univerzitet, Bosnia and Herzegovina
99designs had its first student meetup at Slobomir P Unverzitet, Bosnia and Herzegovina on Wednesday, April 11th. The event was organized by 99designs Student Delegate, Igor Lale and supported by Slobomor P Unversity’s graphic design department. With help from fellow 99designs student designers, Zoran Maric and Zoran Iliskovic, Igor spoked to twenty five students from …
Take a look at TYPO: international design talks 2012
Earlier this week you got a glimpse into the history of Futura and now it’s time to delve into what makes typefaces, like Futura, really work. “Design, culture, society — with a little bit of kerning” – TYPO Conference Motto After a successful 16 years based in Berlin, the International Design Conference TYPO has been expanding, …
Top 9 at 99 results: March, 2012
March’s Top Designer, and winner of the iPod Nano with a watchband case is freaky! Let’s send a HUGE congratulations. We love all of our Top 9 designers and want to send them a huge congratulations as well: tinbacicdesign. shf jacklooser sambel terong freaky schmeelybug dragan_sh zoelhenry bashango To celebrate your amazing talents you’ll each receive a copy of Creative Workshop: 80 Challenges …
Know your typeface: Futura’s amazing past
Choice of typeface can make or break a design. That goes for pages (web and print), sentences, words — as a matter of fact, typeface can quite literally make or break a single letter! Just ask the comic sans haters. Designers have been well aware of the importance of typeface for over a century, and …
Words for Winners: select the right contest
For the next few weeks, Words for Winners will continue to cover five important strategies that will make YOU a more successful designer on 99designs. Last week, we shared tips on how to build your design talent and find inspiration for those times you encounter designer’s block. This week, in part two, we will focus …
Designer profile: roihim
Roi Himan – Haifa, Israel 99designs handle: roihim Contests won: 23 Roi Himan is a 4th year design student the at the Neri Bloomfield School of Design and Education in Haifa, Israel. He is a talented logo designer and also has experience in print, interaction and flash website design. As a 99designs Student Delegate, Roi …
Simple design solutions: learn a thing or two from IKEA
Design is about thinking on your feet — coming up with simple design solutions to problems that are often very complicated. In a great example of keeping it simple, IKEA created a brilliant product for the launch of their iPAD catalogue in Norway: the Ikea Beröra. It’s a sewing kit equipped with specialized conductive thread …
Top 9 at 99: March, 2012
March has passed which means Top 9 at 99 is here! We have chosen the top 9 designers that we thought had exceptional March wins from the following categories: Logo Design Web Design All other categories combined Now it’s your turn to vote for the designer you believe deserves the Top Designer honors. The designer voted Top Designer will win an iPod …
Words for Winners: build talent and find inspiration
For the next few weeks, Words for Winners will cover five important strategies that will make YOU a more successful designer on 99designs. Part one focuses on the understanding of where inspiration comes from, how to get it when you’re stuck and how to brainstorm strategically so you can compete with the best. So sit back, relax, …
The evolution of the Sci Fi movie poster
Science Fiction deserves to be taken seriously. Whether a campy space invader flick or a serious exploration of artificial intelligence, the Sci Fi movie reflects our deepest hopes and fears about where technology might take us, and what it might make of us. Plus, being a supremely imaginative genre by nature, Sci Fi is a …
