Mar 15, 2012 - By Diana Cook
How will you be celebrating St. Patrick’s Day this weekend? Do you wear green? Attend a parade? Decorate your home or office? Did you know that 34.7 million U.S. residents claim Irish ancestry, but nearly 122 million Americans celebrate St. Patrick’s Day? We thought it would be fun to take a look at this infographic created by Column Five and the History Channel that explores the history of this popular holiday with facts about parades, traditions and its religious roots.
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Mar 13, 2012 - By Diana Cook
If these walls could talk we guess they’d say “Draw on me” or something to that effect. This week at SXSW, eight street artists from around the world will compete over three days and two nights in a series of Secret Walls live art battles. The battles work like this: Two, 8-by-8-foot (or one 8-by-16-foot) canvases are setup for each round of the competition. Each artist is given an initial theme and 90 minutes to complete the rendering.
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Mar 09, 2012 - By Diana Cook
Scrambling to find the best places to party at SXSW this year? South by Southwest Interactive, the annual hipster pilgrimage is under way. Music lovers, film aficionados and tech mover and shakers are all descending on Austin, Texas this week. And while every too-cool for-school attendee will be jockeying to find the right places to see and be seen, DesignCrave readers have the skinny thanks to our friends over at Hasai.com
From the Mashable house at Buffalo Billiards to the Yelp Mobile lounge over at the Violet Crown Social Club and all party points in between, this infographic maps all the best places to check out for SXSW 2102. Now you know where to go – all that’s left for you to do is score the plus ones.
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Mar 07, 2012 - By Diana Cook
We are already in love with the concept – affordable razors delivered to your door each month, but it’s the nicely executed ad that got us excited enough to order the product. As the name implies, with Dollar Shave Club you pay a dollar and you get a month’s supply of twin-blade razors shipped to you. Yes, you are reading this right – just one $1. This is pretty amazing considering the ridiculously high price of store bought razors and the fact that you can’t grab a cup of coffee for that.
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Mar 05, 2012 - By Diana Cook
Beer aficionados have lots to smile about these days. Thanks to the phenomenal growth of independent craft breweries over the last few decades, there’s a plethora of quirky off-beat beers to chose from. By tapping into local tastes and offering unique brews, craft brewers are now experiencing the heaviest level of growth they’ve seen since 1900. Ever wonder what constitutes is a brew pub, microbrewery or regional craft brewery and just how many of each you can find in the U.S.? This infographic, created by Column Five and intuit looks at where the movement stands today and what really defines a craft brewery. To learn all about the independent beer movement and the challenges it faces, click on the infographic below for an enlarged view.
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Mar 02, 2012 - By Diana Cook
It’s March and that means we are in the home stretch, spring is just around the corner. Still recovering from the extra Leap Day in your February calender? Not to worry, we’ve got the skinny on everything from Charlie Sheen’s new ad campaigns for Fiat and DirectTV to the true human cost behind iPhone production.
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Feb 29, 2012 - By Diana Cook
Looking to make the act of juggling multiple WordPress sites less of a circus? Creative minds are often working on many projects at once. Whether it’s your main source of income or one of your many pet projects, each of these endeavors is likely to have its own WordPress blog. If this sounds familiar, we don’t have to tell you what a drag it is to keep various sites organized and up to date. That’s why we were so excited when we heard about ManageWP, a dashboard designed to unify your sites.
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Feb 27, 2012 - By Diana Cook
One of the most annoying life experiences? Being mistaken for an employee when you’re shopping at an establishment. If it happens once you can maybe chalk it up to the fact that you appear helpful. Also you are probably 80 some odd years younger than the person searching for the cat food aisle. But if you get approached more than once for a price check or directions to the restroom, the blame falls squarely on your shoulders. Or more specifically, on your appearance.
Covered in sleeve tats? Expect questions about ironic t-shirts and skinny jeans on your next trip to Urban Outfitters. Your geek chic attire and nerd specs may serve you well most places, but if you’re browsing your local Apple store beware the genius type questions about to be asked of you. Want to avoid these situations? Our friends over at Column Five partnered up with Hallway to create this infographic of what not to wear when shopping.
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Feb 24, 2012 - By Diana Cook
Heading into Academy Award weekend and gearing up for Leap Day festivities you may have missed some key design posts this week. Not to worry, we’ve got the skinny on everything from who designed this year’s Oscar green room to a new listing of a famous author’s childhood home.
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