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5 Overused and Abused design trends

We see this all the time as as we browse the web, some of it was fresh a year ago, some of it was fresh a month ago (like the fancy design flourishes) and some where never really that trendy but everyone just thought they wehere really cool when they used them (like comic seans font). I found an awesome article that got me thinking about this.

1) Reflective objects:

 

I think these are everywhere these days from graphic user interfaces to half the web pages out there. I must admit i used that myself and still think that it's good design in the appropriate projects (like the cleaning company)

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Lets talk about Poster Design

I'm not really sure how many people realize the power behind a successfully designed poster. If an artist or designer has done thier job, that psoter can have an astounding impact on its viewer and in some cases even in the cultural areana. Today I'm providing a couple of links to some inspiring, amusing and in some cases iconic posters.

Fist we have 100 Illustrated Horror Film Posters: Part 1 & Part 2. (via Koz)

 and Cool Posters that Speak and Inspire (via Graphic Fetish )

 

Free back up and sync

Everything is perfectly fine until a hard drive crash that's why staying backed up and in sync is essential in today's world. Many companies opt out for big cluster servers that do nightly back up or running a RAID array on your computers that automatically rebuild the data if the drive gets corrupted. This is all great but this still doesn't protect from hardware theft and ussualy costs a lot of money. That's where Internet comes to the rescue yet again.

Photoshop retouching and the media

I was browsing around design blogs when i stumbled into this interesting video that talks about photoshop retouching in the media. We don't even think about it but almost all the photos we see are retouched. What do you think about it ?

Most Unique Bag Designs

There are lots of packaging design going on these days and even though a lot of them look hip and modern only some of them really stand out. Here are just some of the inspirational bags we found while browsing the web.

The Next 5000 Days of the Internet

From the TED talks:  We saw an interesting video that is relevant to what we do here by creating your window to the World Wide Web.  The Web as we know it has only been around for about 5000 days.  This talk given by Kevin Kelly is about what we might see in the next 5000 days.  Very Interesting ideas and views on the near future and how we will interact with it.   Let us know what you think.

The Future of 3D holograms Today

From SolidSmack.com:  Obscura Digital is using their multi-touch technology along with the Musion Eyeliner 3D holographic system to get an on-stage interactive display that will boggle the senses.

Wanokoto Labs Ages Your Digital Photos for You

The website at Wanokoto Labs converts a file or image url you upload to look like came from a 100 year old newspaper.  Just upload your pic or point the converter to the image you’re looking at and presto.  With one click of the button and a couple seconds of waiting you’ve got an image from your grandfathers old paper newspaper.  If you browse through their gallery you’ll note a lot of really impressive image results.  Looks like Photoshop isn’t the only way to get this effect anymore.  Try it out with one of your pics and post it here.  Best pic gets a free coke!

Make your Gmail Prettier

We Here at GraphicFusion Design believe that good design should be seen in all parts of life. And with this thought in mind, we must thank Globex Designs for the redesigned skins they made for Gmail and GCal available with firefox.  

 

New Themes in Design: Got Wood?

Over at Rubiqube, we came across an interesting article on  how popular wood textures are becoming for web design.  Whether this is a theme that will last or just a passing trend, we sure think wood looks groovy!  Check out “Is Wood the New White?”   We also loved the tutorial he referenced for creating our own wood textures.