Took a drive out to Coquitlam to check out Mattson Lights; a really unique Christmas light display. All of the lights at this house are computer controlled then sychronized with radio station 99.7 FM. I definitely have a new appreciation for Christmas lights.
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A blog dedicated to all things that lead to creating ideas.
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ABOUT
- Dave Aquino
- Vancouver, BC, Canada
- Inspiration arrives at anytime and from anywhere. Sometimes these small and even subtle sparks can lead to an immediate design solution or an idea that can be tucked away for later use. This blog is about things I've read, seen, heard, created, or admired. Ideas are constantly on my mind. Now, this blog serves as a home for the inspiration before that next big idea.
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some books I've read
- Paul Rand: A Designer`s Art
- The Visual Display of Quantitative Information, 2nd edition by Edward R. Tufte
- Graphic Design 20th Century by Alston W. Purvis
- Thinking With Type Revised Edition: A Critical Guide for Designers, Writers, Editors, & Students by Ellen Lupton
- Information Graphics by Peter Wilbur
- Typography Essentials: 100 Design Principles for Working with Type by Ina Saltz
- Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die by Chip Heath and Dan Heath
- Graphic Design History: A Critical Guide by Johanna Drucker and Emily McVarish
- SustainAble: A Handbook of Materials and Applications for Graphic Designers and Their Clients
- Pick Me: Breaking Into Advertising and Staying There by Nancy Vonk and Janet Kest
- The New Typography by Jan Tschichold
- A Whole New Mind by Daniel Pink
- Universal Principles of Design By William Lidwell, Kritina Holden, Jill Butler
- Lettering & Type: Creating Letters and Designing Typefaces by Bruce Willen and Nolen Strals
- The Laws of Simplicity by John Maeda
- The Elements of Typographic Style by Robert Bringhurst
- Cradle To Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things By William McDonough & Michael Braungart
- What the Dog Saw: And Other Adventures by Malcolm Gladwell
- Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcom Gladwell
- Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcom Gladwell
- The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference by Malcom Gladwell
- The Typographic Desk Reference by Theodore Rosendorf
- Meggs' History of Graphic Design by Philip B. Meggs and Alston W. Purvis
- 30 Essential Typefaces for A Lifetime by Joshua Berger and Imin Pao
- Getting It Printed by Eric Kenly
- Making and Breaking the Grid: A Graphic Design Layout Workshop by Timothy Samara
- How to Wrap Five Eggs: Traditional Japanese Packaging by Hideyuki Oka
- Retro Graphics: A Visual Sourcebook to 100 Years of Graphic Design by Jonathan Raimes, Lakshmi Bhaskaran
- Thinking With Type: A Critical Guide for Designers, Writers, Editors, and Students by Ellen Lupton
- Geometry of Design: Studies in Proportion and Composition by Kimberly Elam
- Letter by Letter: An Alphabetical Miscellany by Laurent Pflughaupt
- Grid Systems: Principles of Organizing Type by Kimberly Elam
- Type Idea Index: The Designer's Ultimate Tool for Choosing and Using Fonts Creatively by Jim Krause
- Typographic Systems: Rules for Organizing Type by Kimberly Elam
- Graphic Design Theory: Readings from the Field by Helen Armstrong
- Modern Typography: An Essay in Critical History by Robin Kinross
- Green Graphic Design by Brian Dougherty and Celery Design Collaborative
- Forms, Folds and Sizes, Second Edition: All the Details Graphic Designers Need to Know but Can Never Find by Aaris Sherin and Poppy Evans
- The Design of Everyday Things by Don Norman
- Hey, Whipple, Squeeze This: A Guide to Creating Great Advertising by Luke Sullivan
- New Brand World by Scott Bedbury
- Typeface: Classic Typography for Contemporary Design by Tamye Riggs
- Lateral Thinking by Edward De Bono
- Envisioning Information by Edward R. Tufte
links to some good stuff
- CARGO COLLECTIVE
- CHRIS JORDAN PHOTOGRAPHY
- COOL HUNTING
- CP LUV
- CREATIVE REVIEW
- DESIGN OBSERVER
- FAIL BLOG
- GRAPHIC EXCHANGE
- HIGH SNOBIETY
- INSTRUCTABLES
- MY FONTS
- NEW YORK TIMES
- ON POSTMODERNISM
- REFORM & REVOLUTION
- TED
- THE BOOK COVER ARCHIVE
- THE COOL HUNTER
- THE DIELINE
- THE FWA
- THE STORY OF STUFF
- TOP 50 GRAPHIC DESIGN BLOGS
- UNDER CONSIDERATION
- VEER
- WIRED
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