Author: Misty Belardo

Misty is a Digital Sr. Project Manager at Barefoot Proximity in Cincinnati OH. Her true love is design and self-expression. She believes in encouraging others to bring out their creativity to the surface and in whatever medium they feel comfortable with. A designer at heart that loves hand drawn design. She enjoys sketching, painting and doodling. Creating avatars and hand drawn icons and logos are her favorite. Gifted with a very active imagination and uses that to blog about her interactive experiences. Coffee and music lover. Loves social media, co host of PodJamTV with Marty McPadden. Connect with her on Twitter @mistygirlph and FaceBook : Mistygirlph

The Dew Box | 12 Sec. TV Challenge

Misty Belardo 1 min read
It's always wonderful to see brands encouraging community building for designers. Mountain Dew just recently launched their Dew Box Lab Challenge. They will be giving away 50 specially designed boxes by artist on the rise. The boxes contain 7 unmarked cans containing 7 mystery flavors.  The goal ...
Bite Size Audio Recorder

Bite Size Audio Recorder

Misty Belardo 1 min read
The Samson Zoom Q3 Handy Video Recorder -  Anyone who's ever experienced a film with great audio knows how vital sound is to the movie. The Q3 Handy Video Recorder brings our renowned audio technology to the camcorder, making it the best sounding video camcorder you've ever heard.  What is so great ...
Skine.art | Inspiration

Skine.art | Inspiration

Misty Belardo 1 min read
Skine.art is a site that celebrates moleskine artist and their art.  I got my limited edition moleskine from a giveaway and i love it.  I can sketch and just place my design inspiration on it.  Its handy to carry around too.  Found a site that truly showcases the best moleskine art.  Check out some ...
Bananas Over Bananas!

Bananas Over Bananas!

Misty Belardo 1 min read
Getting inspiration is one cool trait that I do admire about designers and even inventors.  They can get inspiration from almost anything that catches their attention at the moment.  They can focus on an object, a color, texture and shape.  It can really be anything, it just takes a lot of imaginati ...

How to Behave! 8bit Tips

Misty Belardo 1 min read
We as humans have created so many worlds that we live on and new places where we interact with people on. What am i talking about? Well one is the world of gaming and internet forums. Who would think that we would need to have a guide or a rule book. The two videos I found (How to behave in inte ...

How to Get a GF if you are a N3rd

Misty Belardo 1 min read
First of all let's define what a N3rd is. Nerd (pronounced /ˈnɜrd/) is a term often bearing a derogatory connotation or stereotype, that refers to a person who passionately pursues intellectual activities, esoteric knowledge, or other obscure interests rather than engaging in more social or popul ...
Fun Geek Tees | Design

Fun Geek Tees | Design

Misty Belardo 1 min read
Found these cool Tshirts.  So cool it tips the geek scale LOL. The Space Invader is a classic iconic image, instantly recognisable to anyone, and once you turn the T-Shirt on so it's flashing you really will be hard pushed to find anything that says "Retro Cool" more effectively. The T-Shirt is powe ...

Watch Out! Babies on the Spotlight!

Misty Belardo 1 min read
Creating ads with babies on them maybe the hardest ad to shoot.  Came across this wonderful ad and just had to share it.  It does not feature just one baby but a lot of them LOL.  I also love the visual effects and it was so funny and very entertaining. Here are two ads that I hope you will enjoy wa ...

Microsoft’s Vision for the Future

Misty Belardo 1 min read
Found 2 interesting videos on Microsoft Office Labs vision for 2019.  It deals with the various technological advancement that they have set for themselves, what people can expect from the Microsoft. There are a lot of cool concepts that if implemented can really make our experience more interactiv ...
Blink 182 Augmented Reality in a Bag

Blink 182 Augmented Reality in a Bag

Misty Belardo 1 min read
Doritos Late Night Show features the music of Blink 182 - The Rock Show by the technology AR or Augmented Reality.  A specially marked paper which can be found inside a bag of Doritos chips is your ticket to the show.  All you need is a bag of chips and your computer and viola you get to watch the c ...
Slice of Summer | Design

Slice of Summer | Design

Misty Belardo 1 min read
Los Angeles-based Illustrator Hiroko Sanders created the illustrations for the new Kleenex "Perfect Slice of Summer" tissue box series. Since the illustrations are the primary part of each carton, the challenge was to create artwork utilizing a style that embodies the spirit of summer, and that wor ...
Scratch | Branding Identity

Scratch | Branding Identity

Misty Belardo 1 min read
Brandy is a creative agency based in U.K. that developed Scratch.  Scratch are a great young company helping busy Londoners cook real food. Their meal boxes contain all the fresh ingredients you need to cook a fantastic meal… from scratch. At the heart of the brand is the product, and we wanted ...
Earthquake Survival Kit |Design

Earthquake Survival Kit |Design

Misty Belardo 1 min read
Here is a sample works of a student designer Angela Wang. The D3 Earthquake Kit: "The kit is aim to help individual be self-sustainable for minimum of three days after major disaster struck.The exterior panels have steps of CPR instructions in text and illustrations. Individual panel can also be us ...
How to Make LOLz

How to Make LOLz

Misty Belardo 1 min read
I'm sure a lot of you have seen the LOLz site.  But for those who have not yet seen it.  It's a site that houses thousands of funny cat, dogs, news, etc pictures with funny captions.  When I feel like i want a good laugh I would usually go to the site and just browse around and it usually ends up ch ...
Structured Shoes | Design

Structured Shoes | Design

Misty Belardo 1 min read
Marloes ten Bhömer launches ‘Beigefoldedshoe’, a shoe made from a single piece of folded leather and stainless steel heel construction, which stems from one of her visionary footwear concepts, transformed into a wearable shoe through two years of design and engineering development. Hand ...
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