Some beautiful plastic cameras (via UPPERCASE/karenh)
Principles of Icon Design
I’ve never over-run on a talk. Ever. Usually I embarrasingly finish around 10 mins early, leaving plenty of time for questions.
Until last week at Future of Web Design that is. When it… via hickensian
Everybody talks about the iPad hype. It, for sure, is a media hype however on the other hand it is the most advanced tablet using touch screen technology for today. For me it is important because it brings the spirit of tablet devices into the society. I believe there will be a significant push of the tablet branch in mobile devices. There will be many developers and designers producing many nice ideas for the device. Not only as a piece of hardware but also as a device for social interaction it may change many small details in daily life.
The first interesting app for me is already released by Autodesk: SketchBook Pro. As you may see in the video by using sketch pro you can make sketches without using any brush, paint, canvas or tools. I am sure there are many problems of the usability and sensitivity in the recent version of the app however, once we think about the future of this practice what may change for designers and illustrators?
- No mediator tool anymore? No brush, paint?
- Will drawing education change?
- How could it be possible to optimize the ‘touches’ depending on the finger?
- How collaborative drawing may evolve? Sketching together online?
- What could be the expressionist styles in finger touch sketching?
I don’t have the answers and I am not sure how finger touch devices may improve in the future but it is for sure that there will be many changes in the field of drawing and sketching. If you are interested you may see some more ipad application demos at macrumors.
I spent my last friday watching the presentations on 99% (Behance’s think tank). I think there are really good ones like the one from Threadless guys or one from Michael Bierut. But my personal favorite was from Ji Lee (Creative Director of Google Creative Lab).
He talks about how personal projects may bring new perspectives and opportunities into one’s life. I was thinking on the same issue for a while that the best projects in creative career are the ones that you earn more less no money and I believe it is an important thing in life to follow your personal interests and even obsessions. His viral ad-spoofing bubble project is a genius idea and no surprise that many agencies adapted the idea later but that is for sure none of them were crazy enough to be the first. I think being creative is related to being brave and taking risks to be the first in something new.
Dieter Rams’ ten principles to “good design”:
* Good design is innovative
* Good design makes a product useful
* Good design is aesthetic
* Good design helps us to understand a product
* Good design is unobtrusive
* Good design is honest
* Good design is long-lasting
* Good design is consequent to the last detail
* Good design is concerned with the environment
* Good design is as little design as possible
Prospect New Orleans Website
We are glad that our first project, Prospect New Orleans website, is up and running. We responded their request to come up with a quick and efficient solution in tune with their fund raising efforts. We intensely collaborated with Prospect team to finish the project in record time. Result? They are now able to communicate with their audience efficiently, raise money and sell their limited editions online. We are currently working on the second stage of the web production which will include exciting new features.
Vitsoe Shelf System
It is vital that my books are organized and within reach… I wanted to have them right next to my kitchen table and I extensively researched various examples which can be compatible with overall look of the room. I made some initial drawings and submitted to carpenters. As I got their proposals, I realized that custom fabrication won’t come as cheap as I was hoping for. Custom shelving is out!
Well, there are some mass manufactured alternatives out there and Vitsoe 606 Universal shelving systems is one of the best among few We all know Dieter Rams and his painfully beautiful minimal designs from Braun. After some consultation, I realized that this high end shelf system will actually come cheaper than a custom made unit. Cutting long story short, now I am looking forward to have one my space.
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