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School of Visual Arts podcast with Steven Heller, author of I Heart Design, and cool crafts to kick off the week

To kick off this week, I have a School of Visual Arts podcast featuring Steven Heller, author of I Heart Design: Remarkable Graphic Design Selecter by Designers, Illustrators, and Critics. It is so cool to get an inside peek into what other designers like, and learn some new Latin!!!

"Sine qua non (pronounced as Americanized /ˌsaɪnɨ kweɪ ˈnɒn/ or more Latinate /ˌsɪneɪ kwɑː ˈnoʊn/)[1] or conditio sine qua non (plural: sine quibus non) refers to an indispensable and essential action, condition, or ingredient." From Wikipedia.

More about the book:

I Heart Design:

Remarkable Graphic Design Selecter by Designers, Illustrators, and Critics

By

Steven Heller

I Heart Design is a collection of “favorite” designs as selected by 80 prominent graphic designers, typographers, teachers, scholars, writers and design impresarios. Designers have preferences, like modern over postmodern, serif over sans serif, decorative over minimal, but designers could not be engaged in design practice if they did not love design. The reasons for such a charged emotion varies from individual to individual, but there are certain commonalities regarding form, function, outcome, and more. Design triggers something in all of us that may be solely aesthetic or decidedly content-driven, but in the final analysis, we are drawn to it through the heart.

Designs featured include the iconic CBS eye, the stark Kodak identity, the Coca-Cola bottle, and, of course, The Rolling Stones’ Sticky Fingers album cover.

Steven Heller is co-chair of the MFA Design program of the School of Visual Arts where students are encouraged to become design entrepreneurs. He is the author and co-author of over 120 books on design and popular culture. He is the editor of AIGA VOICE the online design journal and a contributing editor to Print, ID, EYE, and Baseline magazines. For 33 years Heller was an art director of the New York Times and now writes a column for the Book Review section. He is the recipient of the AIGA Medal for Lifetime Achievement. http://www.printmag.com/dailyheller/

Design and craft on my peeps!

About Family Crafts
Discover how you can create your own music crafts and then amaze your friends, your family, and yourself with all of the beautiful music you can make.

Carmi's Art/Life World
Carmi creates a circular collage as a memento of her trip to the big Paris cemetery.

Crafty Princess Diaries
Have you got a lot of crafting crap? It's time to get organized!

Eileen - The Artful Crafter
Time always seems to get away from us, doesn't it? Eileen reminds you not to forget to scrap those special moments.

Margot Potter The Impatient Crafter
Madge finally reveals her project for the JoAnn Fabrics Spring Press Kit!

Mixed Media Artist
Cyndi was introduced to a book artist's video that will take your breath away!

Stefanie Girard's Sweater Surgery
See how to transform a Rubik's cube with inspiration from the book Photojojo!

 

Free CD envelope with windows pattern from the book The Packaging and Design Templates Sourcebook 2 by Luke Herriott

The idea of making an envelope so that you can spin the disk inside and little bits of info will appear is so cute and kinda retro. This free CD envelope pattern is from the book (and CD) The Packaging and Design Templates Sourcebook 2. I think it would be cute to make this envelope for a mixed CD. Maybe for your "Valentine"? And write little Q & A's on the disk? Just a thought.

This pattern is designed by Brad Kayal.

Click on the CD envelope template to download and then print out.

If you like this one, there is a first book in the series (as implied by the "2" hehe):

The Packaging and Design Templates Sourcebook

More about:

The Packaging and Design Templates Sourcebook 2

See inside peeks and some of the free templates here.

More about the fabulous follow up:

 

The Packaging and Design Templates Sourcebook 2

By

Luke Herriott

This is the eagerly anticipated follow-up to the bestselling The Packaging and Design Templates Sourcebook. With 100% new content, The Packaging and Design Templates Sourcebook 2 is guaranteed to repeat the runaway success of the original volume. This indispensable sourcebook features 100 new, innovative, and classic packaging and paper engineering ideas across a variety of end uses, with detailed templates showing how to copy, fold, construct, and complete them from widely available materials. The accompanying CD features all of the templates as copyright-free, editable EPS files making The Packaging and Design Templates Sourcebook 2 an invaluable resource for designer, design students, and crafters.

Luke Herriott has been art directing, designing, and managing book projects for over 15 years, and is the director of book design and packaging company, Studio Ink. He is the author and designer of a number of books, including Instant Graphics, Art Directing Projects for Print, and The Packaging and Design Templates Sourcebook, published by RotoVision, as well as 1000 Restaurant, Bar, and Cafe Graphics published by Rockport Publishers. He lives in Hastings, UK.

There are 99 more!!!!!!!! (They are all included on the accompanying CD.)

Posters of The Beatles with KISS makeup from the book 1,000 Indie Posters

Did I put a smile on your face? I hope so. These posters of The Beatles with KISS makeup on from the book 1,000 Indie Posters just made me giggle and got my creative wheels spinning to all the possibilities of famous people and paintings that could be made fun with a bit of KISS makeup.

© Print Mafia

If you like getting your inspiration from a book packed full of super creative poster designs, you will not be disappointed in this fab book:

1,000 Indie Posters

by

John Foster

The renewed prominence of the poster as both a marketing tool and a display of artistry has led to an explosive renaissance. Curated by John Foster, author of New Masters of Poster Design, this captivating collection of 1,000 indie posters captures the cutting edge of poster design work at one of its most important moments in history. Readers will find an inspiring and eclectic collection, spanning from music to the political and everything in-between!

John Foster is a world-renowned designer, author and speaker on design issues. His work has been published in numerous books and every major industry magazine, hangs in galleries across the globe, and is part of the permanent collection of the Smithsonian. He is the proud recipient of both a gold and silver medal from the Art Directors Club as well as a Best of Show from the ADDYs. He is the author of New Masters of Poster Design (Rockport Publishers, 2006), Dirty Fingernails (Rockport Publishers, 2009), For Sale (HOW Design Books, 2008) and Maximum Page Design (HOW Design Books, 2005) among others.

Free folded jewelry display pattern from the book The Packaging and Design Templates Sourcebook

I think this folded paper card display looks like the "and" symbol- "&" (well not the one in this font but the one on my keyboard!) It makes a great little display for my recycled wool felted sweater and button ring (the one you can make at Unique LA with me!) All I did was add an extra cut in it from the original pattern from the book The Packaging and Design Templates Sourcebook .

I printed the pattern out on a nice piece of heavy paper.

Then simply cut it out along the lines.

 

I did add a sticker and the extra slice for the ring. You could add 2 holes for earrings too!

You could really use this fun shape for all sorts of things. Hey, if you do leave a comment telling us what you did! We'd like to know.

If you love this pattern and you need 139 more grab a copy of:

The Packaging and Design Templates Sourcebook

Luke Herriott

A practical and inspirational resource book of templates.

The Packaging and Design Templates Sourcebook presents a stunning showcase of 140 new, innovative and classic packaging and paper engineering ideas across a variety of areas. Accompanying each project is a detailed template, which shows the reader how to copy, fold and construct each project from material that is widely available.

This book provides a source of inspiration for graphic and packaging designers, both student and professional alike, as it explores the fundamentals of a package at its most basic level. Covering areas as diverse as food and drink, product packaging, promotional material, CDs and DVDs, books, retail and stationary, it is a completely comprehensive guide. The book also includes gatefold templates, some insert card packaging concepts, and a CD-Rom of templates and finished packages, allowing designers to create presentations for their clients!

Luke Herriott is a widely respected freelance graphic designer and book designer and runs the design company Studio Ink in Sussex. He is also the co-author of First Steps in Digital Design for RotoVision. He lives in Hastings, UK.

Oh paper lovers are going to love the book: The Packaging and Design Templates Sourcebook

I just got this book and I can't wait to make just about everything in it!

Hence all the little stickies coming out of the top! The book comes with the 140 templates on a disk!

I decided to try this little cute box first that has a round tab top closure.

I printed it out on a nice pink piece of card stock.

All that was left to do was cut out along the solid lines and score along the dotted lines and glue together!

I think this box will make a great gift box for special Easter eggs.

Here is the box pattern for you to download:

And if you need 139 more grab a copy of:

The Packaging and Design Templates Sourcebook

Luke Herriott

A practical and inspirational resource book of templates.

The Packaging and Design Templates Sourcebook presents a stunning showcase of 140 new, innovative and classic packaging and paper engineering ideas across a variety of areas. Accompanying each project is a detailed template, which shows the reader how to copy, fold and construct each project from material that is widely available.

This book provides a source of inspiration for graphic and packaging designers, both student and professional alike, as it explores the fundamentals of a package at its most basic level. Covering areas as diverse as food and drink, product packaging, promotional material, CDs and DVDs, books, retail and stationary, it is a completely comprehensive guide. The book also includes gatefold templates, some insert card packaging concepts, and a CD-Rom of templates and finished packages, allowing designers to create presentations for their clients!

Luke Herriott is a widely respected freelance graphic designer and book designer and runs the design company Studio Ink in Sussex. He is also the co-author of First Steps in Digital Design for RotoVision. He lives in Hastings, UK.