pocket rainbow

now i don't have a clue what the hell the text says from the site (it's in japanese), but i'm sure it says something along the lines of 'this book is definitely cool'.

check it out @ utrecht.jp

you suck at photoshop... #2!

still not learnt ps yet? and you call yourselves designers? shame. maybe donnie can help you out.

enjoy!

mydamnchannel.com

macca

though he can piss me off at times for unknown reasons, this is actually an amazingly animated itunes ad featuring sir paul. (memo to self: need to learn flash SOON...)


catchy song too (if you can stand the oooOOO). 

don't think you can go wrong with any of apple's ads.  check 'em out at apple.com

raise them on squash!

evidently it seems the big wigs at robinsons' have decided it's time for a makeover, and i'm sure with a campaign like this they've turned some heads over anyways.















pleasing, soft use of colour in both the print and tv ads makes these really appealing to me and i guess to their target audience (mothers/children). i really like the hand, print-made aesthetic too.

there's a nice enough website aswell, with a community/post images section too. kinda cool idea for the sort of product. some random shameless self-promotion by microsoft aswell. strange. link.

make my logo bigger cream! YESS!

dry, satirical, graphic design based humour - plus a designer's worst nightmare!



more at makemylogobiggercream.com

thanks to computer arts forums.

ecotonoha

speaking of leaves, here's an amazingly designed data visualisation app by the folks at nec. an attempt to go 'green' it appears. the audience is encouraged to add 'leaves' (messages) to the tree, and as it grows, nec will plant real trees... apparently.




live version here.

via visualcomplexity.com.

you suck at photoshop...

workshops? fuck them off, this guy knows where it's at. photoshop tutorials by donnie hoyle (he knows his shit).

via mydamnchannel.

a new leaf...

well i've been neglecting my blog. tut tut. no more! more frequent updating from this point on, plus backdating that should of been done!

(i don't like designing in a bubble) 

get cape. wear cape. fly. - website

this is get cape. wear cape. fly.'s website. (flash version) an original and interesting layout and design thats attractive to look at but yet easy to navigate and doesn't take away from the usability of website, but yet encourages interactivity and the user to browse through and discover.

link.

'morning' - stop motion animation

a beautiful stop motion animation by american student, ian b. johnson. done as an entry project into art school. 

hi-res quicktime version available here.