Archive for February, 2008
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.”
*thanks stefan*

games: play, create, share: launchball
Posted in flash, games, interactive design, web 2.0 on February 22nd, 2008go 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

photography: zoom to infinity
Posted in film/photography, interactive design on February 19th, 2008with 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, 2008stickers to highlight graphic design mistakes
http://www.creativetechs.com/iq/design_police_proofing_stickers.html
*thanks rainer*

gaming: wii remote VR
Posted in games on February 18th, 2008head tracking using the wii remote
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jd3-eiid-Uw
*thanks matthias and (!) gerald*
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DIY: voice visualization
Posted in DIY, audio/music on February 17th, 2008a 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!*

design quiz: progdesign
Posted in graphic design, interactive design on February 14th, 2008A 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:
*thanks david, nice one*

performance: trash electro opera
Posted in art, dates on February 14th, 2008Trash 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.
http://beatnurse.gangsterboard.com/beatnurse/
index.php?sec=fleisch_und_blut
*thanks david*

typo: font recommendations
Posted in typo on February 12th, 200880 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, 2008a 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, 2008helps you make grids and show different font sizes in them for web applications

graphic design: poster art
Posted in graphic design on February 11th, 2008an 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, 2008these two illustrators for sure know how to get the essence of personality

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

illustration: syd mead
Posted in DIY, illustration, tutorials on February 11th, 2008i 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, 2008a 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*

photography: world press photo
Posted in film/photography on February 8th, 2008for the 51 time, the best press photos were voted

fashion: buttons competition
Posted in fashion, graphic design on February 6th, 2008a 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, 2008stunning 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
















