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Top 15 Graphic Design Magazines

Over at our print design marketplace, Inkd, we’ve compiled a blog post containing the top 15 graphic design magazines. Most also have free trials and discounts for designers belonging to organizations or for students, and all of these magazines have resource rich companion websites.Some magazines are highly focused on graphic design, some are great for general inspiration. Many have at least annual calls for design and competition. This is a really great list. Particularly for those of you who design brochures, newsletters and other print material.

See you at the Seattle 2.0 Awards?

I have the honor of being a panelist/judge for the upcoming Seattle 2.0 Awards event on May 7!

The Seattle 2.0 Awards recognizes the amazing accomplishments of the best of over 300 Seattle area technology startups (despite the challenging economy), and the exceptional people who are behind their heroic efforts. They will single out the very best of the best, as judged by the people who knows best: their peers in the startup community. Maybe even Inkd will win something! Attend the awards ceremony on May 7 if you can make it to Seattle!

Here are the categories!

Best Startup
Best Boot-strapped Startup
Best Startup CEO
Best Startup Technologist
Best Venture Capitalist
Best Angel Investor
Best Startup Product Designer
Best Service Provider to Startups
Best Blog from/about Startup
Best Social Event for Startups

Inkd: The latest project from Curious Office has launched!!

Our latest project from Curious Office and Second Avenue Partners launches today! Thanks to everyone on the Inkd team for their hard work over the last several months!

Here’s a nice write-up from TechCrunch.

Pressplane Breaks Out Of Stealth Mode With A New Name (Inkd) And A Solid Product

New desks at Curious Office

Yes they look cool. No we didn’t spend a lot of money. The office is nice heh?

My Kelly Smith/Curious Office Twitter account

Kelly Smith Seattle Twitter Account

Amazing photography by Elias Tahan

Elias Tahan: Photographer

Not a bad shot in here. Great work.

The art of French Pharmaceutical Advertising

Vintage French Posters

I recently picked up a copy of Baseline magazine (an international typography magazine) and saw these great images. During the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, remedies for various real and imagined physical and psychological maladies were routinely hawked using miracle claims. By the early twenties though, the big drug companies started waging war with the phonies and the result was greater governmental scrutiny. Even so, I love the magical nature of these ad campaigns.

Apartamento

Apartmento

Apartamento is a new international editorial project dedicated to the world of interiors. Looks cool.

Bartolomé Graziana

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Check out Bartolomé Graziana presented in a blog format. There’s some lovely posters on there, including this one above.

The Pantone Rubiks Cube

Rubitone

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