Articles by Year: 2011
The Philographics poster series of Genis Carreras
A little introduction Genis’ poster series on various philosophical movements struck my eyes when he first released it earlier this summer. I think I mentioned it on the Go Media Facebook page, and then didn’t think about it anymore. Last…
Andre Meca’s MSCED 183: A Case Study
Hello Go Media readers! André Meca is a Portuguese graphic designer and illustrator. He currently studies at the ESAD. During 2011, he’s having his own take on the Make Something Cool Everyday Project. We’ve been following his work for quiet…
Weapons Declassified: Bill Beachy & Steve Knerem
Written & Designed by: Raji Purcell Edited by: Jon Savage Photography by: Pablo Contreras This summer, I had the pleasure of being one of Go Media‘s design interns. This, of course, is why I’ve been given the privilege to write…
Give More to the Design Community with Better Content
Writing design articles has been my passion for over 3 years now; although I have been writing since I was very young. I taught writing for a few years, which I enjoyed almost as much as the actual writing itself,…
Daily Inspiration: Humility is not Complacency
Go Media president Bill Beachy sits down to give you some daily inspiration and advice. Bill shares his years of experience building Go Media into the company it is today. Topics in this video series include Getting Started, Happiness, Humility,…
Go Media’s Flickr pool showcase – August 2011
It’s August 18th 2011 and it’s sunny out there But we’re on the GoMediaZine, not on the weather channel. So I’m going to switch back to design. This month’s Flickr pool showcase is full of great things. I also had…
Weapons Declassified: Quite Strong
Written and designed by: Raji Purcell Edited by: Jon Savage Photography by: Caroline Moore Until starting my research for these articles, I hadn’t heard of Quite Strong. But, after extensively looking at their work (more than a few times), I…
The Momentus project
A presentation of the project A collaborative project in which a select group of designers, illustrators, and artists create visual interpretations of the most defining moments in United States history as a way of informing others of our proud, yet…
#gmzinspiration 01
Welcome! Dear readers, welcome in the first installment of our new, weekly post series: #gmzinspiration. Quick reminder of the concept: each week, you tweet us inspiring stuff, along with the #gmzinspiration hashtag. On the following Monday, we will pick and…
13 Spade print giveaway winner
We’re pretty excited to announce the winner of the print giveaway we put together in the 13 Spade introductory post! And the winner is… We used random.org with the number of comments of the post (minus our own), and the…
App Cooker review
Hello readers! Today, I want to share with you my impressions after trying out App Cooker, an iPad app that assists in the process of conceptualizing and planning mobile apps. It has been created by Hot Apps Factory, a French…
Weapons Declassified: Jacob Edwards
Written and designed by: Raji Purcell Edited by: Deborah Singer Photography: Caroline Moore My mind was buzzing with creative inspiration from the opening talk by Jeff Finley, so I was very anxious for another designer to speak. However the next…
Let me introduce you to 13 Spade
Hello dear Zine readers! Jon and Simon here. Today, we’re taking our editor hats off for a minute or two and putting on our independent artist hats instead. We want to tell you guys about a project of ours that…
We Love the Hype – Glen Infante of iLTHY
This is the first of many posts featuring the artists and designers involved at Weapons of Mass Creation Fest 2011. Some very cool people. Today we’re featuring Glen Infante, designer and illustrator and founder of I Love the Hype. If…
Go Media’s Flickr pool showcase – July 2011
And July is here Hello, Zine readers! July is here. It’s officially summer time. Hopefully, it means you can have a bit of time off to recharge your batteries, enjoy the sun, experiment with your creativity… My goal here is…
Weapons of Mass Creation Fest 2011 short film
Something cool happened Ladies and gentlemen, we’re excited. While Weapons of Mass Creation Fest 2011 was almost a month ago, there’s a way to relive it! The talented Aaron Freeder put this short together, under the supervision of Jeff, to…
A new post series on the Zine: weekly inspiration
Readers of the GoMediaZine, we listened and heard you After our call to you guys for improvements, one of the main suggestions was for more regular content. We are working hard to get tutorials and tests and other goodies together…
Weapons Declassified: Jeff Finley
Written & Designed by: Raji Purcell Photography by: Pablo Contreras This is the first of many articles to come in a series of write-ups on the talks given at Weapons of Mass Creation Fest: Weapons Declassified. With this series, I…
WMC Fest Recap: From the Founder’s Perspective
There’s a lot of recaps being posted around the net from those who attended the 2nd ever Weapons of Mass Creation Fest last weekend. And I love it. I love seeing their photos and their stories. I wanted to post…
The Ultimate Guide to Managing your design projects – Part 2: The history of Proof Lab
I’ve always had a strange combination of passions – art and business. I don’t think these two areas of interest are typically held by one person. But for me, they are. So, it was no surprise that when I started…
Go Media’s Flickr pool showcase – June 2011
Hello there! Simon here. Here’s a bit of inspiration goodness with our monthly Flickr pool showcase. This post might be a tad less extensive than our other episodes, because there’s going to be loads of goodness to see and hear…
Weapons of Mass Creation Fest Preview
Update: We’re giving away an awesome Wacom Intuos 4 tablet. Read on for details! It’s so close I can feel it Weapons of Mass Creation Fest is this weekend! I can’t believe it’s already here. This post serves to give…
Daily Inspiration: Happiness is a Choice
Go Media president Bill Beachy sits down to give you some daily inspiration and advice. Bill shares his years of experience building Go Media into the company it is today. Topics in this video series include Getting Started, Happiness, Humility,…
The Lost Type Co-op
This is NOT simply another type foundry Hello dear readers. Today, I want to talk about the Lost Type Co-op. If you want to be cynical about it, you could say it’s just another type foundry. Well, you’d be wrong.…