Design news | Mar 07
Fellow Montrealers Mandarine 24 specialize in visual effects and animation. They know and exploit the power of rich media aka new media with technical prowness, humour and creativity.
cool website, awesome projects. Don't miss their reel!
Introducing a new graphic design and illustration studio on the block: Mopa! A nice one-pager portfolio where it's all about design-design-design!
From Brazil with luv!
Meet the master of icon design Jakub 'jimmac' Steiner
“Starting late 2000 I have been drawing icons for various projects mostly around the GNOME desktop. While quantity alone doesn't say much, I've crafted over cca 4 thousand icons over the years.”
Wanna see top execution of spots and shorts? Check what MHP (which stands for My Happy People and founded by a talented couple: Guillermo Lecuona and Tera Hollingsworth) has got to offer!
Pay special attention to the 360 degrees rotation in the College bowl and the dimensional flowing objects in the BDA film.
Paving the way to the future of visual entertainment!
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ndlr: submitted by Steve O. via Motionographer
Have you ever dreamed of seeing your name in lights?
Or does someone you know deserve to have their name in lights?
Now’s your chance to make it happen.
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ndlr: via 3form
STUDIOSarchitecture sports a step like navigation and lots of layers to showcase their great portfolio.
The information architecture was intelligently thought out and using large scale pictures user can see as well as read what their capabilities are.
If you're an architecture student, great site to learn from.
i-merge are looking for new collegues. Do you know any? Well then you have a chance to win a 4-day-ticket for Cannes Lions and many more amazing awards.
Visit Cannes Hunting to view openings!
SKY.fm is looking for a PHP web developer in New York City.
Maxim Zhestkov likes black and white for sure and he is an upcoming talented motion and toy designer: quadroplastic.
From Russia with luv!
Absolutely stunning photography and product styling by M+Nature a studio ran by Amélie Vuillon - Lamboley. She is tremendously gifted and all her projects carry a manicured and elegant touch. What an eye for composition she has!
Indugle, visit from top to bottom, you won't be disappointed!
Antonia Kühn & Julia Wolf wish to embark on a very special project twocollect and perhaps, you can help make it happen.
It consists of a creative and intercultural exchange of knowledge – their work for a charge that covers their basic expences like board and lodging, as well as additional incurring costs. They neither want to make profit out of this project, nor have deficits. They will be documenting the whole trip in the form of a travel diary and are planning to publish this documentation as book-dvd combination.
Did you ever see the Black Day to Freedom trailer?
Support the cause, buy the book which
contains:
1 x Black Day To Freedom (100 pages)
1 x DVD featuring exclusive motion pieces and bonus artwork
The Running Fish Gutter is a wild expedition! You've never seen something quite like this! Imagination on warp here!
Yepp it's upside down, although you can remedy this!
Free Photoshop Brushes by Tutorial Blog
“Every good designer needs an arsenal of brushes to use within photoshop, whether its a grunge effect or some techno swirls that are required there is sure to be a brush that fits your needs.”
March 8 was International Women Day!
Celebrate all the powagirrrls around you!
8 Web Design tactics to help you when you're stuck by Matthew Inman
“Web design can be incredibly frustrating. You'd think that with the infinite possibilities of what-goes-where it'd be pretty easy to land a design that works, yet somehow we've all been stuck before: working hour after hour on a design that refuses to look right.”
Ruby on Rails for the rest of us by Justin Williams
“You’ve probably heard of Ruby on Rails, which has been generating noise in the web development field over the past year. While buzz and hype are nothing new to our industry, it’s always beneficial to cut through that hype and the jargon to understand what a new technology really is about.”
In the future every URLs will be popular for 1.5 seconds says Thomas Marban:
“popurls is the dashboard for the latest web-buzz, a single page that encapsulates up-to-the-minute headlines from the most popular sites on the internet.”
Visit the Bittbox Freebies section and find loads of useful interface widgets or have a look at the 28 Free Illustrator Brushes for making Swooshes and Swirls and learn how to do it too!
Make sure to read the License and Usage information.
HowTo: Make Pretty Pie Charts by Stuart Brown
She's back! Have you heard of Experiential Prototyping?
Created by Jennifer Darmour as a MFA thesis in Media Design “consists of a collection of projects that explore new ways of using interaction and physical computing to invent and prototype the experiences of new interactive technology-driven products and services.
The final project is an innovative personal mobile music device that uses gesture-based movements to mix, share, customize, and sync music.
The experience of using the device and all the components that it interacts with (such as a web and cell phone application) was built into an interactive touchscreen that animated user-based stories that directly interacted with the device so you can watch how the characters use it and experience it for yourself.”
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ndlr: Now you have gotta see this mind-blowing project!
CODEPINK is a women-initiated grassroots peace and social justice movement working to end the war in Iraq, stop new wars, and redirect our resources into healthcare, education and other life-affirming activities.
Wanna see amazing product designs? Did you know that each year, La Cie makes a call for submissions for some of their components and that worldwide reknowned designers take on this task?
Upcoming some cool external drives designed by one of my all time top fav, Karim Rashid.
Shown USB & FireWire Hub by Ora Ito.
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Shown FireWire Speakers by Neil Poulton.
Inspiration is the best medicine against the design blahs. Start your week fresh with these newly added websites. :
/ redoctober industries launches v.3 and still going strong! Edgy, audacious, creative and boundlrss energy sustain their determination.
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/ Sans Nom is a design studio offering art direction and design across disciplines such as print, product design, packaging, illustration, interactive, cream sauces...
Check the map they did for Computer Arts, design hot spots.
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/ Emotive Project is a multidisciplinary studio! Mixing different creative fields as illustration projects, animation, graphic design, art and music and take profit of challenging themselves to make new things every day, growing up and discovering new posibilities.
No kidding!
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/ Le Grand Content examines the omnipresent Powerpoint-culture in search for its philosophical potential. Intersections and diagrams are assembled to form a grand association-chain-massacre..
Watch the movie!
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ndlr: Based on the original Indexed idea created by Jessica Hagy, who btw, just landed a book deal!
BoDo is where to come for practical business advice. Maybe you’ve already made a range of expensive mistakes. Maybe you are trying to avoid the possibilities.
No prob, your-mistakes-are-us!
Adi Fainer is into product design with passion. A bit overwhelming as are the thumbnails on the opening index, but being a whee bit patient will be rewarded.
Make sure to visit his esquistes Bird eyes view porcelain dish!
He's brilliant!
Miguel Vasquez operates under MASA | Design from Latin America and undisputably knows how to draw. Most projects target the contemporary, pop and street culture scene.
His work has been published all over and he has also designed two rooms for the famous Hotel Fox which was my fav project, I reviewed in 2005.
Must see!
Bo Lundberg has a very refined and minimalist approach to illustration. When less is definitely more.
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via: DutchUncle blog
Can't resist the appeal of sleek lines in modern furniture. Check out 521 Design furniture and projects.
YEAN which stands for Young European Architects Network is a fluid site that will adapt to any size browser windows. Designed with vertical panels it has an ingenious pull functionality which enables you to slide open (expand) or close content sections.
With an unusual middle plane and vertical navigation, content will either open on the right or left side, which may be confusing but on the other hand, since their mission is to encourage study and research, it makes sense to have a more exploratory interface process.
Years ago, I've used frames to make what would be then defined seamless design. Through the years, it has garnered harsh critics but yet, in some contexts, they are still the best route to take.
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On this website, user interactivity was made intense and fun. Visiting any of the sections that will reveal bold pictures and graphics elements, make it an intriguing but true visual adventure.
In my view, goal met.
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ndlr: Designed by Daphne Bom a long time Netdiver alumni.
It's always amazing for me to discover, sometimes years later, who is behind a project I have admired. While visiting an online Tshirt website, hapchanced on //stereoplastic home of Mike John Otto, and while I was reviewing his portfolio, it so happens he designed Interone, a project that made the BOTY 05 shortlist.
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On top of this found out that this book I just bought, Advertising Now Online with the introduction written.. by him.
LUV the sweet left hand side animated vignettes of deconstructed urban landscapes. His projects a lot having to do with cars and technology widgets, are strong! Very!
Small world isn't it? Talent inevitably collide at some point and when it happens, sweet!
Gore's SOS - Save Our Selves by Bruno Giussani
“Along the social absorption route, there is always a point where complex issues and inconvenient messages percolate into the pop-culture sphere and start being considered self-evident, possibly triggering changes in behavior and other individual or collective responses.
For the climate crisis that point may be nearing. It may even have a precise date: this year's 7th of July (7/7/7)..”
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ndlr: Support and join the movement! Live Earth concerts in all 7 continents to reach global audience of over 2 billion in order to Save Our Selves (SOS).
Code Design is based in Hong Kong and looking for a graphic designer with at least 2 years experience in branding & corporate literature design.
Oh my, grab a seat! As I'm revisiting the explorative directory, I've discovered that Andrius Esu has moved on from his initial secret experience website to launch PetPunk.
Still very much an edgy interface as you will see, his acquired experience in motion design is turning jaw-dropping projects.
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Which leads me to single out Biplan, the website he did for this lithuanian band. Choose to view the presentation for the album Chuligans for starter.
Pick a section and watch what happens when you move your mouse across the desk.
Marian Bantjes has over 13 years’ experience in design and an additional 10 years’ experience in book typesetting and production.
As you will see, her work his highly influenced from her luv of typesetting and her projects are all original conceptually and simly, gorgeous!
What talent she has!
Elephante? He's good and I hope he continues to progress. Promising illustrator from Argentina.
Paul Ortchanian made Miniml simple. It's about basic actionScript. It is committed in the research of creative coding and the deconstruction of complex, sometimes over-engineered scripts into simple and understandable execution.
To create you need to simplify and then try to extend.
Jon Tran uses mainly sihouettes like style in his illustration which yields uncanny and original results.
The Rasterbator created Matias Ärje
Have you ever gotten close enough to a billboard to see all the strangely captivating multicolored dots that form the image? Now, thanks to the work of a clever Finn, you can make the same kind of beautiful halftoned enlargements of your own photos.
Casey Reas has studied at the MIT where you can still see his earlier interactive explorations, then his works from 2001-04 at GroupC and now his current work via REAS.
Dwelve into an astronimically inventive and curious mind.
Revisited and recently updated websites operating either in new media or other design disciplines:
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Top 10 Ways You Know You’re An Entrepreneur by Ben Yoskovitz
1. Passionate 2. Looking for opportunities 3. I can do better 4. You want to live your work..
What a brilliant article. Simple and direct, not verbose, just what you need to see if you are one. Make it a point to follow all the links. These will talke you to another article, deepening the meaning of key words in the 10 pointers.
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Could not resist posting this excerpt from Seth Godin:
“A lot of folks whom I talk to speak wistfully about what they would do if they were in charge. I've got news for them: If they're willing to be in charge, people will put them in charge!
In my view, the huge rewards that we're seeing for people who are brave enough, crazy enough, and talented enough to carry the torch for a new business are entirely justified.
Why? Because there aren't nearly enough torchbearers around.”
FLUOR.essência do it with style! Excellent portfolio. Particularly like the campaign done for EXD Transit company.
The Society of Typographic Arts is proud to announce the Archive '06 selections – 28 Chicago-area designers whose work has been accepted for placement in the Chicago Design Archive permanent collection.
Skizzomat has got this retro collage like approach for most of their design projects and some edgy typo and editoral work.
Sarah Lamont is a long time web designer who just recently redesigned her website. Simple and efficient.
Sheila Seyfert is a mercernary in design powagirrrl and talented illustrator and she knows her trade well. Proof amply given with a diverse load of projects available on S-P-O-O-N-L-I-G-H-T.
Nevermindus the darkish background on her site, fetch the goodies in the different categories.
Titoonic: Flash Developers Wanted! Alive!
We’re busy and we are currently looking for one full-time Flash developer and several freelance Flash developers. You must be able to visit us in Copenhagen for a job interview.
BSL, a leading marketing communications agency with a portfolio of clients spanning from the local to the international across a broad range of sectors, is looking for a flash developer.
What a cutie! Lunartik in a cup is a playful application for our daily hot breverage intakes.
Because we dig indie projects! Are you to into music? Wanna know who's on the move and shakin' and stirrin' the worldwide scene?
Metronomic Family is a cool project with loads of content! They claim to offer “the best music of today, the names for tomorrow...”
Subscribe to the newsletter to know when a new radio show is airing!
After a 10 year dispute (!?!?!?) the Beatles ready to click with charts again by Adam Sherwin and Ian Evans
“They revolutionised Britain’s music industry, conquered America and now the Beatles are set to dominate the download charts after settling a trademark dispute with Apple computers.”
Oh so refreshing! iamstudios is all about audio post-production, music composition and sound design!
From Netherlands with luv.
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ndlr: Designed by * Fat-Man Collective who specializes in web, graphic, motion and 3D.
A fantastic new talent to be discovered Lim Si Ping aka PixelPastry. The richness of details and sheer imaginative productions make this student, someone to watch for.
IDS 07 is Canada’s premiere platform for contemporary residential design where the newest Canadian and international furnishings, fixtures and accessories for the residential market are launched and exhibited.
Monster Lamp designed by Adriean Koleric in collaboration with Motomichi Nakamura will be showing!
ONTOUR LAB are obsessing over mostly laughing dentures with the big mouth collection which is really no serious matter. Something to smile about and wear with a wink.
Cool fashion label!
What happened? wearetheweb.org has been a self-funded labor of love by its creators, space150. The costs of hosting this popular net neutrality site have gone through the roof.
Please help offset some of these bandwidth costs by purchasing an iamtheinternet t-shirt?
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via: Kanardo a (very talented) two headed unit for graphic design.
Just recently they've opened an online space dedicated to art, illustration, funny projects, vintage computers, and bicycles
Dragged in because we luv colors? If anyone had any doubt on the attraction power of colors can now put this objection to rest.. for good!
First their was HP, then Bravia using the color balls and now Art like no other which to their credit are using a full plasma like screen complete with a typo.. How about you dawonload?
Ok the build your own art is catchy and then, be led to this advert which is impressive technically, but no so much conceptually.
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Now Motorola joins, the club.. huh.. the trend.
Hitless is a digital graphic novel series formatted for popular handheld devices and designed in the tradition of the great 40-50s era comic books. Gripping story!
The comic book is free to download in digital format for your PSP, iPOD, Zune, Mylo, Zen, Clix and Smartphone.
Written and produced by a good friend of mine Nicholas Da Silva.
Nessim Higson jumps over the edge of edge with the new version of IAAH aka I am always hungry. Texturized, changing sig and backgrounds. His work has increasingly become more edgier since first reviewed a couple of years ago.
Arjan Westerdiep better known as drububu and one of the first pixel design artist (circa 1999), mashes up a one metre high drububu statue in real legobricks.
What an inquisitive mind!
Die Gestalten Verlag (the publishing powerhouse) proudly presents the launch of the new online store and platform for characters: Release The Freaks.
Absolutely gorgeous website! Luv it! (and the toyz too)
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via: Designiskinky
Wanna stay in touch with what is going on in Japan and the broad design scape scene? Shift another long time online publisher, has launched it's Shift blog which includes stuff not making it to their long standing monthly update.
Newsletter subscription available.
Blow me sucks away! Mike and Maaike wouldn't win any awards for their website BUT wait till you see their product designs!
Check their soft laptop carrier, crocheted necklace, thermo plastic pillow and the nuclear waste memorial that would be built right smack in D.C.
Absolute mind-blowing creativity and deep-rooted thinking process!
Do you know what is a Gravatar?
1. Acronym for: Globally Recognized AVATAR. They follow the user and display next to the users name everywhere the user posts on the web, assuming the website has enabled them.
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2. Avatar (icon): is an Internet user's representation of himself or herself.. The term avatar can also refer to the personality connected with the screen name, or handlr, of an Internet user.
Magnetizing! Luv automatic script based performed art which may or not require user input! Have a look at Fladdict worm painting...
Let it run and it will fill your screen.
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via: Refresh
