{ christian kolos // design blog }

Some people would have you believe that you aren't reading this.
Why?
Because it's not 'above the fold'.

Above the fold - a graphic design concept that refers to the location of an important news story or a visually appealing photograph on the upper half of the front page of a newspaper.

Kurzer, lesenswerter Artikel beim Stilpir.at über das Dilemma der wohl meisten Gestalter: "Du bist so gut, wie man Dich lässt".

Die wunderbar minimalistisch gehaltene Website des Chevychase Design Studios aus Stockholm. Die Arbeiten können sich natürlich auch wirklich sehen lassen:

"We don’t believe in a standard approach to design, but develop and use the most appropriate visual language for the product or service. From small art projects to brand identities and major websites, each and every project is treated individually and afforded the same care and attention. We’d like to think we do just that."

Wunderbare Innenarchitektur von nendo für eine psychiatrische Einrichtung in Tokyo - auf der nendo-Website finden sich neben näheren Informationen dazu auch ein paar weitere Photos:

The interior design for a mental health clinic in Akasaka, Tokyo. The clinic specializes in total mental health care: in addition to standard consultations with a psychiatrist, it offers such services as corporate consulting and support for patients returning to the workplace. Rather than getting patients back to a 'zero', a neutral starting place, the traditional model for mental health care, the clinic aims to provide patients with something extra: a further richness in their daily lives that they did not have before starting treatment.

» weiterlesen bei nendo.jp


Photo © Jimmy Cohrssen


Photo © Jimmy Cohrssen

» via designboom

Created out of a love for posters, modernism and television, there wasn't a client out there to commission such a job so austrian designer Albert Exergian wrote his own brief and created this self initiaded series of posters throwing all of the above inspirations into the creative melting pot.

» weitere Designs bei Blanka

Warum kommt mir das nur so bekannt vor?



» weiterlesen bei The Oatmeal

htmlemailgallery.com ist eine gute Inspirationsquelle rund um das Thema eMail-Design. Zusätzlich findet man noch zahlreiche Links zu Tutorials, Resources und sonstigen Tipps & Tricks:

Email design is the red-headed stepchild of web design but with some help and guidance it won’t be for you.