A professional journal edited and planned by Seecoo Culture Communication was founded in 2004. Since, the magazine has achieved good reputation and become a representative and one of the most influential design journal (several hundred thousands readers) in China.
Esther
Hong is
an all around fantastic designer who has to her credit quite a few
outstanding client works. Be it print or web or packaging to advertising...
she's good! Really-really good!
I've
seen so many different ways of presenting a web site navigation... some
good, some surprising, others excellent and some downright... bad...
or worst, boring!
New media is STILL in emerging stages and exploration and pushing the
limits are certainly not a staled cliché. So dare and do, and
let me know.
Paul Donda chose a most unusual
way... and although line art was used only, it works: exciting, simple,
intriguing. See for yourself!
Designers,
respect yourself!!!
Now you tell me why I feel utterly uncomfortable when reading such a
sentence from a reputed head hunter???
“Designers with 3 to 5 years of experience, depending on where
they worked previously, will be able to speak to working with ethnographers
and other research specialists and to participating in observing consumers
and getting their input in the design process or sharing design concepts
with them.
You want to hear about the dozens of magazines they subscribe to personally,
that are available to them at work, or that they look at online; the
conferences they attend; the sites and blogs they look at; the trade
shows they attend; the people in their network who are experts in another
field. You also want to know about interests from outside the design
world.”
He's
been listed on Netdiver for a number of years and it's great to see that Carlos
Polo is still improving his skills.
Check his new flash site. Innovative idea for navigation!
All
around and efficient portfolio for Masaya Nakade. He's done this and
this and that... really, he's got a large plate of different experiences
to offer.
Discover Dudson,
land of the cutest characters and a funny show about getting through
the day. Its about frustrations and small victories.
Sounds just like real life to me ;-D
Jane
South does
amazing art pieces with folded paper, ink, acrylic and balsa. You've
gotta see this!
Psychedelic
goes pop or the renaissance of all things gone by served with a now twist.
As you can see, Matei Apostolescu has got a fascination for the '70s
lineart and explosive compositions style.
Era gone by - era comeback.
Cityscapes
and mix media? Unusual choices of sources for this illustration portfolio:
grids, color spots equals Cityabyss.
Netdiver
has always been an ardent support and defender of independent voices and projects and
on the look-out for new paradigm shifts in any and all expressive media
projects with a specific focus on what the Internet could afford as new
business models.
“A Swarm of Angels reinvents
the Hollywood model of filmmaking to create cult cinema for the Internet
era. It's all about making an artistic statement, making something you
haven't seen before. Why are we doing this? Because we are tired of films
that are made simply to please film executives, sell popcorn, or tie-in
with fastfood licensing deals.”
Hats off Mr. Matt Hanson!!!
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ndle1:
via a .NET article, Issue 154, September
06
Creative
Assets has becomed FILTER/TALENT update
your bookmarks if need be.
You've
gotta read this little pearl of wisdom from one of the smartest marketer
I know.
Seth
Godin said: “Even free isn't cheap enough to win in the long
run. Not if other people can figure out how to match what you've got.
So, if you can't be cheaper, be better.”
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ndle1:
via Andy Rutledge who's witty
and smart articles I recommend.
Wow!
What a nice and simple website for Martin
Konrad Interactive development company. Absolutely dig their sig
(seen below) and color palette.
That's what I call progressive minimalism. From Australia with luv.
SHIFT
2007 CALENDAR 12 winning works were selected finally! The calendar
will be released later next month.
You've
gotta see this navigational system and top banner design from Orange
on web that works like a flip book!
“If
you hear a voice within you say 'you cannot paint', then by
all means paint, and the voice will be silenced."
To
laugh or cry??? Web2.0 via
Wikipedia... now if you think you knew what was the latest cool...
check the visual elements section... and brace yourself!
Can't wait to use the 'supermarket sticker' fx... if I
ever figure out what that is??? Web design... grrrrrr....
Mark
your days for the next three months by downloading the LOUNGE72 PDF Calendar.
Who
is tall as a house, has bad hair and a big heart? Find out in this interview
of Jakob Printzlau aka Plastic Kid by
Lounge72.
“What is creativity according to you?
I am not sure I have an answer for that. I have just always liked expressing
myself visually...”
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True
to their mission, Pol Oxygen coverage of the recent design fair in Valencia.
It's now called Habitat Valencia
Forward.
From slick new lines and forms to weird and wacky, something to be found
for any fan of industrial / product design. One thing that seems to be
prevalent, is the ever growing presence of flat 2D illustrations to complement
3D items and a definite early '70s pop flavor.
See shapes, textures, light, color and more.
Even
if and only for his wall paintings, MWM site
is worth visiting. Heir to tagging on the streets, his style is still
in emergence but his interest and passion for design are rooted already
deeply.
Matt Moore is a promising talent to watch for.
Sliding
door effects used to display the fine art photography portfolio of Grzegorz
Badzio. What I like is how each picture are assembled side by side,
each comprising a common geometrical element that combined, result in
a new composition.
Freewaves claims
to be an online magnet for media arts. They regularly run call for submissions.
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ndle1:
Looking for more inspirational divingboards? Toolbox
portal page is loaded with more.
Believe
it or not this guy has build his design
credentials and reputation around the principles of using black,
white and red solely, well almost... having to do with the principles
that these colors only could best playoff legibility, contrast
and attention grabbing!
I mean it - even his name is - well - somewhat refers to it... meet Roger
Black! As you can see, he walks his talk on his website.
BTW try the simplify button and see what happens, that's a
cool functionality and predict it will spring up all over the internet!
flashtica is
a free open-source actionscript and flash code files and resources directory.
Check it out.
Paul
Antonson illustrations are comic / realistic in style. He's an
excellent sketcher based in NYC! Luv his work for the Village Voice.
Discover
the talented Jon Keegan illustrations!
I luv his style which is a cross between satyrical and comic strip. The
compositions are smart and well developed around each concept.
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ndle1:
via Invisibleman a new design
hub I just discovered.
Between
Aug 22 / Sept 1 an international invitation was extended by Netdiver
to students and aspiring 2D-3D designers to submit their work and get
a chance to be published and be seen by some of the top Hollywood studios
who will be attending //ADAPT 2006 in Montreal, September 23-24.
Enthusiastic submissions were received within hours and to all who participated
a BIG thank you!!!
Their whole site is now available in English, French, Spanish, and German.
Transactions are multi-currency available too and tagging has been rehauled
so searches can be done in multi-languages too.
“British billionaire Richard Branson said Thursday he would donate
$3 billion US over 10 years to anti-global warming initiatives.”
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ndle1:
Seems like the billionaires are finally investing in the future... of
the world...
Since
opening shop 30 years ago, Worrell has
experienced a rich history of growth and design innovation. Though there
have been difficult periods for the entire design industry, the company
has always emerged with strategies to rebound and continue moving forward.
Nice corporate site with good case studies.
Enigmatic
and mysterious interface design to exlore the mix-media artworks of Lala
aka Lalaladcani.
From Argentina with luv.
It's
art? It's graphic design? It's typographic? It's exploding with colors
and imagination? It's... all these and more. Eye candy overbrimming portfolio
of Maciej Hajnrich aka nietylko.
“After digging through the most awesome examples of next-generation
web services on the net -- and the most useless -- we've compiled this
list of the best and worst. What's Web 2.0's killer app? And which app
simply kills our will to live?
What's
the second best thing to be there? A lot of events - we can't possibly
attend all - produce post-event artefacts that document the look and
feel, capture highlights in extra footage and interviews.
Fast becoming collectibles, The
Singapore Fling: A reminiscing look into DesignEDGE Conference & Expo
2005, which was produced by IdN, happens to be one of those gems.
To see additional visuals and context, read the book
review.
CKOICEHOLDUP is
certainly not your mother's choice or average corporation website! Built
For SFR (Vodaphone Branch) it's punky and even if the site is in French,
the navigation is easy to figure out.
Site includes cool designers toys illustrated by Skwak/Koa and detailed
flash animations.
Typetester -
compare fonts for the screen is a must bookmark resource for web designers.
Just
released for public viewing from one of the most original illustrator
I know! The awesome and profoundly moving Joe
Sorren limited edition scupltures.
There are two pieces now available: Corrina and March of
the Ballantine.
Another
brilliant artist launches a new site: Watchme is
home to cutie characters.
During
the course of the competition, the Maxtango community has scored on the
Ecards, clearly determining the winners and Ecard
Design World Champions!
Presented are the top 10 winners!
FLASH
celebrates its 10th anniversary!!! Has it been that long already?
Eeeeya... when I'm thinking of the very early versions it's so exciting
to see that this technology has become so powerful to distribute interactive
rich content and inspired designers to just be in creative explosion
mode.
Have a look at this podcast! Kudos to the giants, Josh Ulm, Keving Lynch,
Joshua Davis, James Patterson and Grant Skinner among others, who have
pushed the limits for as many years!
Actions
to change the world! Have a look at a list
of simple, everyday actions you can do to help change the world (and
have fun while you're doing it).
It could be doing something for the community like shopping locally,
something for the environment like avoiding plastic bags...
Designers,
respect yourself!!!
He's
been listed on Netdiver for a number of years and it's great to see that 
Netdiver
has always been an ardent support and defender of independent 
