Apolonia - new polish type

"Apolonia" by dr. Tomasz Welna is type designed especially for polish language, but it also improves the appearance and legibility of the texts in other languages. It's a result of author's doctoral dissertation in the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow.

"Apolonia" is free for all private users. Check out more here: www.polskalitera.pl

Symbol: from Pan Am to the Pompidou

 

Symbol, a new book by Angus Hyland and Steven Bateman, celebrates the beauty of the purely visual mark. We have two extracts from the book that focus on the classic symbols designed for the airline Pan Am and the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris...

Read more here: creativereview.co.uk

New Rising Stars on MyFonts.com

Ever since webfonts began influencing the look and feel of hundreds, and then thousands of websites, Exljbris Museo Sans has been all over the place. This new variety is likely to become as successful as its older siblings. Museo Sans Rounded is a softened version of the Museo family’s best-selling variant, Museo Sans. While the lighter versions are just that — a sans with rounded corners — there are some interesting modifications in the heavier weights.

Check out more at: myfonts.com

Great new GAMER logo

Gamer.ru is a Russian gaming portal focused on Role-Playing Games (RPG). Think Dungeons & Dragons evolved for the twenty-first century generation. A new identity for the site and company has been designed by Erohnovich Roma with 3D rendering by Stanislav Linus.

See more pictures here: underconsideration.com

Useful Photoshop Tools and Techniques For Your Workflow

 

Productivity is a crucial asset of professional designers. Photoshop is an extremely powerful application for photo processing and image manipulation, and we can make it even more powerful by using handy tools, actions, plugins and templates to save time for solving mundane regular tasks. The better our professional tool set is, the more time we can spend to focus on the actual design process rather than the tool we are using to implement it on screen.

Found on: smashingmagazine.com

The new and better Helvetica - Sonoran! ;)

Nearly thirty years in the making, the highly anticipated Sonoran is finally here.

Typeface designers Robin Nicholas and Patricia Saunders first began work on Sonoran in the early 1980s, drawing inspiration from the classic Swiss typeface Helvetica. 
“Helvetica is a great font, people really love it. But it does have its flaws,” says Nicholas. 
“With Sonoran, our main goal was to fix Helvetica’s mistakes.”
Read more here: idsgn.org ;)

Why Pro Athletes Sleep 12 Hours A Day

If you thought your lazy, sullen teenager slept a lot, they've got nothing on your typical pro athlete, who routinely gets between 10-12 hours a night. Compare that to the average of 6.44 hours, and you've got to wonder why guys like Steve Nash or Roger Federer aren't endorsing a high-performance line of blankies instead of shoes.

Great infographic by ffunction posted by Cliff from Co.Design

140 Newsletters for your inspiration

Great resource of email newsletters inspiration:  

designrfix.com, bestdesigntuts.com, dzineblog.com.