When one from a foreign country thinks of Brazil, the first images that will come to their mind are probably Pão de Açúcar, Copacabana beach, rain forest, samba, Rio de Janeiro and great soccer (well, not this year, but that’s another story…). In fact, reality may contain many of these clichés, but Brazil is more multifarious and opposed.
Avenida Presidente Vargas – Rio de Janeiro – Brasil
Sport stadiums are, obviously, big arenas were sports take place. Since tens of thousands of people are interested in watching sports live, stadiums have to be very big. And very big buildings attract attention. They’re often sights. So, good architecture is necessary to attract even more attention – to show a city’s dedication to sports and, most important, to make this building distinct from other stadiums. Because of this competition, there’s a huge amount of spectacularly designed and built stadiums. In the following round up, I put together some of them. But just because of this huge amount, I’m sure that I’ve overseen some. If you know other stadiums with great architecture, please let me know!
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Free images and clip art are great to find. After all, they allow you to make use of other’s work without paying a single penny. Unfortunately, just because something is free does not mean that it is Copyright-free. See, Copyright-free (often referred to as public domain) images and clip art are those that can be used under any circumstance. They can be used for personal projects or commercial endeavors. They can be kept as is or modified to your hearts content. All of this can be done, legally, without any form of attribution. In other words, if you use a public domain clip art image in a commercial project, you need not contact its author to ask for permission.
So, without further ado, here are some of the best copyright-free (public domain) clip art image sites on the net today.
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Vectorious.net is offering a free 6 month subscription to the website with access to over 3,600 downloads! Enter the contest today!
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With the advent of outsourcing, there is an immense possibility for various web designs to be created by designers from different cultures. Diversity is good, but without proper regulation, it can impede the growth of the business just because the website just does not work for the society where it’s supposed to be used. And one of the major elements of a design is color.
From that one element alone, so many misinterpretations can already be made, because despite the universal meaning of colors, it is still inevitable for different cultures to have different color perception. Further misinterpretations...
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Individuals who have build conglomerate corporations from nothing to becoming multi-millionaires or in some cases billionaires inspire small businesses owners to continue to push towards success in their business. I’ve rounded up a few of my top choices of very successful entrepreneurs who have inspired those in business including myself.
James Caan
iPhone, the only phone I have been using for 2 years and will use it in future also.
Recently we had the pleasure of meeting with the owner of Capsis Media, a custom website design and development company based out of Toronto, Canada. The company caught our attention for their quality and pricing for custom websites. The “short” interview took nearly 1 hour, however we are thrilled to have had the opportunity to talk with the owner.
Who is Capsis Media?
Capsis Media is a company, which I established back in April 2004. The company has been through several transformations with the ultimate goal of becoming a world class website design and development company mainly catering to the small business, personal and outsourcing market. We’ve dedicated our lives to growing this growing from zero to six figures in a short period,...
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I recently had the pleasure of interviewing the Belgian artist and designer Bram Vanhaeren. From training athletics to dropping out school; from bad Belgian design to having his own brother as co-worker – we covered nearly every related topic. Well, we also talked a lot about design. At the end, the actually “short” interview took us nearly two hours.
Hi, my name is Bram Vanhaeren, I’m 19 years old. Born and raised in Kapellen, peaceful town in Antwerp, Belgium. I’m going to study Cross Media Design next year. Following my older brother’s foot steps after...
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In my previous post Why you should guest-blog more, I explained WHY guest posting is far more effective compared to personal blogging. Today, I’ll focus on HOW you can play the guest posting game intelligently. Let’s get started!
How can you tell if a blog really receives quality traffic?
After realizing the enormous benefits of guest blogging, you might be tempted to gust post in a large number of blogs that target your niche. However, if the blog is not popular enough, I wouldn’t consider that...
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