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Jasper Hauser of Sofa takes us through some of the design thoughts that went into creating the Kaleidoscope icon.

We ended up having an icon pretty early on in the development cycle, and so had plenty of time to take a good look and reflect on it. Something I really like, mostly because when you are in the creation process you are so deep into the subject matter it becomes progressively more difficult to discern good from bad.

See also his post on the icon design process for Checkout.

About Your Process is a small PDF book, published online by Charlotte Cheetham of the prolific manystuff.org blog. A total of 31 graphic designers answer short questions on their process, tools, clients and vision. A well hidden piece of great inspiration.

When you work, do you think in terms of forms or in terms of a creation process? Do you have a clear vision of your final image or does it come only from an upstream creation process? How do you work? About the “tools”? About your clients?

To celebrate the release of The Pantone Plus Series, design studio Base worked with director Greg Mitnick and producer Ami Kealoha to give a rare look into the behind-the-scenes of the design world’s color standard.

I recommend you watch this video in full screen.