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Stupid Designs | Far from Perfect
No matter how you see it we all look at the world through the same eyes, hopefully. Talking design is always fun and there are lots of areas still not processed and these are the areas where things quickly can develop into something awkward and weird. Is there really something called "Perfect Design ...
A Hooligan Turned Hero
We all read the stories about drunk drivers. They make us hug our children and cringe.
This story has a refreshing twist to that usual reaction. It is a drunk driving story with a happy ending.
David Heim drove drunk 14 years ago and got into a serious accident. He didn’t hurt anyone else, ...
How to Make a Baby!
Here is an interesting way to make a baby! Found this interesting video of a couple and how they made a baby. The video was made using a technique called "pixilation", which is a fancy term for stop-motion animation done with real people instead of puppets.
Here are notes from Cassidy Curtis a ...
Web Design Rap | Making Design Sound Cool
Or not! I haven't decided yet. However, you have to hand it to the guy. It's quite original and by the number of views he's had so far (with almost 500,000) it must be appealing for some. Maybe it's the message in itself and the fact that the guy knows his stuff. I can't tell anymore. My reoccurring ...
Where do iPods come from?
Ever wonder where something like your iPod, television, or favorite juice mixer was made? I know the brains over at MIT's Media Lab do - they have recently launched a new online tool to help answer those questions.
SourceMap is s a platform for researching and sharing the supply chains behind com ...
NYC meets Istanbul, a Typography story in 60 seconds
Love this Turkish edition ad for the New York Times, Turkish Edition, featured by Designflux an online mag, focusing on motion graphic design. The designers at Imago used actual pages from the first issue of Turkish Edition to create the 'newspaper' texture effect to portray well known landmarks o ...
Art of Pen Spinning
When I was in school a lot of the kids used to spin their pens with much ease and confidence. Pen spinning is a form of object manipulation that involves the deft manipulation of a writing instrument with one's hands. Although it is often considered a form of self-entertainment (usually in a school ...
Everything you know about Web Design is WRONG!
Have you been working as a freelancer or otherwise in the web design industry for several years? Have you learned the trade by looking at what everyone else does? Well, as Dan Willis says in this quite controversial speech at the 2009 SXSWi event -"Everything you know about web design is wrong!". Wh ...
This One Photograph Is Making History
Have you ever seen a Redwood tree? As my cousin would say, “Redwood trees are bloody big!”
Redwood trees are known as the tallest trees on Earth. If they can avoid being cut down, they can live for up to 2,500 years. If you aren’t sure if you’ve seen one of these trees, then you probably haven ...
Give Your Photos a Punch!
Here is a great way to give your photos a Punch, literally! The PUNCH takes regular digital images but allows its users to physically punch a rasterized image of their photo. The punched image gives information which can connect its users to the digital gallery.
This was designed by Matty Martin ...
Want to Navigate the Streets With Ease?
If you love exploring cities and hate getting lost, you would usually carry a map with you right?! Here is a very cool idea. Its called a Maptor. Its a portable map and projector in one. Now you can roam the streets with ease. Just point that gadget and viola you have a map where you can navigate ...
Life is a Game of Inches
In one of the most inspirational videos of all time, Al Pacino says something very profound. He says, “Life is a game of inches.” This is true. Every step we take will determine the next. Every small decision will affect the big decisions. Every moment is only here once, and it is up to us to m ...
#UFO | The New Trend Word of Twitter?
Having a great number of followers on Twitter is great, and I try and connect with as many as I possibly can and have time to. Still, I wish I could connect with more people. I usually see interesting people and tweets all the time, but if I were to connect with everyone, I wouldn't even have time t ...
Think Twice Before Changing Your Avatar!
I’ve been on Twitter daily for many months now and my photo was becoming outdated. I decided to update it with a recent photo since I look drastically different now.
It was a split second decision. I didn’t think about it much, after all, it’s just a picture, right? While I was eating lunch a ...
ABC3D | Next Gen Learning Pop-Up Book
Do you remember the birthday cards you sometimes got when you were a child. Those pop-up cards that if they were really nice had those "Happy Birthday" tunes played in a really annoying kind of sound? Well, I got my share of those and really, for a while just hated them. I did until I got just a lit ...