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Sleep Box Lets You Nap on the Go

Nothing gets my inspiration going like a new invention, especially one such as elegantly designed as the Sleep Box. Created by Russian architects at the Arch Group, this innovation could be the answer to sleep deprivation we are looking for.
It’s compact design is still spacious enough for a 2×0.6 m bed, a ventilation system, sound [...]

Is Brandstack a Good Design Tool?

Browse. Buy. Download.
That is Brandstack’s idea of a perfect logo design process. People can go to this popular site to browse logos that are for sale by designers. Many people use this site as a place to put up logos that they have completed for fun or on a whim when an idea came into [...]

UGG Boots – Plain Bad Design

If a product is poorly designed, it usually fails to be useful, let alone popular. There are, however, exceptions to this law. The best example in recent history is the UGG Boot.

The University of Western Ontario, in particular, has been riddled with the UGG craze for at least the last four years I have been [...]

Marketing In A Downturn

Every industry is feeling the pinch and some anxiety in the current economy. Whether the reactions are fear-based or real is irrelevant. What is real is people are waiting, reluctant to move forward into the unknown.

What should we do in the way of marketing in these times?

It’s the goal of marketing to define Who to [...]

Top 25 Inspiring Square Logos

Good logos are simple and nothing is more simple than a geometric shape.
Below are 25 of the most famous and most inspiring logos that make use of a square. Some of these logos use a stylized square as a graphical element, some use it as a simple square to enforce dominance.
The simplicity of these logos [...]

How To Prevent Spam in PHP Forms

I decided to include a quick contact form in the footer of my new web page design (seen here). I taught myself the basics of PHP to get the form working and all was well.
A few days ago I started getting a lot of spam through this quick contact form. I searched the web high [...]

Coke To Send Bloggers Worldwide

There has been lots in the news lately about Coke and Pepsi, so I thought it fitting to continue on with that trend here at Words of the Web. Coke is launching a new social media campaign as a part of its Open Happiness philosophy.
What makes people happy? Coke is going to find out.
Coke is [...]

Who Has The Best NHL Mask?

TSN.ca is holding a vote to see who has the best mask in the National Hockey League. I thought this would go well with my earlier post about some Incredible Pro Sports Logo Concepts.
Take a look at the TSN gallery of NHL Goalie Masks and then vote for your favorite here. The results will be [...]

The New iMac Better Than Ever

New hardware, new peripherals, a refined look and a larger screen make the new iMac better than ever.
As my MacBook Pro is getting older and older, I was debating the purchase of a Mac Pro. A visit to the Apple website today has completely changed my mind. At first glance, the new iMac looks like [...]

The Best Web Banner Ad Ever

To get my bias out of the way, I am a huge fan of Apple products, advertising, and pretty much everything else they do. With that said, I think they have come up with what is the best banner advertisement ever on Wired.com.

Over at The Happiness Machine, Mike Lynch brought this ad to my attention. [...]

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