Archive for February, 2008

logo design: car logo evolution

Posted in graphic design, logo on February 28th, 2008

http://www.neatorama.com/2008/
02/18/evolution-of-car-logos/

audio: open source sound samples

Posted in audio/music on February 25th, 2008

“The Freesound Project is a collaborative database of Creative Commons licensed sounds. Freesound focusses only on sound, not songs.”

http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/

*thanks stefan*

games: play, create, share: launchball

Posted in flash, games, interactive design, web 2.0 on February 22nd, 2008

go and play this brilliant game, playing with the laws of physics, you can master levels, build machines and share them with others, a true web 2.0 romance!

http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/launchpad/launchball/

*thanks mateusz, nice one!*

motiondesign: terry gilliam

Posted in film/photography, illustration, motiondesign on February 21st, 2008

“storytime” is a short animation film by terry gilliam, it´s from 1968 and previews many phytonesque techniques

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KUqHzk26kI

dates: web 2.0 coordination of meetings

Posted in dates, web 2.0 on February 21st, 2008

a simple tool to coordinate dates for meetings online

http://www.doodle.ch/

*thanks rainer*

illustration: arthur depins

Posted in flash, illustration on February 21st, 2008

wicked illustrations, also flash anims:

http://www.arthurdepins.com/

audio: fresh live sets

Posted in audio/music on February 21st, 2008

http://www.newmixes.com/

fresh fonts: gelvetica

Posted in typo on February 20th, 2008

gelvetica is voted for the best font name;)

http://www.autobahn.nl/freshfonts/

art: scanner as a music device

Posted in audio/music on February 19th, 2008

a hacked scanner plays music:

http://www.chilloutzone.de/files/06012401.html

*thanks rainer;)*

photography: zoom to infinity

Posted in film/photography, interactive design on February 19th, 2008

with this mosaic pictures, you can zoom and zoom and zoom and the image flow never stops

http://interact10ways.com/usa/information_interactive.htm

*thanks bernhard*

nerd: graphic design mistake stickers

Posted in graphic design, nerd on February 19th, 2008

stickers to highlight graphic design mistakes

http://www.creativetechs.com/iq/design_police_proofing_stickers.html

*thanks rainer*

pictogramms: dos and donts

Posted in illustration on February 18th, 2008

http://www.c00lstuff.com/1133/
Do_s_and_don_ts_with_babies/

gaming: wii remote VR

Posted in games on February 18th, 2008

head tracking using the wii remote

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jd3-eiid-Uw

*thanks matthias and (!) gerald*

DIY: voice visualization

Posted in DIY, audio/music on February 17th, 2008

a DIY video that shows how to make your own voice visible, all you need is a laser pointer

http://video.stumbleupon.com/#p=sc2rtkfkb4

*thanks peter, nice one!*

music video: live good

Posted in audio/music, motiondesign on February 15th, 2008

stunning frame-in-frame techinque:

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=1cx7iFhByHI

design quiz: progdesign

Posted in graphic design, interactive design on February 14th, 2008

A design research project, testing your knowledge about various
graphic-design eras. Quite funny, and you’ll be surprised of your
results. A quite funny way of science.

Design Bingo:

www.progdesign.de

*thanks david, nice one*

performance: trash electro opera

Posted in art, dates on February 14th, 2008

Trash Electro Opera: “Der Lord des Grauens”, “Aus heimlicher Liebe zum Fuerst Roberto” or
” Frauem um Dr. Andernach”. This are the titles from the Opera Series
“Fleisch und Blut”, directet by Marie-Thérese Wittmann, currently
played in Hamburg.

Trashnovel stories mixed with electronic music, live visuals and
poetry slam.

Video and more information:

http://beatnurse.gangsterboard.com/beatnurse/
index.php?sec=fleisch_und_blut

*thanks david*

typo: font recommendations

Posted in typo on February 12th, 2008

80 font recommendations for rock-solid design:

http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2007/08/08/
80-beautiful-fonts-typefaces-for-professional-design/

a vote for the best 100 fonts by fontshop:

http://www.100besteschriften.de/

logo re-design

Posted in graphic design, logo on February 12th, 2008

a handful of logos, which were redesigned, before and after, interesting to compare

http://www.aclevercookie.com/
the-best-and-worst-logo-remakes-of-the-century/

grid design for websites

Posted in interactive design on February 11th, 2008

helps you make grids and show different font sizes in them for web applications

http://grid.mindplay.dk/

flash drawing application: myoats

Posted in flash, interactive design on February 11th, 2008

another very interesting flash drawing application:

http://www.myoats.com/create.aspx

flash sketch pad

Posted in flash, interactive design on February 11th, 2008

a very interesting flash sketch pad, looks quite analogue

http://www.odopod.com/sketch/Shell.swf

graphic design: poster art

Posted in graphic design on February 11th, 2008

an interesting collection of poster art from the last century

http://www.bobstaake.com/posters/conga.html

illustration: portraits: lobaton & noma bar

Posted in illustration on February 11th, 2008

these two illustrators for sure know how to get the essence of personality

http://lobaton.com.ar/

and

http://www.creativereview.co.uk/crblog/guess-who/

interactive design: flash face designer

Posted in DIY, interactive design on February 11th, 2008

create photofit pictures via a flash-interface:

http://flashface.ctapt.de/index.php

illustration: syd mead

Posted in DIY, illustration, tutorials on February 11th, 2008

i definitely want this dvd box. showing sid mead explaining his process of illustration:

http://www.sydmead.com/features/dvds/

logo design: logo evolution

Posted in graphic design, logo on February 9th, 2008

a very interesting post on how company logos have developed over time

http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/07/
the-evolution-of-tech-companies-logos/

*thanks phillip*

portfolio: grant barnhart

Posted in portfolios on February 8th, 2008

beautiful hybrid techiques

http://www.grantbarnhart.net

(interactive) design: designgraphic

Posted in interactive design on February 8th, 2008

now available in version 9:

http://www.designgraphik.com/

illustration: kei-heung

Posted in illustration on February 8th, 2008

watch this really beautiful illstration portfolio:

http://www.kei-heung.com/portfolio.html

photography: world press photo

Posted in film/photography on February 8th, 2008

for the 51 time, the best press photos were voted

http://www.worldpressphoto.org/index.php?option=com
_photogallery&task=blogsection&id
=18&Itemid=187&bandwidth=high

art galleries in new york

Posted in art on February 6th, 2008

hand picked artists rocking NY at the moment

http://www.artcal.net/

fashion: buttons competition

Posted in fashion, graphic design on February 6th, 2008

a button design is a good start for a competition entry:

http://www.stereohype.com/pages/
products_CompetitionWinners.asp

interior: foldable curtain

Posted in architecture/interior on February 6th, 2008

stunning simple, this courtain is combined with magnets so that you can form it as you like

http://www.kraeutli.com/index.php/
2008/01/31/magnetic-curtain

create favicons online

Posted in net/working on February 4th, 2008

convert any image into a favicon

http://www.genfavicon.com/

*thanks rainer*

games: casual gameplay

Posted in games on February 3rd, 2008

many tricky games here:

http://casualgameplay.com/

*thanks mateus*