Design has the power to influence our core values, our identity, our expectations and our worldview. The conference
offers designers, business leaders and government the opportunity to experience current design thinking.
Reshape your understanding of the value of design.
The industry spring break! Compelling presentations from the brightest minds in emerging technology, exciting
networking events hosted by industry leaders and an unbeatable line up of special programs.
Author Ethan Bodnar created over 30 unique tasks and gave each contributor (I was one) a task that was different
from their typical work. Jumpstart your creativity!
Designers, illustrators, photographers, design studios, collectives/crews,
agencies, students, visual artists... you are welcome to submit an innovative,
creative, exciting, personal and experimental artwork.
Deadline: February 20
You've got a terrific product or service and wanna reach a fabulous international audience?
Looking for a sweet deal?
Eatjapanesefood is
home to Holly Wales, a talented mixed media illustrator who in her words,
likes to “explores a variety of subject matter through self-initiated
and commercial work for a range of international clients”.
Naughty
and grungy the Ginger Beards have
redesigned their website keeping their recognizable signature illustrations.
Check the tees and shave the beard to see the hidden design. Fun!
Discover
the fantastically beautiful retro loving artwork of Jen
Ski. She is
the epithome of kitschy 50s receiving a major facelift and seamlessly
achieving to be modern. Her mix media collages are elegant and eye catching.
Giclee prints, stationery and other collectables are available for purchase
in her online shop.
The
art of independence is well represented by DELAware which
is a “japanese super sonic group, designs music and musics design.
Their works take on multiple forms such as recordings, visual installation,
writing, web, mobile phone, poster, cross stitch, and live performance”.
Luv their new tagline: BeGlobal and as usual, their fondness for cross-stitches
and pixel design.
Based
in central London, Studio8 is
a graphic design studio and was established in 2005 by Matt Willey and
Zoë Bather, formerly Creative Directors at Frost Design London.
Blew
me away! Hesign totally rad (double)
navigation with so much blinking and animated parts that it can be dizzying.
But if you wanted to make a first strong impression — point made!
The dangling letters of his name is also a navigation.
“This
Sunday, 11 May, is Mothers'
Day in China. Just like here, it's a day for families to celebrate
the strength and love that mothers bring into our lives. And this year,
it's a chance for us to reach out to some particular mothers in Beijing
who have experienced the worst thing a mother could endure - the death
of their own children, at the hands of their own government.”
As a long time human rights activist - I am proud to join in expanding
the awareness that China has NOT yet address the 'human rights' issue
and that no matter how the new found economic / olympic game clout may
be it will not cover the truth.
Take time to send an e-card message. A simple gesture of love and compassion
can go a long way. Count your blessings.
Ittestudio is
a design studio based in Barcelona that just launched a new line of beautiful
patterns and prints — over 120 designs that can be applied to jewelry,
textiles, wall paper, ceramics, appliances, architecture, anything imaginable...
Contact them to get their brochure.
Mathieu
Foucher made a motion graphic clip WE
BE which got him a second place rank. It will be shown on stage during
the tour of Wax Tailor, a French hip-hop/trip-hop artist that organized
the contest for his new single. Mostly typography following the lyrics
it is simple, and yet underlines a powerful message.
IMPORTANT
Update! ! !
Late this Autumn and part of our 10th anniversary bash publishing online,
Netdiver will release a spanking new website that will include a redesigned
interface, cool new sections, improved search and a couple of surprises
projects that will be more community and self-expression based.
As you can see the little batteries which were the navigation for the
different disciplines/sections thumbnail galleries are gone! Now with
text links, we're fully accessible for hand-held devices and more usable.
Also to avoid further frustration to us all, we are putting
our feed on hiatus so we can concentrate on the task of a huge content
migration. So you understand where we are coming from, RSS back then
did not exist, and is not supported properly by our current architecture:
it is impossible to reflect how many entries (3 to 5) are posted leading
to look as if we are not updating, as we do, daily.
Last
night winners of the Art Directors
Club yearly design competition were announced. Standing out in the
print category is the series of Stephan Sagmeister covers for his latest
book: Things
I have learned in my life so far - which we reviewed recently.
Uniqlok campaign attempt
at global brand dominion via this smart clock, raked a ADC Hybrid Award
because it “was thought to have a creative spark, excellent execution
as well as iconic and scalable”.
All Design, ADC Sphere, Advertising, ADC Hybrid, Gold
and Silver medalists, and Distinctive Merit and Merit winners, will be
included in the Art Directors Annual 87, the hardcover book to be published
by RotoVision in November, 2008.
Trevor
Bolam aka Element 5.0 relaunches
his website.
POL
Oxygen who is positioned as a high-end design and interior design
magazine came up with a brilliant idea: publishing a MiniMilan available
as a .pdf. So if you want to have a quick overview of the hot new product
designs and did not attend the fair, fancy downloading and indulge
the coverage.
Print the whole or what strikes or inspires you.
That
is different! Have a look at mola
ativism website. All the projects are listed in rows, one on top
of the others but as you mouse over a larger visual appears. Choose and
click one. Some of the sections include small movies of the making of.
Smart move to include an alternate navigation with dropdowns to move
to another section.
“The world is in a spin and with what the media withhold, one
can only imagine the silenced and vital issues. After being trashed,
punked, desecrated, softporned by all possible extent of explicit reality,
what next? Call on the dreamers!”
From the archived articles Carole
Guevin wrote to feed your mind!
Stephen
Ledwidge as an illustrator deals mostly with editorial assignments
for the health, sports and technology sectors.
Changing
colors all the time, Christoffer Hald aka Klon2 uses
huge background images to show his work. He is proficient in typography
and graphic design. Make a detour and review his photography section,
some awesome shots. Think he could even take a shot at a dual career
here.
From Denmark with luv.
A
talented graphic designer, Oliver
Munday is mostly into print design and his portfolio lists a host
of good projects.
What
is broadband affording us? Well not only allowing rich media apps and
immersive experiences to be readily available but also the possibility
to use more of the interface to display visuals in a more compelling
way. Another in a series of portfolios websites that I'm discovering
is OPX who does exactly that.
These huge backgrounds allows for a simple banner head location for
text and navigation and the use of semi-transparencies.
Turn
on to Switch to discover
a bright upcoming new creative agency from UK who wants to focus on design
for the music industry. Aaron Bimpson, who acts as the creative director,
was involved for many years as one of the editors of the now defunct
Pixelsurgeon.
Cheers to your success!
They
are now CMPLT (read:
complete)! Luv the concept of the name since dynamic creative duo are
also a couple in real life. Hats off to Simona and Mark for the launch
of their new design studio website!
SKIN has
resurfaced its identity and launched a new website which I prefer over
the previous iteration. Really like what they did: clean interface, black
stripe for the navigation and rotating banners that hints at their cultural
flavor and favorite design items.
From Oslo with luv!
Simone
Magurno aka Serious Situations is
a talented designer who received an honorable mention in our first DAC (Digital
Art Contest) and a student at HyperIsland.
He is looking for an internship anywhere in the world (30 weeks period)
from August 2008 until March 2009.
Designboom Milan
Design week 2008 in 2233 images! If you are into product design
or curious of the latest, this is a must!
It's
the first time I see such a type of portfolio where all content is spreaded
across columns. Have a look at GraphicalHouse.
Sangre is
Pablo Scaglione home on the web. He is a graphic designer and art director
located in Buenos Aires. Luxurious use of white expanse that frames
most of his projects.
Delrancho is
Ricardo Villavicencio portfolio and as a graphic design and art director
his current output is of superb quality and his creativity keeps on surprising.
There
seems to be no end in finding new surfaces to design. Check the Mimobots® dressing
up in disguise USB flash drives.
Introducing
a new movie from the New Artist Series by Hillman Curtis. SAGMEISTER
08 : A look at Stefan Sagmeister's recent show at Deitch Projects,
NYC which is based on his book Things I have learned in my life so far.
DDB gave
the advertising industry a wake-up call. They introduced a new approach
to marketing that relied on insight into human nature, respect for the
consumer, and the power of creativity. In short, they said: Let's stop
talking at people and let's start conversations that lead to action.
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Aaron Kraten bold central characters with often mixed artifacts
Grant
Barnhart is a talented illustrator who will have his first oversea
show at Leslie's Art Gallery, Luxembourg
and will be attending the opening.
Ron van der Ende uses reclaimed timber to create astounding and realistc
bas reliefs which scales, as you will see, can be quite big.
“I
learned this, at least, by my experiment: that if one advances confidently
in the direction of his dreams, and endeavours to live the life which
he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours..”
– Henry David Thoreau
Made
in Bunch identity adventure has after one year and over 450 contributions
come to near completion.. or has it? They are still accepting new entries
for next the few months…
Have a look at the gallery and published contributors. Some pretty awesome
design and concepts are listed.
April
27, is World
Graphics Day which is an opportunity to recognize communication design,
its role in the world and to celebrate Icograda's anniversary. It has
been celebrated internationally since 1995.
Studio/lab is
a design consulting services with offices in Chicago and San Francisco
and they specializes in strategic brand design, information design, communication
design.
“We're here to bring the flavor to your senses, and what better
way of doing that than to feature one of the few designers that successfully
mixes grid structure with Sci-fi-like style! We're talking about a design
icon here, someone that every creative insider has heard of at least
once, and if asked to describe in one word, might blurt out orange or classic.”
L2M3 is
a heavy-weight kommunikation design buro experienced in print and environmental
design, a penchant for culture related projects and more. I like the
the black horizontal bars while a project loads.
From Stuttgart with luv.
Abiding
in a class all of his own, John
Malloy is a talented illustrator who has succeeded in porting his
skills to varied projects.
His depictions are somewhat washed out or bold with colors where humans
are sometimes distorted by strong inner emotions or turmoils.
Eeeee!!! DesignSpotter brings
your design into the spotlight and now in beta, a spanking new website
and very nice new identity!
This online magazine offers
young designers a platform for publication. They publish young designers
works and ideas and build up a base for communication among all those
people who love and live design like us.
From this..
Are
you in Montreal? Looking for a location to co-share with other indie
workers? Or meet clients? Or do a small gathering? Or even throw an event?
Than Station C offers a range of
plans for a reasonable fee.
“Un coworking, c’est un espace ou les travailleurs
indépendants et pigistes peuvent travailler en paix, collaborer,
rencontrer des clients, s’entraider et tenir des événements
dans leurs domaines. C comme dans coworking, collaboration,
communauté, création, code, citoyen, centre…”
It's
time to keep your eyes on Eye Magazine a
quarterly covering design who has officially
gone solo and was released to its present editor, John L. Walters.
Furniture and Interior Design for the 21st Century
To restore and renew my inspiration — books have always been the
main source. Today, to be a well-rounded designer you need to be opened
to multi-disciplines contributions to the current state of the industry.
As the barrier between art and design narrows, guess we could say that
we are indeed in an era where esthetics are an important aspect of modern
life from the mundane to the most extravagant.
Furnish is an eloquent, polished and concise overview of the now scene
in product and interior design. Each sections is documented with a well
researched list of projects. The introductory text which sets the context
methodically, is non-verbose, making it an easy and enlightening read.
But the best part is the staggering quality of examples that spans the
pages.
I was utterly surprised and tickled by the scope of what is going on
out there — that I did not know of — and grateful to both
fill the void and tap into what the object is or can become.
Grateful too, that there is a sizable portion dedicated to experimental,
rapid prototyping and questioning why do we need stuff anyway.
Sennep came
up with a stacked of cards to show this long-time running industrial
product design and consulting company profile and achievements. The whole
site has a pared-down and elegant feel. Don't miss the case studies section.
From designing the first cordless kettle in the 80’s to the conceptual
interior of Virgin Galactic tourist spacecraft SeymourPowell portfolio
is vast and varied.
War
Design Studio is a growing practice predominantly working on branding,
packaging and literature projects and are looking for Senior / Junior
Designers.
“There is a reason why public speaking is a common phobia; just
because someone is knowledgeable about a subject does not mean they know
how to communicate their ideas for others to absorb.
Never dive into creating your presentation without knowing
the constraints within which you are working, as they can really alter
how you present. When I started to prepare for my presentation, I had
to ruthlessly narrow down what my goals for speaking were before I tackled
the nitty gritty.”
Yolo is
the graphic design studio of Martin Fewell based in Manchester UK. He
has a wide range of experience in television and worked north to work
for The Designers Republic for 2 and a half years. He dabs in font design
as well.
Established
in 1997 by Bryan Edmonson and John Simpson, SEA are
an independent, multi-disciplinary design agency based in London. Nice
print and environmental projects.
Chromatics
have been a taunting challenge since I started playing colors as a teen.
My first painting was an horrible brownish mess and I vouch to decipher
the rules behind.
In The Mod: Color Analytics — A
Dr. Woohoo Production — is an ingenious system whereas different
paintings are analyzed on the fly producing a color palette that you
can download and use in either Photoshop or Illustrator, Flash, Processing
and After Effects. You can find similar palettes too and in the menu
section, you can read about the process behind the generative engine.
_ _ _ _ _
This led me to discover the deliriously out of this world collection
of illustrations by Colin
Johnson.
Brian
Willmont likes striking colors and builds unusual installations.
MAGROUND is
a picture agency for landscape-, urban- and background photography. The
high resolution image material is optimized specifically for the use
in advertising and CGI. The range of international locations includes
multi-perspective photography as well as GPS-supported specifications
of location, which make it possible to use the archive also for location
scouting.
Did
you know that Safari 3.1 is available for Windows? We
can't say same from M$ product fallouts for the Mac platform — like
dumping IE5.2.. It claims to be the fastest browser on any platform — Safari
is the first browser to pass the Acid2 benchmark from the Web
Standards Project — and if you like the Mac chrome design — we
window serfs can also own a little piece of it. And of course, available
for the glamorous iPhone.
And that Apple claims their “engineers designed Safari to be secure
from day one.” See the cool interface and also own it as an extra
browser to test your in-progress websites. Download the .pdf to see the
complete functionalities.
Major drawbacks: the anti-aliasing of fonts,
with no options to just say no thanks, the bookmarks open over the browser
window instead as a drop down, and the fact that there is no lower chrome
which I use all the time to check the URL address of a website before
going there.
“The introduction of reformatting systems can lead to the disruption
of mobile web sites for all of the users in their respective networks.
This situation is a concern for mobile web neutrality and has the potential
to jeopardize the mobile web as a platform in the years to come.”
_ _ _ _ _
A couple of years ago we encountered exactly the symptoms described
of a proxy reformatting, whereas porn advertisement was inserted in the
Netdiver content viewed by users of a mobile network in Japan. We sucessfully
blocked the network — to detriment of users — so I urge you
to read the manifesto and sign it.
Naughty
and grungy the 
“This
Sunday, 11 May, is 
