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Design anywhere digital culture NEWS // February 2005
What
if doodle is your oodle... What if your living noodle... is to draw very-very
naughty (and rhyming) doodles? Investigated and scrutinized at the brand
new and just released ThunderChunky site,
is such a specimen: The Boy Fitz Hammond.
On
the topic of facelift, relaunches, redesigns, etc... Rasterized.org sports
their 7.0 beta. Always an interesting topic, don't miss the article Dealing
with clients by Scott Craig.
Now
if you are in a serious blank, blocked, bored mode and got more than
2 secs on your hands - head to the AIGA
Design Archives.
Did
I say less is more! Well meet Ambidextre (inspiration
comes with travel) home of motion art director Frederic Bourque - where
the demo reel says it all. Now if that's not talent...
Emotional
design à la Don Norman is to classify
products along three dimensions of attractiveness (visceral), functional
and usable (behavioral) and high in prestige (reflective), we can also
classify people along these dimensions.
The
Icograda Design Media Network is a guide to design publications
and media worldwide. IDMN
Participants form an online community dedicated to establishing
and promoting standards and ethics in design journalism. They share
ideas and information, foster discourse, and contribute to the furtherance
of a meaningful body of knowledge regarding design and the role that
it plays in modern society.
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ndle1:
Netdiver was invited and became a member sometimes last Spring 2004.
Contained,
spared, minimalist: Fluoro flash
website. When less is best and efficient. That's good design!
Attention,
Shoppers: You Can Now Speed Straight Through Checkout Lines! Radio-frequency
chips are retail nirvana. They're the end of privacy. They're the mark
of the beast. Inside the tag-and-track supermarket of the future...
by Josh McHugh
More info on Spychips and Caspian (Consumers
Against Supermarket Privacy Invasion and Numbering).
Do
it with style! Villa Roka lies
in the outskirts of the beautiful Pirin mountain (Bulgaria). LUV it.
The site is as spartan as this boutique hotel seems to be. Minimal yet
refined.
Did
you know that one of the best way to get some leads on new business is
by joining a trade or professional association? Check the Collaborative page
in the Toolbox to find a starting point. If you would like to suggest
one to add to the list - don't hesitate and do so.
What
if the Objects of Desire were
fun and easy craft projects? Evolving and revolving familiar objects
and as they say: Lifestyle momey can't buy! That's a great eco design
idea and a Dan Pearlman project.
Although
the illustrations are very sweet and almost child like, Adrian
Johnson knows the real potency of communicating with images.
IdealWord is
built with underlying boredom codes and whatever that means
- it definitely generated out the box experiments with stunning visual
results.
So
what happens if you are three brothers (Don, Doug & Dennis) and the
three of you chose to become illustrators and make a living out of it?
Well you launch the Brother Jones
Artworks. Of course each are unique and different although with the
same initials and last name that can add up quickly to some vast and
perhaps comical confusion but they DO have in common a dry sense of humor
and sharp wits.
Read the FAQs to get an inkling of what I'm referring to. This is a
world premiere for me.
Who
said foundry sites would be boring? Cape-Arcona over
the top eclectism with some funky fonts.
Talking
about funk the 'Digest' is one of my fav font from Tricycle.
I
know this spot is already running on TV but - it is a really greatly
designed advertising (for a change huh?) by Target
- Design for All. Tagline: Great design everyday for everyone.
I'll yay this. Imagine what could be done if designers were invited
to 'redesign' the world. Must see!
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ndle1:
via Andy W
I
don't know about you - but 'shoes' are one of my fav clothing item. I
had once a pair of sneakers that I just so LUV. Went on a trip and came
back with only one shoe... that was a bummer... worst I never found another
pair to replaced it in confort and look.
Well someone took this liking of shoes to the next level sorta speaking;
presenting: the Sneaker Freak
project.
Hixsept offers
a mix of illustrations and a photographic montage that are somewhat grungy
(trashy?) with a lot of attitude. Nice clothing from a collective of
post-grafiti artists and more.
THE
TAKE is a political thriller that turns the globalization debate
on its head. Director Avi Lewis, one of Canada’s most outspoken
journalists, and writer Naomi Klein, author of the international bestseller
No Logo, champion a radical economic manifesto for the 21st century.
Must
read article!!! The
Credibility Gap - Part 2 by Peter Giffen.
“One of the biggest battles professional designers
have is to establish themselves as strategic and conceptual thinkers
who should be involved in a project from its earliest planning stages,
and not beauticians who are brought in at the end.”
Wearables
(how about a Bluetooth enabled snowboarding jacket?)!! Electronic widgets???
Read Core77 report on CES
(Consumer Electronic Show). Check the Best
of Innovations too.
Fresh!
Shirts (model shown is no longer available) from Venour are
simply delicious. From a young collective of promising designers of which, Steventic is
one. New peep to watch for.
Uh-uh! Pay
bloggers Program... whereas some (pre-picked) people are getting
paid to 'write and talk about a company product... Although I agree
word of mouth is the best asset ever... but what about 'paid' word
of mouth? Same value? Have been following the unfolding of the Marquization thread
with interest.
The product has room for itself to meet clients need for multi-level-instant-internally
approved communication castings aka scalable content and take
advantage of a networked frame of events - it leaves me wondering.
And you, what do you make of that?
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ndle1:
Do you think what I just wrote - should be paid for?
When
it rains it pours! One of the yummiest way to discover new talent is
to indulge in the 'interview' section and Phirebrush is
brimming over! Just heard they redesigned as well...
Isn't Spring early this year or what?
I'm
nutz for fonts. Just luv designing and working with fonts. Now here is
a little intriguing experiment - try it out: Typedrawing.
Oh
nice! Creative Behavior new
logo and new issue! Don't miss the Multidisciplinary
design article by Sarah Lorenzen.
Designers'
toys are in full bloom at Rotofugi.
Amazing how this industry is just exploding!
Newpanic is
(yet) another themed cardboard interface... what is interesting is how
the hand (very realistic) pulls out and glues back a blank space when
you select a new section.
Architects Hanson
+ Jung 
nice
website. I really like the simple and convincing visuals and navigation.
It's
kind of hard what to make of this site that covers a large spectrum of
exhibits over an as well large spectrum of time. Have a look at Ladislav
Sutnar website! Can you only imagine the time it took to collate
the information... oi... lots of midnight oil involved I'm sure.
Interesting
loading sequence, navigation and explorative interface for the unusual
portfolio of Nicolas Baumgartner: IDSIGNER.
Awesome
illustrator - dialéctica!
Eclectism, urban and explosive imagination!
View
and learn from HORT about everything design, especially around visual
identity. New issue available: NR3.
Highlighted: Visual identity/Design and Cd Artwork/Photography.
State
goes to Prateville the (new) other side of Jemma
(Gura) Hostetler who
is an art director and designer who has been featured in numerous reviews
and books, including one she co-authored, which challenges designers
to push the boundaries of their creative tools!
Adjust your bookmarks!
If
you haven't met him yet - do so: David
Carson (Design). Sneak into the mind of a creative who seems to always
be on hyperdrive.
Beinghunted has
been around since October 01 and sports a for you to know more liner
indicating their attempt to cover a large spectrum of designy stuff and
topics.
Their 'Feature' section abounds with interviews.
Available
Now! The January issue of Design In-Flight is here, with over 30 pages
of tutorials, articles and commentary. A three page excerpt of the issue
is available as a free download.
Breaking
news! 2Advanced.net (contact Logan
One) and NIS/Netkeepers.ca (contact Shaul
Swartz) have teamed up to make a joint offer to rescue and help in
transitioning all of Actadivina hosted
sites. Sponsored sites (Second.Chapter) will receive sponsored packages
and Clients hosted sites will receive a credit on the time left on their
accounts by either companies.
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ndle1:
This is a fantastic offer that shows the resilliency and capacity of
our community to band together.
Nice
interview with Marcel
Wanders a product designer as well as Kitchen
is the heart of the home competition results by designboom.
Jane
Kurisu is a freelance illustrator and a new powagirrrl. Her style
is very sweet and most appropriate for kids projets.
How
about a 10% decrease of IE?!?!? Firefox
is on the move! by Todd Dominey
ICGIST makes
a formidable comeback. Their new site is even better than the one before.
To those who thought you can't mix serious business with funky design
and animations... be convinced otherwise. The quality - is speaking for
it itself! LUV it!
What
about your own perceptions? Would too much fame alienate you from interaction?
Get a fresh take. The
day Annie shot me. When a first-time author has his portrait taken
by Annie Leibovitz, it changes his life -- at least while she's clicking
the shutter by Brett Leveridge
Consequences-of-thought
is “an exploration of visual thought created to explore the possibilities
that could otherwise been forgotten.”
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