Archive for October, 2007

interior: working desk

a very special desk for those who love style AND work

http://www.milk.dk/

*thanks florian*

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inspiration: logo design

an interesting ressource for logotypes and business cards

http://www.faveup.com/

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info visualized: maps

a huge collection of very different types of maps

http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/

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architecture: wallpaper faves

wallpaper magazine voted the best young architects from all over the world, the site has an very interesting navigation too

http://www.wallpaper.com/101/architects-directory.html

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video lectures: ted

ted is a site dedicated to speeches, based on sopnsoring

“Inspired talks by the world’s greatest thinkers and doers”

Here is one by stefan sagmeister:

http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/50

and here a very interesting one from jonathan harris:

http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/144

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webdesign: css

if you ´re into css, you might find this site useful

http://www.styleignite.com

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web 2.0: services list

a very complete list of internet web 2.0 startups with a short description for each one

http://www.killerstartups.com

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business: billing online

billing and invoice stuff, its now possible to handle this stuff online; i wonder if there is something similar in german, too

https://www.freshbooks.com

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photoshop: high res brushes

a very dynamic list of quite different, but useful photoshop brushes

http://www.photoshoproadmap.com/Photoshop-blog/
2007/10/25/100-awesome-high-resolution-photoshop-brushes/

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portfolio: behance

a very interesting platform to present your portfolio, and share thoughts, as well as join groups and group projects

http://www.behance.net

in the same direction goes humblevoice:

http://www.humblevoice.com

for sure you already know cpluv

http://www.cpluv.com/

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inspiration: drewwilson

lots of impressive sites listed here

http://muse.drewwilson.com

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motion studies: moframes

a very stunning study of motion, videos are transferred into still images

http://www.moframes.net

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blog: designboom

a very neat design weblog, if you like notcot, you will like this one too:

http://www.designboom.com/weblog/

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motiondesign: patrick lindsay

cycle is the motiondesign work of packrick lindsay, which is, well, strange, yet very interesting to watch

http://cycle.free.fr/

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software: modding the iphone

although i am no programmer, perheps those who are can do something pretty with this one:

http://code.google.com/p/independence/

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images: a dictionary

starting from 1 to z, every word is represented by an image

http://thevisualdictionary.net/

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presentation : slideshare

slideshare lets you create, host and share presentations

http://www.slideshare.net/designeducation

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web 2.0: dapper

create feeds from different websites that support rss (or atom)

http://www.dapper.net

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list of design tipps (and books)

a group of designers was asked 5 questions, read the answeres here:

http://www.smashingmagazine.com/
2007/04/20/35-designers-x-5-questions/

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videoblog: mobuzz

news for the netkids

http://dailybuzz.mobuzz.tv/

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documentary: helvetica

a film on type, typography and the most stylish font of all

http://www.helveticafilm.com/

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motiondesign: typo animation

wim crouwel vs. bureaudestuct

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMCdmoJ8Ab4

what is typography is nicely shown in this movie from the vancouver film school

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14NY21zJcGo

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hiding images in images

an interesting idea from david fiedman, he had the idea to hide images within the histogram, josh millard took the idea even further!

http://www.ironicsans.com/2007/10/reader_takes_histogram_idea_ev.html

http://www.joshmillard.com/2007/10/04/retro-histo-making-an-image-fit-your-histogram/

*thanks manuel*

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book on portfolio design

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convert pdfs for online-viewing

this service allows you to convert your (print) pdf-catalogues into a special flash-webplayer. with it, it is possible to flip pages and zoom in and out.

http://www.salescatalog.de/

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interactive indesign

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net exhibition: vintage anatomy

a huge ressource for collage works, a huge ressource of scanned vinage medical and anatomic drawings and engravings

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/historicalanatomies/

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web 2.0 graphics

new design process: generate random images and let the people decide which of them look like a face or an animal. the voting process is working against the randomness of the algorithm - wicked

http://mutatingpictures.com

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photography: ressource for b&w pics

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portfolio: siggi eggertson

a very interesting way of creating vector portraits here

http://www.vanillusaft.com/works/zootwoman/01zootwoman.html

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types of visual informatio representation

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fonts: find out font names from images

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very nice portfolio here

http://www.workingempire.com/

via cpluv

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screensaver: wind from your city

your desktop is blown away according to the current wind speeds in your city:

http://scr.sc/products/kazetodesktop/

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exhibition: art and death

an interesting exhibition on the topic of death in art projects, located in the künstlerhaus in vienna

http://www.k-haus.at/programm/
hh/hh_2007_exitus.html

*thanks david*

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video 2.0: video content on the web

interesting which stuff makes 3.5 million people watch, originally, the video was made from an media artist, then it was subtitled and put on youtube, art and pop culture, so close, still

http://www.break.com/knockedupdvd/
all-hail-technoviking.html

the original version here:

http://www.hfg-karlsruhe.de/~mfritsch/works/dsl/kneecam.mov

the subtitled youtube version here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwsntHcWiy4

the website of the artist here:

http://subrealic.net/

*nice one puchi;)*

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pictograms: german vs. chinese culture

a very interesting series of pictograms from a chinese designer named Yang Liu. She was born in china and studied design in germany. the pictograms compare the german and chinese way of life with each other

http://hellishhumor.com/hellish-pictures/
german-vs-chinesse-culture.php

here is the website of the lady:

http://www.yangliudesign.com

via ffffound.com

Definition of Beauty

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digital illustration: speed painting

interesting videos like this one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8K_NQe57C-k

to find on the website of nico di mattia

http://www.speed-painting.com/

*thanks roman*

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movie summaries in 30 seconds

summarizing famous hollywood movies in 30 seconds, cartoon style

http://www.angryalien.com/0704/alienbunnies.html

*thanks david*

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streetsy: your daily dose of street art

a very nice street art blog

http://www.streetsy.com/

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blog: collecting nice things

another blog on visually interesting stuff from the net

http://www.itsnicethat.com/

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portfolio: nigel evan dennis

very nice digital collages here

http://electricheat.org/

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audio: dj wii mixes with the wii controllers

i think in combination with ableton live a tool that comes in very handy

http://www.djwiij.com/page.php?14

*thanks raphael*

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perception theory: optical illusions

a nice vid giving an introduction into optical illusion

http://www.maurovecchi.com/
popup/video/music/wba.htm

via notcot

edit: be sure to check out this one too

http://www.theness.com/neurologicablog/index.php?p=27 

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web design: guides

a neat introduction to (web) design

http://www.alistapart.com/topics/design

*thanks thomas*

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media art: pixel factory

a nice box, that plays around with slitcam-technique, max/msp and tangibility

http://www.kenichiokada.com/video/pixelfactory.mov

via vvork

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video on web 2.0

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motiondesign: stop motion street art

a very interesting video showing an intersection between streetart and motiondesign, a stop-motion animation drawn over a wall over and over again; stunning!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Jfcpa_x4Lg

*thanks christian*

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2 ressources for corporate identity

a huge ressource for CI and logo-design

http://brandsoftheworld.com

a blog on marketing campagins

http://www.historyofbranding.com

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blog on newspaperdesign

intersting approach, never thougth about this one

http://www.newsdesigner.com/blog/

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