Sculptures Made from Aluminum Cans. Makaon is a Japanese artist that specializes in making sculptures using only aluminum cans. You’ll undoubtedly recognize many of the characters from comics, cartoons and video games. First spotted on Reddit, a commentor suggests that the artist likely uses papercraft templates and aluminum happens to be his medium of choice. Regardless, the results are outstanding and there are many more creations available on at the following: Makaon’s gallery, Makaon’s blog, Makaon’s step-by-step gallery If you enjoyed this post, the Sifter highly recommends:
Good design is becoming a must-have in the enterprise, too. Over the past few years, a wave of consumer web startups focused on design have been making their mark on shopping, fashion, communications and social networking. But, as these startups — from Pinterest to Instagram — become billion-dollar players influencing how consumers use the web and mobile apps, the trend of design as a major tech differentiator has started to infiltrate the world of the enterprise, too.
I found the latest example of this phenomenon in a quiet neighborhood of West London, about a block away from the Turnham Green tube stop, in the office of server monitoring and visualization startup Server Density. Server Density founder David Mytton tells me that the startup, which has 12 employees including two full-time designers, takes as much as it can from design giant Apple. This is a company that manages data about servers and is selling its service to the folks that are supposed to make sure their company’s servers stay up and running and work efficiently. Why every designer should start with paper, not Photoshop. Designers come from every background imaginable. They teach themselves, go to art school, or even begin as developers, business owners, etc. But no matter how a designer gets started, somehow the lure catches their eye and ropes them in permanently. If you’re hooked, there’s typically no going back.
You’ll begin absorbing everything you possibly can, reading books, watching tutorials, attending classes or browsing inspiration online. There are so many different ways to build your skill, because design spans across all industries, from automobiles to websites and editorials to hardware. Like I said, everyone is taught differently and there really isn’t a right or wrong way to learn. But if you’re self taught to work on a computer (like I am), you probably started with one, and use it every step of the way.
Drawing is at the heart of every design, and the best way to do it is with a pen or pencil and a sheet of paper. Above: Paper Browser wireframe tool. Design scandinave : meubles, luminaires et design scandinave - Design Ikoni.