Archive for October, 2007

interior: working desk

Posted in architecture/interior on October 30th, 2007

a very special desk for those who love style AND work

http://www.milk.dk/

*thanks florian*

inspiration: logo design

Posted in blogs, logo, typo on October 29th, 2007

an interesting ressource for logotypes and business cards

http://www.faveup.com/

info visualized: maps

Posted in general on October 28th, 2007

a huge collection of very different types of maps

http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/

architecture: wallpaper faves

Posted in architecture/interior, interactive design on October 27th, 2007

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

video lectures: ted

Posted in algorithmic, general, interactive design, web 2.0 on October 27th, 2007

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

webdesign: css

Posted in interactive design, web 2.0 on October 26th, 2007

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

http://www.styleignite.com

web 2.0: services list

Posted in interactive design, web 2.0 on October 26th, 2007

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

http://www.killerstartups.com

business: billing online

Posted in net/working on October 26th, 2007

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

photoshop: high res brushes

Posted in illustration on October 26th, 2007

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/

portfolio: behance

Posted in portfolios, web 2.0 on October 26th, 2007

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/

inspiration: drewwilson

Posted in graphic design, interactive design on October 26th, 2007

lots of impressive sites listed here

http://muse.drewwilson.com

motion studies: moframes

Posted in art, perception theory on October 26th, 2007

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

http://www.moframes.net

blog: designboom

Posted in architecture/interior on October 26th, 2007

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

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

motiondesign: patrick lindsay

Posted in motiondesign on October 26th, 2007

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

http://cycle.free.fr/

software: modding the iphone

Posted in general on October 25th, 2007

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

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

images: a dictionary

Posted in vj-ing and footage, web 2.0 on October 25th, 2007

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

http://thevisualdictionary.net/

presentation : slideshare

Posted in interactive design on October 25th, 2007

slideshare lets you create, host and share presentations

http://www.slideshare.net/designeducation

web 2.0: dapper

Posted in web 2.0 on October 25th, 2007

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

http://www.dapper.net

list of design tipps (and books)

Posted in graphic design on October 25th, 2007

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

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

videoblog: mobuzz

Posted in blogs, web 2.0 on October 24th, 2007

news for the netkids

http://dailybuzz.mobuzz.tv/

documentary: helvetica

Posted in film/photography, typo on October 24th, 2007

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

http://www.helveticafilm.com/

motiondesign: typo animation

Posted in motiondesign, typo on October 24th, 2007

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

hiding images in images

Posted in general on October 24th, 2007

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*

book on portfolio design

Posted in books, portfolios on October 23rd, 2007

a book, focused on how to build the most stunning portfolios

http://www.amazon.de/100%25-Design-Portfolio-Pedro-Guitton
/dp/8496309568/ref=sr_11_1/02-5890090-7246433?ie=
UTF8&qid=1193145885&sr=11-1

convert pdfs for online-viewing

Posted in flash, interactive design, pdf and flash mags on October 23rd, 2007

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/

interactive indesign

Posted in interactive design on October 22nd, 2007

a project using indesign as a scripting tool

http://www.looksgood.de/log/2007/07/27/
diploma-posters-indesign-scripting/

net exhibition: vintage anatomy

Posted in art, vj-ing and footage on October 22nd, 2007

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/

web 2.0 graphics

Posted in algorithmic, interactive design, web 2.0 on October 22nd, 2007

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

photography: ressource for b&w pics

Posted in film/photography on October 22nd, 2007

http://community.livejournal.com/vintagephoto/

portfolio: siggi eggertson

Posted in graphic design, portfolios on October 22nd, 2007

a very interesting way of creating vector portraits here

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

types of visual informatio representation

Posted in perception theory on October 20th, 2007

http://www.visual-literacy.org/periodic_table/periodic_table.html

fonts: find out font names from images

Posted in typo on October 20th, 2007

http://www.myfonts.com/WhatTheFont/

Posted in graphic design, illustration, portfolios on October 19th, 2007

very nice portfolio here

http://www.workingempire.com/

via cpluv

screensaver: wind from your city

Posted in interactive design on October 19th, 2007

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

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

exhibition: art and death

Posted in art on October 19th, 2007

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*

video 2.0: video content on the web

Posted in art, audio/music, nerd on October 18th, 2007

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;)*

pictograms: german vs. chinese culture

Posted in general on October 18th, 2007

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

digital illustration: speed painting

Posted in illustration, nerd on October 18th, 2007

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*

movie summaries in 30 seconds

Posted in animation, characterdesign, flash, illustration on October 16th, 2007

summarizing famous hollywood movies in 30 seconds, cartoon style

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

*thanks david*

streetsy: your daily dose of street art

Posted in blogs, street art on October 16th, 2007

a very nice street art blog

http://www.streetsy.com/

blog: collecting nice things

Posted in blogs, graphic design on October 16th, 2007

another blog on visually interesting stuff from the net

http://www.itsnicethat.com/

portfolio: nigel evan dennis

Posted in portfolios on October 15th, 2007

very nice digital collages here

http://electricheat.org/

audio: dj wii mixes with the wii controllers

Posted in audio/music, interactive design on October 15th, 2007

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

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

*thanks raphael*

perception theory: optical illusions

Posted in perception theory on October 13th, 2007

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 

web design: guides

Posted in interactive design on October 13th, 2007

a neat introduction to (web) design

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

*thanks thomas*

media art: pixel factory

Posted in art, interactive design on October 13th, 2007

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

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

via vvork

video on web 2.0

Posted in web 2.0 on October 12th, 2007

a short animated clip on what web 2.0 could be

http://stage6.divx.com/Refuse-Life/video/
1114339/Web-2-0—–The-Machine-is-Us/ing-Us

motiondesign: stop motion street art

Posted in illustration, motiondesign on October 12th, 2007

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*

2 ressources for corporate identity

Posted in CI/CD, graphic design, logo on October 11th, 2007

a huge ressource for CI and logo-design

http://brandsoftheworld.com

CI:

http://www.ci-portal.de/

blog on newspaperdesign

Posted in paper engineering on October 10th, 2007

intersting approach, never thougth about this one

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