We’re all for taking control of your own destiny, and if anyone’s done it, it’s Cindy Gallop. How to properly introduce this amazing lady? In 1998, she founded the New York office of the ad agency BBH, which was named Adweek’s Eastern Agency of the Year just four years later. Cindy resigned as chairman of [...]
Tags: Business, Interview, Micro Actions, Social Change, Social networking, Websites
It’s no secret that kids are looking at porn online. Perhaps the most serious side effect of this? A generation growing up with internet porn as their main form of sex-ed. Pornography is not exactly a guide for real-world sex, hence why Cindy Gallop started makelovenotporn.com to set the record straight.
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It’s 2009 and, let’s face it, if you’re in the creative world and you don’t have an online portfolio it’s a problem. Luckily there are solutions to that problem which don’t involve cramming your head with HTML until it explodes. Enter Carbonmade. They offer an incredibly easy-to-use platform so that even the Luddites among us [...]
Tags: Business, Creative, Design, Job hunting, New York, Online portfolios, Websites
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Paperless Post is an awesome new service that allows you to make custom invitations that look like engraved type on a nice thick paper stock – but it’s all digital. Facebook or Evite no more – show your guests that you’re all class. These invites show up just like the *real* thing, envelope and all, [...]
You know, Foursquare? No, not the game you played as a kid. This is a game for you to play as an adult – allowing you to explore your city, connect with your friends and find new hot spots to hang out at. It’s being pinned as the next Twitter, and if you’re not on [...]
Tags: Business, Creative, East Village, Interview, New York, Social networking, Technology, Websites
From how humble and down-to-earth she is, you would never know that Grace’s site Design*Sponge currently has 43,000 daily readers. She’s a veritable force, managing a team of 10 editors at the same time as writing a book. But it certainly hasn’t gone to her head. Grace told us, “We’re all still sort of doing [...]
Ben Kaufman is a 22-year-old serial entrepreneur. Who knew that was even possible? His newest venture, Quirky, enables anyone with a good idea to get it manufactured. Even better, anyone who helps develop the product – whether than means picking the color or designing the logo – gets a royalty percentage. Sound too good to [...]
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Switching it up… Remember when we interviewed Paul Loebach? He had the fun idea to interview us about our business for the site.
Design Glut on Design Glut… Super meta.
“I was contacted by Design Glut for an interview a few months ago, and I’ve been a dedicated fan of their products and weblog ever since. Upon [...]
You may notice that the site looks different.
I could lie and say we had a redesign planned. But one of our favorite topics here at the Design Glut blog is the convoluted path that leads to greatness. So here’s the real story: I had a minor heart attack this weekend when I upgraded our site [...]
