Creative Swell / Design Blog

Hello my name is: CREATIVE SWELL

While I’m a fan of shameless self promotion, ALDB (Andy Law Design Blog) was to be a temporary name until I had time to re-brand the blog (6 months later). Without further ado welcome to CREATIVE SWELL! CS will be a place for design inspiration, creative community and tutorials. We are driven by our readers [...]

Envirosurfer.com Site Launch

My friend and client – Brandon Moyles – has launched a new wave in the surf industry, Envirosurfer.com! His new site is geared toward the environmentally conscious surfer, but, no matter how many waves you surf in a year this is gear everyone can wear(I will be). Brandon kindly answered a few of my interview [...]

and the winner is…

Thank you all for entering my first contest (Win an iPod Nano) and making it a success. Check back for more contests and updated content every week. The winner of this contest was selected at random (using a list randomizer) based off the email addresses submitted, the winner will be contacted via that address and [...]

Inside South Africa

This is a great intro video that will be seen by millions and millions of people during this years FIFA World Cup in South Africa(beginning June 9th and lasting for 4 weeks). The motion graphics are amazing and this video uses some of the latest effects, rendered with simple fly out shapes and great audio. [...]

“Kindle Prepare to Die” – iPad

Well after years of speculation, mystery, rumors, gossip, trademarks, false domain registry and consumer brouhaha the Apple i…i…iPad is here! What, the heck? The iPad?!?! Oh well I guess we will just have to get over that one. This little plastic, chrome and glass device is going to change the world one more time and [...]

The BookBook Cover

This is just about the closest I get to reading on an average day. The BookBook Cover by TwelveSouth is a hard back leather case for your MacBook 13″ or 15″ laptop. Cleverly disguise your computer as a really old book, no one would ever dare stealing because lets face it what thief can read? [...]

Olympic Logo Design (2000-2012)

…a look back and a peek at London 2012. The Olympics are just around the corner so we thought we would share with our readers the past 10 years in Olympic Logo Design. It is very interesting to see how design styles have changed over the last decade and how each country uses color, style [...]

Bumptop Desktop in Action!

Every month I see newly released software for the mac. Typically these gimmicky software additions are no more useful than braille on a drive-thru ATM. However, every so often I come across something that should ship with every new computer because it makes one’s life 0.00001% easier (in this case through organization). Okay I’m done [...]

Don’t Forget to Enter! Win an iPod Nano!

The chance to win a free iPod nano is nearly over! All you have to do is follow two simple instructions and you have a chance to win. The contest ends at midnight on Sunday, January 31, Pacific Standard Time. Everyone is eligible World-Wide and the winner will be announced the following day on the [...]

New Colorwheel Vector

Inspired by infographic design I created two free easily manipulated colorful vector graphics just for this purpose. The graphics can be seen after the jump and should be up on Vecteezy in the next day or two. Have an idea for my next freebie? Comment below.