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Design anywhere digital culture NEWS // August 2004
Robert
Salzmer has launched a new magazine about corporate identity documentation,
corporate design manuals, styleguides, etc. called CIDOC.
In beta stages, supposed to have 500+ docs in the pipe...
“Good
listener, friendly and open minded, I perceive the direct communication
between the client and the designer as being the only way to match a
desired objective with the final result.”
Meet Teodor Droscaru who talks
the walk and walks the talk. Brillant visual metaphor for a minimalist
site!
Interesting!
At first, I thought some of the illustrations of Drew Heffron were drawn
by a child... isn't it wonderful to have kept the memory and the ability
to have those spontaneous strokes available?
The originality, the palette and compositions are stunning..
WOW!
Now you've gotta see Sven Burman and the work he does! Simply extraordinary!
Luv the interaction to access each sections! Original and simple! Don't
miss the mini-movies, especially the Barbaram (internet) TV opening sequence
with sound up!
PHP
5: A Sign that PHP Could Soon be Owned by Sun ... full integration
with Java may be closer than ever before... by Ian Felton
Microsoft
is now releasing "Service Pack 2" for Windows XP. It has some
nice security updates, but one of the biggest impacts it will have is
on the way web designers build websites. Pop-up
windows are now blocked by default in Internet Explorer. Running
informal tests... by Kevin Airgid
Polymedial as
the name implies is a multi disciplinarian. The different style of illustrations,
character, portraits and story telling are quite good!
PDFCreator is
a free tool to create PDFs easily from nearly any application. With the
PDFCreator Printer driver you turn any program into a PDF-machine and
released under the term of th GPL (GNU General Public License).
Oh! WellVetted ripped
apart and celebrating 2 years online... surprise!!! The new site has
been under development for a while now and those who attended FITC04
had a sneak preview from Group94,
mes amis de Belgique!
The prototype was a mindboggling master piece from a technology point
of view and from a broadcasting point of view. What you see... is a tiny-wheenie-bitty
part... with new (additional) members and guests.
Were
you capitalizing before? “Effective with this sentence, Wired News
will no longer capitalize the “I” in internet. At the same
time, Web becomes web and Net becomes net.”
It's
Just the 'internet' Now by Tony Long
Down
to earth advice in the It’s
risky out there by Andy Budd.
“Give each risk an owner. On smaller projects, the
project manager will likely own all of the risks. On larger projects,
you’ll want to make various senior team members responsible for
particular risks. It will be the risk owner’s job to monitor his
risk and update the risk register (and in turn the project manager) should
the severity or likelihood of the risk change.”
IPadder delivers
weblogs to the people! Profit free and built on opensource software.
Internet is a wonderful place!
Blambot
Comic Fonts and Lettering need I say more. Completely wild!
My
Beef With Big Media by Ted Turner. A must read! Although written
by a media mogul, this is a clear headed look at the big game with
the big boys and the impact on entrepreneurship, multi independent
voices and why it needs to change.
Back
to school soon perhaps? Check the MFA
Design & Technology Thesis Show 2004 / Parsons School of Design.
Encouraging to see such good work produced. Web site designed by Cloudred
Multimedia. I really like the navigational system (bubbles) and how
you can pick by media, artist/student or project name.
Excellent work!
Bjorn
Andersson has put together a photo series from a huge stack of images
taken during a pretty long period of time. The series is called Purpurite to
be visited with patience. You will rewarded, this photographer has an
extraordinary eye for composition that convey emotions.
“Design
has been an unwitting agent of defuturing. It is obviously impossible
for designers to be that one class of beings able to see into the future
and view the consequences of their actions before they occur, and so
be able to modify them for ‘the good’.
What designers can do though is to set-out to think, model and project
the designing consequences of what they design. In so doing they need
to ask and extrapolate: “what will that which I design be likely
to bring into being, and with what likely results?”
Trying to answer this kind of question is one of the crucial
tasks in creating the possibility of a thinking design ethics.” excerpt
from The
Voice of Sustainment:The Dialectic by Tony Fry.
New
portal on the block! Hello Argentina! iNSiTudigtal.
Can
you excell at many different disciplines? Well it seems that Gigodesign can!
From advertising to fonts to industrial and signage design! Whew! Check
how you scroll right without flash... interesting.
Creativity
(unrelated) edges is a new article I wrote for Creative Behavior.
Thanks to Patrick for the
illustration! You rock.
“Some title huh? The more I write about creativity the more I
struggle and the more mysterious and daunting the task.Yepp everybody
talks about
‘it’. We should all own ‘it’. We should all be
good at ‘it’. We have ‘titles’ that identifies
us as having ‘it’. We should… well the list goes on
and on, but ‘it’ eludes a once and for all squared in definition.”
ZelaZela 
is
an outstanding illustrator who has a distinctive signature! Awesome composition
and style.
Now
if you want mini you want to have a look at minnim.tv!
Tiny tiny site with tiny tiny nav and screen!
The
ambience, the lighting, the quality of the scenario not witstanding the
actors intensity and quality of play... get ready for an amazing display
of creativity, ingenuity from an absolute genial team.
They are a small production team in Brussels and who just finished their
first short movie MARLA using
a homemade custom camera (MINI35 kit based around a Nikon F-2 and a Canon
Gl-2). Their budget was about 400$, mostly spent on food and tapes. On
the website, you will find the trailer, the movie, making-of pictures
and many other things.
They wrote a small pdf guide called “just facts: another guide
to digital filmmaking” where they explain how they did it: step
by step guide to build a homemade MINI35, shootings tips, post-production
guide... Hats off to Olivier & Sebastien. Now can someone invest
and give them the budget to do more.
How
to use Flash in a very subtle and striking way? What I like most is the
conjunction of photography mixed with line art that are animated together.
Luv their pitch: “Materializing The Ideas!” From that smart
concept and how they render it - proves the potential of this agency.
Have a look at Rivena.
“The
Perplexity Poll results reinforce that confusing information leads
to the deterioration of customer relationships, reduced brand loyalty
and potential health problems... Lack of clear, understandable instructions
the primary reasons consumers contact manufacturers.” by Siegel
& Gale.
Well it seems we will need more 'Perplexity Polls' to
get the attention of corporations on their need to provide legible and
usable features for everyone! Ever been caught up by having missed the
small print on a document or the interpretation of an obscure clause?
Makes for a quick read (download the pdf) and keep handy to show your
boss / client on your next assignment.
If
you visiti Bulldog Design Group v.3
you will need some patience with the menu but it's worth exploring! Their
work from print to web (check the Palace site) to spot design is simply
beautiful and extremely professional.
Some
would like to be on Cloud 9 others on Cloud
King who just updated, displaying the work of 5 new artists.
Insights
as to why I am against SEXPLOITATION in communication design! Pornography
Perils by Kelly Burgener
“I am writing to voice my concern for the recent
sex issues in Print and Step magazines.
At the risk of being dismissed as prudish, naive, or at the very least,
provincially out of step, I believe that someone needs to explain another
perspective on this topic that may be of some value for this profession
to consider...That the pornography industry is undoubtedly one of the
most exploitative industries of our day—an industry of extreme
manipulation, coercion, profiteering, and addiction—is reason alone
for designers to reject it and to lend their efforts to its limitation
or removal..”
“I
grew up west of Denver in a suburban community called Green Mountain.
When I was younger, my time was spent snowboarding, hiking and camping
in the mountains. The most beautiful images my eyes have ever seen have
been events or locations in nature. This is what inspires most of my
work. I feel my art is a fusion of digital elements and nature's raw
and majestic beauty.”
Meet SNOWBLINDED who is exactly
as his words says! Some refinements of skills still required but definitely
an emerging talent to watch for!
T-DESIGN is
a comprehensive furniture site with a lot of items in it which actually
is organized in a calm experience. How easy is it to be overwhelmed by
too much info, don't we know!? Well the site caters both a sense of elegance
and craftmanship. Nice transitions in the top banner and special efforts
were put into providing outstanding product pictures. Overall one of
the best online store I've seen.
Now
ain't that cool or what? Indesain site
is now a CSS designed site with Look 'Ma no more tables! Hats off Yul!
Lyrical
design mixed with lots of white space on Fikir
Atelyesi Mikrosite. Use of strong images always supports content
effectively!
Have
you done a little favicon for your site before? You can use a pixel based
editor or FavIcon from
Pics which does it right there. This is what we did for our new face
on netdiver. Make sure to you use a good size file so the reduction keeps
clear details. To renew a favicon using IE (other browsers will detect
it) first delete netdiver bookmark (for example) and open the 'internet
options' menu; in the general tab pick 'settings' and open; locate 'netdiver'
old icon and delete it. Now bookmark netdiver again and new favicon will
appear.
Haven't
we seen a lot of 'malls' going online and as fast going into the ether?!?! Carnaby.co.uk has
got more than international recognition thanks to the Beatles and how
Piccadilly Circus and Carnaby were the hot spots in the 70s... Nice site
- good illos for aimed at the cool crowd but the pièce of résistance
is the explorer.
The map database detailing and cross linking is simply awesome!
Have
you visited Pirated Sites ever?
A good resource for seeing copycats that are as daunting as maddening.
Yepp spare me that it is an honor to be copied 'cause right after the
tickling glow, bottom line, those who snitch and appropriate others sites
will probably be caught and reported by the luving fans of the ripped
site and their reputation discredited as well as sending a loud message
that states a sure proof of their complete lazziness, lack of imagination
and talent.
So finito their career.
This
is LA! Land of extremes, where dreamers do so in more colors. Smoggy
with no good public transportation (the City was designed to be driven
around) this is the place where a subclass is holding up to the needs
of the rich and famous. Known to be the place where your waiter is probably
an aspirant script writer and your sales lady an aspirant actrice!
Basically everyone is not what everyone wish it would be. west sunset
/ this is LA a photo essay.
Just
wild! Especially if you visit with IE. I know that some have criticized
my choice of the Groninger Museum sometime ago as a design forte recipient
because it was so not usable but I LUV the innovation and pushing the
how it should be done much further... well The
Zyme >>> is like a baby bro.
Understood it does not have the depth of the museum, right... but tha
same kind of idea.
Throwing
Tables Out the Window. Look Ma, No Tables! (uh! that's my line
dude ;-P) by Doug Bowman.
“With the CSS waters thoroughly tested by many sites that have
taken the plunge, it’s time for us to start cheering from the water
below, coaxing and encouraging those who haven’t yet jumped in,
to make that jump. There’s no longer any reason to use tables for
layout, nor is there reason to maintain multiple versions of a site solely
for different desktop browsers. Throw the tables out first. Trust us,
they’re not needed anymore.”
_ _ _ _ _ _
ndle1: Examples
to tableless (cross-browser) designs that we've output/input in the past
year: T4CT/04 - argan3 - afterchaos*
- pixeltable - VDL2 - independentsday.org -
and yes, netdiver index (this page)! Powerful are CSS - granted it definitely
requires more work to make fit a design.
_ _ _ _ _ _
ndle2: Wanna see the power of CSS? If you have
a hand-held - (keep in mind this site was not 'formatted' for hh) just
because there are no tables, you can actually see the site... even on
those darn mini-screens on mobile phones! Now just imagine the future!
Learning
chromatics and how to use color well is one of the most important activity
of a designer. Even after years of experience there are always more one
can learn and experiment with. Color
in Motion by
Claudia Cortes is her thesis for the MFA Computer Graphics Design at
RIT in 2003.
Now who said learning gotta be boring?
New
on the block: Product Design
Forums for those industrial designers out there! What a great and
needed idea!
So...so...
sweet Holli Conger talent
spells out well for digital and dimensional illustrations. So cute...
you want to bite into them... delicious and inspiring.
You can even read how she does the 3D ones!
What
is the cost of War in Irak? A
must read web site (how they got that number right?) especially the comparative
data for all the 'good' that could have been done with all this money!
Astonishing and astounding! When will we ever learn! Say no to war.
An
absolutely amazing designer Guillermo Damian Fernandez spools tons of
work that varies from identity, print (ads and Ts) and some pretty good
photography! Oh and PS brush to downloads on GFERNA and
oh btw, he is the founder of Bluevertigo a
cool resource casting from Argentina!
Designers
today need a broad range of skills to be successful in the workplace,
and face the challenge of keeping up with new technologies and information.
What
is the best source of information about new design trends and techniques?
Internet and design publications (books, magazines, newsletters,
etc.) - 74%
Exhibitions, conferences, meetings and networking - 17%
Courses, seminars, workshops and lectures - 13%
Breaking
the Silence an interview with Caroline Moore by Taxi.
“Superficiality is the culprit to our blindness,
manipulating our every single movement by our short-term desires and
shallow behaviors. The result -- a bad cocktail of compromise and oppression.
The real fact is that we are never truly comfortable with ourselves till
we see the first scratch. And the step to jumping out the taboo is to
cut it open. In that sense, Caroline Moore is a scream.”
Mixing
weird and strange and pulling little illos with words of significance.
Poetic or explorative? Eclectic or structured? doorolga keeps
it spinning and us, guessing.
They
claim their product to be ideas! Oh my! You have gotta see this. Fresh
Advertising has just pushed the envelope over the cliff! Wanna see
innovation? Wanna an absolute brillant concept? What are you waiting
- go!
Newly
updated is xtra talented °
grégorygerme ° industrial designer site who is presently
doing an internship at IDEO. There is a good section to related industrial
design links.
Minimalist
and lots of white this site has not flash but has a dynamic feel to it
anyway! Estatura is Cool! Make
sure to read the little pitch! Although on the web the ratio is about
65-70% visually induced and the rest is content / copy - it is important
not to the discard or minimize the value of words. This is why well chosen
words can make all the difference!
Although
there is not much content or projects to review available on Dikon site
has something that grabs your attention. It is a cross between absolute
minimalist and adding just the right visual touch. Photographs are very
good and the navigation system is absolutely brillant and gorgeous.
A.Medicine.for.Apathy...
need I say more? Well done visual metaphor. Have a look at their 3 different
editions.
I
really like the perspective illusion to present the projects on the Redwebsite!
Intriquing.
Domain
url has changed - pls update your bookmarks. E-77 is
the home of Ernesto Rodriguez (from AR) who specializes and abounds with
lovely illustrations and animations design.
Some of his characters are simply irresistible.
An
amazing pixel design for a bookstore: Ariel
Booksellers. Luv it! Clean and enticing. Effective! With such attention
to details, just want to see what's in store? The animation simulates
a 24h rotation and is exquisite. Interesting to see that they did use
the actual location to build the animation!
Natural
Selections: Colors Found in Nature and Interface Design by Luke
Wroblewski
We've
seen tons of 'shoes' related design... Now why would visualhero distinguish
itself??? Simple: high quality picture mixed with visual details that
makes it standout and unique. Reality meets virtuality. To infer you
are a designer - it is those 'details' that often make the difference.
Although the fonts are a tad too small I really like the red links.
Just
discovering a mind blowing concept and project CBC
Radio 3. Offers good cultural content published in a format of 'issues'
just like a magazine laced with supra music! For your eyes and ears!
Well done!
Final issue was published March 4 /05. The magazine
archive are available to see what the snapshots refers too.
What
is going on? Are we back to the days when at highest of Cold War certain
scientists who were perceived as threats were sanatized (read interned
in psychiatric wards, shocked and drugged) in order to serve as a lesson
to the 'others' in the community.
Message = if you disagree this is what we're going to
do to you! This is completely unacceptable and infringing our rights
to free speech and opinions. With the ride of scandals around a War that
was just a greedy strategy... can't they just go after the REAL bad guys???
Fantastic
portfolio for T A L L studio! Edgy, eclectic and original.Worth visiting
from top to bottom!
Advertisers
face harsh lessons at the hands of powerful consumers by Jason
Stitt
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via MJ
Juniormarket brings
in a kickin' electro funk in a cool retro feel site! Excellent arrangements.
Use the keyboard to listen!
Definitely
an extreme installation! From a technology point of view it is - a feat.
How about from a visual point of view? Even moreso, from a human point
of view? With all the rage for reality shows offering 'face / body' makeovers,
what is the role of randomness based projects like facebreeding?
You decide.
You,
colours, world, be, hands, help, children....STEP
BY STEP FOUNDATION from Bulgaria with love.
jonesid
~ is all about satirical illlustrations for comics and lovelys
for children's books and editorial design. I can especially appreciate
the one in the vignette called “High-Maintenance”: “And
they think we're high maintenance”
LPIP
Europe are seeking a talented, hard-working and well-rounded web/interactive
designer with excellent design skills; knowledge of html code, actionscripting
would be a bonus. Type of work mainly for fashion design and large
corporate organizations. Applicant must be willing to move overseas
to Bavaria in Germany for a minimum of at least 6 months. Work starting
asap. Send resume or link to Daniel Oswald, Managing Director.
Justin
DeGarmo is an outstanding illustrator who brings his dreamy and
poetic imagination to life. Sometimes erring towards comical - amazingly
all the painting strokes looks so natural and effortless. Excellent
sense of composition and color palette choices.
Professional
designers often upgrade their technical and theoretical skills by attending
design courses, seminars, workshops and lectures.
How
often do you upgrade your design skills?
Several times a year - 43%
About once a year - 33%
Once every few years - 27%
“One
size fits All” interview by Taxi with Alberto
Villarreal an 'eco-friendly' product designer from zanicdesign who
has been featured on netdiver for many years.
Pour
une culture de non-violence
au XXIeme siècle! Excellent project: For a non-violent culture
in the 21st Century. Available only in French - worth seeing!
David
Stairs is a designer and educator who believes that commerce is
only one aspect of design. In 2000, he founded Designers
Without Borders, the world's first non-profit organisation exclusively
devoted to assisting developing nations through communication design.
Inspired
by the birth of his daughter, Marcus Loeber is presenting Songs
for Emilie with themes carefully reflecting and exploring moments,
most of them full of joy.
Ressources
Jeunesse de Saint-Laurent - RJSL -
is dedicated to helping young street kids!
Another table
tennis link with better opponents! Rrrgh hard to beat!
Start
your week on loworks----- grunge
meet exhuberant eclectism! Web, print, signature, video and music!
This
powagirrrl, Marian Brchan knows how to
web design! Wow the interface is very clean and inviting! Good use of
color as well and visual structure.
This
is probably one of the most accomplished design studio that I have come
across. mn8studio has this distinctive
capacity to storyboard (check the motion graphics movies) that is absolutely
thrilling to view and produced with a consumate visual quality. All they
do is of unmatched creativity! Hats off!
Dimension7 reloads
with a new minimalist site! Same cool Ts.
For
people who make websites:
Smarter Image
Hotlinking Prevention by Thomas Scott.
Over the past couple of years - Netdiver has suffered from such. Kick
the hotlinkers out with an incredibly smart code that will get the bandwidth
parasites off your turf!
Get
your humor chip out to watch the Broadband
for Life video (view or download it) aimed at promoting broadband
use in a consumer market throughout Wales, UK. The situational context
winks to well known metaphors are simply hilarious!
Minimalist
does not mean mini-talent - especially not in the case of TH portfolio
on Fiveonesix which has now become In
the habit! Excellent sense of layout and variety of style. Good work.
One
man with the help of his wife decides to become the voice of democracy
in a country ravaged by social strife, corruption and war. When the will
of one can make a difference. See the
trailer + visit The Agronomist official
site.
Fabulous
flash site for Lakesider! Original
navigation and design! Promising talent!
From
the wheniridemybike powagirrrl (world hopping now and then from country
to country) comes XPO
2004
I
don't like frogs even less flies (why do we need these flies and other
insects on website anyway?) but if you want to see some pretty interesting
industrial and packaging designs.
Go DIP!
The
Nobel Price published an interactive conflict
map (which ends in 2000). Glide the cursor over the different periods
of time and it is hard not to see a pattern... mostly of civil wars in
almost always the same regions of the world. Brothers against brothers!
When will we ever learn? Anti-war and pro-peace is the only way the go!
From
minimal to more minimalist Flamingo
international relaunches its new site! Expect the same soothing palette
and extreme graphic design quality in all their illustrations!
Don't miss another of their appending project The
Lounge, a market research viewing facility!!! Gosh what an idea
and what talent!
Boxes
and Arrows is seeking
a redesign from our design community. The sites will be judged by
a panel (still confirming) of experts across design, usability and information
archtiecture. The winning design will be used on the site and receives
a batch of books from Peachpit press (parents of New Riders books). The
top entries will be published for discussion as well. Deadline is August
1st.
Netdiver
presents its new 'face' and logo which most importantly states with the
'underline' stroke that we are first and foremost after all these years
and more than ever committed to bringing you the best of what is out
there and dedicated to promoting 'links' to talent to / from all over
the world!
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