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Domino’s pizza DVD campaign A DVD that smells and looks...

Mon, 20 May 2013 10:43:52 +0200

Domino’s pizza DVD campaign

A DVD that smells and looks kind of like pizza once it’s “heated up” in a player? Looks (and tastes) bizarre.

Continuing on the healthcare path, here’s an inspiring...

Sat, 06 Apr 2013 14:45:24 +0200

Continuing on the healthcare path, here’s an inspiring presentation by James Senior on designing a compassionate healthcare experience.

The session also discuss ways to put the suggestions into practice in UX design team. By keeping patients at the center of our thinking, the right design will emerge.

140 is a minimalistic platformer nominated for Excellence in...

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 19:28:08 +0200

140 is a minimalistic platformer nominated for Excellence in Audio in IGF 2013.

The minimalist game—which has no storyline or characters—forces you to sync your movements to an “energetic, yet melancholic” soundtrack. The stripped-down landscape of the game changes along with the noises—keep up with the rhythm and visual cues, and you’re catapulted into different landscapes.

Hat tip: Fastcodesign

A new way of thinking for healthcare: “human care”

Thu, 22 Nov 2012 09:35:43 +0100

A new way of thinking for healthcare: “human care”

Delta’s new pre-flight safety instruction video make use...

Thu, 15 Nov 2012 15:22:58 +0100

Delta’s new pre-flight safety instruction video make use of something nobody thought about: fun.

Awesome short graduation film project on gamification by Eran...

Fri, 12 Oct 2012 12:14:51 +0200

Awesome short graduation film project on gamification by Eran May-raz and Daniel Lazo.

The amazing work of south korean artist Ahn Min Jeong who uses...

Tue, 07 Aug 2012 17:25:01 +0200

Six-Membered Family Portrait: Mother Distributed Aloes of Her Own Cultivation among Her Family, digital print, 400x78.4cm, 2007

Six-Membered Family Portrait: All Goes Well, digital print, 91x91cm, 2008

A Diagram of Somnolence, digital print, 255x230cm.2008

The amazing work of south korean artist Ahn Min Jeong who uses the style, signs and symbols of mechanical drawings to elevate the visibility of the hidden faces of our bodies and souls.

timoni: munich72 by Marcos Dopico on Flickr.

Tue, 07 Aug 2012 15:33:09 +0200

timoni:

munich72 by Marcos Dopico on Flickr.

Amazing infographic work by Hamburg designer Martin Oberhauser

Mon, 07 May 2012 12:47:56 +0200

Amazing infographic work by Hamburg designer Martin Oberhauser

Microsoft warehouse Epic shot by german photographer Christian...

Tue, 01 May 2012 08:54:56 +0200

Microsoft warehouse

Epic shot by german photographer Christian Stoll.

How to interact with cities Carlo Ratti and Assaf Biderman (MIT...

Thu, 12 Apr 2012 09:26:12 +0200

How to interact with cities

Carlo Ratti and Assaf Biderman (MIT SENSEAble City Lab) explain how the built environment can talk to us, using digital technology.

Generative typography - A major practice research project report...

Mon, 02 Apr 2012 14:20:07 +0200

Generative typography - A major practice research project report by Dina Silanteva.

The project is an iterative process of investigations in generative typography. Basic grid and three simple geometric shapes construct letters. Certain parameters of basic shapes (radius, saturation, color, transparency) are changing according to the rules. The project is applied to the music theory and its parameters influence the changes of graphics.

(Dina Silanteva is a London-based, Russian graphic designer)

On being creative Nick Cave’s work ethic is about...

Fri, 30 Mar 2012 18:00:00 +0200

On being creative

Nick Cave’s work ethic is about discipline. He doesn’t sit around waiting for inspiration to come to him. He goes after it, which is to be admired.

He likes to isolate himself from the rest of the world, and therefore (or maybe because of that) he approaches music as a writer and not as a musician. Because writing is a solitary act, whilst music is a collective one.

Can we, as digital designers, approach the creation process as a solitary act, ignoring serendipity that arises from the sharing process?

(thanks to Stuart William Mentha for writing this article)

The Real Cookbook The first and only Cookbook you can actually...

Fri, 30 Mar 2012 17:30:06 +0200

The Real Cookbook

The first and only Cookbook you can actually read, cook and eat. Made out of 100% fresh pasta it can be opened, filled with ingredients and finally be cooked. Packaged as classic lasagne. The Cookbook was designed as a special project for a large publishing house.

Made by the folks @ Design Made in Germany.

hazor: Gene Davis’s Rhythmic Color

Fri, 30 Mar 2012 16:03:38 +0200

hazor:

Gene Davis’s Rhythmic Color

by9: Day19 by skyejuice design on Flickr.

Fri, 30 Mar 2012 13:11:17 +0200

by9:

Day19 by skyejuice design on Flickr.

14 Years 41 Logos Book by Mark Bloom @Mash Creative, London.

Fri, 30 Mar 2012 11:30:05 +0200

14 Years 41 Logos Book by Mark Bloom @Mash Creative, London.

goodtypography: Garden designer Judy Kameon created this...

Fri, 30 Mar 2012 10:31:22 +0200

goodtypography:

Garden designer Judy Kameon created this beautiful “T” for New York Times’ T Magazine using 130 plants.

Graphic designer Mike Joyce has taken vintage punk, hardcore,...

Thu, 29 Mar 2012 08:21:10 +0200

Graphic designer Mike Joyce has taken vintage punk, hardcore, and indie rock show flyers and redesigned them in the International Typographic Style.

(via aisleone.net)

On conformity and attitude polarization: the Asch’s...

Wed, 28 Mar 2012 10:30:06 +0200

On conformity and attitude polarization: the Asch’s experiment

Solomon Asch’s (wikipedia) conformity experiments of the 1950s reveal just how powerful the responses of other group members are during a test. Asch used a double-blind approach by placing a test subject within a group of actors playing the parts of other subjects and asking the group to respond to simple visual perception tasks. The stooges would unanimously give the incorrect answer, often perplexing the genuine subject and encouraging them to conform.

(via uxbooth.com)