Google has become well renowned for the easter eggs that it adds to its products and services. Hidden gems that are there to make us laugh, or think; but mostly, keep Google in the news.

Designed to get people talking, get Twitter tweeting and bloggers blogging, Google’s easter eggs are named after the Easter tradition of searching for chocolate, or painted eggs. The intention is to keep us on Google’s sites for longer, and maybe have a little fun along the way.

Today we’re going to look back on some of the best and more memorable examples, check them out and be sure to give them a try yourself.

If you’re not in the position to photograph your work, product mockups can be a great alternative to showcase your designs. They’re inexpensive, easy to use and relatively hassle-free. The only problem is that finding quality resources takes time.

Luckily for you guys, we’ve decided to do the hard work for you and put together a collection of the best templates, both free and premium, that we could find. 

Designer Ben Barrett-Forrest has created a delightful and informative stop motion animation about the history of fonts and typography.

The History of Typography, which is just over 5 minutes long, covers everything from Blackletter to Caslon, Pixel Type and the way technology has evolved to allow anyone to create their own typeface.

Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works…and sounds.

The web is home to thousands of sites dedicated to showcasing great design, but the majority of these are focused purely on the visual, meaning that the audible aspect of design is often overlooked.

It’s an issue that user experience designer and musician, Jordan Kolasinski, addresses with his latest project, Beyond The Beep, a blog described as “a look (and listen) at the use of sounds in user experience design”.

If you’re looking for a quick fix of typographic inspiration then boy, do I have a treat for you. It comes in the form of Typewolf.

Typewolf is a showcase of typographic inspiration that identifies the fonts used in each of the featured designs. The site is curated by designer Jeremiah Shoaf, whose aim is to create a one-stop resource for designers seeking typographic inspiration for the modern web.

Friends of Type is the side project of designers Aaron Carambula, Erik Marinovich, Dennis Payongayong and Jason Wong. The project is an ever growing archive of original typographic design and lettering primarily created by the aforementioned.

Namebox is a simple service created by designer Drew Wilson to help you sell your unwanted and/or unused web domains. It’s free to use and is built to make listing your domains quick and easy.

Every now and again I come across a talk that I find to be truly inspiring or informative. Over the years I’ve made sure to bookmark these talks for later reference and now, after recently revisiting my collection, I thought it would be a good time to share those that I believe all creatives should watch.

Personal projects allow us the freedom to work on whatever we want, to experiment or to try something new. With no client demands and no set deadlines, the direction and final outcome is entirely down to you. In essence, personal projects give you the opportunity to do exactly the sort of work that you want to be doing. It can even lead to opportunities to do that sort of work on a professional level.

When it comes to presenting screenshots of your work the most obvious choice would be to use a straightforward screen-grab. Today, however, we’re going to look at some alternative methods and discuss how they might be able to make your screenshots that little more interesting.

For me, working with startups has been a huge learning experience. Over the last two and a half years I’ve experienced working both in-house and as a consultant for two startups, as well as recently agreeing to provide my services to a third. I’m still very much in the early stages of my journey but my experiences have already taught me a lot, and hopefully I can pass on some of the knowledge I’ve acquired.

If you’re thinking about working for a startup but have no previous experience and are unsure what to expect, there are a few things that you need to know.

As designers part of our job is keeping up to date with what’s happening in the industry, one aspect of which involves keeping an eye on the latest trends. Although it should be noted that ‘keeping an eye on’ and ‘being part of’ are two very different things.

The popularity of things like Dribbble rebounds just goes to show how inspirational we all find other people’s work. But there’s inspiration, and then there’s derivation.

The Dead Words is a project created and curated by graphic designer Karen To. The idea behind the project is to rediscover dead words — words which were once part of our language but have now been omitted from the English dictionary — through the art of lettering.

There’s been a lot of talk about iOS 7 since its unveiling earlier this month and most of it has been centered around the design, in particular the new icons. Now, as we’ve all had time to mull over the changes, questions are beginning to be asked about how they will affect the design of our own apps. As a result, a debate has broken out about how much of an influence iOS 7′s new UI should have.

Silver Screen Society is a project curated and maintained by graphic designers Trevor Basset and Brandon Schaefer. The idea is to honor the many stories told through the world of cinema by each month featuring a new film and inviting several creatives to create artwork based on their own unique interpretations.