Create easy image placeholders for your wireframes or design mockups at placehold.it. Looks every useful.
A wonderful site dedicated to the life and work of the Design Visionary and Icon Paul Rand.
The incomparable Veerle Pieters launches version 3.0 of her gorgeous blog.
Some very clever packaging design. Courtesy Fast Company
As we leave this years Olympics behind, an interesting view of the importance and intersection of design and sport. Courtesy Steven Heller and the NY Times
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/02/24/sports/olympics/pictograms-inte...
Good design is innovative.
Good design makes a product useful.
Good design is aesthetic.
Good design makes a product understandable.
Good design is unobtrusive.
Good design is honest.
Good design is long-lasting.
Good design is thorough down to the last detail.
Good design is environmentally friendly.
Good design is as little design as possible.
- Dieter Rams
How true!
Courtesy 52 Weeks of UX
http://52weeksofux.com
Or as Pete Seeger once said "Plagiarism is basic to all cultures."
Video courtesy: Jeff Veen from Ignite Show Video
http://igniteshow.com/videos/great-designers-steal-ep-28
Go steal some good stuff and make it better...
