Design Love Fest

Design Love Fest is one of the first blogs I started regularly looking at. It reminds me of Pinterest but in a blog form. They have a lot of different categories on their site. My favorites are the inspiration and downloads page.

On the downloads page they have iPhone and Computer wallpaper designs that you can save for personal use. They call it "Dress Your Tech".  I am constantly changing the background on my computer, so I love this aspect of their blog! They also post fun DIY projects. They had lots of fun Valentine Cards a couple weeks ago that I made for some of my friends.

They also hold weekend seminars for other bloggers! They call it BLOGSHOP. This workshop is a photoshop bootcamp. I love this idea because it helps bloggers find their style and incorporate it into their blogs. Wish I could go to one! I could always learn more about photoshop too.

http://www.designlovefest.com

3D Pen

It is crazy, all of the tools that are out there that we don't even know about. As a designer I constantly have to be looking our for all the new innovative design tools. Staying on top of new technology is difficult, but it is so interesting to see what people have come up with. I saw this on twitter the other day: a 3D pen!! Oh the things we could create with this.

The 3D Doodler heats and then cools plastic as it comes out of the pen. There is no computer software needed. It resembles what a 3D printer could create, but in a much quicker speed. It looks a lot like a glue gun. This could be great for art projects, creating jewelry, or making prototypes!

Here is the link: http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2013/02/the-worlds-first-3d-printing-pen-that-lets-you-draw-sculptures-in-real-time/

Valentine's Day

In the spirit of today, I have been thinking about chocolate a lot lately... I stumbled upon this great site of chocolate packaging! Very interesting all the different ways you can package chocolate.

http://www.thecoolist.com/chocolate-gifts-20-of-the-worlds-most-beautiful-chocolate-package-designs/

Package Design

For my senior project this year I am creating new package design for L'Artisan Parfumeur. http://www.artisanparfumeur.com/shop/home-us.html. After I do all my research on the product, I love to look at what other people are doing with package design.

I really enjoyed looking at this site! http://www.creativebloq.com/packaging/inspirational-packaging-912837. There are some very clever ideas here.