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Today Triple Scoop Music is launching my Signature Music Collection for Landscape & Travel
I’ve been a fan of Triple Scoop Music even since I heard some of the instructors at Photoshop World using their royalty-free music tracks in their photo slideshow presentations. As a musician myself, I am just so impressed with the quality of their tracks — their stuff is “the real deal.” That’s why I was soContinue...
Building The New Financial Times Web App: A Case Study
When the mockups for the new Financial Times application hit our desks in mid-2012, we knew we had a real challenge on our hands. Many of us on the team (including me) swore that parts of interface would not be possible in HTML5. Given...Show More Summary
A billboard that turns air into drinkable water
Probably the best billboard I've ever seen.
Framer - Prototyping tool for desktop and mobile
Prototyping is a vital part in designing great products, from a simple poster to a car, it's extremely important to test designs in situations that resemble the real usage environment. My background is in Industrial Design and we used to prototype everything. Show More Summary
A little conversation with Sakke Soini
Years ago the design community saw I rise of 80's inspiration on many designers and illustrators porfolios, you may know the work of Sakke Soini from this time. From that time to now, Sakke got more and more involved with a retro aesthetic, but at the same time tried to learn new skills and references.. Show More Summary
Photoshop’s Role in a Web Design Workflow
The web has undergone some serious changes in recent years and the way in which the web is designed is changing along with it. Photoshop may still be the “go-to” tool for many web designers, but for some, Photoshop is no longer king....Show More Summary
Fables, Myths And Narratives: Converting Our Stories Into Multi-Screen Experiences
Storytelling takes many forms. In the past, stories were told orally, with people telling and retelling myths, fables and even histories. As writing technology became more prevalent, we began to record our stories, and we told them in the pages of books. Show More Summary
Brave New World: Designing For A Maturing Android
Android is huge: 480 million people currently use Android devices, and 1 million new devices are activated daily. This means that every three weeks, the number of people who activate new Android devices is equal to the entire population of Australia. Show More Summary
Whiteboards, Visions And Banned Words: How To Help A Real-Life Knight Achieve His Goals
This article is about design consultancy. It’s about wrangling that client who uses empty sentences like, “We want a snappy, simple experience,” or, “It should be on brand and should really pop.” It’s about commanding the room and setting...Show More Summary
Infinite Scrolling: Let’s Get To The Bottom Of This
Infinite scrolling promises a better experience for users. However, the good is often accompanied by the bad and the ugly. Once we understand the strengths and weaknesses of infinite scrolling, we can begin to use it to enhance our interfaces.
Human nature demands hierarchy and structures that are easy to navigate. Show More Summary
Freebie: iOS Grid System, A Free Extension For Adobe Fireworks
I’ll come right out and say it. I think the grid is the unsung hero of a good design. It gives structure and lets the design fall perfectly into place on the canvas. With a grid, adapting and building something new into your design is easy. Show More Summary
5 Lessons from Massimo Vignelli
Massimo Vignelli is one of the masters of design and have inspired so many designers including me. He also inspired Canadian designer Anthony Neil Dart to create this poster series with five phrases to live by Massimo Vignelli. Enjoy!
Massimo...Show More Summary
Creative Advertising Ideas – 006
Creative Advertising Ideas is back again! We are psyched to give you a run down of some of the awesome ads around the world. In …
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Freelance vs. Agency – Which is Better at Selling Web Design?
Advertise here with BSA Prior to selling my web agency last year and starting uGurus, a new venture to help web professionals become more profitable, I pitched a lot of website projects. Unfortunately for a lot of freelancers, I was the “other company” that the customer decided to move forward with. Like Beatrix vs. Master Pai Mei, it wasn’t a [...]
The Sugary Death Machine - Motion Graphics
Motion design is something I really want to learn. There is nothing I love more than seeing crazy cool animations, specifically because static image animations have sound and timing, which makes an incredible difference. One of my favorite...Show More Summary
Inspirational Podcasts: Listen, Watch And Share!
With a phone or tablet in your pocket, you get instant access to a huge variety of podcasts — both audio and video. They keep you entertained while you’re commuting or on a long plane ride, and they provide useful information that you...Show More Summary
Bodies Intertwine In Typographic Poses For The Kama Sutra Project
Conceptual alphabets are not easy to get right. Throw in erotic subject matter, and you have yourself a recipe for disaster. Striking the right balance when creating outright explicit illustrated letters so it does not become awkward or vulgar is incredibly hard. And yet Malika Favre managed to do exactly that with her astounding Kama [...]
Only 4% of women consider themselves beautiful
You are more beautiful than you think.
Animations, Actions And Particle Systems: Creating Realistic iPhone Games With Cocos2D
Animation adds excitement to a game and makes the characters more realistic. In this article, we’ll look at the Cocos2D library and how it supports programmatic animations in iPhone games. This article is part of a series that teaches you how to create iPhone games based on the open-source game Seven Bridges. Show More Summary
Identity for Microsoft Windows by Pentagram
I am not a Windows user anymore, it's been more than 10 years since my last PC. Looking back, the PC brings me good memories, my first computer was a PC-XT and the a AT-386, all of them using DOS and Windows 3.0 and 3.11. I still remember when Microsoft released Windows 95, the box and the colorful Windows logo. Show More Summary
