Archive for the 'Design and More' Category

Apparently, the placing of mysterious electronic devices at major transportation hubs is cause for concern. Go figure.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070511/ap_on_re_us/suspicious_devices

What a boon for these guys, I’m sure. As the saying goes, “there’s no such thing as bad publicity”, even if Turner is a short a little cash for legal fees. But what about Peter Berdovsky and Sean Stevens? Sounds like a bit of scapegoat-ism going down… Hopefully the bonus covers it.

Sweet!!

That “Web 2.0″ look… the elusive holy grail, the new bevel, drop-shadow-du-jour, the page curl of the new millennium… But how does one get that look? Well, now we’ve got every “design” effect tutorial conveniently indexed and logged for your Photoshopping pleasure, thanks to this Smashing Magazine post.

I even put the new mod7 logo through the Web 2.0 machine. Total “design” time: 5 minutes flat!

Funny thing is… it actually looks pretty damn hot!

(Thanks, Mark, for the tip-off)

Anytime a designer or artist complains to you that they don’t have the right tools to do a good job, you just show them this video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0Qpc4UzP9g

That guy is the Jimmy Hendrix of MS Paint.

Man, some of the best design and advertising stuff I see is coming out of Brazil these days. Eye-candy galore and an apparent “can-do” attitude (some of these studios are too small to making work of this callibre). Case in point:

http://www.seagullsfly.com/ (well, these dudes are quite big, actually)

And, ok, their interactivity is a bit weak (and one-trick-pony-ish), but their style, eye for detail, and execution values are undeniable.

While we’re on the subject of Brazillians, here’s a shoutout to my bud, Mauricio: www.thesoulsurfer.net

The dudes have got it going on: http://symbollix.com. Guerilla street marketing, advertising, and public art — and the police don’t know what to make of it, ’cause there’s probably no law against cleaning public property… Brilliant!