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Daily Inspiration #805
New Works of James White aka Signalnoise
Beautiful Design Work by Commoner
The Perfect Office #85
Yummy Cookies Typography in Photoshop

Posted: 25 Apr 2011 01:51 PM PDT

This post is part of our daily series of posts showing the most inspiring images selected by some of the Abduzeedo's writers and users. If you want to participate and share your graphic design inspiration, just send us, via email, the image with the link from where you found it, also use "Daily Inspiration" in the subject, and don't forget to send your Abduzeedo username; or via Twitter sending to http://twitter.com/abduzeedo.

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Flyerfolio

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HdK

Hysterical Minds

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About the author

I'm from Brazil, co-founder of Zee with Fabio. Nowadays I like to play with Fireworks, Photoshop and improve my skills in CSS. If you wanna request some posts, please feel free to contact me or follow on Twitter.

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New Works of James White aka Signalnoise

Posted: 25 Apr 2011 07:11 AM PDT

James White is one of the most innovative designers out there and along the years he's been also an amazing supporter to Abduzeedo. The brand Signalnoise just celebrated its 12th year anniversary so we decided to feature his latest work from this designer that knows how to stay in the 'Avant-Garde' of his creations.

I have been a creative person ever since I was old enough to hold a pencil at the age of 4. I started drawing on every scrap of paper I could find to the point where my mother couldn't keep typewriter paper in the house without my finding and stealing it.

For more information about James White aka Signalnoise, you can visit his blog at Blog.Signalnoise.com , be a fan on Facebook or follow him on Twitter @Signalnoise .

You can also follow him on his weekly broadcasts on Thursdays at 3pm EST at Signalnoise.com/Live .

About the author

My name's François Hoang and my alias's Aoiro Studio. I am a self-taught freelance graphic designer from Montreal, Canada. I've been designing for the last 4 years and really have a huge passion for creative work that makes a difference in our world. If you wanna requests some posts; I can be found on Twitter or feel free to contact me.

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Beautiful Design Work by Commoner

Posted: 25 Apr 2011 06:24 AM PDT

Commoner, Inc is home of the brilliant designer Richard Arthur Stewart and on this post you will see some of the amazing work he has done. Very clean design with a lot of style to it, making every bit of detail so enjoyable. Check it out!

For more works from Richard visit commonerinc.com

Fast Eddie's Barber Shop

Fast Eddie's is a no nonsense barber shop found in Allston, MA. one of Boston's many historical neighborhoods. This place is the epitome of traditional Americana, which I wanted the mark and typography to represent; Franklin Gothic and ATF Bodoni scanned from a letterpress book with a mashup illustration combining an iconic eagle and barber's comb.

I wanted to stay away from the "red, white & blue" barber pole theme and stick with something high contrast and modern. Stark, rich blacks screen printed on whitewash 100 lb. card stock give the collateral a strong masculine feel while referencing the brand's age and history.

Poe Covers Reimagined

A tribute in my own way after discovering how much I love Edgar Allan Poe's work. I wanted the design to reflect his tongue-in-cheek way with words. His themes were very dark and at sometimes too morbid to even read, but he always had a way of conveying them in an almost whimsical, comedic fashion. I thought this was truly the beauty of his work. To be able to illicit such a broad range of emotions from the reader and in such a short amount of time, remembering that the majority of his stories aren't more than 20 or so pages.

The Lower Depths

Identity for a taproom and restaurant in Kenmore square, inspired by it's port town history.

Rat City Beer Co.

Rat City is a boutique brewery specializing in artisanal craft beer, located in the heart of Allston, MA. The company was named as a tribute to the neighborhood it resides in, notorious for it's overwhelming rat population. Being ever optimistic, the name was a way to show local pride as well as differentiate itself from the many other brewhouses in Boston and the surrounding area.

Drawing much influence from the prohibition era, the design and copy give a nod to the classics while still remaining relevant and contemporary. The brand reflects a blue collar, D.I.Y. aesthetic that is steeped in tradition with respect for the craft of home brewing.

About the author

Hi there! I'm Paulo Canabarro, 25 year old web designer from Brazil currently living in Providence RI, USA. I'm truly passionate about design of all kinds. Finding and sharing inspiration has become part of my life. If you have any suggestions or requests just get @ me - pvpcanabarro@gmail.com For some cool stuff make sure to Follow me on twitter!

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The Perfect Office #85

Posted: 25 Apr 2011 04:21 AM PDT

We've seen some great gadgets and equipment for designers. So many cool stuff, that we could actually assemble infinite perfect office spaces! Every week we'll assemble a perfect office, and we'd like you to help us. What equipment would the perfect office have?

Not only gadgets and equipment, but also furniture, sound system, gaming stuff (for lunch time!). A designer is totally allowed to dream with the perfect office, and that's what we're gonna do here! Also, tell us your suggestions, or even better, you may tell us via twitter (mine and fabio's), using #abdz_ofc so we can check it. Alright? I hope you guys enjoy this brief selection. Cheers! ;)

Hedgefund Piggy Bank

Saving pennies becomes fun with this piggy bank. Toss a coin into the Hedgefund Piggy Bank and watch it run around the wooden top till it finds its way into the funnel. (at Holy Cool)

FeTAp phone

This is simply beautiful. A new, stylish version of the orange oldschool telephone with dial plate. (at Design You Trust)

Maxell Vibrabone HP-VBC40 Earbuds

Maxell's new Vibrabone HP-VBC40 earbuds are a hybrid of standard speaker drivers and vibration-based bone conduction drivers which serve to give your tunes a bit of an extra kick. They're also a bit safer for your ear drums since the standard technique for boosting bass performance is to simply increase the size of the driver which puts more stress on your inner ear bits. Available in black, blue and white the Vibrabone earbuds also feature a dual inline volume control for adjusting both the overall sound and the bass vibration. (at Oh Gizmo!)

Camera Futura

Camera Futura overcomes the antiquated analog one-lens-connected-to-one-viewfinder architecture with the Wireless Viewfinder Interchangeable Lens system (WVIL). It combines the sensor and lens into one package and leverages wireless technology to preview and control it remotely. This opens innovation in the field of optical design; whether it is dual-sensor stereo 3D, ultra-wide panorama, or 360° "party cam" lenses, it will play with Camera Futura. Find out more about this concept at Artefact Group.

Dell M18x, M14x and M11x R3 notebooks

The 16lbs M18x hits with several factory-overclocked Core i7 options, the latest dual-GPU options from AMD and Nvidia, and up to 32GB of RAM. Wireless audio, HDMI-in and out along with USB 3.0 round out the specs of the massive notebook. Also features 18-inch 1920 x 1080 screen.

The M14x might have a smaller 14-inch screen but it's not lacking in the spec department. The computing muscle is powered by a Core i7 2820QM or Core i7 2630QM with a 3GB or 1.5GB Nvidia GeForce GT555M and up to 8GB of RAM. Specs for the M11x at the source. (at Crunch Gear)

About the author

Hello, everyone! I'm Paulo Gabriel, a 26 year old designer from Porto Alegre, Brazil. I have worked as a webdesigner since 2006, but websites and blogs have been a hobby for me since 1999. Here in Abduzeedo, I try to bring only the hot stuff for you... and hope that all of you enjoy my posts! For more cool stuff, you may also follow me on Twitter.

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Yummy Cookies Typography in Photoshop

Posted: 24 Apr 2011 09:02 PM PDT

I woke up this morning thinking about an idea for a tutorial, then I remembered that last week I saw a really nice text effect that the characters were made of bread if I am not making any mistake. So I thought it would be really nice to create a text made of cookies just using Photoshop.

So in this tutorial I will show you how to create a really nice text effect playing with cookies texture and layer styles. The technique is super simple and the whole process won't take more than 30 minutes.

Step 1

Open Photoshop and create a new document. I am using 2560x1440 pixels for the size. After that double click on the background layer to make it editable, then go to Layer>Layer Style>Gradient Overlay. Use #fdebc2 and #f7efe0 for the colors, Radial for the Style and make sure the center is lighter than the edges.