Design Elixir

Hello, I'm Chris Tarampi and I'm a Web Design & New Media graduate working as a Visual Designer at Code and Theory. Design Elixir is my online blog to keep note of my own arsenal of inspiration and sources. Use the links below to navigate. Inspiration / Blogs Inspiration / Blogs Identity Typography UI/UX Packaging Web Design Digital Art Stationery Tutorials Articles / Links Tutorial Logo UI Typography Business Card Packaging Web Design Print Photography Resource Wisdom Freelance Career Branding Other Portfolios Graphic Designers / Digital Artists Illustrators Photographers Resource Sites Fonts Stock Sites Color Psychology Web Design Resources Print Resources Textures/Brushes/etc

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Call To Idea

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Awwwards

The awards that recognize the talent and effort of the best web designers, developers and agencies in the world.

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Site Inspire

siteInspire is a showcase of the finest web and interactive design.

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6 principles for designing trustworthy learning experiences.

If you find yourself enjoying an app or a service and you keep coming back to it every day, it’s most likely because you trust that your actions and intentions will be Acknowledged, Rewarded and Remembered. I used to call this, the ARR principle (Pirate voice!).

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25 Ideas Shaping The Future Of Design

To find out, we asked five elite studios—each and every one a member of Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies list—to give us their predictions for the near-future of design. Designers from Ammunition, Herman Miller, Code and Theory, and more gave us their thoughts on everything from the future of the office as cathedral, to the rise of the designer CEO.

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Creating Successful Relationships

Over the years, I realized relationships in business mean everything. Whether it’s a new employer or a new Customer, the beginning of a relationship sets the standards for how the two of you will interact moving forward. With so much riding on this new relationship, it’s important that you are clear and detailed about these standards.

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14 Revealing Interview Questions

Smart entrepreneurs from a variety of industries share the interview questions that tell them everything they need to know about a candidate.

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Why designers should be shaping business strategy

But through the passion and inventiveness of designers—and those passionate about design—things are changing. Strategy as a design discipline has taken its rightful place at the conference room table, making design a strategic business advantage.

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10 reasons to be happy you're a designer

When embarking on a design career, you're full of ambition and expectation. But once the humdrum of daily deadlines sets in, it's easy to forget why you decided to be one in the first place, let alone appreciate all the upsides of the job.

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10 steps to a long career as a designer

You are on top of the world right now; great clients, amazing projects, and a well-honed portfolio. Yet, in the back of your mind a humbling question looms. Can I do this forever? Do I have another 30 to 40 years of this in me? Being relevant as a designer for the duration of an entire career is a daunting task.

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How to be happy in your day job

How do you make sure you're happy in your job? Whilst there's aspects to almost every role that you might not be particularly fond of, you can certainly get into good habits that will ensure you approach the office with a smile on your face. Speaking on day three of OFFSET, Wolff Olins' art director Sue Murphy shares her experiences.

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4 secrets for a successful design career

What's the key to a successful design career? Speaking on day two of OFFSET festival, Emily Oberman of Pentagram, Veronica Fuerte of Hey Studio, Sue Murphy of Wolff Olins and Oscar-winner Annie Atkins reveal what they think are the most important attributes of a successful graphic designer.

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materialup

Codrops is a web design and development blog that publishes articles and tutorials about the latest web trends, techniques and new possibilities. The team of Codrops is dedicated to provide useful, inspiring and innovative content that is free of charge.

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specKing

Creating measurements and design specs with a single click

Measure any size, margin, and font property in your design

Works on any PSD or flat file

Generate all specs in editable overlays

Great for designers, developers, and visual QA

Supports Photoshop CS5, CS6, CC & CC 2014, Mac and Windows

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Codrops

Codrops is a web design and development blog that publishes articles and tutorials about the latest web trends, techniques and new possibilities. The team of Codrops is dedicated to provide useful, inspiring and innovative content that is free of charge.

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One Page Love

A One Page website aims to provide the perfect (could read minimum) amount of information for a user to make a decision and act upon it. This single page website has no additional pages (like about, services, contact) and tries to remove as much “clutter” as possible, focusing the user’s attention to the most important content.

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The Makings of a Great Logo

Your company's logo is the fundamental foundation to your business branding. It is probably the first interaction that you will have with your customers. An effective logo can establish the right tone and set the proper ethos. After years of crafting logos for different projects, I've come up with a set of questions that I always ask myself before delivering a new logo.