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Here at Jam, we love blogs. We spend all day working with bloggers and all night reading their posts. It would appear our mothers never warned us about getting square eyes. Given our blog-nerd-levels, we thought we’d share with you the blogs we think will continue to see growth throughout 2012…you know, in case you’re Continue reading →
For a digital designer –any designer, for that matter – colour is a secret weapon. It has a powerful role in evoking a reaction from the viewer, and though it’s often underestimated, it can help support a punch line – good or bad. This evocation involves tapping into the viewer’s subconscious (you don’t just barge Continue reading →
The colour of a product is 85% of the reason you buy a product, or at least that’s what recent research by Kiss Metrics says. It does make sense that you would buy a product purely based on its looks (design is a massive part of a product), but the interesting part is that, according Continue reading →
The human printer is a group of people that replicate CMYK, black and white and spot colour prints through arduous use of felt tips. By drawing many dots in a half tone pattern, they build up pictures not unlike those you’d find in print, but with a slight merging and softening of details. Of course, Continue reading →
Thinglink calls itself a “conversational product catalog”, but it’s basically a social network based around products. It’s currently in private beta, but allows its members to upload images of design pieces in the hope of creating a sort of user generated product catalogue. Users can then comment on designs, “like” them (imagine that!) and add Continue reading →
Groups of people do some amazing things, often bizarre and unexpected. When taking a brand or an idea into a community, you can try and anticipate what will happen but ultimately, as you’re dealing with people, you never know precicely what’ll ensue. We usually focus on the brand as a catalyst for change in a Continue reading →
