targeted mostly at web designers, but still useful for others as well, smashing magazine starts a three-part series on color.

run by monica khemsurov and jill singer, former editors of i.d. magazine, sight unseen is a new website aiming to provide an intimate and behind-the-scenes look at design, art, fashion, food, photography and other creative disciplines.

love this halloween costume. see more pics and info on how this was made.

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german company merlo-t produces ‘special designs without specialising’. their collection consists mainly of home accessories, including the classic TMP paper collector by willi glaeser.

with two locations in williamsburg, brooklyn, 3rd ward provides resources for creative professionals. facilities include four photo studios, a wood & metal shop, a digital media lab, shared & private office space and an interdisciplinary art education program. access seems to be based on a monthly membership fee.

designdroplets has a useful article on the basics of portfolio creation, from planning over creation to actual face to face presentation.

in addition to the standard ‘lorem ipsum’ placeholder text, blindtextgenerator.com provides additional options like cicero, kafka, and goethe’s werther.

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stacey is an alternative to indexhibit, an application used by many artists and designers for creating portfolio sites.

it is a php application, with no database setup or installation files. content is managed by creating folders and editing text files.