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February 23, 2006
Hautel Couture
When you combine the hospitality industry with high fashion you get the lates trend in designer hotels - Hautel Couture
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Peter Saville High Top
Graphic Designer, Peter Saville has partnered with Adidas to design a pair of High Top trainers.
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World Time Clock
The Charlotte Van Der Waals world time clock - to find the local hour in another time zone, simply roll the clock so that the city representing that time zone is on top. - via popgadget
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Stuart Bailey
Editor of the Dutch design magazine Dot Dot Dot, Stuart Bailey, talks to John Sueda from Speak up about his move to New York and his take on what it means to him to be a graphic designer.
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February 20, 2006
Silk Blond curtains
Silk curtains with printed BLOND hair from Amsterdam designer Nicolette Brunklaus.
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Mozart's mp3s
Taking off from when the BBC made Beethoven available for download - here is Mozart for you to enjoy
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Stella
Tableware decorated with scenes from early 21st century everyday surroundings. Inspired by traditional delft ceramics. Stella Urban Tableware
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Art Star
Japanese visual Art for your iPod
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Texture Library
Might come in handy for 3d computer graphics and other computer design work
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Cha Cha Wine rack
The Cha Cha wine rack - $15 per piece - via design*sponge
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February 17, 2006
Multi-Touch User Interaction
An amazing video that shows a touch based interface for the screen
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February 16, 2006
Smart Armour
The American and Canadian skiers at this years Winter Olympics are wearing light flexible body armour that changes at impact. At normal use the chemical make up of the suit is flexible but the shock of sudden deformation causes the chemical bonds to strengthen and the moving molecules to lock, turning the material into a more solid, protective shield.
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Q&A with Zaha Hadid
City Magazine interview Iraqi/British Architect Zaha Hadid
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Pantalaine
Fun fashions from Pantalaine
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Political set design
Using television sets to get across a political message - George W Bush's set design team are leaving very little to the imagination
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T&L Design awards 2006
The design awards season kicks off for 2006
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CNNI
CNN International have recently updated it's on screen graphics - a much cleaner less cluttered look
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February 14, 2006
The Downtown show
The New York art scene 1974-1984
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High Dynamic Range photography
By blending the dynamic range of your photographs you can get the best out of the light that was available to you. Here are some good examples in Flickr and if you have Photoshop CS2 here is a tutorial on how to do it if not here is a photoshop plugin
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February 13, 2006
Toting a trademark
BusinessWeek look at Built NY and their two bottle tote bags. A simple idea that could be easily ripped off. The company has protected their ideas, grown their range and now employ 27 full time staff, bringing in over $18 million in sales.
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Earth - graphically
A graphic look at the state of the world
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February 10, 2006
Cella Puzzle
A beautiful puzzle from Switzerland - Cella Puzzle - via design*sponge
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Converting a photoshop document into css
A step by step guide on how to convert your photoshop file into an internet ready CSS file
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Mental state known as Flow
A wiki discussion on the mental state of 'Flow'
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The Graphic Imperative
International Posters for Peace, Social Justice and the Environment 1965-2005 The Graphic Imperative
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Group brainstorming
Does sitting around in a group trying to come up with ideas really work? Does group creativity give the best results? The British Psychological Society sees this technique of brainstorming as an ‘illusion of group of productivity'
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Current web styles
A look at some of the latest website style trends
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February 08, 2006
Sketch Swap
A fun diversion - make a drawing then receive one in return - Sketch Swap
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Selk Bag
A sleeping bag you can walk around in - Selk Bag from Musuc
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Stella and Adidas
Stella McCartney's latest range for Adidas
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Amateur content producers
Digital technology has given media consumers the power to produce their own content. What happens when the consumer also becomes the producer? What do the traditional producers do? The Internationa Herald Tribune looks at the rise of the amateur digital content producer
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February 07, 2006
McVideogame
An addictive game that allows you to play running one of the worlds biggest fast food companies - McDonalds
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National Statistics
If you have ever wondered which country is the richest, most corrupt, highly taxed or most generous then this website has all the stats you need - Nation Master
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February 03, 2006
Tokujin Yoshioki
Japanese designer Tokujin Yoshioki
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The Art of Schmoozing
Guy Kawasakai gives his insights into the Art of Schmoozing
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Morgan Levine
American furniture designer Morgan Levine
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February 02, 2006
Visual Complexity
Mapping knowledge through visual discourse - visual complexity
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FOC
Janne Kyttanen and Jiri Evenhuis from the Netherlands, have set up Freedom Of Creation (FOC) - where some interesting work is being produced using rapid prototyping techniques.
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love/no love for the laser cut
design*sponge brings to attention the current trend in laser cutting everything. Has this trend reached it's used by date?
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Modernism: The idea that won't go away
An interesting article by Deyan Sudjic looking at the history of modernism and it's constant resurgences - Modernism: The idea that won't go away
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February 01, 2006
Tom Hunter
British artist, Tom Hunter has an interesting photographic exhibition at the National Gallery in London. Their site has some good flash videos of Tom talking about his work and how he works.
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