Sweet Tweets is a weekend feature to The Design Cubicle highlighting some of my favorite, and other Twitterer’s design-related links discovered via Twitter throughout the work week – because having resources and staying up-to-date is important in growth and development.

Week of 3-22-10:

Plancast Penguin logo development process
“The first thing we discussed was the dual visual representation of a product that is as fun as it is useful. A tricky combination! Mark wanted Plancast to feel fun and exciting, but also seem like a product that could actually help you. It had to feel reliable and well crafted. It had to be accessible and interesting. “Quirky” was included as a possible adjective, but with caution.”

MoMA’s Department of Architecture and Design acquires to ‘@’ symbol
“MoMA’s Department of Architecture and Design has acquired the @ symbol into its collection. It is a momentous, elating acquisition that makes us all proud. But what does it mean, both in conceptual and in practical terms?”

Web Typography with CSS3 slides
Slides from a recent online lecture by Sean Gaffney and Matthew Smith.

What’s Brand?
“Brand is an important part of any business. So why do some of us claim we brand businesses, when we fall so short on it’s definition and limit ourselves at logo design?”

No problem Mr. Client, I just need to do a couple of things first
“You know how it starts, you have an idea in your head and you know it is the great idea you have been searching for your whole life. All you need to do now is create the website to make it a reality and then you are good to go. Simple as that, come up with idea and create website. Done. If only it was that simple right?”

New Photoshop CS5 Sneak Peak
“Bryan O’Neil Hughes shows off some rather eye-popping (if we may say so) technology for synthesizing texture inside a future version of Photoshop”

Beautiful Book Covers
“Let’s be honest; as designers, we almost definitely will judge books by their covers. When they’re all we have to go on when we’re deciding what to buy at the bookstore, who can blame us – or any book shopper, for that matter?”

The Value of Good Design
“It’s not difficult to find examples of businesses with beautiful websites but no traffic. Businesses with stunning websites that fail because the product or service they’re providing just isn’t good enough. Design only goes so far, and ultimately cannot save a business if the product just doesn’t cut it.”