Persepolis

Persepolis, an animated film about a young girl in Iran during the islamic revolution is very similar to my story and that’s why i was taken by it….but the thing that impressed me most was the website about the film.
This website is a work of art. With easy navigation it’s also very functional.
love the layout its […]

Helvetica Film

OK, so maybe a feature length film about a typeface isn’t your idea of a good time.
The fact is though Helvetica has such a broad social prevalence that it’s impact on modern ‘rational’ forms of communication is certainly deserving of such inquiry.
Inquire here
(I should also point out that this isn’t the first time someone […]

Facebook Add To Friends QR Code

 
This is bloody great.
Facebook app + QR code. Sounds like someone playing ‘cool shit mashup’. But here something’s been made that is much greater than the sum of its parts.
It’s really simple. You add the Facebook app. Click ‘make my tshirt’. And you’re pretty much done. A custom QR code t-shirt is generated that you […]

Graphic design on the Radio

Graphic Design on the Radio was a series of one-hour radio shows broadcast in the summer of 2007. Luckily for you it’s now available online (gasp!).
Featuring: Jonathan Barnbrook, Neville Brody, Malcolm Garrett, Michael C Place, Fred Deakin, Vaughn Oliver, Rick Poynor and Angus Hyland.
Professional Enlightenment Here

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Tear off stationery

The chances are the desktop you are working on right now isn’t all that dissimilar from the one pictured above. Sure you’ve got full coloured glossy icons with transparent reflections (and other minor improvements), but the underlying functionality of the Graphic User Interface is basically identical to those developed in the early 1980’s. The experience […]

Brands trade marking colours

Most people will have heard of brands trade marking their colours but have we gone too far? Should anyone actually own a colour in their brand category?
Deutsche Telekom, mother company for T-Mobile in Holland, has registered magenta to prevent other companies in Holland from using this colour for their communication devices, logos or stationary. […]

INTERACTIVE WINE BAR

New York City’s St.Regis Hotel has just opened a technology-driven, interactive wine bar that lets guests explore for themselves the wide variety of wines available.
Adour features built-in interactive technology from Potion Design helps patrons choose a wine by allowing them to browse Adour’s complete wine list by wine type, country and varietal. Computer menus are […]

Apple goes back to the future

This great article from Gizomdo discusses how Apples lead design guru Jonathan Ive’s design language and philosophy parallels the designs of Dieter Rams while he was at Braun in the 50’s and 60’s.
The year 2008 marks the 10th Anniversary of the iMac, the computer that changed everything at Apple, hailing a new design era spearheaded […]

Tinker Hatfield and the birth of Nike Air

This is a great interview about how Tinker Hatfield from Nike came up with the design for exposing the “Air Bubble” which is now an iconic feature of Nike.

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Intelligent Resizing

I posted about this technology a few months ago. This online application allows users to upload an image and resize it dynamically. The image will lose only the areas of the image that are not crucial while keeping the same balance and composition no matter the proportions.
Try it for yourself.

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