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The Psychology of Color [Infographic]

I have always known that color has the power to influence your mood — for example, did you know that when a certain prison painted its walls pink, acts of agression and physical violence decreased significantly? — and was pleasantly surprised by some of the facts presented in this infographic by PaintersOfLouisville.com. Case in point: you should not paint a baby's room yellow, because it makes babies more prone to crying. (I can't help but think of all the nurseries I've seen painted yellow.) Or, you should stay away from red before, and during exams because it is "associated with the danger of failure in achievement contexts and can evoke avoidance motivation." Find out more in the infographic below! (Click to view large.) <a...

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Cubicleism: Amazing Office Whiteboard Art

At my very first full-time job, I had a huge whiteboard hanging in my cubicle. I used this whiteboard to mostly write reminders for myself and coworkers, but sometimes we would leave messages for each other (à la whiteboards on the doors of college dormrooms), and once in a while they would become spaces for creative doodles and inside jokes. I believe that my finest work on this whiteboard derived from the time someone stole my stapler — too bad it wasn't a red Swingline stapler! ;-) — and I drew a cartoon of Milton from the movie Office Space asking, "Do you have my stapler?" I thought that cartoon was pretty dope, and received many compliments on it. (Sadly, I never...

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Noma Bar’s Guess Who?

I recently came across some minimalist portraits of cultural icons by Israeli illustrator Noma Bar. I was immediately drawn to these pieces for their brilliant use of negative space, elegant subtlety, as well as Bar's use of an object or symbol embedded in the design that helps identify the subject. (I especially love Bill Murray's!) Can you guess them all?   All these illustrations, and many more, can be found in the book Guess Who?: The Many Faces of Noma Bar. Via Brain Pickings....

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Cool Tool Tuesdays: MCP Free Facebook Fix Photoshop Actions

Welcome to today's installment of Cool Tool Tuesdays, where I feature a favorite item from my life and spotlight it so that others who are not familiar with the product may also benefit from it. A cool tool can be any book, gadget, software, hardware, material, or website that I have personally tried and love. Do you have any questions about today's cool tool? Would you like an item featured in the future? Please leave a comment to this post, or send me a message via my contact form. Enjoy! If you are a regular Photoshop user, you are probably familiar with Photoshop Actions. If you have no idea what Photoshop Actions are, go read "What Are Photoshop Actions?" over...

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Win a Set of 500 Business Cards from Next Day Flyers! [Giveaway]

Are you suffering from a case of the Mondays? Well, I've got good news for you, because this week I'm offering an exciting giveaway from Next Day Flyers! Next Day Flyers is an online printing company that delivers top-quality printed marketing materials with one of the fastest turnaround times in the industry. Their printing procedure is environmentally friendly with the use of recycled materials and waste-reducing processes. All print jobs are subjected to a 33 quality checkpoints before being shipped, and their Online Design Center ensures that designing, and ordering print jobs are as easy and painless as possible. Next Day Flyers has operated out of Los Angeles for the past 13 years, but...

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