Thursday, December 27, 2012

45 Examples of Negative Space Logo Designs

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Negative space logos are always awesome if they are executed well. They quickly communicate the business message to the audience and remain for a long period of time in your mind. Just one small logo design can tell you much more than you imagine.

This kind of logos with hidden messages are memorable and interesting to discover the meaning behind their design. The key is the minimal and simplistic execution with a little bit of ingenuity when it comes to insert the hidden expression.

A well known negative space logo design is the NBC logo. The peacock in the negative area with the head flipped to the right suggest looking forward to the future, not back to the past. Also the 6 feathers suggest NBC’s six divisions. One simple shape with a lot of meanings. You’ll see more in this new 2013 logo collection below.

Take a closer look at these 45 amazing examples of negative space logos and get inspired. We hope that you find them clever enough to make you play with the negative space technique.

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20 Tips And Tricks To Get The Most Out Of Your New iPhone

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iPhones are great at doing basic things like making phone calls, sending text messages, and checking emails.

But did you know that they can do so much more to automate our lives and make tasks easier?

If you got a new iPhone for the holidays, here are some essential tips and tricks to get you started.

By the way, most of these tricks will also work on your new iPad too!

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The Best Design Articles From 2012

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This is the fourth edition in our annual tradition, which after every year draws to an end we like to reflect back on what was some of our personal favourite articles published on Creative Nerds. We Create so much content its so easy for good content to get lost in the shuffle. This article may not be the best content which got the most traffic, but is more of a showcase of our favourite articles.

I hope you enjoy the article, and I would love to hear what is your favourite blog posts you have read on Creative Nerds over 2012.

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Wednesday, December 26, 2012

3 Big Privacy Issues Of 2013 - And What You Can Do About Them

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On the surface, 2012 saw some major shifts in how privacy is treated online. The Federal Trade Commission's Do-Not-Track Online Act and the White House's Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights prompted Facebook and Google to change allegedly deceptive practices for tracking users. And most Web browsers and even Twitter adopted the do-not-track functions in one form or another.

These were steps in the right direction, but in reality, they didn't solve the data insecurity problem. Facebook can still track users through its "Like" function. And Web surfers' online data can still be used by law enforcement and "market research" for the employment, credit, healthcare and insurance industries. And let's not even get into denial of service attacks and cybersecurity...

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30+ Beautiful Milky Way Photography

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Humans have always been fascinated by the night sky, so when photography was invented, and then evolved into digital photography, it’s no wonder cameras have been pointed skyward to record the cosmos. One of the most amazing and spectacular astronomical photos is a view of the Milky Way Galaxy, our home, from Earth. As any amateur stargazer knows, you must be at the right place at the right time to see the Milky Way. To photograph it requires even more knowledge and preparation. I hope you will love & enjoy these photographs and will motivate you to go out and take a photograph of the starry sky scape itself.

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5 Common Myths About Marketing Your Consulting Business

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Many freelance consultants have a rather hit-or-miss approach to marketing their services. In truth, quite a few consultants do not learn to market themselves in the early days of their businesses because they are lucky enough to start out with business in hand.

That is, they leave a corporate environment, only to do their first few projects for their former employer. They moonlight until a solid long-term project comes along, so that when they give up their day job, they don’t have to do any selling.

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25 Awesome Examples of White Space in Web Design

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The most powerful tool for any designer is the white space available to them. Most this is known as the blank space or empty space. It is left between elements to give your website a clean and elegant look, so that the readers find it easy to go through website.
Mostly white is not considered as a color but absence of color and so white space in website is termed “negative space”. However, the importance of white color can not be ignored as it increases the readability of your website.

So keeping this major importance of white space in web design, be have compiled this post of 25 Awesome Examples of White Space in Web Design. Take a look!

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