Eric Portelance

Digital Strategist by day, co-host of Attention Surplus by night.
I blog about technology, photography, marketing, ideas, and creativity.
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posts tagged “design”:

9.19.2011

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#30: Ready, Fire, Aim with Steve St. Pierre

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Pretty good episode of Attention Surplus this week, if I do say so myself.

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Designer, artist, musician, public speaker and Ottawa Creative Collective co-founder Steve St. Pierre joins Eric via Skype to talk about seat-of-the-pants creativity and making things happen.

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podcast ✳ attention surplus ✳ creativity ✳ action ✳ design 

9.7.2011

Microsoft continues to sweat the details. Here’s what Helvetica Neue looks like when exported from Word 2010 to PDF on Windows.

design ✳ typography ✳ microsoft ✳ tech 

3.18.2011

A Brief History of Title Design.

film ✳ design ✳ video 

2.16.2011

A glimpse into Eric Skillman’s creative process while designing the Criterion Collection’s cover for Broadcast News.

film ✳ design ✳ creativity 

1.18.2011

The Toronto Subway Typeface – A Brief History

(Source: Flickr / neuroticjose)

ttc ✳ toronto ✳ subway ✳ design 

12.20.2010

Gorgeous Duvel glassware. I want them all.

beer ✳ design ✳ glass 

12.5.2010

A kinetic typography music video for Jonathan Coulton’s Shop Vac. (by Jarrett Heather)

music video ✳ typography ✳ design 

11.21.2010

ui ✳ ux ✳ interface ✳ design 

11.20.2010

Even error messages can be beautiful. This one from Tumblr still creates a positive experience in the user, even though the outcome is a negative one.

How do you feel when seeing this compared to a Blue Screen of Death on Windows, for example?

design ✳ software ✳ error ✳ ux 

11.12.2010

design ✳ interface ✳ ui ✳ ux ✳ apps