14 Dec 2011Mandar ApteTypography
Hi All,
Here is another video interview from German Typographer ‘Erik Spiekermann’,

Do watch it,
Typographer, graphic designer and businessman Erik Spiekermann has created timeless, influential and, yes, Meta-physical work over the past three decades. Continue reading “Erik Spiekermann Interview, “Putting Back the Face into Typeface”.” »
14 Dec 2011Mandar ApteTypography
Hi All,

I am sharing a really informative & nice video about letterpress, Do watch it.
Continue reading “Letterpress: A nice introductory video” »
22 Nov 2011Mandar ApteUncategorized
Hi All Readers & followers,
I am in motion to reorganize & restructure the ‘Brilliance of Design’ blog,
Thinking of changing look & feel of design of the blog.
Thinking of adding some new categories to the blog so it becomes more navigation friendly & more easy to use. Continue reading “Restructuring & Reorganizing the Brilliance of Design Blog… & Few Updates” »
01 Nov 2011Mandar ApteUncategorized
Personally I always found Steve Jobs inspirational from artistic & designing sense through innovational entrepreneurship & products.
You will ask why this post is on ‘Design Blog’ but surely you will understand the contribution of Steve Jobs’ company called Apple Inc. to design industry & revolutions it made to computer industry through design point of view.
Here is the list of few books & speeches that are available on web from steve jobs that you will find inspirational from ‘Entrepreneurship’ point of you. Continue reading “Design Entrepreneurship Inspirations from Steve Jobs” »
29 Sep 2011Mandar ApteWeb Design
Here are few essential WordPress plugins that every new website running WordPress should have it in their arsenal…
WordPress Plugin 1
Akismet
Akismet comes installed with every new wordpress installation, ‘Akismet filters out your comment and track-back spam for you, so you can focus on more important things.’
Continue reading “Essential Plugins to have in your every new WordPress installation” »
22 Sep 2011Mandar ApteUncategorized
Hello, Readers…!!! & Most importantly fellow designers…!!!
This is Mandar Apte, from Mumbai, India.
I started this blog to document & trace & write all my design experience in blog format. This is the same blog through which I share my design experience to just to contribute to world & to young designers who are just starting in design stream let it be graphic design, web design, animation film design or just typography. Continue reading “Welcome to ‘Brilliance of Design’, A Design Blog” »
09 Sep 2011Mandar ApteTypography
You can get Inspiration from anything, even leaf coming out of broken wood.
Here is a speech by Steve Jobs at Stanford’s 2005 Commencement.
Every time I listen same speech again & again I realize it’s nothing but Verbal Typography by Steve Jobs Himself, You get to see & hear verbal full stop, comma, exclamatory mark in his speech. Words chosen for speech is like a brilliant job of copyrighting to inspire & motivate people about their work or Karma, which is brilliant. Continue reading “Typography & Steve Jobs” »
06 Sep 2011Mandar ApteAnimation, Graphic Design, Typography, Web Design
Today with broadband connection on my iMac & connected to the World Wide Web fearlessly with my own website & design blog… Switching from one website to another, reading blogs, going through Twitts, reading Facebook updates… Sometimes I feel It’s really easy to get inspirations through web if you do it right…
Not like olden days when you only have to visit art gallery exhibition to see art & get inspired with…
Here are few links that I find as inspiration to learn & do design… Continue reading “Design Inspirations: Getting Inspired…!!! to do design & finally learning from it…!!!” »
29 Aug 2011Mandar ApteGraphic Design
Here are two free ways to learn to design & develop for iOS devices like iPad, iPhone & iPod Touch.
Apple Developer Videos
I know you definitely know Apple’s Website but there is one website dedicated to developers only called developer.apple.com
As you may know Apple has ‘World Wide Developer Conference’ i.e. WWDC every year dedicated only to Developers on Apple Platform. Lucky thing is that Apple releases it’s WWDC keynote & learning session videos on web through their own developer site which is mentioned above. Continue reading “How to learn to Design & Develop for iOS Devices like iPhone & iPad” »