Tips and News on Logo Design and Tutorials

Today, Google celebrates a very important day in history with a special Google logo for Yuri Gagarin. Yuri was the first human being in space, and 50 years ago today he made his historic flight to space in the Vostok spacecraft, on April 12, 1961.

The commemorative logo is unique for Google in that it is animated and you see Yuri and the Vostok launch off into space.

As a companion release to Creative Suite 5.5, Adobe is also unveiling the Photoshop Touch Software Development Kit. This kit allows developers to create tablet and smartphone apps that communicate with a desktop running Photoshop.

The first three apps include a finger-painting app called Eazel, which lets you wirelessly send work to a desktop Photoshop app. The second is Color Lava, a palette...

"Type design is one of the most visible and widespread forms of graphic expression in daily life. It is still not noticed by all readers of newspapers, magazines or books. Nevertheless letter forms reflect the style of a period, and its cultural background.

We are surrounded by them everywhere. The designer of new typefaces works in extremely small dimensions in shaping a letter, and he is also limited by the traditional forms of the alphabet. There are few possibilities for new ideas, for a good design should not have eccentric and unusual details.
But the compromises required in designing for metal type can be ignored today because the new digital technology allows freedom in making new designs.

It's always fascinated me that people are drawn to the fonts they are naturally drawn to. What misfire in the human brain makes people want to use Comic Sans? What unseen force propels designers in 2011 to use Papyrus to make a movie poster? Who would win in a fight? Helvetica or Arial? Both are strong and bold, but both are tired from overuse! These are the questions that plague the mind of the typography junkie.

The iPad LED Backlit display has a resolution of 1024×768 pixels at 132 pixels per inch. It displays high quality output and the colors are intense and vibrant. The screen stretches 9.7 inches diagonally making it ideal for multimedia viewing. iPad measures just 0.5 inch thin with width of 7.47 inches and 9.56 inches height. The screen is also fingerprint resistant with an oleophobic coating. All of this leads to the fact that your iPad deserves a wallpaper as beautiful as it is. Here's a handful to get your collection started.