Design and digital culture NEWS // December 2001
Want
some p
i x e l v i e w? Independent producers share their thoughts; I heard
there are more to come! Starring this week Steve Champion - brought to
you by theheadlemur.
Netdiver
is now part of Shift resources!
For
people who make websites:
The Bathing
Ape Has No Clothes (and other notes on the distinction between
style and design) by Adam Greenfield from V-2.org
brought to you by the good folks at ALA!
Peace
of heart and prosperity to you all!
My wish list for this special time of the year is that for all of us
- who work, dream and make it happen in our industry, be rewarded upon
its efforts. A castle is built one stone at a time!
Though hardship has been the key word it seems for so
many - hang in there - good tidings are yet to come!
Design
Not Found (by 37 signals) exposes the flaws and usability problems
common among web sites.
[T-26] foundry
new interface!
Inside Moccu? Shift latest
edition have an interview with them. Get ready for a once in a lifetime
experience. Get raptured from onset with striking visual flash storyboard
with illustrated navigation and graphic elements that are interactive
down to the smallest item. In the about us page - mouseover the little
fish for example. Incredible coding wrapped in a juicy fruity eye candy!
The 3 exploration areas are sheer delights and don't miss building your
graphic living form. Mine is due to hatch in 4 days and some minutes
away.
Overall a genial podium for this interactive agency who rightly so deserves
the awards they've received so far.
Robotnik
one of the oldest pixel size site - check it out!
Are
you there God? (It's me HAL) by Sari Kalin
A futuristic outlook on the impact of technology on us:
Techies and theologians are talking about the spiritual implications
of the Web, robots and virtual reality—and they think business leaders
should too.
Nathan's T-shirts
anybody?
About
time - about fridgin time that somebody talks about *designer* vs *stylist*
with richly filled comments and references, all in a comprehensive way.
This is not another whining siren that throws you off but a, hello out
there - get real article!
The reason I quit traditional media was due mainly to the *popcorn recipe*.
Clients projects were roughly delivered like this: take a kernel, heat
a pan, pour a little oil, cover 5 min and VOILÀ: popcorn! (ie
instant consummation and no perennity projects aka vaporware!)
Care to know my recipe? Take a kernel, put in soil, out
in the sun, water when needed, weed out, and with a lot of patience later
VOILÀ: a corn stalk! (100 more kernels to grow!) <cg>
Fresh
off the press and available in bookstores since Dec 1: Macromedia Flash:
Art, Design + Function! Foreword by Mike Schmidt (k10k).
The book is a detailed case study which deconstructs the Mighty
Assembly 
site
and offers readers a rare opportunity to observe and analyze how concepts
are executed by pushing the limits of Flash.
Read some more about the book.
There
was a spam thread (in view of porn sites) on WD (webdesign-list)
- Steve Champion wrote this article about
it and how to improve Apache servers.
/
Xperimentz amazing interface.
eNormously
eFficient! eNourmously true! eNourmously funny! eNourmously smart! eNourmously
needed!eNourmously efficient! eNormicom!
Segura (if you don't
know who Carlos Segura is, read a recent interview from PixelSurgeon)
and 37signals just proved that
minimalism is not a disease to avoid at all costs and being smart - one
that can be caught!
As per their own saying "eNormicom is a satirical site" and
you better have a rock solid ego to swallow the pitch.
eNormicom is NOT an eye-candy-pretty-site but the graphics are so generic
that hardly anyone can be offended BUT the non-creative attitudes described
are a killer!
When was the last time you were compelled to read 18 pages online...
on the same site??? Paramount communication design project!
Shockfusion
community 2.0 is out!
Virus
alert: please scan your disks for these *nimda* *badtrans* *mp3* *win32goner*
worm attachments. These virus infect your email address book which is
then sent out to ALL your email contacts!
Sara (turbovision)
and Bernadette (atlargemedia)
are profiled in the new book, Technology with Curves: Women Reshaping
the Digital Landscape, “a celebration of the women who are increasingly
the personalities and players of the wired world.”
Arron
from Reforms* and Karen
Ingram participated
in a cool book concept 4x4 Photoshop and Flash: Time and Stasis by Jeremy
Tai Abbett, Arron Bleasdale, Karen Ingram, Francine Spiegel / publisher
Friends of Ed.
“Each book is an original artwork, a manual, a tutorial,
a scrapbook, and a laboratory experiment. I chose to go with the theme
Time + Stasis and use my favourite tools / Photoshop and Flash.” (available
in Jan 02)
Dec
1 is the final date for participating in the website competition for SXSW2002.
Online form is here!
Visit
this new project The Miniature
Earth by Allyson Lucca. He thinks that we, webdesigners, can do something
against the injustice in the world.
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