Containing 100 geometric pattern fonts for Mac and Windows, Geometric is a book which gives designers a mountain of resource material. The book comes with a CD containing the 100 pattern fonts – the most extensive pattern font collection available from any foundry.

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Artist & designer Cristian Zuzunaga, a Barcelona-born artist & designer, captures sheer imagination in his pixelated fabric prints, clothing designs and architecural influenced pixel-pop prints.

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from March 6 – September 7, 2009, the Cooper-Hewitt features the “Fashion Felt” exhibition containing incredible & beautiful felted objects from a traditional yurt (a trellis-frame tent covered with thick, humble felts made from raw sheep’s wool) to felted rocks (seen above). Read more about this exhibition and how the ancient art of felting has made a comeback.

Matching PMS color when using digital printing can range from frustrating to impossible. Ask your digital printer if they have printed sheets from their equipment with all PMS colors. Then match your client’s PMS colors to the digital PMS colors.

Or if you have the time and money, try a proof of your client’s first project by setting up a sheet with a myriad of business cards, logos – whatever – all using similar PMS colors to what you’ve chosen. Then, once you have the proof, you can choose the most accurate PMS combinations for your client. And the re-RIP fee is generally between $15 – $25.

Finally, something that can explain this financial crisis in terms I understand. This illustrated timeline for Good Magazine by Nigel Holmes has been made into a poster that will be distributed at Starbucks stores. A PDF of the chart is available from Poynter Online.

Ever get stuck finding just the right color combinations? DailyColorScheme.com offers a different color combinations every day; allows you to copy hex, RGB or CMYK code; or you can download the combination you choose in your choice of popular desktop software formats. It’s a perfect tool for any blocked designer.