twenty four acorns

24acorns graphic design blog, & general cool things.

Wednesday, July 16, 2008

why bigger goals = less competition

awesome post about how aiming higher is easier than aiming for the mediocore (because everyone else is aiming for the mediocore).

Why Bigger Goals = Less Competition

via fourhourworkweek.com

Thursday, July 10, 2008

durrrrr

dog with phat teeth & type art about fairies...hilarity ensues.

omg! Fork Type!

this is awesome...little letters at the end of the fork which resemble pieces of lead type...genious!

via i <3 typography.com

Monday, July 7, 2008

attack of the sporks

made this to commemorate two sightings of Neve Campbell in the HFX area within a couple of days.

based on/inspired by the fancy visual work of Scott Hansen. iso50.com

Sunday, July 6, 2008

Visual Inspiration v1.1

coffee, an awesome home, paper version of the web, a gold skate rail & an image fulgurator:

"The Fulgurator lies in wait until an unsuspecting photographer takes a picture using a flash. When the device's sensor sees this flash, it fires its own unit, throwing up an image which is captured by the hapless photographer's camera while remaining unseen by the naked eye." ...insane!

via r-echos.net

Friday, July 4, 2008

iBook

playing with light + photoshop

i know, i know, horribly dirty computer...it's nearly three years old and still kickin' though

designy

it's fake, but I had fun making it.

and another thingy just for fun, playing with brushes and such.

Wednesday, July 2, 2008

newish work

Here are a couple recentish freelance projects...I haven't been taking many on, just the odd one every month or two:
Peacebuilding and Earthkeeping Conference