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Archive for the ‘Design’ Category
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Would my life make for a nice infograph?
Thursday July 29th, 2010 0Today I was thinking about data visualization. I scrolled through the “Safe your Privacy” Contest for the Greens and once again marvelled about the invisbility of data. Where is all this stuff we want to keep secret and how does it look like? When I was seventeen and got my first mobile I always wondered [...]
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Brooklyn’s Renegade Craft Fair – like Etsy in 3D
Monday June 7th, 2010 0For some Sunday inspiration I’d like to share a couple of images I took earlier today at the annual Renegade Craft Fair in Brooklyn’s McCarren Park.
300 artists and hand-crafters exhibited their stuff, ranging from screen-printed T-shirts, toys and prints to pottery and jewelery.
I got this cute T (fair-trade cotton, of course) and a unique feather-inspired [...] -
In Memory of Saul Bass
Thursday April 1st, 2010 0Saul Bass (1920 – 1996)
It’s April and immediately several thoughts jump to mind. One in particular is of an artistic genius whose 14th anniversary of death is approaching: Saul Bass. With his achievements dull screen titles of film’s cast and crew members were over and done with. Until then screen titles were considered to be [...]
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Presentations
Wednesday March 24th, 2010 0A presentation is a precious opportunity. It’s a powerful arrangement… one speaker, an attentive audience, all in their seats, all paying attention (at least at first). Don’t waste it.
Here some tips for making a great presentation !Avoid bullet points
Bullet points are easy, but not a great way of communicating. It is very reassuring [...]Categories: Design
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The power of packaging #2
Tuesday March 9th, 2010 0Doing packaging design for tools doesn’t really sound like the most inspirational thing to do. But when you start using nature as metaphors for the design it’s getting more and more interesting.
A hammer, an hammerhead shark
A Saw, an crocodile
A garden hose, an elephant
Designer Marc Monguilod from Barca really did a great job with these packages, [...]Categories: Design
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Photo manipulation at its best
Monday March 1st, 2010 1While most people try to hide the fact they use photoshop to brush up their pictures, there are also artists who obviously distort images. Only in this case Erik Johansson does it so cleverly that you almost start believing in the amazing illusions he creates. Different from a lot of other digital artists Erik [...]
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Creativity can solve anything
Friday February 26th, 2010 0You see an average of 5,000 ads every day. Lets be honest – Most of them suck – . A handful are good. Only a few look and feel like – and indeed really are – art. The most innovative advertising campaigns of our time and the creative rebels behind them are the fascinating subjects [...]
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EU Organic Logo
Monday February 22nd, 2010 1In April of last year, the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development announced a competition — open only to design and art students from the 27 EU Member States — that Offers a prize, that money just can’t buy” according to the press release, “The winning logo will be introduced as the official logo for [...]
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Overcoming creative blocks
Tuesday February 16th, 2010 0I do not know what to write. I am looking around, staring outside, tuning the music on and off. Still no ideas.
Welcome to the so called writer block, the concept of an inspiration rut is unfortunately very familiar to every creative in any field. Sometimes ideas just don’t show up to work. Given this, we [...]Categories: Design
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Veltins under the Tannenbaum… Gifts, gifts, gifts!
Wednesday December 23rd, 2009 8I quoted this already in a comment a while ago: “It’s nice to be nice!”, thats what the Ghanaians say. Apparently the Veltins crew are aware of this saying and in full spirit of proving it true. They are sending out a free crate of Veltins design bottles to everyone who submits one of the [...]
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