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May 30, 2007

Microsoft Surface

At last Microsoft comes up with something interesting - Surface

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Feels good

New studies using brain imaging and psychological experiments suggest that acts of generosity activate a primitive part of the brain that would usually light up in response to food or sex. Doing good, feels good.

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Frost Design

Frost Design have redone their website with lots of good examples of their work.

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Shaun Tan

Book illustrator Shaun Tan's beautifully intricate pencil drawings for his book 'The Arrival'

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May 28, 2007

Francesca Berrini

The work of artist Francesca Berrini, maps of made up 'places' out of torn and pasted maps.

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May 23, 2007

Graphic Equaliser

Graphic designer and stlye icon Peter Saville talks to the Scotsman about some of his more personal experiences since he designed record sleeves for Joy Division

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Ventilate

Design, illustration and motion graphics from Canada - Ventilate

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New Challenges

Clement Mok gives his perspective on why advertising is broken and the new models that are replacing the outdated system. Meanwhile Pete Blackshaw, Chief Marketing Officer at Nielsen BuzzMetrics, discusses the use of data-mining technology and deep research to measure CGM (consumer generated media) for clients.

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May 18, 2007

Quadroplastic

maxim zhestkov's motion, graphic and toy design work - quadroplastic

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Moody

A new tagging application for use with iTunes - Moody. Now you can tag your music based on what type of mood it has - interesting concept and interface too.

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May 17, 2007

Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Typeface

Michael Bierut at Design Observer gives 13 reasons for picking the right font for the job at hand.

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Photographic contrast techniques

A good look at how to get the most out of the blacks and whites of your digital images in Photoshop.

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Pulp Fiction

Thomas Allen has some fun work based around the dramatic covers within the pulp fiction genre. Currently exhibiting at the Joseph Bellows Gallery in California.

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May 02, 2007

Magnetosphere

Barbarian Software have developed a new music visualisation plugin for iTunes called Magnetosphere

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More style than money

MenStyle.com have some tips for getting the most 'stylish' items for the least amount of money - More Taste than Money

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Timeline design

The BBC have designed an easy to use interface for exploring the last 3000 years of British history.

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Blurb

A great new tool for self publishing one off hard cover (and soft cover) books of your portfolio, cookbooks, photography etc - Blurb - book store quality books for yourself or for friends.

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