Rikard Rodin, Author at ZevenDesign

The Middle Ground Between Art & Design

Posted by Rikard Rodin | Sep 9, 2016 | Art, Blog, Design, Musings | 0 |

Is there a middle ground between design and art? I would say there is—and from a designer’s...

The Graphic Designer’s Guide to Embossing

Posted by Rikard Rodin | Jun 14, 2016 | Blog, Designer's Guide, finishing | 8 |

Everything you need to know to start using embossing in your design projects and appear to know...

Showcase of Thrilling Game of Thrones Inspired Fan Art

Posted by Rikard Rodin | May 9, 2016 | Curated | 0 |

Artists, designers and illustrators love to produce fan art for their favourite movies and TV...

Free Star Wars Model Pack!

Posted by Rikard Rodin | May 5, 2016 | Blog, Curated | 0 |

Video Copilot just released some highly detailed 3D models of various Star Wars lightsabers,...

Episode 1: Movie Poster Reviews

Posted by Rikard Rodin | May 2, 2016 | Blog, Reviews, Video Reviews | 0 |

Here’s a review of some recently released movie posters, including: Night Moves (Jesse Eisenberg, Dakota Fanning, Peter Sarsgaard) Son of a Gun (Ewan McGregor) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1000 Times Good Night Who is John...

5 Things I Learned Shooting a Short Film Entirely on my Own

Posted by Rikard Rodin | Apr 20, 2016 | Blog, Filmmaking | 0 |

I was recently introduced to the Shortland Film Competition, where filmmakers are given the...

Comic Sans and the Dark Knight

Posted by Rikard Rodin | Feb 4, 2016 | Blog, Design, Typography | 0 |

“Why? Because it’s sometimes better than Times New Roman, that’s why.” —...

Author: Rikard Rodin

The Middle Ground Between Art & Design

The Graphic Designer’s Guide to Embossing

Showcase of Thrilling Game of Thrones Inspired Fan Art

Free Star Wars Model Pack!

The difference between a Designer and Developer when it comes to design skills, is the difference between shooting a bullet and throwing it.

Good design goes to heaven; bad design goes everywhere.

Good ideas turn into good designs fairly quickly. If you catch yourself fiddling too much with colors, borders and treatments to bring a design together, chances are the problem lies somewhere deeper.

Design is creativity with strategy.

Design has become the cover for unnecessary consumption.

Art is like masturbation. It is selfish and introverted and done for you and you alone. Design is like sex. There is someone else involved, their needs are just as important as your own, and if everything goes right, both parties are happy in the end.

The life of a designer is a life of fight: fight against the ugliness.

Design is not the narrow application of formal skills, it is a way of thinking.

Marketing without design is lifeless, and design without marketing is mute.

If you know how to use a pencil to draw, you could draw anything. Now apply that to everything in life.

Graphic designers are, by and large selfish and spoiled. They stubbornly control and individually design things that are generally smaller than them, perfecting to a level appreciated only by people like them. They don’t share and play well with others.

To create a memorable design you need to start with a thought that’s worth remembering.

In design man becomes what he is. Animals have language and perception as well, but they do not design.

Episode 1: Movie Poster Reviews

5 Things I Learned Shooting a Short Film Entirely on my Own

Comic Sans and the Dark Knight

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