image packer: awesome photo tool

Images courtesy wikimedia..org, drozfans.com, allbestwallpapers.com, 2.bp.blogspot.com, 4.bp.blogspot.com, blog.seattletimes.nwsource.com, dianasmusings.wordpress.com, gcbi.net, gastronomous.wordpress.com, listdose,com, library.manoa.hawaii.edu, images.smh.com.au

Images courtesy wikimedia.org, drozfans.com, allbestwallpapers.com, 2.bp.blogspot.com, 4.bp.blogspot.com, blog.seattletimes.nwsource.com, dianasmusings.wordpress.com, gcbi.net, gastronomous.wordpress.com, listdose,com, library.manoa.hawaii.edu, images.smh.com.au

The architecture and design worlds rely heavily on images to both inspire design and communicate design. When I began my design career we collected thousands of magazines that we would page through in search of images. At my last firm we spent thousands of dollars and hundreds of hours researching and testing software to allow us to collect and tag images for our in house image library. Since I began my own petite firm three years ago, Pinterest has been my image collection system of choice. It is an amazing resource for collecting and using images digitally, but is still a bit of work to create presentation materials from those images.

Reddit user thoriumoakenshield created a tool  called Image Packer that makes downloading multiple full size images a single click process (along with all source credits….copyright laws do apply). I created the compiled image above in about 3 minutes while drinking my not nearly as pretty cup of coffee. Awesome. Check it.

Enjoy your morning coffee and have a really productive week!
Leslie

8-3-16 edit: Image Packer seems to be gone.